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I would recommend this guide to anyone who is a diver whether he visits the Red Sea or not.
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The definitive guide to the underwater life of the Red Sea region, home to the richest and most varied dive sites in the world.
Visited by over a quarter of a million divers a year the Red Sea is home to many of the world's most popular dive sites.
Covering jellyfish, corals, nudibranchs, starfish, sea urchins, fishes and turtles, Coral Reef Guide Red Sea covers all common species of underwater life of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, you are likely to see while diving or snorkelling.
Each species is illustrated with a full-colour photograph and the text gives details of range and characteristic behaviour. Different species groups are represented by icons for easy reference and an illustration of the juvenile may also be included.
A map of good dive sites appears on the inside front cover, while the inside back cover features illustrations of a number of common species for quick and easy identification.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Simply put, this is the best guide to the marine life of the Red Sea available today. Great images, reliable identification, clear and interesting texts, enormous scope, handy size, reasonable price - what more could one ask? Divers and u/w photographers planning to visit this specific area cannot do without it - one of its authors, Robert Myers, has also produced another landmark in area-specific marine life guidebooks, the incredibly complete Micronesian Reef Fishes.
35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My partner and I took this book to Sharm El Sheikh for our first underwater excursion in the Red Sea. We used it everyday! It's full of great photos of fish and, by the time we came home, we could identify lots of different types of fish, coral etc. It also has information about the fish so that when you're looking at them you know a bit about them which I think is important. It tells you which fish are dangerous as well and how to stay safe. It enhanced my trip immensely and I would recommend it to anyone with a love of the natural world.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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From the books about coral reef life in the Red sea I have seen and used this one, Coral Reef Guide Red Sea by Lieske & Meyers (2004), has the best coverage of species and groups I have wanted to identify. The closest alternative, or complement, I know about now is "Red sea reef guide" by Helmus Debelius (2 ed 2000 - 5 ed 2007). The latter has almost 900 scientific names in the index, compared with around 1800 for this one (but some of these are genera, families, classes and other group names). The weights and sizes of these books are almost the same (384 pages vs 321 in Debelius). Almost all species in Debelius book seem to be included in this book. Apart from Debelius book the closest competitor to me seem to be "Reef fishes and corals of the red sea" by Harrison and Misiewicz (2000), which has some good text and pictures but covers about 250 species only.
To provide some examples, Lieske and Meyers book has 30 pages about Cnidarians (corals and more) vs Debelius 5 pages. Fishes, reptiles and mammals are covered in 212 pages for around 600 species, vs Debelius 223 pages for slightly fewer species. If you are interested also in sponges, algae and seagrasses the choice is simple - 16 pages in Lieske and Meyers and none in Debelius. For Molluscs the figures are 40 vs 48. Counting pages can be misleading of course: for cone shells (a mollusc group) I prefer this book over Debelius, not only because it shows 13 species vs 3 in Debelius, but also for more informative descriptions. There are other species or groups where Debelius provides more details.
So, if you are interested in everything visible at the coral reefs of the Red sea, you surely want both this book and others. But if I had to choose one, it would be this one. For the next edition I would be happy to see even more species included.
To provide some examples, Lieske and Meyers book has 30 pages about Cnidarians (corals and more) vs Debelius 5 pages. Fishes, reptiles and mammals are covered in 212 pages for around 600 species, vs Debelius 223 pages for slightly fewer species. If you are interested also in sponges, algae and seagrasses the choice is simple - 16 pages in Lieske and Meyers and none in Debelius. For Molluscs the figures are 40 vs 48. Counting pages can be misleading of course: for cone shells (a mollusc group) I prefer this book over Debelius, not only because it shows 13 species vs 3 in Debelius, but also for more informative descriptions. There are other species or groups where Debelius provides more details.
So, if you are interested in everything visible at the coral reefs of the Red sea, you surely want both this book and others. But if I had to choose one, it would be this one. For the next edition I would be happy to see even more species included.
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A beautiful, `must-have' book, well worth the full sale price for anyone contemplating snorkelling or diving in the Red Sea. Read more
Published 5 months ago by N. Farr
Coral Reef Guide Red Sea
exactly what I was looking for, a very diverse guide of all creatures found in the Red Sea.
Well cataloged and great photos of all species.
Well cataloged and great photos of all species.
Published 7 months ago by Alex Capon
coral reef guide red sea
If you have started scuba diving, and intend to visit the red sea to dive or even snorkel the guide is an excellent reference for the fish you will see during your visit
Published 12 months ago by DAR48NAG
Collins Coral Reef Guide: Red Sea
Only one word required to summarise the content of this book "Fantastic".
Good pictures,clear and concise descriptions. Read more
Good pictures,clear and concise descriptions. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Frank
Reef Guide review
I wanted a book to identify every fish I saw or photographed in the Red sea. So far I have found every one in this book - even some rare ones I had not seen before. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Andrew Cooper
A Small book with big IMPACT
This is a must for anyone scuba diving in Red Sea fantastic pictures and well written. Photo's have that wow factor normal retail price is £25, I hesitated at thge £14 tag but with... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Goldie
Awesome
Reviewed for web site:- whats that fish. Lovely guide to the fish and critters of the Red Sea a must have for divers!
Published 17 months ago by whatsthatfish
Fantastic photos
I got this colourful and descriptive book for my fiance after we had been on holiday in Sharm el Sheikh so he could remember all the amazing fish we saw. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Calamari
Godd quality pictures.
The book is comprhensive but handy enough to pack in a suitcase. Good clear pictures and a waterproof cover. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Yippee60
Just a bit disappointed.
Well, I have read all the rave reviews about this book, and maybe my expectations were too high because of this? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Robert K. Furrer
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