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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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For the biologist,
By Currahee (South Mississippi) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters, Second Edition (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series) (Hardcover)
This book IS NOT a fun book about the fishes you are going to see while fishing or SCUBA diving. If you want that for this area try Peterson's Field Guide or Dr. Bob Shipp's Guide. It IS the definitive treatise on the systematics and identification of all fish one can find in the described area (Texas, Louisiana and adjacent waters). While I give five stars to this book I would not recommend it to any but the most serious of amateurs (professionals already know about it). Before you open it you need to know what a dichotomous key is and how to use it. The pictures are there for confirmation, not identification. It is laid out with an excellent introduction that explains all of the necessary terminology then jumps into how to identify any fish caught to the family level. After identification of the family it gives a key to that family and a brief (it has to be, there are several hundred fish mentioned) description of each species. That is what a field guide does Within it's scope this is the best one available.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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absolutely the best fish guide for the gulf of mexico,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters, Second Edition (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series) (Paperback)
This is a one of a kind book that allows the lay-fisherman to identify any fish he comes across in the Louisiana and Texas gulf coast. It has been hard to find, and I am delighted to see it listed here with you.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters, Second Edition (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series) (Paperback)
This is an excellent text for the professional (or near professional) to use in identification of fishes in the Gulf. It is NOT for the beginner, and if you are a beginner you will be disappointed due to the technical layout and terms in this book. Additionally, I think the artistic illustrations by Dinah Bowman are FANTASTIC, but of course I am slightly biased because she is my mother. :)
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anterior lateral line scales, secondary squamation, excluding rudiments, anal rays, hatchet marlin, preopercle serrate, disc lamellae, caudal fin absent, continental slope species, fin truncate, longspine porgy, body olivaceous, common inshore species, pectoral axil, dorsal origin, soft dorsal rays, pectoral rays, anal fin origin, cold temperate species, snapper banks, total gill rakers, caudal fin present, ocellated spots, humeral spot, redband parrotfish Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gulf of Mexico, North Carolina, Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia, New Jersey, Flower Gardens, South Texas, West Indies, South Carolina, New England, Port Aransas, Cape Hatteras, Chesapeake Bay, Fathom Reef, New York, Gulf of Maine, Mississippi River, Cape Cod, Chandeleur Islands, Corpus Christi, South America, Laguna Madre, North Atlantic, Rhode Island, West Africa New!
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anterior lateral line scales, secondary squamation, excluding rudiments, anal rays, hatchet marlin, preopercle serrate, disc lamellae, caudal fin absent, continental slope species, fin truncate, longspine porgy, body olivaceous, common inshore species, pectoral axil, dorsal origin, soft dorsal rays, pectoral rays, anal fin origin, cold temperate species, snapper banks, total gill rakers, caudal fin present, ocellated spots, humeral spot, redband parrotfish Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gulf of Mexico, North Carolina, Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia, New Jersey, Flower Gardens, South Texas, West Indies, South Carolina, New England, Port Aransas, Cape Hatteras, Chesapeake Bay, Fathom Reef, New York, Gulf of Maine, Mississippi River, Cape Cod, Chandeleur Islands, Corpus Christi, South America, Laguna Madre, North Atlantic, Rhode Island, West Africa New!
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- North Carolina: A Sense of Belonging/Carolina Pride/Look to the Heart (Heartsong Novella Collection) by Terry Fowler on page 165, page 169, and page 260
- North Carolina (His The new enchantment of America) by John Allan Carpenter on page 211, and Back Matter
- The Gulf of Mexico (True Books: Geography : Bodies of Water) by David Petersen on page 200, and Back Matter
- Nova Scotia (Hello Canada) by Alexa Thompson on page 144, and page 308
- FISHES CHESAPEAKE BAY PB by Murdy Eo in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes : North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Carleton Ray in Back Matter
- Marine Aquarium Keeping by Stephen Spotte in Back Matter
- Scuba Diving (Discovery Travel Adventures) by Susan Watrous in Back Matter
- Galveston Bay (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) by Sally E. Antrobus in Back Matter
- The Bay Shrimpers of Texas: Rural Fishermen in a Global Economy by Robert Lee Maril in Back Matter
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