Book ID: 98051
Pepperell, Julian
Fishes of the Open Ocean. A natural history and illustrated Guide. 2009. col. photogr. 272 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
The largest, swiftest, highest-leaping, fastest-growing and mostmigratory fishes on the planet all live inthe open ocean. Beautifully adapted to their world, they range fromtiny drift fish and slow plankton-straining whale sharks to high-energy, streamlined predators such as tuna and marlin. This is the firstbook to describe these fishes and detail their biology and the complexoften fragile world in which they live. This guide covers all majorspecies including tuna, marlin, swordfish and pelagic sharks, as wellas lesser-known ones such as flying fish, lancetfish, sunfish, pomfretopah, louvar, fanfish and basking sharks.