COLLINS GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE. By Bent J. Muus. Illustrated by Preben Dahlstrom. Edited by Alwynne Wheeler.

(1967) 1971 1st English edition. Small 8vo (132 x 203mm). Pp222. Colour illustrations by Preben Dahlstrom throughout. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt with gilt fish vignette.

One of the better guides to British and European fishes, originally published in Denmark in 1967. Contents include:- The fish; Key to the main groups; Important food animals; Cyclostomes; Sturgeons; The herring family; The salmon family; Pike and mud-minnows; The carp family; Loaches; Catfishes; Eels; Toothcarps; The codfish family; The perch family; Sun perches; Sand smelts; Grey mullets; Gobies and blennies; Bullheads and sticklebacks; Some important freshwater inverterbrates; Predators and parasites; History of freshwater fishing; The fish's environment today; Efficient fish culture; Fisheries biology; Lists of foreign fish-names.