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Author Scales, Helen, author.

Title Eye of the shoal : a fish-watcher's guide to life, the ocean and everything / Helen Scales.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2018.
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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  597 SCA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  597 SCALES    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  597 SCALES    Check Shelf
Description 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Bloomsbury Sigma ; book thirty-five
Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 35.
Note Series numbering from dust jacket.
Contents Prologue: The wandering ichthyologist. Sedna, the sea goddess -- Ichthyo-curiosities -- A view from the deep : introducing the fish. How the flounder lost its smile -- Outrageous acts of colour. The salmon of knowledge -- Illuminations. O-namazu -- Anatomy of a shoal. Osiris and the elephantfish -- Fish food. Vatnagedda -- Toxic fish. Chipfalamfula -- How fish used to be. The doctor of the sea -- Fish symphonies. The fish and the golden shoe -- (Re)thinking fish -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Illustration species list.
Summary Seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water and reigning supreme among its creatures are the fish. Their mesmerizing and complex lives remain largely unseen, hidden beneath the waterline, out of sight and out of mind. Scales helps readers fathom the depths and watch these animals going about the glorious business of being fish. She inspires readers to think again about these animals and the seas they inhabit, and to go out and appreciate the wonders of fish.-- adapted from jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-310) and index.
Subject Fishes.
Fish watching.
Fishes -- Social aspects.
Fish communities.
Ichthyology.
Fishes -- Folklore.
Deep diving.
Marine biologists.
Marine biology -- History.
Marine resources conservation.
Deep diving. (OCoLC)fst00889476
Fish communities. (OCoLC)fst00925856
Fish watching. (OCoLC)fst00926016
Fishes. (OCoLC)fst00926361
Ichthyology. (OCoLC)fst00966714
Marine biologists. (OCoLC)fst01009445
Marine biology. (OCoLC)fst01009447
Marine resources conservation. (OCoLC)fst01009907
Genre/Form Folklore. (OCoLC)fst01423784
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781472936844 (hardback)
1472936841 (hardback)
9781472936813 (paperback)
1472936817 (paperback)
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