Fish and Creature ID book for Pacific?

[u5agi]

Hi,

Wondering if someone could recommend a good fish and marine life ID book for the South East Asia region? Something along the lines of the excellent Humann and Deloach series for the Carribean?

Thanks!
joseph

 

[jlyle]

You're in luck. Paul Humann, et al. just published:

Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific
by Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach

I also recommend:

Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
by Gerald R. Allen, Roger Steene

You'll find both at amazon or barnes & noble

 

[ScubaFriend]

Get the Paul Humann book ...god of fish identification

 

[u5agi]

Good timing Glad to hear Humann's released a book for the Pacific. I'll look into both books. Thanks for the recommendations!

cheers
joseph

 

[Kim]

I have both the above books. The Reef Fish one is excellent.

 

[calypsonick]

Debelius - "Asia Pacific Reef Guide" has a bit of everything.

 

[Wahu]

Chances are you'll need more than one guide. Allens book covers an enormous territory and there are times when a species is too local to make the book. Then you need a guide for the area you are diving.
Luck.