Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Revised and Expanded Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Randall, John E. (Author), Allen, Gerald Robert (Author), Steene, Roger C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824818954 ISBN-13: 9780824818951 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $82.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Fish - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General |
Dewey: 597.092 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 8.68" W x 11.66" (5.29 lbs) 594 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is a long-overdue revision and expansion of what has become a classic book in marine literature. This lavishly illustrated volume provides exhaustive coverage of more than 90 percent of the region's reef fishes. Every species is thoroughly illustrated, including photographs of the juvenile, female and male in species that vary in appearance during their development. Besides the wide array of underwater and diagnostic laboratory photographs, the book also contains seven plates painted by the talented natural-history artist Roger Swainston. With an additional 32 pages and 90 photos (covering 60 new species in all), this revised and expanded edition will enable even a beginning layman to identify most of the region's reef fishes. Divers, anglers, underwater naturalists and professional biologists are equally catered to. |
Contributor Bio(s): Randall, John E.: - John E. Randall has described 555 new fishes--more coral-reef species than anyone else in history. He has authored 635 publications in marine biology, 9 of which are regional guides on the fishes of the Caribbean Sea, Hawaiian Islands, Red Sea, Oman, and Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Since 1970 he has been senior ichthyologist at the Bishop Museum, Honolulu. |