Download or read book A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Jonathan Couch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, Vol. 2 The head and body compressed, with scales which on the head proceed to or beyond the orbits; the back part of the head having a few small spines. The first gill-cover armed. The dorsal fin single, formed by a notch into spinous and soft divisions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.