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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice compact volume, lots of good info, needs common name index,
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This review is from: Pocket Professional Guide to Cichlids (Paperback)
Good reference book on looking up cichlids. Even my teen-agers who are getting into our new tank are spending some time reading through this book.
It has useful information on most species such as maximum size, water conditions, food needs, temperament & compatibility. With some species with color variations or closely related species, it uses common descriptions applicable to all of them, and shows photos of the variations. But it is missing a common-name index which it sorely needs. Hence, only 4 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Common names are misleading,
By Missy (Gt. Barrington, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pocket Professional Guide to Cichlids (Paperback)
Hooray for the book NOT having common names! What I commonly call an "X", someone two states over may call a "G". As with plants, etc. common names only muddy the information. It is not difficult to learn the correct name for a given fish! If I mail-order or otherwise buy a fish I need to be sure it is what I want.
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the better recent Cichlid of the World Books,
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This review is from: Pocket Professional Guide to Cichlids (Paperback)
This book is one of the better of the more recent books available. It is not as complete as some other books, but for its size it is pretty good. It uses the more recent taxonomic naming so this might confuse some readers, but is refreshing over some of the older TFH books of cichlids. Unlike some reviews complaining about the lack of common names, this is a definite plus for this book. The biggest negative is that some of the Central American cichlids are not assigned to the correct genus (ie Partheraps synspilus, should be in genus Vieja, Archocentrus octofasciatus should be in the genus Roxia)
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