Seahorses are amongst the most unusual of all fishes and probably the most "un-fishlike." They have an upright posture, a head bent at an angle, a tubed snout with a small mouth at the tip, and a strong prehensile tail to grab onto things. A look that is far from the familiar scaly creature caught on line and hook. It is not surprising that many people find it difficult to believe that they are actually a kind of fish, one that belongs to the same phylum as the Goldfish or Herring, that at some stage were thought to be insects. However, Seahorses are only the better known members of a large diverse group, the Pipefish family. These fishes have adapted to specific niches in reef or algal habitats, and a long time of evolution has created this numerous and highly diverse family. Besides the Seahorses, this family encompasses Seadragons, Pipefishes and Pipehorses, amongst which are some of the most fascinating and interesting examples of adaptations to nature. This 240 page book gives detailed information on over 350 different species and includes Seahorses, Pipefishes, Seadragons, Shrimpfishes, Trumpetfishes and Seamoths as well as a list of all known species of the World. 
With more than 1000 spectacular photographs, most taken in the fishes' natural habitats, the book contains a wealth of information about habitats and behaviour, including details of ideal aquarium set-ups for each species. Pictured contents pages and a comprehensive index means information can be found quickly and easily. A really stunning and fascinating guide to some of the ocean's most beautiful species of fish.

Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Syngnathiformes (Marine Fish Families S.)

Science & Math

Rudie H. Kuiter

Biological Sciences

TMC Publishing

This is the third book in the Marine Fish Families Series from TMC and includes detailed information on the families, genera and more than 100 known species of the world. Illustrated with hundreds of spectacular underwater photographs, it contains information on behaviour, habitats and details of aquarium requirements for the various groups. There are picture index pages for visual quick-find of genera and a comprehensive index of common and scientific names of families, genera and species.

Fairy and Rainbow Wrasses: A Comprehensive Guide to Selected Labroids

TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

THE BOOK "BUTTERFLYFISHES, BANNERFISHES &amp; THEIR RELATIVES" BY RUDIE H. KUITER

Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and Micro

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Revised edition. 237 pages, well illustrated. Scarce.

Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relativs

Revised from the older book Seahorses, Pipefishes and their relatives, this new book is by far the most comprehensive publication of the world's Seahorses and their relatives ever produced. It has been expanded, more than 100 pages added and includes the recently named as well as many new species.
 Fishes of the order Syngnathiformes, collectively known as syngnathids, are amongst the most unfish-like of all fishes. Appearances of many is often bizarre and species such as the Leafy Seadragon are outright spectacular. Their names speak for themselves: seahorses, seadragons, pipehorses, pipefishes, bellowfishes, flutemouths, trumpetfishes, and seamoths, relating to their unusual appearance, in particular to their body or head shape and their long tubular snout.
 Seahorses with their vertical posture and bend-down head are by far the best known and popular. Therefore they are comprehensively covered in this book, and included for this group are special chapters on their origin, evolution, world distribution, aquaculture of species for the aquarium trade, why such a trade, and how well they are really doing in the wild and the myth about them being threatened.
 Also presented here are all the other known syngnathid members, as well as closely related families including all ghost pipefishes, seamoths, and representatives of others.
 Included inside: - Detailed information on over 370 different species of the world, including new and recently discovered species. - More than 1200 spectacular color photographs, most of which taken in the wild. - All the known living seahorses illustrated together for the first time.... about 80 species. - Introduction to genera and subgenera. - Informative text for each species. - A single full index of common and scientific names of genera and species. - Aquaculturing seahorses. - Hardcover, 334 pages, large format 11x8x1 inches.

SEAHORSES and their Relatives

Aquatic Photographics

Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia is the first book to cover almost all the known fish species from the coastal waters of eastern Australia, ranging from northern New South Wales to western Victoria.

Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia

Crawford House

A complete reference book of sharks, rays and fishes for researchers, divers and snorkellers. Contains 1124 colour photographs of almost every fish likely to be seen by divers. This book uses an innovative concept to allow easy retrieval and identification of species. It includes a systematic classification and detailed description for each fish, and describes points of interest and differences between similar species.

Fishes of the Maldives: Indian Ocean

Tim Godfrey

Atoll Editions

With more than 6000 photographs of marine fishes this book sets a new benchmark for their identification. It provides the greatest possible coverage and is aimed primarily to assist people interested in marine fishes and their scientific names or classification. 
Presented here are the fishes one is likely to see when diving or snorkeling in the sea, as well as those that are traded in the aquarium industry. This World Atlas includes both tropical and temperate fishes. 
Depending on the size and popularity of the groups or families, introductions to these provide general information, distribution and habitat, number of species, interesting facts on behavior and aquarium suitability. In the case of very large families like wrasses, damsels or gobies, separate introductions may be dedicated to each distinctive group or subfamily. 
The greatest possible number of photographs is used on a page, but in sizes that clearly identify the fish. Variable species may be illustrated with more than one picture. In all, included are some 4,200 species. 
This is an invaluable reference book for the great variety of marine fishes found in the world’s seas. As such it addresses all fish enthusiasts - divers, snorkelers, fish watchers, fisherman, reef surveyors, aquarists, ichthyologists and bio-geographers.

World Atlas of Marine Fishes

Reference

Helmut Debelius

Atlases & Maps

Hollywood Import & Export, Inc.

This fantastic book sets a new benchmark for the identification of Nudibranchs. It presents Nudibranchs that have been photographed by the authors over a period of more than 30 years, along with numerous pictures by contributing diving friends and scientists from around the world. With over 2500 color photos of Nudibranchs in their natural environment, over 1180 species of Nudibranchs illustrated, in large letter format, 360 pages, hardcover bound, it is a comprehensive photo identification guide to Nudibranchs of the world seas. A real achievement! It gives the identification of most Nudibranchs known to species level, it explains the relationships between species from different oceans, and it gives information on behavior (defense, camouflage, mimicry and more). This book is the perfect guide for divers, snorkelers, field workers, biologists, naturalists, scientists and photographers.

Nudibranchs of the World

This book is a companion volume to the World Atlas of Marine Fishes (ISBN 3925919775). With over 8,200 of relatively large and beautifully presented color photographs it provides the greatest possible coverage of selected groups of the enormous variety of marine invertebrates in a single book. It is primarily aimed to assist people who have a keen interest in the small animals they encounter in the sea other than fishes, to find their scientific names or where to classify them.
 Presented here are the species one is likely to see when diving or snorkeling in the sea, as well as those that are traded in the aquarium industry, with photographs large enough to see details for their identification. Most species occur on shallow reefs in tropical seas, with the greatest species diversity in the Southeast Asian regions. This World Atlas includes many of the familiar decapod, crustacea...lobsters, crabs, shrimps; some worms and the highly diverse mollusca...sea-slugs and some other snails such as cowry shells shown with their animal, as well as octopus and squid; and various other groups of mobile invertebrates such as worms, flatworms, sea stars, urchins and many other echinoderms. With the rare exception, the animals were all photographed in the wilderness.
 The popular groups, symbiotically living crustaceans and cephalopods are covered extensively, whilst the sea-slugs are covered as the second part, as the very large group of the colorful nudibranchs were comprehensively treated in our book Nudibranchs of the World (ISBN 3939767069), and thus expanded here with the other opisthobranch families such as head-shield slugs and sea-hares.
 To care for our oceans we need to know and have to show others what lives in this wet world. Today's live-forms are those which have successfully evolved and were shaped and created along their evolutionary path of hundreds of millions of years, and will keep on changing as required by circumstances. Our learning about the marine creatures is a never ending story, especially about their behavior. The World Atlas of Marine Fauna is an invaluable reference book for a great variety of marine invertebrates that we can admire in the world's oceans. As such, it addresses the environmental enthusiasts, photographers, sports divers, snorkelers, surveyors, teachers, and biogeographers (scientists as well as amateurs or hobbyists) and people at all ages. Hardcover, 726 pages.

World Atlas of Marine Fauna

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