Acknowledgements
It is impossible to mention all of the many people who
have assisted in the completion of this book. We are indebted to our numerous collaborators for their contributions and their patience in the long period that it has
taken to complete this work. We are grateful to our assistant, Mrs Joan Wright, whose careful work, industry
and skill with the word processor have been of tremendous help to us. We thanks Mrs Jean Pote for her unique
ability to decipher the illegible handwriting and editorial
ciphers presented to her; Mrs Pote has also done an
enormous job on the word processor.
Special thanks and credit are due to the artists who
have contributed the paintings and drawings that illustrate this work. We thank Elizabeth Tarr for her enormous contribution; Ms Tarr's accuracy and attention to
detail are exemplary. We are much indebted to David
Voorvelt, whose remarkable industry and skill as an artist have been essential to the completion of this work.
We are also grateful to the other fine artists who have
made drawings for us: Jean Michel Vincent, Virginia
McRostie, Anne Lefebvre, Moira Lambert, and from
the original Sea Fishes of Southern Africa: Patricia Parkin, Denys M. Davis and Hester W. Locke. We are
especially grateful to John E. Randall for numerous
transparencies used in the colour plates. Gerald R.
Allen, Alan Emery, John Gunn, Sidney Kannemeyer,
Dennis King, Daniel Pelicier, A. R. Thorpe, Peter van
Niekerk and Richard Winterbottom also supplied some
transparencies used in this book.
We are grateful to Robin Stobbs, whose abilities as a
photographer, small boat captain, laboratory technician, computor operator and field assistant have been of
immeasurable help to us. We thank Billy Ranchod for
his careful and excellent work as our collection manager.
Mrs Doris Cave, who was the Institute's librarian for
twenty-five years, assisted in the compilation of the bibliography and generally facilitated our work by maintaining a well-organised and superbly indexed library.
Throughout the years the public, including the angling
fraternity, naturalists, divers and school children, have
sent in numerous specimens and contributed much useful
information. Several persons have made a special effort
to collect fishes for us. In some cases these specimens
have represented new species or new records for southern
Africa. We are especially grateful to A. R. Thorpe,
Dave Bickell, Rudy van der Elst, Malcolm Smale, Alan
Connell, Colin Buxton, Dennis King, Len Jones, Alf
Johnson, Elizabeth Tarr, Rob Tarr, Brian Trow, Hennie
Kok, Wouter Holleman, Anton Bok, Tom Hecht,
Robin Stobbs, Mike Bruton and Lynneth Beckley. We
also thank the East London and Port Elizabeth
Museums and the Oceanographic Research Institute in
Durban for their efforts in sending specimens. We are
indebted to P. A. Hulley and S. X. Kannemeyerfor their
prompt loans of material from the South African
Museum and for providing data on various fishes in their
collection.
Most of the funds for the work done in Grahamstown
were provided by the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) through the South
African National Committee for Oceanographic Research. Additional funds were provided by the Smiths'
Sea Fishes Trust and Rhodes University. We are also
grateful for the excellent facilities and resources of the
J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology and for the support
of the Department of National Education.
We thank the members of our Editorial Committee,
Brian R. Allanson, P. A. Hulley, John Wallace and
A. R. Thorpe, for their valuable advice. We are also grateful for the excellent editorial assistance of Frances Perryer,
Matthew Seal and Basil van Rooyen of Macmillan, S.A.
For donations of various kinds, we thank the Fisheries
Development Corporation, Sasolchem (Pty) Ltd and
the Hewlett-Packard Co.
We are indebted to the Heemstra family (Valerie,
Lydia and Julia) for much encouragement, help of various kinds, and their forbearance in tolerating the many
weekends and evenings their father and husband devoted to this book.
Finally, we wish to express our gratitude to the director of our Institute, Prof. M. N. Bruton, for his constant
support, advice and assistance in the completion of the
manuscript.
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It is impossible to mention all of the many people who
have assisted in the completion of this book. We are indebted to our numerous collaborators for their contributions and their patience in the long period that it has
taken to complete this work. We are grateful to our assistant, Mrs Joan Wright, whose careful work, industry
and skill with the word processor have been of tremendous help to us. We thanks Mrs Jean Pote for her unique
ability to decipher the illegible handwriting and editorial
ciphers presented to her; Mrs Pote has also done an
enormous job on the word processor.
Special thanks and credit are due to the artists who
have contributed the paintings and drawings that illustrate this work. We thank Elizabeth Tarr for her enormous contribution; Ms Tarr's accuracy and attention to
detail are exemplary. We are much indebted to David
Voorvelt, whose remarkable industry and skill as an artist have been essential to the completion of this work.
We are also grateful to the other fine artists who have
made drawings for us: Jean Michel Vincent, Virginia
McRostie, Anne Lefebvre, Moira Lambert, and from
the original Sea Fishes of Southern Africa: Patricia Parkin, Denys M. Davis and Hester W. Locke. We are
especially grateful to John E. Randall for numerous
transparencies used in the colour plates. Gerald R.
Allen, Alan Emery, John Gunn, Sidney Kannemeyer,
Dennis King, Daniel Pelicier, A. R. Thorpe, Peter van
Niekerk and Richard Winterbottom also supplied some
transparencies used in this book.
We are grateful to Robin Stobbs, whose abilities as a
photographer, small boat captain, laboratory technician, computor operator and field assistant have been of
immeasurable help to us. We thank Billy Ranchod for
his careful and excellent work as our collection manager.
Mrs Doris Cave, who was the Institute's librarian for
twenty-five years, assisted in the compilation of the bibliography and generally facilitated our work by maintaining a well-organised and superbly indexed library.
Throughout the years the public, including the angling
fraternity, naturalists, divers and school children, have
sent in numerous specimens and contributed much useful
information. Several persons have made a special effort
to collect fishes for us. In some cases these specimens
have represented new species or new records for southern
Africa. We are especially grateful to A. R. Thorpe,
Dave Bickell, Rudy van der Elst, Malcolm Smale, Alan
Connell, Colin Buxton, Dennis King, Len Jones, Alf
Johnson, Elizabeth Tarr, Rob Tarr, Brian Trow, Hennie
Kok, Wouter Holleman, Anton Bok, Tom Hecht,
Robin Stobbs, Mike Bruton and Lynneth Beckley. We
also thank the East London and Port Elizabeth
Museums and the Oceanographic Research Institute in
Durban for their efforts in sending specimens. We are
indebted to P. A. Hulley and S. X. Kannemeyerfor their
prompt loans of material from the South African
Museum and for providing data on various fishes in their
collection.
Most of the funds for the work done in Grahamstown
were provided by the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) through the South
African National Committee for Oceanographic Research. Additional funds were provided by the Smiths'
Sea Fishes Trust and Rhodes University. We are also
grateful for the excellent facilities and resources of the
J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology and for the support
of the Department of National Education.
We thank the members of our Editorial Committee,
Brian R. Allanson, P. A. Hulley, John Wallace and
A. R. Thorpe, for their valuable advice. We are also grateful for the excellent editorial assistance of Frances Perryer,
Matthew Seal and Basil van Rooyen of Macmillan, S.A.
For donations of various kinds, we thank the Fisheries
Development Corporation, Sasolchem (Pty) Ltd and
the Hewlett-Packard Co.
We are indebted to the Heemstra family (Valerie,
Lydia and Julia) for much encouragement, help of various kinds, and their forbearance in tolerating the many
weekends and evenings their father and husband devoted to this book.
Finally, we wish to express our gratitude to the director of our Institute, Prof. M. N. Bruton, for his constant
support, advice and assistance in the completion of the
manuscript.
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