Going to Taveuni, Fiji next March and want to get a book on fish identification for the area. Do a little studying before the trip. I am not looking for a vacation guide or such. Any good titles would be appreciated.
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The best known book is Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific, by Allen, Steene, Humann and Deloach. Published by New World Publications and Odyssey Publications. It sells on Amazon for about $30. I paid more at my LDS. I was able to identify everything I needed for my last Fiji trip with it. Good pics and very user friendly.
btw. If you have fish you cannot identify after your trip and have pictures then you can use a section on this board to ask what it is. The URL is Name that Critter - ScubaBoard.
There are other internet sites dedicated to identification (fish,corals, nudibranchs, etc) if you wish. Internet searches can provide info on what forum/board you need though some sites have little traffic (=few responses).
There are other internet sites dedicated to identification (fish,corals, nudibranchs, etc) if you wish. Internet searches can provide info on what forum/board you need though some sites have little traffic (=few responses).
I jus found out that the new Humann-DeLoach effort, this one on Fish CREATURES of the Tropical Pacific becomes available in the U.S. market on November 8th.
Reef Creature Identification Tropical Pacific is 500-pages of 1,600 animals and 2,000 photographs. It must weigh a ton! Amazon has it for $48.00 and I already have it on my "wish list."
Amazon.com: Reef Creature Identification Tropical Pacific (9781878348449): Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach: Books
Reef Creature Identification Tropical Pacific is 500-pages of 1,600 animals and 2,000 photographs. It must weigh a ton! Amazon has it for $48.00 and I already have it on my "wish list."
Amazon.com: Reef Creature Identification Tropical Pacific (9781878348449): Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach: Books
I got an advance, SIGNED copy of the new Humann-DeLoach book on Tropical Pacific Reef Creatures Identification (not Fish Creatures as referred to in the previous post) and can assure you that it is excellent. I will no longer need any other book for reef creatures. Get this and the Reef Fish Identification book referred to in post #2 and you'll be set for almost everything that is alive below the waterline in the tropical pacific (I say "almost" because these two books would not cover, for example, coral species or different types of anenomes).
Sorry for posting the wrong title. Brain fart! May I ask how you got an advance copy?
Glad to hear it's got everything you need for Reef Creature Identification.
Now I wonder if there is anything out there about the other non-fish creatures; turtles, sea mammals, etc. Are there enough to warrant a separate book? Could they not include them as an aside in one of the other guides?
I also own A Diver's guide to Udnderwater Malaysia Macrolife by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari. It's a lovely guide, full of absolutely stunning photographs, but it does concentrate on the Indo-Pacific; this excludes Palau, and I'm really not sure how much crossover there is.
Glad to hear it's got everything you need for Reef Creature Identification.
Now I wonder if there is anything out there about the other non-fish creatures; turtles, sea mammals, etc. Are there enough to warrant a separate book? Could they not include them as an aside in one of the other guides?
I also own A Diver's guide to Udnderwater Malaysia Macrolife by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari. It's a lovely guide, full of absolutely stunning photographs, but it does concentrate on the Indo-Pacific; this excludes Palau, and I'm really not sure how much crossover there is.
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I received an email in early October from New World Publications (the publishers of the book) saying that they were offering advanced copies of the book. Here is the link Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific ; maybe there are still some signed copies available.
I agree that there should be something out there for sea mammals, turtles and the like. I am guessing that there aren't enough of them to warrant their own ID book (unless you wanted to get into the details of habitat, breeding, feeding etc), so why not include them in one of the Fish ID books? Good question.
I agree that there should be something out there for sea mammals, turtles and the like. I am guessing that there aren't enough of them to warrant their own ID book (unless you wanted to get into the details of habitat, breeding, feeding etc), so why not include them in one of the Fish ID books? Good question.
Well, I just got my copy of Tropical Pacific Reef Creatures Identification . The photos are AMAZING. The scope and depth--magnificent. This is truly a monumental work, years--decades?--in the making.
Really happy to see a small, but informative, section on cephalopod behavior, symbiosis, and invertebrate reproduction. That was an added plus. And really surprised just how many "undescribed" species there are listed--i.e. so newly discovered they don't have a name (or much else) for them yet.
Wow!
Really happy to see a small, but informative, section on cephalopod behavior, symbiosis, and invertebrate reproduction. That was an added plus. And really surprised just how many "undescribed" species there are listed--i.e. so newly discovered they don't have a name (or much else) for them yet.
Wow!
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