Author: Kner, R.
Title: Zur Familie der Characinen. III. Folge der ichthyologischen Beiträge von Dr. Rudolf Kner.
Description: Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1858 [1860]. 4to (30.0 x 23.8 cm). 54 pp.; eight lithographic plates. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with printed paper label. = An important paper by the Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869) on the fishes of the Amazon, and its tributaries. Included are several new species of piraña. The local names are given. According to Dean, it was published in 1859. Plates with a few spots, otherwise good. Published in the academy's Denkschriften. We offer the complete volume, with several unrelated works, by Haidinger, Hyrtl, Perger, and others. Rare. Dean I, p. 592.

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