The Aquarist's Encyclopedia

Families and higher groupings of the primary marine vertebrates. Freshwater and sea fish: well known types and species of importance. The main commercially important fish. Anatomy, physiology, embryology and behavioural studies of fish, fish diseases, fish transport, fish breeding and fish catching. The feeding patterns of fish. Genetics. The techniques involved in freshwater and ocean aquariums. The trade in ornamental fish. Aquarium photography. Ecology. General taxonomy and zoo geography. Marine chemistry. Water plants: the well known and important marine genera and species. The anatomy and physiology of plants, plant diseases. Information on the cultivation of water plants. Trade. General geobotany. Freshwater invertebrates. Ocean invertebrates. The history of marine studies and ichthyology. Contributions to general biology. Commentaries on specialist terminology.