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Fishes of the Great Lakes Region, Revised Edition

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This book is a must for anyone interested in fishes that live in the Great Lakes or the inland waters of the Great Lakes Region. It makes identification easy, and includes every possible species you might find, not just the more common fishes.

This has for years been one of the great regional fish books of the United States. This revised edition with the addition of distribution maps, more illustrations showing important ID features, the photos placed within the pages of text and many more quality color illustrations have made this book much more user friendly. The rewritten text gives much more information than the original book contained. This book will be of great use to fisherman, those with a interest in the wildlife of this region and serious student of fishes. If you live in the Great Lakes area and are interested in fishes this book is a necessity.

Smart presentation for the difficult task of fish ID. Key features: range maps, arrows pointing to species diagnostics, appropriate mix of photos & color plates, water repellent pages, nice intro sections to orient amateurs (like me) with fish anatomy and life histories. I highly recommended this book to Great Lakes scuba divers and other naturalists.

Extensive keys, moderately technical but illustrated, and with a glossary. Each fish has a short description, range map within the Great Lakes Region, description of range beyond the Great lakes, habitat, and black and white photo. Colour plates, a mix of photos and drawings, at the end of the book. Appendix with "Diagnostic shapes and pigment patterns of larvae of some species." This will be of interest to students of biology and those who are really interested in fish of teh region.