This book continues the highly acclaimed Scott Michael series with accounts of some of the most-loved groups of coral reef fishes. Covering 68 families and thousands of species, the Reef Fishes Series is an authoritative guide designed to be a lifelong reference for saltwater aquarists, divers, and amateur reef naturalists. This book contains detailed information on the following groups: Groupers, Soapfishes, Basslets, Dottybacks, Grammas, Longfins, Jawfishes, Bigeyes, Hawkfishes, Morwongs, Cardinalfishes, and Tilefishes.
Includes: Identification (500+ new species photos), behaviour, feeding, selection and buying advice, captive care techniques and secrets.
Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• The Fishes
 Family Serranidae - Groupers, Soapfishes and Reef Basslets
 Family Pseudochromidae - Dottybacks
 Family Grammatidae - Grammas
 Family Plesiopidae - Longfins
 Family Opistognathidae - Jawfishes
 Family Priacanthidae - Bigeyes
 Family Cirrhitidae - Hawkfishes
 Family Cheilodactylidae - Morwongs
 Family Apogonidae - Cardinalfishes
 Family Malacanthidae - Tilefishes
• References
 Photography Credits
 Bibliography
 Index
 About the Author
