Tropical Fishes (PocketExpert Guide) [Paperback]

Mary E. Sweeney (Author), Mary Bailey (Author), Aaron Norman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2009

The latest addition to the best-selling PocketExpert Guide aquatic book series from Microcosm, Tropical Fishes offers detailed profiles of over 500 freshwater fish species, including all readily available aquarium choices and scores of seldom seen, rare, and recently discovered species that will be of great interest to hobbyists, such as livebearers, catfishes, cichlids, tetras, barbs, loaches, killifishes, rainbowfishes, and many more. It includes species profiles, behavior notes, native range, maximum size, and all essential care, feeding, and husbandry advice needed for each fish, plus over 700 full-color photographs--including many male-female comparisons, juveniles, and color variants of popular species. The authors are among the most respected names in freshwater aquarium writing and photography, with more than a century of combined fishkeeping experience on both sides of the Atlantic among them. The book is organized for instant look-up, with colorful icons signaling ease or difficulty of care and feeding.

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About the Author

MARY E. SWEENEY is the former editor of Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine and a long-time book author and editor. She lives, writes, and keeps and breeds tropical fishes at the Water Witch Club, her family home in Monmouth Hills, New Jersey.

MARY BAILEY is an internationally known aquarium writer based in the UK, where she has contributed to many aquarium magazines. She is the author of Enjoying Cichlids and other titles and has been voted Practical Fishkeeping Magazine's "Favorite Fishkeeping Writer."

AARON NORMAN is widely considered the dean of aquarium fish portrait photographers, having captured thousands of species images that exemplify natural settings, characteristic poses, accurate colors, and the behavioral traits of his subjects. As a lifelong ichthyophile, he is an inveterate tropical explorer and is credited as a model for the Indiana Jones movie character. He lives and works in Manhattan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 447 pages
• Publisher: TFH Publications, Inc. (April 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 098202620X
• ISBN-13: 978-0982026205
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #813,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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