Collins Pocket Guide: Coral Reef Fishes (Collins Pocket Guides Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 420 pages
• Published by: Trafalgar Square
• Edition: 2nd Edition January 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0007111118
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0007111114
• Book Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.5 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 1.3 pounds

Reader Reviews
You'll appreciate this guide whether you're a curious amateur or serious naturalist. It's got one of the most exhaustive coverages of each of the families of fish. Sure it misses out one or two species for some families, but it's hard to have a complete guide to the reef - it's too diverse. It has one of the most complete guides to cartilaginous fish, pipefish, butterfly fish, groupers, damsels and wrasses, as far as I am aware, but it certainly has the most complete guide to gobies. Colours for some species may be a little bit inaccurate, but then again, everything looks different in or out of water, and varies with visibility and health. It's not that big an issue. Something else that's handy: pointers on the slate that highlight distinctive markings. A good buy. You'd want to waterproof this.