Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 597.09 EAN: 9781878348388 ISBN: 1878348388 Label: New World Publications Manufacturer: New World Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 364 Publication Date: 2004-09 Publisher: New World Publications Sales Rank: 263417 Studio: New World Publications
Product DescriptionMore than 500 photos of 400 species taken in their natural habitat. Concise text includes species common, scientific and family names, size range, description, distinctive features, habitat, behavior, depth range and distribution. Includes an appendix on whales and dolphins.
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Rating: - REEF FISH, BAJA TO PANAMA
Absolutely super. The Humann-De Loach fish identification series, of which I have all, are indispensible for a serious underwater videographer like myself.
Don Wilson
Rating: - Good, but a layman's book
This book, like all publications from these guys, is a fairly comprehensive field guide for marine species in the region, including some notes about behaviors and ranges of habitation. However, I continue to struggle with its non-scientific arrangement, where species are lumped together according to their morphology (i.e., "large bodies with fat lips"). It may be an easy way for the novice to locate something he/she has seen underwater, based upon physical characteristics, but it doesn't necessarily ... Read More
- REEF FISH, BAJA TO PANAMA
- Good, but a layman's book
