Fishes of the George Vanderbilt Expedition 1937


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This expedition was organized by Mr. & Mrs. George Vanderbilt under the auspices of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for natural history exploration in the tropical eastern & southern Pacific seas. The total number of genera represented in the ichthyological collections of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition of 1937 is 210, of species 434. Illustrations.
















Bramidae


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Collected Reprints


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Catherwood Foundation Peruvian-Amazon Expedition


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This expedition to study the aquatic life in certain sections of rivers that are part of the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon was funded by the Catherwood Fdn., & the Amer. Philosophical Soc. The purpose of this expedition was to compare the pattern of aquatic life in rivers in the tropical zone with the pattern of aquatic life in rivers in the temperate zone in eastern & southern U.S. Contents: Introduction, by Ruth Patrick; Limnological Observations & Discussion of Results, by Ruth Patrick; Chemical, Physical, & Bacterial Characteristics, by Yvonne H. Swabey; & Systematic Studies: Essays by John Cairns, Jr., Frederick A. Aldrich, Selwyn S. Roback, Paul J. Spangler, Francis Drouet, H. Skuja, L.A. Whitford, & Matthew H. Hohn. Illustrations.