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I'm chomping at the bit to get going for my trip to Dumaguete! First diving in water warmer than California's chilly seas!
I'm a taxonomy junkie, so I'm wondering if anyone has good recommendations for good (under 50$) books on identification of various species. I have an Indo-Pacific invertebrates guide that seems pretty good, but I'm lost on where to start for fish, and it looks like you guys have some great ones.
I'm chomping at the bit to get going for my trip to Dumaguete! First diving in water warmer than California's chilly seas!
I'm a taxonomy junkie, so I'm wondering if anyone has good recommendations for good (under 50$) books on identification of various species. I have an Indo-Pacific invertebrates guide that seems pretty good, but I'm lost on where to start for fish, and it looks like you guys have some great ones.
Any recommendations?
Thanks!
Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific by Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, Paul Humann and Ned Deloach is a good one. Bought it at Barnes and Noble, Chicago. You may want to try Ebay too.
...is a comprehensive (1635 species), well organized and handy reference. I bought this field guide several years ago and I don't remember exactly how much it cost - but it was surely less than 50$. I hope you can still find it.
What book do you have on invertebrates? I'm looking for one myself.
Thanks guys!!!! You all have given me some great resources.
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