Reef Fish Identification: Tropical PacificFinally, a comprehensive fish identification guide covering the fish-rich reefs of the Pacific. 2,500 underwater photographs of 2,000 species from four of the best marine life authors/photographers in the business. Their collaboration makes it possible for underwater naturalists to identify fishes from Thailand to Tahiti with a single, compact, easy-to-use, no-nonsense reference. 108 fish families are presented in one of 20 Identification groups based on a family's related visual or behavioural characteristics, such as Large Oval / Colourful or Sand/Burrow Dwellers. Likewise, every effort has been made to group similar appearing species together. |
Other editions - View all
Reef Fish Identification: Tropical Pacific Gerald R. Allen,Roger Steene,Paul Humann,Ned Deloach No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
1st dorsal fin Africa to Hawaii anal fins Andaman Sea Angelfishes Anthias Apogonidae Apogonidae ID areas Asian Pacific bands Barrier Reef black spot Blennies Blenniidae Blenniidae ID blotches bluish Butterflyfishes Caledonia Cardinalfishes coastal reefs Damselfishes dark brown dark spot dorsal and anal dorsal fin Fiji form groups form small groups French Polynesia gill cover Gobies Gobiidae Gobiidae ID Groupers Indo-Asian Pacific Indo-Pacific Indo-West Pacific Indonesia Indonesia and Philippines Japan to Australia Juvenile Labridae lagoon and outer lagoon and seaward margin Micronesia N.W. Australia north to S.W. orange outer reef slopes outer slopes pairs Palau Papua New Guinea Parrotfishes pectoral fin pectoral fin base Pipefishes Pomacentridae Pomacentridae ID rear body rear dorsal fin Red Sea rubble bottoms S.W. Japan Samoa Sand and rubble seaward reefs Silvery snout Solitary or form species spine spots on head tail base undercolor Variation ID ventral fins West Pacific white spots whitish Wrasses yellow yellowish