Dr. Peter J.P. Whitehead’s Working Collection of Ichthyological Papers (1958-1972)

Description:

An exceptional and unique assemblage of scholarly works by Dr. Peter J.P. Whitehead (1930-1993), a preeminent ichthyologist and former head of marine fishes at the Natural History Museum, London. Whitehead was a leading authority on clupeoids-herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens-whose meticulous research significantly advanced the field of fish taxonomy. Collection consists of 33 papers 1958-1972, bound in 18 plastic covers. Also 12 of papers published in the series, Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Zoology in original wrappers:

1962. A Review of the Indo-Pacific Gizzard Shad Genera Nematalosa, Clupanodon and Konosirus (Pisces: Dorosomatida). Vol.9 (2).

1962. The Pantanodontinae, Edentulous Toothcarps from East Africa. Vol.9 (3).

1963. A Revision of the Recent Round Herrings (Pisces: Dussumieriidae). Vol.10 (6).

1965. A Preliminary Revision of the Ind-Pacific Alosinae (Pisces: Clupeidae). Vol.12 (4).

1965. A Review of the Elopoid and Clupeoid fishes of the Red Sea and Adjacent Regions. Vol.12 (7).

1966. The Elopoid and Clupeoid Fishes in Richardson’s ‘Ichthyology of the Seas of China and Japan’ 1846. Vol.14 (2).

1967. The Vachell Collection of Chinese Fishes in Cambridge. Vol.15 (3).

1967. The Clupeoid Fishes Described by Lacepède, Cuvier & Valenciennes. Supplement 2.

1969. The Clupeoid Fishes Described by Bloch and Schneider. Vol.17 (7).

1970. The Clupeoid Fishes Described by Steindachner. Vol.20 (1).

1971 The Clupeoid Fishes Described by Francis Day. Vol.22 (2).

1973. The Clupeoid Fishes of the Guianas. Supplement 5.

Condition

Bound in plastic covers or original wrappers (worn some with a few with tears).