Just for general interest, I have a few more fish guides that I know are
availble. I can obtain these books at good prices. If anyone is
interested, contact me personally.

(note: publication dates not availble)

Alevizon, W.S. Caribbean Reef Ecology.

Kaplan, H.K. Coral Reefs (Peterson Field Guide)

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray Atlantic Coast Fishes (Peterson Field Guide)

C.G. Chaplin and P. Scott. Fishwatchers guide to West Atlantic Coral
Reefs. (This book is plastic and can be taken with you.)

J.E. Bohlke and C.G. Chaplin. Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent
Tropical Waters.

F.J. Stokes. Divers and Snorkelers Guide to the Fishes and Sea Life of
the Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda.

And for closer to home,

S. Yates. Marine Wildlife of the Puget Sound, the San Juans, and the
Strait of Georgia.

On Wed, 19 Jul 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> I told Chris Hill I would give him the names of some Caribbean fish books,
> and here they are.
>
> Greenberg, Idaz. 1986. Guide to Corals & Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas
> and the Caribbean. Seahawk Press, Miami. This one is thin and water
> resistant, the fewest species (260) of any of the fish books but still the
> great majority of the fishes you would see by snorkeling in Belize. A best
> buy, and I have seen it for sale in the past all over the Caribbean. Size
> like a very thin paperback novel.
>
> Goodson, Gar. 1976. The Many Splendored Fishes of the Atlantic Coast
> including the Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas
> and the Caribbean. Marquest Colorguide Books, Palos Verdes Estates, CA.
> This has slightly more species described and illustrated, with a bit more
> information.
>
> Robins, C. R., G. C. Ray, and J. Douglass. 1986. A Field Guide to
> Atlantic Coast Fishes. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. This is in the
> Peterson series, the most complete by far, with lots of the little obscure
> fishes that aren't in the first two. Quite well illustrated but may be
> more difficult to use just because it has many more species.
>
> Kaplan, E. H. 1982. A Field Guide to Coral Reefs of the Caribbean and
> Florida. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. Another Peterson-series field
> guide, this one is great for coral-reef ecology and invertebrates, as well
> as common fishes. Highly recommended for biologists who go snorkeling or
> diving.
>
> The bird thread? Watch for parrotfishes, cardinalfishes, peacock flounder
> and harlequin bass.
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
>
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