Silas, E. G. et al. (eds.)
Proceedings of the Symposium on Scombroid Fishes. Held at Mandapam Camp from Jan. 12-15, 1962. Part I - III. [Complete].
Mandapam Camp, Marine Biological Association of India, 1964. Three parts in two. 8vo (24.1 x 17.8 cm). 1,291 pp. (xvi, 1,236, 39); numerous plates and text figures. Contemporary uniform quarter buckram over grained boards. Spines with gilt bands and title.
A well-bound copy of this rare work. In total, 72 papers are included, for instance, on the Scombroid Fishes of East Africa; Scombroid Fishes of Australia and New Zealand; Scombroid Fishes of South Africa; The South African Tunas; Mackerel from the Andaman Sea; Tunas of the Western North Atlantic; Tuna Bait Fishes(well-illustrated), etc. Subjects include taxonomy, morphology, distribution, food and feeding habits, reproduction, mortality, tuna fisheries, and conservation. In front are four plates with photos of the attendees of the symposium. A few, small annotations, otherwise clean, unmarked. No library copy. An excellent set.