Amsterdam, C. G. van der Post [for the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen], 1876. 4to (28.5 x 23.4 cm). 99 pp.; five chromolithographed plates (one larger, folded). Original printed boards.

A detailed monograph written by the great Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878). A well-illustrated work (unusual for Bleeker). Includes several new taxa. Published in the academy's Verhandelingen Volume XVI, together with several unrelated works. Book block split in three parts, with a tear in one inner leaf margin (not part of Bleeker's paper); scattered foxing; otherwise very good, unmarked. Rare. Dean I, p. 137.