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100 1 _aJenyns, Leonard,
_d1800-1893
245 1 4 _aThe zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, [vol. 4 of 5]
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoology_of_the_Voyage_of_H.M.S._Beagle
500 _aRelease date is 2026-04-27
508 _aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biodiversity Heritage Library.)
520 _a"The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, [vol. 4 of 5]" by Leonard Jenyns is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. Focusing on ichthyology, it catalogs and illustrates the fishes collected during the Beagle expedition, giving precise descriptions, measurements, fin-ray formulas, and habitats. The work highlights numerous new species and several new genera, especially from South American shores and the Galapagos, presented with rigorous comparative notes. The opening of the volume sets out the scope: 137 fish species are described, likely only half of what was collected, with many lost in transit; about seventy-five appear new to science, and all Galapagos specimens (fifteen) are both preserved and new. Jenyns details collection localities, breaks down species by major orders and families in tables, and notes particularly high novelty among South American freshwater groups. He explains methods (following Cuvier and Valenciennes), cautions about the difficulty of distinguishing species from varieties, and justifies richly detailed descriptions to prevent taxonomic confusion; Darwin’s color notes (using Patrick Syme’s standards) are emphasized. A systematic table lists each species with its habitat and accompanying plates, after which the treatise begins species accounts—starting with a new Patagonian perch (Perca lævis), several Serranus from the Galapagos and Cape Verde, and other taxa—often including habitat notes, coloration, and careful comparisons. Early sections also name several entirely new genera and note that the collection is deposited in the Cambridge Philosophical Society’s museum. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Smith, Elder & Co, 1839
653 _aBeagle Expedition (1831-1836)
653 _aZoology
653 _aFishes
700 1 _aDarwin, Charles,
_d1809-1882
700 1 _aHawkins, B. Waterhouse
_q(Benjamin Waterhouse),
_d1807-1894
856 4 _uhttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/NHM_UK_L_3967753001
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78558
999 _c119276
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