National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda

9780679446019

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National Audubon Society

Genre Science & Nature

Format Hardcover

Dimensions 4.12 (w) x 7.72 (h) x 1.04 (d)

Pages 720

Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication Date September 1997

ISBN 9780679446019

Book ISBN 10 067944601X

About Book

The most comprehensive field guide available to the tropical fishes of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. All 417 photographs are in full color, capturing the natural beauty of the fishes on coral reefs and other habitats of tropical marine waters. The species photographs are keyed to full text descriptions of more than 400 species, each with its own range map. The text also includes brief coverage of nearly 800 additional species. Detailed endpaper maps, precise black-and-white drawings, and an illustrated family key supplement this authoritative and visually stunning resource.

The National Audubon Society Field Guides group species according to taxonomy and shape. Helpful thumb-tab silhouette keys make identification quick and easy.

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Booknews

Focusing on the marine fishes of the tropical waters of the western Atlantic, this guide covers approximately 1,200 species, with some 400 color photographs arranged by body shapes and keyed to full text descriptions. Also provides brief coverage of another 800 species. Pocket sized 4x7.5<"> with durable plastic cover. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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