Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific: New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands
"The South Pacific has long been in need of a comprehensive guide to reef and shore fishes. This volume covers the inshore fish fauna of New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, the southern Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Tuvalu, Fiji, the Wallis Islands, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, the Tokelau Islands, the Phoenix Islands, the Cook Islands, the Austral Islands, Rapa, the Society Islands, the Tuamoto Archipelago, the Marquesas Islands, and the Pitcairn Islands. It contains accounts of 1,496 species...
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Compiled for divers and those fishing in the region, this comprehensive reference describes the many thousands of fish species of the shore area (to a depth of 200 meters) of the islands of Oceania (below the equator to 27 degrees South, and excluding Easter Island, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu). Superb color photos depict most species in their habitats; some are of preserved specimens. A description of the genus precedes description of each species, including a note of the original publication and author responsible for identification. The author is the senior ichthyologist at Bishop Museum in Honolulu and a world authority with an extensive publication record, including a similar guide to the fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Subsidies have made it possible to sell this great reference for a third of what a standard list price might have been. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Library Journal This attractive encyclopedic compendium covers 1,496 species of fishes, almost all of which were photographed by the author on expeditions dating back to 1951. Randall (senior ichthyologist, Bishop Museum, Honolulu) is an authority on tropical marine fishes, having described a record-breaking 555 new coral-reef varieties and written regional guides to fishes of the Caribbean, Hawaiian Islands, Red Sea, and Great Barrier Reef of Australia. A two-page map of the islands of Oceania defines the geographical area covered and a two-page color photo of the main external features of fishes precedes the entries, which are arranged from the most primitive to the most advanced groups. Each entry gives the common and scientific names of the species, the author who first described the fish, and a list of characteristics needed to identify it, including length, distribution, and habitat (as well as a color photograph). A brief introduction to each family is provided, as well as a glossary of terms, a bibliography, and an index. Bottom Line Gerald R. Allen and D. Ross Robertson's Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific is a similarly formatted work that covers a different area (and different groups of fishes), the region extending southward from the central Gulf of California to Ecuador. Invaluable as a reference for snorkelers, scuba divers, marine biologists, or those who simply wish to identify fishes on insular reefs, Randall's accessible and high-quality volume is appropriate for academic libraries and specialized marine science collections.-Judith B. Barnett, Pell Marine Science Lib., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
\ Library JournalThis attractive encyclopedic compendium covers 1,496 species of fishes, almost all of which were photographed by the author on expeditions dating back to 1951. Randall (senior ichthyologist, Bishop Museum, Honolulu) is an authority on tropical marine fishes, having described a record-breaking 555 new coral-reef varieties and written regional guides to fishes of the Caribbean, Hawaiian Islands, Red Sea, and Great Barrier Reef of Australia. A two-page map of the islands of Oceania defines the geographical area covered and a two-page color photo of the main external features of fishes precedes the entries, which are arranged from the most primitive to the most advanced groups. Each entry gives the common and scientific names of the species, the author who first described the fish, and a list of characteristics needed to identify it, including length, distribution, and habitat (as well as a color photograph). A brief introduction to each family is provided, as well as a glossary of terms, a bibliography, and an index. Bottom Line Gerald R. Allen and D. Ross Robertson's Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific is a similarly formatted work that covers a different area (and different groups of fishes), the region extending southward from the central Gulf of California to Ecuador. Invaluable as a reference for snorkelers, scuba divers, marine biologists, or those who simply wish to identify fishes on insular reefs, Randall's accessible and high-quality volume is appropriate for academic libraries and specialized marine science collections.-Judith B. Barnett, Pell Marine Science Lib., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\ \
