Expanded and updated to include an additional 44 species, this is a handy guide to those fishes that are likely to be observed by anybody visiting or diving on the coral reefs of the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific to a depth of sixty meters. Accessible to amateur marine life enthusiasts, this book is the first comprehensive guide of its kind. It enables the reader to quickly identify 2,118 species of fish and includes over 2,500 color illustrations depicting the major forms of each species--male, female, immature, or geographical varieties. The text proceeds according to region, depicting each species and its varieties, and offering information on its geographic range and where on the coral reef itself the fish may be found. Important identification characteristics are highlighted on every color plate.
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Skin divers, here is the capital 'D' Definitive guide to all the fishes you're ever apt to see on reefs down to 60 meters. (John Balzar Los Angeles Times)
An excellent field guide to coral reef fishes anywhere in the world.... [It] fills a niche for amateur and professional visitors to reefs, combining in one compact volume what has previously required several, usually expensive, works. (Naturalist)
Scuba divers, naturalists, and anyone fascinated with the wonder of coral reef fishes will welcome this book with great enthusiasm. (Wildlife Activist)
An excellent and handy reference source and would be an asset to any diver's library. (Doug Pemberton Diver Magazine)
An excellent field guide to coral reef fishes anywhere in the world.... [It] fills a niche for amateur and professional visitors to reefs, combining in one compact volume what has previously required several, usually expensive, works. (Naturalist)
Scuba divers, naturalists, and anyone fascinated with the wonder of coral reef fishes will welcome this book with great enthusiasm. (Wildlife Activist)
An excellent and handy reference source and would be an asset to any diver's library. (Doug Pemberton Diver Magazine)
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"I have used this book for identifying fishes I have seen underwater. It is one of the best for this purpose since it is handy and comprehensive, containing all likely coral reef fishes in the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. Most other books contain only a subset. In addition, this guide provides clues for quick and proper identification."--Rainer Froese, Senior Scientist, International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), Philippines
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I brought this book for a marine conservation project in Fiji I was going on and it was great. It's small enough to carry round with you and take on the boat and it contained all the species I came across and needed to identify. Since then I have also used it in other parts of the Indo-Pacific - Borneo, Australia, Kenya and found it very good.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By SCUBA News
Format:Paperback
An excellent, compact, guide to over 2000 species of fish you're likely to see whilst diving on coral reefs. Each fish is illustrated in colour, with pointers to key distinguishing marks. Brief text covers where you are likely to spot the fish, and describes its habitat and lifestyle. You're further helped with identification by the book's diagnostic notes on the fish's family (wrasse family, angelfish family, etc).
An extremely useful book that manages to pack tons of information into a small, easily carried, volume. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to identify fish in the Caribbean, Red Sea, Andaman Sea, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Now in its third edition, I have taken the first version on every journey I've made to the tropics and it is still the first book I turn to to discover what I have just seen.
An extremely useful book that manages to pack tons of information into a small, easily carried, volume. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to identify fish in the Caribbean, Red Sea, Andaman Sea, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Now in its third edition, I have taken the first version on every journey I've made to the tropics and it is still the first book I turn to to discover what I have just seen.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Pangolin
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This guide is illustrated throughout with drawings, not photos, and as such is an excellent compliment to any photo guides that anyone might have. It is particularly useful for helping confirm identification where a photo guide might have a photo of one species of a family, but not the one seen.
By les61
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Really good book lots of very good pictures but if like me you just want to identify what you see on a snorkeling holiday, this is way too much. I also wanted to see coral and sea creatures etc. this is not included a shame but I would think for a serious diver this is one to get.
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