Baensch Aquarium Atlas Photo Index 1-5 - 3rd Revision

[benny]

Hi guys,

For those interested, the third revision (2007) of the Baensch Aquarium Atlas Photo Index 1-5 is out now!



This edition is revised to include 100 new photographs and updated nomenclature, the old names now being synonyms.

ISBN: 987882440836

Cheers,

[zyblack]

Is this the complete fish species encyclopedia? Been thinking of getting a book with pictures on all the fish around the world so I can read up or identify those that I have bought on impulse.

[budak]

NOT complete, given that there's at least 10,000 freshwater fish species known and dozens if not hundreds are still being discovered yearly (and 20% of these are extinct or endangered, including many in Southeast and East Asia). Think the Atlas has around 4,000 species. Plus within each species you can have many variations, subspecies, populations and species complexes (groups of 'species' that hard to distinguish from each other). Meanwhile, total number of fish species is something like 28,000... think how many volumes of books you need just to have a 1-2 page profile of each species...

A good resource: http://www.iucn.org/themes/wani/eatlas/pdf/gm/gm2.pdf
plus: www.fishbase.org

[zyblack]

woah...so many fishes...the problem with fishbase is that I need to know the name of the fish to see it's profile and stuff. That is why I am wondering if there are any good encyclopedia around with pictures so I can identify fishes easily. Anyone has a recommendation?