World Atlas of Marine Fishes

With more than 6000 photographs of marine fishes this book sets a new benchmark for their identification. It provides the greatest possible coverage and is aimed primarily to assist people interested in marine fishes and their scientific names or classification. Presented here are the fishes one is likely to see when diving or snorkeling in the sea, as well as those that are traded in the aquarium industry. Most species occur on shallow reefs in tropical seas, with the greatest species-diversity in the Southeast Asian regions. This World Atlas includes both tropical and temperate fishes that are found around inshore coral and rocky reefs, as well as pelagics that visit these waters. Depending on the size and popularity of the groups or families, introductions to these provide general information on distribution and habitat, number of species, interesting facts on behaviour and aquarium suitability. Large families have an introduction each, whilst small families with few species are combined as a group. In all, included are some 4200 species.