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Reef Life: Natural History & Behaviors
of Marine Fishes & Invertebrates
by Denise Nielsen Tackett and Larry Tackett
Paperback: 224 pages
Microcosm Limited; (April 2002)
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About the book:
If you are a diver and you really want to get acquainted with the underwater world,
stop swimming and start looking. And this book gives you step by step pointers on
how to go about looking and helps you understand what you are seeing.
In this awsome new book, the Tacketts bring you their personal experiences with the
macro world and incorportate a great deal of useful information which can help
all of us better understand the interrelationships amongst all the critters. That
understanding is one of the keys to making better images of the critters.
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Coral Reef Fishes Caribbean,
Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean
Including the Red Sea
by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
Paperback - 400 pages Reprint edition (February 1999)
Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691004811
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About the book:
If you're a scuba-diving or tropical-fish enthusiast, you'll want this
well-illustrated, comprehensive guide to the reef fishes of the Caribbean,
the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific, where creatures with lime skeletons form
giant underwater structures. No coral reef is quite like the next, but
most abound in life. Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers catalog 2,074 fish species,
each with a color plate, description, and notes on range and ecology.
Bigeyes, snooks, stargazers, sweetlips: the names are a song, and this compendium
makes a wonderful symphony.
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Anemone Fishes
and Their Host Sea Anemones
by Daphne G. Fautin, Gerald R. Allen
Paperback(January 1997)
Sea Challengers; ISBN: 0730952169
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About the book:
This excellent book presents all the known information on this phenomenon, including sea
anemone classification and identification, anemonefish classification and identification and
color variation, biology of sea anemones, life history of anemonefishes and aquarium care.
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Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific
Animal Life from Africa to Hawaii
Exclusive of the Vertebrates
by Terrence M. Gosliner, David W. Behrens, Gary C. Williams
Paperback (July 1996)
Sea Challengers; ISBN: 0930118219
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About the book:
This scientifically accurate color field guide covers 1,100 common tropical
reef invertebrates and tunicates that occur from Hawaii to Africa. The narrative for
each species includes identification, natural history and distribution.
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Reef Fish Behavior
Florida Caribbean Bahamas
by Ned Deloach, Paul Humann (Photographer)
Paperback - 360 pages 1 edition (November 1, 1999)
New World Publications; ISBN: 1878348280
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About the book:
If your a serious fish watcher you need this book.
A groundbreaking text offering underwater naturalists a detailed overview of
what is presently known about the behavior and ecology of reef fishes inhabiting the
waters of Florida, the Caribbean and Bahamas. It also serves as a companion reference
to Paul Humann's Reef Fish Identification to the same area. The enjoyable fact-filled text
is lavishly illustrated with 475 color marine life photographs, many capturing spectacular fish
behaviors never before documented. Readers not only learn about the nature of the fishes
sighted on every reef dive, but also learn when and where to observe many of the most dramatic
behaviors. 360 pages, 6"x 9", new quality cloth-stitched Flexi-binding that allows book to lie flat.
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Encyclopedia of Fishes, Second Edition
by John R. Paxton, William N. Eschmeyer
Hardcover- 240 pages 2nd edition (September 1998)
Academic Pr; ISBN: 0125476655
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About the book:
This revised and updated book includes chapters on the classification of fish,
their history through the ages, their habitats, adaptations and behaviour, and,
most importantly, their conservation status - a hitherto much neglected subject.
The book is illustrated with over 200 superb photographs and 150 excellent paintings,
diagrams and distribution maps. Written in an easily understood style by an international
team of experts, this beautifully produced book is a wonderful introduction to the
underwater world of fishes.
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