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Coastal Fishes of New Zealand

A comprehensive guide to identification and behaviour
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Coastal Fishes of New Zealand provides a comprehensive, informative, and up-to-date identification guide to the fishes likely to be encountered by New Zealand divers and fishers. Illustrated with 340 superb colour photographs of live fish in their natural habitats, this book includes all of New Zealand's... Read More
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Coastal Fishes of New Zealand

'Coastal Fishes of New Zealand' by Malcolm Francis, is a comprehensive, up-to-date identification guide to fishes likely to be encountered by NZ divers and fishers. Illustrated with over 340 superb colour photographs of fish in their habitats, this is a must-have book for divers and fishers and anyone else interested in our coastal marine life.

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Coastal Fishes of New Zealand provides a comprehensive, informative, and up-to-date identification guide to the fishes likely to be encountered by New Zealand divers and fishers. Illustrated with 340 superb colour photographs of live fish in their natural habitats, this book includes all of New Zealand's common reef fishes, and also many of those that live in other habitats.

Using the latest research, marine scientist Malcolm Francis provides a wealth of information about identifying features, geographical distribution, habitat, and size for 267 species of fish. Other interesting biological features, such as feeding, growth, spawning, and behaviour are also discussed.

If you were to have one book on the abundant fish life found around our coasts, this is the one to own.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781988550619

Publisher: Potton & Burton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2024

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Potton & Burton

Edition: 5th New edition

Illustration: colour photographs throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 348

About the Author

Malcolm Francis has spent more than 50 years scuba diving and exploring the seas around New Zealand and the South Pacific Ocean. He was Principal Scientist for Inshore and Pelagic Fisheries at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research until his retirement in 2020. He has authored four previous editions of 'Coastal Fishes of New Zealand', co-authored 'Sharks and Rays of New Zealand', and was the co-editor of the Montana Book Awards finalist 'The Living Reef: The Ecology of New Zealand's Rocky Reefs'

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