The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals features more pictures, more stories, and more species than any other softcover field guide. Clear underwater photos and scientifically up-to-date descriptions make it easy and fun to identify 386 Hawaiian reef and shore fishes. The ten whale, dolphin, and turtle species seen most often in Hawai`i are included too. Indispensible for snorkelers, divers, teachers, students, and anyone else interested in the sea, this is the ultimate identification book for Hawaiian marine vertebrate animals.But there’s more. It is also a gold mine of behavioral information, legends, trivia, and fun facts. Have you ever wondered why spinner dolphins spin? Or how manta rays mate? (see pages 373 and 235) What does it feel like to be stung by a lionfish? (see page 250) Or attacked by a shark! (see page 267) Do you know the smartest fish on the reef? Or why eels tie themselves in knots? (see pages 114 and 196)Crammed with stories, picture galleries, sidebars, and 965 full-color photographs, this book takes the concept of a fish identification guide to a whole new level. Enjoy! Angelfishes Barracudas Bigeyes Blennies Boarfishes Bonefishes and Ladyfishes Boxfishes Butterflyfishes Cardinalfishes Chubs Cusk Eels and Pearlfishes Damselfishes Dartfishes and Wormfishes Dragonets and Triplefins Eels Filefishes Flagtails Flatfishes Frogfishes Goatfishes Gobies Groupers and Anthias Gurnards Hawkfishes Infantfishes Jacks Knifejaws Lizardfishes Milkfish Moorish Idol Morwongs Mullets and Threadfins Needlefishes and Halfbeaks Parrotfishes Pipefishes and Seahorses Porcupinefishes Pufferfishes Rays Remoras Sandburrowers Sandlances Sandperches Sardines, Herrings and Silversides Scorpionfishes and Coral Crouchers Sharks Snappers and Emperors Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes Stripeys Surgeonfishes and Unicornfishes Tilapia Tilefishes Triggerfishes Trumpetfishes and Cornetfishes Wrasses Sea Turtles Sea Snakes Whales and Dolphins Seals Author: John P. Hoover
