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The alleged pugnacity of the swordfish and the spearfishes as shown by their attacks on vessels : a study of their behavior and the structures which make possible these attacks / by E.W. Gudger.

Title
The alleged pugnacity of the swordfish and the spearfishes as shown by their attacks on vessels : a study of their behavior and the structures which make possible these attacks / by E.W. Gudger.
Author
Gudger, E. W. (Eugene Willis), 1866-1956.
Publication
Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1940.

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Description
[215]-315 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, plates; 31 cm.
Series Statement
Memoirs of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal ; v. 12, no. 2
Uniform Title
Memoirs of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal ; v. 12, no. 2.
Alternative Title
Alleged pugnacity of swordfish and spearfishes
Subject
  • Spearfishes > Behavior
  • Swordfish > Behavior
Note
  • Cover title.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-315).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The swordfish and the spearfishes -- the Xiphiiformes -- Swordfishing and swordfish attacks on boats in the Mediterranean -- Accounts of sword- and spearfish attacks on vessels in the three central oceans -- Swordfishing in the Western North Atlantic -- Swordfish attacks in the Western North Atlantic -- Does Xiphias attack other marine animals? -- Xiphias drives its sword in the mud of the sea bottom -- The force of the blow delivered by the swordfish and the spearfishes -- Why do the Xiphiiform fishes attack vessels?
LCCN
a^^43001972^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library