Coastal Fish Identification California to Alaska 2nd Ed. [Paperback]

Paul Humann (Author), Ned DeLoach (Author, Editor), Ken Marks (Editor), Michael O Connell (Illustrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1878348434 | ISBN-13: 978-1878348432 | Publication Date: October 1, 2008 | Edition: 2nd

The updated and enlarged Second edition features more than 30 additional species and 70 new photographs. From the beautiful cool waters of Catalina Island to the frigid straits teaming with life in British Columbia, this book covers it all. This is the most comprehensive pictorial fish ID guide ever published for these waters. More than 320 superb color photos are presented in our popular, quick-reference format. Now in flexibinding (cloth stitched like hardcover, but a soft flexible cover like paperback).

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About the Author

Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach are the authors of the multi award winning series of marine life identification books. They began with a Reef Fish Identification book to the Florida Caribbean Bahamas in 1988 and now their small company has expanded to self publishing more than 10 identification books to tropical diving destinations around the globe and distributing many more. With more than 35 years of diving each, these recreational scuba divers have become experts in their field. Of course, they are always finding new unknown species on almost every trip and therefore always expanding, updating and enlarging their series of books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: New World Publications; 2nd edition (October 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878348434
• ISBN-13: 978-1878348432
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #906,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice book for what it does cover, but something's missing..., July 2, 2009

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This review is from: Coastal Fish Identification California to Alaska 2nd Ed. (Paperback)

This book continues the strong tradition of field guides produced by Human and DeLoach. If you've used any of their other guides before, you can rest assured that this continues the clear, informative format they've developed over the years. The first flaw that I've come across, however, isn't a problem with what's covered but what's not covered: Salmon.

This field guide is aimed towards scuba divers, so I assume the authors made an editorial choice to focus on the fish likely to be seen by divers. However, if that's the case, then they should have mentioned in their introduction how they decided what to include and what to exclude. Even if the authors think divers are unlikely to focus much on salmon, I think the authors made an incorrect choice to exclude from this book one of the most characteristic groups of fish in this area.