From Book News, Inc.
Marine species are grouped by 12 families. Entries contain information on size, depth, range, habitat, behavior, and reaction to divers. This second edition includes 124 new fish species and 325 additional color plates, and incorporates fish species found in marine habitats neighboring the reef, such as coral caves and sand flats, and temperate water species from central and northeast Florida. The waterproof covers and comb binding make it convenient on location. 6x9". Available from New World Publications, 1861 Cornell Road, Jacksonville, FL, 33207. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


American Society of Ichthyologists, Aug. 8, 1995
You will want to have this book with you if you plan any serious fishwatching or teaching in the geographical area of coverage. It is in a class by itself.


American Fisheries Society Bulletin, Volume 20, No. 10
Attractive, functional guide to reef fishes for divers, snorkelers and professional biologists


Dive Training Magazine, July 1995
If you are a diver, fish hobbyist or reef enthusiast, the second edition of REEF FISH ID belongs on your bookshelf


Rodale's Scuba Diving, December 1994
The most complete photographic guide to warm water Atlantic and Caribbean species ever published


Book Description
825 classic marine life photographs of 600 common and rare reef fish species. The easy-to-use, quick reference format makes it a snap to identify the myriad of fishes in Florida, Caribbean and Bahamas waters. A must for every serious diver. 6 inch x 9 inch, cloth stitched flexibinding that allows the book to lie flat.


From the Publisher
This new edition closes the gap in species accounts. We found a number of species that seemed to continually confuse divers because of their variable colors and markings. For those species we added more pictures to show the variations.


About the Author
In the early 1970s, Paul Humann, then captain owner of the Caribbean's first live-aboard dive boat, Cayman Diver, experienced daily frustration when unable to answer his clients many questions about the host of fish they encountered on every dive. Paul began a crusade to photograph every species he encountered. After working on several projects with Ned DeLoach, the team collaborated to produce this book. In the years that followed the partners dedicated themselves to the endless pusit of capturing new species on film. The result is the 2002 release of the third edition Reef Fish Identification.