Fishes of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea / Marc Taquet, Alain Diringer ; translated by Janet Heard-Carnot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taquet, Marc, author.

Diringer, Alain, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Indian Ocean.

Fishes.

Fishes--Red Sea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (707 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Versailles : Editions Qu, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This guidebook is illustrated with over 1, 800 underwater photographs, and presents nearly 1, 200 species of fish encountered while diving in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, from the surface down to depths of 60 metres. Designed to make it easier to recognize fish in their natural environment, the guidebook supplies information about the morphology, biology and ecology of the species and enables the reader to discover the extraordinary biodiversity characterizing ichtyological fauna in this region. A reference work for those keen on the subsea world, especially divers, it will also interest a wide range of readers who are simply curious about nature and its treasures. The French version of this book, Poissons de l'océan Indien et de la mer Rouge, is available on our website. La version française de ce titre, Poissons de l'océan Indien et de la mer Rouge, est disponible sur notre site.

Contents:

""Seahorses, pipefishes, ghost pipefishes and sea moths""""Scorpionfishes and lionfishes""; ""Stonefishes""; ""Anthias""; ""Groupers""; ""Soapfishes""; ""Dottybacks""; ""Hawkfishes""; ""Cardinalfishes""; ""Jacks and trevallies""; ""Snappers""; ""Fusiliers""; ""Sweetlips and grunts""; ""Seabreams""; ""Emperor and large-eyed bream""; ""Coral breams""; ""Goatfishes""; ""Chubs""; ""Spadefishes and batfishes""; ""Butterflyfishes""; ""Angelfishes""; ""Damselfishes, clownfishes and anemonefishes""; ""Barracudas""; ""Fingerfins and marblefishes""; ""Wrasses, Hogfishes, Coris""; ""Parrotfishes""

""Sandperches and sand divers""""Combtooth blennies""; ""Dartfishes""; ""Gobies""; ""Surgeonfishes and unicornfishes""; ""Rabbitfishes""; ""Tuna and other large pelagic fishes""; ""Flounders and soles""; ""Triggerfishes and filefishes""; ""Boxfishes""; ""Puffers and porcupinefishes""; ""References and recommended reading""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Glossary""; ""Index of scientific names""; ""Index of French names""; ""Index of English names""

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2016).

Includes index.

OCLC:

847619693