Links or info on fish/marine life ID

[HilaryRN71]

Hi all,

New to diving this area and all these critters are strangers to me! Any good links or good publications on marine life ID for east coast Florida would be appreciated!

Thanks!!

[trigfunctions]

Check out this thread:
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=45292

Or this website:
http://www.reef.org/

All of the Paul Humann books are great for ID'ing local fish and creatures.
http://www.reef.org/cgi-bin/shop.cgi

Also the book Florida's Fabulous Fishes is good - you can get it at any Barnes and Noble or Borders down here.

[Scuba_Dad]

Hi all,

New to diving this area and all these critters are strangers to me! Any good links or good publications on marine life ID for east coast Florida would be appreciated!

Thanks!!

Hilary,
My favorite book is Paul Humann & Ned Deloach's book REEF FISH Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas. I think you can get it directly from REEF.

Here are some of the links I use:

FishBase
Marine Life Learning Center
Oceanwatch

I really like Ocean Watch... they have monthly classes are a real good rate.

Al

[HowardE]

If you buy the whole reef set... it's cheaper per book... $75 for the set is what I paid. Reef Fish, Reef Creature, Reef Coral in a nice case that holds them all.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/187...Fencoding=UTF8

As was said earlier... It's well worth it. It's the go to guide for sure.