Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes: Eleventh Edition

Here is the newest edition of a book - a truly beautiful and immensely colorful book - that has taken the tropical fish world by storm by satisfying the long-existing need for a comprehensive identification guide to aquarium fishes. The book shows in full color not only the popular aquarium fishes but also the oddballs and rarities, not just the warm water species but the cold water species as well, not just the foreign fishes but the domestic species too. In addition, valuable information dealing with maintenance in captivity is included. In short, this book has it all, and it has it arranged in a format that will provide maximum utility to readers: the fishes are grouped by family according to the geographical region from which they originate.The photos themselves are so up to date that a number of fishes shown haven't been described yet in the latest scientific literature - and this new edition contains many new full-color photos in addition to the thousands appearing in previous editions. All of this beautiful photo/text package is concerned with identification and maintenance, to the benefit of every tropical fish hobbyist, beginners and experienced alike.The book also contains step-by-step full-color photographic sequences showing the spawning of a number of fishes from different families.