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Reef Fish Identification for the fish watcher

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I am a fish watcher, which is to say that I keep careful track of the species of fish that I see on my trips. My wife and I are headed to Bali for a month. This guide was recommended to us. Reef fish of the Tropical Pacific pictures lots of species and covers a very large area. The pictures are fairly good for the purposes of identification. The ranges given for the fish are fairly helpful, but we find it difficult to interpret exactly when a species might occur in our area. Distribution maps would be an improvement. Having said that, this guide may be about the best available for areas of the tropical Pacific for which a specific guide does not exist. jeff

Lots of Fish Photos from the Pacific	Customer Rating:
My wife and I are avid divers and this Reef Fish ID book is good. However, it is not quite the quality of Paul Humann's other reef guides. On the plus side, there aree hundreds of photos. On the minus side, the photos are rather small. Additionally, the booklet does a decent job of describing the fish but provides little information about fish behavior.

most comprehensive tropical pacific fish book	Customer Rating:
i have yet to find a fish book that has it all. but from all the fish id book i own this is the most comprehensive one. although there are a few fish found in hawaii thats not in the book.

An ambitious work

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This is a very ambitious work - the number of Indo-Pacific fish species illustrated is simply staggering, often showing regional variations and juvenile forms. On the other side, image quality and reproduction are often disappointing, and the minimal texts limit its scope somewhat. It will make an unbeatable identification and learning combo when paired with the equally interesting but infinitely better illustrated A Diver's Guide to Reef Life and A Diver's Guide to Underwater Malaysia Macrolife by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari - both featuring excellent written texts, exquisite color photographs and - in the case of the latter - hundreds of entries for cephalopods, crustaceans, nudibranchs and various other invertebrates. With these three field guides in your library almost no Indo-Pacific fish or critter will be able to escape identification!

Excellent reference for identification of my species in Pacific area	Customer Rating:
Easy to use and identify your photographs, particularly for an experienced diver used to identifying many types of fishes