MARC details
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03644cam a2200421Ii 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1038029813 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20180722230617.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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170824t20182018enka b 001 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
YDX |
| Modifying agency |
CGP |
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OCLCO |
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DAD |
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JP3 |
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ILC |
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NFG |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781472936844 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardback) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1472936841 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardback) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1038029813 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
597 |
| Item number |
S281 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Scales, Helen, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
282152 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Eye of the shoal : |
| Remainder of title |
a fish-watcher's guide to life, the ocean and everything / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Helen Scales. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Bloomsbury Sigma, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2018. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
320 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
still image |
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sti |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (page [306]-310) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. This vast aquatic realm is inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures and reigning supreme among them are the fish. There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat or inflatable balloons; they can shout with colors or hide in plain sight, cheat and dance, remember and say sorry; some rarely budge while others travel the globe restlessly. And yet the mesmerizing and complex lives of fish remain largely underrated and unseen, living hidden beneath the waterline, out of sight and out of mind. Helen Scales is our guide on an underwater journey, as we fathom the depths and watch these animals going about the glorious business of being fish. As well as the fish, we meet devoted fishwatchers past and present, from voodoo zombie potion hunters and scientists who taught fish how to walk to nonagenarian explorers of the deep sea. Woven throughout are vignettes of Helen's own aquatic explorations, from eerie nighttime dives with glowing fish and up-close encounters with giant manta rays, to floating in the middle of a swirling shoal being watched by thousands of inquisitive eyes. As well as being a rich and entertaining read, this book will inspire readers to think again about these animals and the seas they inhabit, and to go out and appreciate the wonders of fish, whether through the glass walls of an aquarium or, better still, by gazing into the fishes' wild world and swimming through it. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prologue: The wandering ichthyologist -- Ichthyo-curiosities -- A view from the deep: introducing the fish -- Outrageous acts of colour -- Illuminations -- Anatomy of a shoal -- Fish food -- Toxic fish -- How fish used to be -- Fish symphonies -- (Re)thinking fish -- Epilogue. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fishes. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
33597 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fish watching. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
362352 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fish communities. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
362353 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fishes |
| General subdivision |
Folklore. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
362354 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Ichthyology. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
362355 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Deep diving. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
25709 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Marine biologists. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
362356 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Marine biology |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
362357 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
