As is usual with aquarium books this one has a mixture of freshwater and saltwater fish with pictures. It has an encyclopedic approach highlighting the characteristics and distinguishing markings of each fish along with a map showing the ranges of each fish. There is a history of fish keeping in the front of the book.
Price: I paid $10 at the Mackays used book store. It was originally $20
Pros: I really liked the legends under each picture telling what kind of tank they needed to be put in ie. community, species. whether they were shy or aggressive, what levels they swim at, foods what size they get and their scientific name.
I also like that the book is divided up into four parts. Tropical freshwater fishes, Coldwater freshwater fishes, Tropical marine fishes and Coldwater marine fishes. I didn't realize there were so many of each.
It's a nice handy size to carry to the fish store with me(yes I really do that)
Cons: I really haven't found too many cons
The one thing I wish it had was a Celsius/Fahrenheit calculator( I know I should be able to do this in my head). liter/gallon calculator. centimeter/inches calculator.
I have so many fish and plant books I'm constantly going from one to the other trying to find something. Except for some specialty fish just about everythings here right to hand.
Carol
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