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Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
Book by Gerald R. Allen; Roger Steene
378 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1994
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September 23, 2026
I'm a bit torn.
(+) Great variety in the species featured with many photos of species taken in their native locales.
(+) Each chapter intro had a pretty nice overview of the upcoming species. There were many interesting facts in each one.
(+) Helpful to have species lengths listed in centimeters
(+) Helpful to have it pointed out if a species was only found in a more specific area, e.g. "mostly western Pacific"
(-) Not sure if it was just my copy, but the printing is off on quite a number of pages. I realized the images weren't blurry, rather the CMYK printer jets were misaligned and caused the color split effect. Not very helpful for identifying species.
(-) The editing could have used a bit of polish, as there were grammatical and spelling errors. It made me wonder if there were errors hiding in the info that was new to me, like scientific names.
(+) Great variety in the species featured with many photos of species taken in their native locales.
(+) Each chapter intro had a pretty nice overview of the upcoming species. There were many interesting facts in each one.
(+) Helpful to have species lengths listed in centimeters
(+) Helpful to have it pointed out if a species was only found in a more specific area, e.g. "mostly western Pacific"
(-) Not sure if it was just my copy, but the printing is off on quite a number of pages. I realized the images weren't blurry, rather the CMYK printer jets were misaligned and caused the color split effect. Not very helpful for identifying species.
(-) The editing could have used a bit of polish, as there were grammatical and spelling errors. It made me wonder if there were errors hiding in the info that was new to me, like scientific names.
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