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A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes

From Alaska to California

Val Kells, Luiz A. Rocha, and Larry G. Allen

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A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to West Coast marine fishes.

From the Arctic waters of Alaska to the southern tip of California, this fully illustrated guide captures the stunning diversity of fishes along the western coastlines of the United States and Canada. The combined work of renowned marine science illustrator Val Kells and distinguished ichthyologists Luiz A. Rocha and Larry G. Allen, A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California is this region's most current and thorough fish identification guide.

Whether you are an angler, scuba diver, naturalist, student...

A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to West Coast marine fishes.

From the Arctic waters of Alaska to the southern tip of California, this fully illustrated guide captures the stunning diversity of fishes along the western coastlines of the United States and Canada. The combined work of renowned marine science illustrator Val Kells and distinguished ichthyologists Luiz A. Rocha and Larry G. Allen, A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California is this region's most current and thorough fish identification guide.

Whether you are an angler, scuba diver, naturalist, student, or teacher, you will find every fish you're trying to identify, each shown in lifelike detail. The book's coverage extends from shallow, brackish waters to depths of about 200 meters.

Key features include
Over 950 illustrations of adults, juveniles, and color variants
Descriptions of 157 fish families and almost 700 species
Text presented adjacent to the illustrations
Concise details about the biology, range, and distribution of each species       

Poised to become your go-to reference, this guide will find a welcome spot on your boat, in your backpack, or on your bookshelf.

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A must have for those with an interest in the marine fishes of the West Coast.

This book will soon become your go-to identification guide, and is compact and durable enough with water resistant pages to throw in your dive bag, fishing tackle box, or field sampling gear. Together with Kells’s previous book on fishes from Maine to Texas, you will be prepared to identify almost any coastal species you come across in the continental United States.

This new guide to Pacific coast fishes from Johns Hopkins University Press would be a great addition to any Oregon Master Naturalist's library.

A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes by Kells, Rocha, and Allen is a wonderful field guide that would be a welcome addition to any dive bag or tackle box... I cannot recommend this book enough to anglers, divers, hobby naturalists, and students alike. It is a musthave for anyone who wants to quickly and accurately identify a Pacific Coast fish on the go.

No one creates as beautiful coloured illustrations of marine fishes... I recommend all libraries consider adding it to their collection.

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Book Details

Publication Date
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Available
Trim Size
5.5
x
8.5
Pages
376
ISBN
9781421418322
Illustration Description
996 color illus.
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
About This Book
Area and Species Covered
Names and Sequence of Species
Organization and Presentation
Introduction
Diversity and Classication
Adaptations to Life in Water
Identifying

Acknowledgments
Preface
About This Book
Area and Species Covered
Names and Sequence of Species
Organization and Presentation
Introduction
Diversity and Classication
Adaptations to Life in Water
Identifying Fishes
Conservation
Families
Species
Glossary
Rare Fishes Also in the Area
Select Bibliography and Additional Resources
Index

Author Bios
Valerie A. Kells
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Valerie A. Kells

Val Kells (KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC) is an award-winning marine science illustrator. She is the coauthor and illustrator of A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Maine to Texas and A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California.
Luiz A. Rocha
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Luiz A. Rocha

Luiz A. Rocha (GREENBRAE, CA) is a curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences and the coauthor of A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California.
Larry G. Allen
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Larry G. Allen

Larry G. Allen is a professor and the chair of biology at California State University–Northridge and the president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. He is the coauthor of The Ecology of Marine Fishes: California and Adjacent Waters.