Reef to Rainforest: Discovering Tropical Species, Places, Nature

Reef Fish Identification: Tropical Pacific

From Microcosm Aquarium Explorer

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Pages: 457

List price: $45.00

Publisher: New World Publications

Year published: 2003

ISBN: 1878348361

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The top-rated field guide to marine fishes of the Indo-Pacific, with 2,500 color photographs and some 2,000 species.

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"This book revolutionised fish ID in the tropical South Pacific when it first came out. We live and work in Fiji in the marine environment and have 4 of these on our shelf (for use of staff in the field as well as office)

The only drawback we find is the bizarre choice of common names. There are already a plethora of other books out there with common names fairly well established in Fiji by Lieske & Meyers. Seems to follow more of an Australian theme for these than the prevous Paul Humann books which use the American common names.

But overall a MUST for any diver who visits the Tropical Pacific. If you use it in conjunction with Lieske & Meyers (and) if you don't find the fish you're looking at, prepare to be published!" —Stuart N. Gow, Amazon Reviews