American Aquarium Fishes (Volume 28) (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series)
For many aquarists, information on their hobby is limited to goldfish and exotic tropical fishes commonly available in local pet stores. Existing guides ignore native American species simply because few people have collected, kept, and successfully propagated them, and reliable information is difficult to find. In American Aquarium Fishes, Robert J. Goldstein and other serious aquarists, applying their specialized expertise on North American fishes, have compiled a comprehensive guide to...
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For many tropical fish hobbyists and breeders, information on aquarium keeping is limited to goldfish and exotic fishes commonly available in pet stores. Existing guides ignore native American species simply because few people have collected, kept, and successfully propagated them, and reliable information is difficult to find. In American Aquarium Fishes, Robert J. Goldstein and other serious aquarists applying their specialized expertise on North American fishes have compiled a comprehensive guide to hundreds of native fishes suitable for the home aquarium. American Aquarium Fishes corrects misconceptions about minnows and suckers; pygmy sunfishes and dwarf catfishes; perches and their tiny relatives, the darters; and even the mysterious blind cave fishes. This first-of-its-kind guide provides step-by-step instructions on where to find, how to identify, how to catch, and how to keep and breed these and many other native fishes. Goldstein explains why fishes occur where they do, discusses protected species, and offers guidance on the rules for collecting in each state. He also gives detailed instructions on how to transport and ship native fishes across the country and around the world. A chapter on aquarium plants by Richard Edwards provides details on collecting and propagating the most adaptable and beautiful aquatic plants likely to be encountered by fish collectors anywhere. Goldstein has provided a unique tool for American naturalists and has added a new dimension to the international hobby of breeding aquarium fishes. Destined to become the standard guide for maintaining and breeding American fishes, American Aquarium Fishes will be useful to aquarists, hobbyists, and biologists. Aquarium - Peter A. Lewis American Aquarium Fishes provides a wealth of previously unavailable data to any person interested in this branch of hobby. The author suggest that many of the more than seven hundred species of freshwater fishes found throughout the lakes, streams, rivers, creeks and pools of our nation may be successfully maintained and even encouraged to breed in a home aquarium of suitable size. American Aquarium Fishes cover every order of freshwater fishes found throughout the United Staes beginning with the rder Acipenseriformes containing the Sturgeons and Paddlefishes and ending with the most populated order, Perciformes, containing the diminutive darters and gobies. As each fish is described through the main text of the publication, Dr. Goldstein provides both the scientific and common name of the fish under consideration, an acurate portrayal of the species together with background and local information.
\ Peter A. LewisAmerican Aquarium Fishes provides a wealth of previously unavailable data to any person interested in this branch of hobby. The author suggest that many of the more than seven hundred species of freshwater fishes found throughout the lakes, streams, rivers, creeks and pools of our nation may be successfully maintained and even encouraged to breed in a home aquarium of suitable size.\ \ American Aquarium Fishes cover every order of freshwater fishes found throughout the United Staes beginning with the rder Acipenseriformes containing the Sturgeons and Paddlefishes and ending with the most populated order, Perciformes, containing the diminutive darters and gobies. As each fish is described through the main text of the publication, Dr. Goldstein provides both the scientific and common name of the fish under consideration, an acurate portrayal of the species together with background and local information.\ —Aquarium\ \ \ \ \ From The CriticsThis comprehensive reference volume will appeal to both specialty and general-interest libraries: American Aquarium Fishes provides over 118 color and over 200 black and white photos of various species of aquarium fish, providing detailed discussions on where to find native fishes, how to collect and transport them around the globe, and regional rules of collecting. The depth and detail and the vivid photos are impressive.\ \
