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	title:	Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Guide
	author:	Gerald R. Allen, Roger Steene
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Tropical Reef Research
	released:	December, 1994
	isbn:	9810056877
	isbn-13:	9789810056872

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Customer Reviews
Very outdated - Rated I bought this book a long time ago, and while I still find it occasionally useful, I must also add it is quite superficial - granted, several Indo-Pacific species are illustrated, but the accompanying texts are minimal, severely outdated or simply non-existent. Most images are also quite disappointing. To put it simply, it has been superseded by several more recent titles devoted to the same area. Divers, underwater photographers and reef aquarium keepers should consider instead the more recent, complete, updated and infinitely better illustrated "Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific" by the same author, "A Diver's Guide to Reef Life" by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari and "A Diver's Guide to Underwater Malaysia Macrolife" by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari - the latter, despite its misleading title, representing in my opinion the final word on Indo-Pacific critters. Simply the best... - Rated If you buy only one book for this part of the world, buy this one. We've dived Borneo, Bali, Fiji and Thailand and only on a handful of occasions have we seen stuff (that interests us) that isn't covered by this book. One of my favourite bits, is the caption 'Unidentified Octopus' for a Mimic Octopus. Clearly,when this book was written, a practically unknown species. But that doesn't detract from the usefulness of this book. Highly recommended. The book for fish ID by recreational divers - Rated This book is trully all the recreational diver will ever need to ID all reef fish, inverts and corals. It is also useful to people doing surveys, especially students and people working on basic transects. The photography and descriptions are excellent and comprehensive for all but the Carribean. Buy it. I have. Comprehensive visual guide from seaweeds to dolphins - Rated This paperback book provides a quick & easy identification of commonly encountered coral reef organisms (by 1800 colour photographs) from seaweeds to dolphins in 25 biological classification sections. It is very compact book but provides in-depth coverage that your average layperson (such as myself) finds easy to use and fascinating to read.

Customer Reviews

Very outdated - Rated 3/5
I bought this book a long time ago, and while I still find it occasionally useful, I must also add it is quite superficial - granted, several Indo-Pacific species are illustrated, but the accompanying texts are minimal, severely outdated or simply non-existent. Most images are also quite disappointing. To put it simply, it has been superseded by several more recent titles devoted to the same area. Divers, underwater photographers and reef aquarium keepers should consider instead the more recent, complete, updated and infinitely better illustrated "Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific" by the same author, "A Diver's Guide to Reef Life" by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari and "A Diver's Guide to Underwater Malaysia Macrolife" by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari - the latter, despite its misleading title, representing in my opinion the final word on Indo-Pacific critters.

Simply the best... - Rated 5/5
If you buy only one book for this part of the world, buy this one.

We've dived Borneo, Bali, Fiji and Thailand and only on a handful of occasions have we seen stuff (that interests us) that isn't covered by this book.

One of my favourite bits, is the caption 'Unidentified Octopus' for a Mimic Octopus. Clearly,when this book was written, a practically unknown species. But that doesn't detract from the usefulness of this book.

Highly recommended.

The book for fish ID by recreational divers - Rated 5/5
This book is trully all the recreational diver will ever need to ID all reef fish, inverts and corals. It is also useful to people doing surveys, especially students and people working on basic transects. The photography and descriptions are excellent and comprehensive for all but the Carribean. Buy it. I have.

Comprehensive visual guide from seaweeds to dolphins - Rated 5/5
This paperback book provides a quick & easy identification of commonly encountered coral reef organisms (by 1800 colour photographs) from seaweeds to dolphins in 25 biological classification sections. It is very compact book but provides in-depth coverage that your average layperson (such as myself) finds easy to use and fascinating to read.

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