The Amazing World of Flyingfish

by Steve N.G. Howell

Book Overview

A one-of-a-kind illustrated book that presents flyingfish as you've never seen them before

If you travel the open ocean anywhere in the tropics, you are very likely to see flyingfish. These beautifully colored "ocean butterflies" shoot out of the water and sail on majestic, winglike pectoral fins to escape from predators such as dolphins, swordfish, and tuna. Some can travel for more than six hundred feet per flight. Yet despite their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691160112
• ISBN13: 9780691160115
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 6.1"