Marine Fishes

by Scott W. Michael

Like a field guide to marine aquarium fishes, this first PocketExpert(tm) Guide offers a quick but authoritative reference for identifying, buying, and keeping more than 500 popular saltwater species. Designed by a team of marine enthusiasts and aquarium professionals, this information-packed handbook covers all of the fishes most often seen by hobbyists. "One species per page" listing offers concise, clear advice and data on: scientific and common...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890087386
• ISBN13: 9781890087388
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Tfh Publications, Inc.
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

great guide!!

This is a great book, and I am glad I bought it! It has almost anything an aquarist should know and use in the aquarium habit; it shows lots of fish whom are familiar to the common aquarist. It is a true encyclopedia. It surely worth the money you will spend. Don't miss it- buy it! This book, more than everything, is very useful.It covers more than 500 species, every species has a picture, and it includes: the aquarium size it should have, the foods it needs, and who are the species it will live with in peace and more.

The Bible

Yes, my boyfriend and I refer to this book as the bible. Having been in the hobby for about 4 years, we have made mistakes here and there, but we would be in much more trouble without this book. It gives comprehensive information about each fish's temperment, feeding, maintenance, aquarium suitability, and recommended aquarium size. We wouldn't buy a fish without it.

I love this book

I love this book. So far it contained all the fishes that I have seen at my local fish store and the best feature of the book is that it rates each fish from 1 to 5 where 5 indicates that it is an easy fish to keep alive in the aquarium, and 1 means it is hard to keep alive in an aquarium... This is great for me because I don't have the best track record with keep my fish alive and want to only buy fish which are easy to keep. The notes about each fish are really good to. It is like having 20 aquarium guru's giving you their experiences with each fish. Also, if you have a reef setup, it tells you if each fish is reef safe.

This book is a true Encyclopedia for Aquarists

This book is a true Encyclopedia for Aquarists, marine biologists or scuba divers. This book is very comprehensive and includes all the marine fishes you will ever see in and out of a true marine aquarium. The writer suggests which fish to buy and which to avoid, not only from buying but from taking it from it's nature habitat. it includes a very detailed description of every fish in the book, the tank mates the fish should have. The special food for every fish, The size of the aquarium every fish must have. And of course a beautiful picture of the fish and much more. I recommend this book for every scuba diver, marine biologist and of course Aquarists, professionals and especially for people whom are new Aquarists, it will save you lot of money and save many fish from dying in your aquarium. This book worth much more than it costs.