Reef Fishes Volume 1
Publisher: TFH Publications
Published: June 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9781890087210
Subjects: Fishes & aquaria; Fishes (ichthyology); Sea & seashore life; Aquariums; Ichthyology; Nature; Nature/Ecology; Fish; Coral reef fishes
First sentence: IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ALPS IN NORTHERN ITALY, THERE IS A fossilized coral reef where scientists have found the remains of more than 80 families of saltwater fishes, including members of the Acanthuridae, Chaetodontidae, Labridae, Pomacentridae, and Zanclidae-all strikingly similar to the modern-day forms of marine angelfishes, butterflyfishes, wrasses, damselfishes, and even the Moorish Idol.