This eagerly awaited third volume of the Baensch Freshwater Atlas series presents more than 1,000 new color photographs of aquatic species not included in the previous two works. Shows 900 aquarium fish species in full-color, 80 aquatic plant species for the home aquarium, and new and exotic discoveries in their natural habitats. Includes advice on care, feeding, breeding, and natural history of each species. Full color throughout.
Aquarium hobbyists who require a reliable atlas covering all of the facets of this fascinating hobby should find it with this book.
Or for people like me who are tired of looking stupid when people ask "whats that fish you got there?", and my base, vernacular response usually is "well, its a, oh, catfishy looking thingy I , um, picked up somewhere...". And now I am able to say " why that is a Siluroidei, which is plainly recognized by its pair of lower barbels, lack of scales, and obvious distinction with that of the sub-order of Callichthyidae".