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The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa
The benchmark book on ichthyology by the famous Prof JBL Smith, who identified a strange fish caught in 1938 near East London as a coelacanth, thought to have been extinct for over 65 million years ago.
Beautiful illustrations in colour and black and white by Margaret M Smith and other artists, 103 in total. This copy has some damage to right-hand edge of front board and left-hand edge of back board. Edges of some pages stained and worn. Otherwise in good condition and solidly bound. No dust jacket. This is a very large and heavy book, weighing 2,5 kg
This edition first published in 1949 by Central News Agency, South Africa. This is the second impression of 1950.