Doctor Axelrod's Atlas of freshwater aquarium fishes

Whether you are a dedicated tropical fish hobbyist, researcher, dealer, or wildlife agent, Dr. Axelrods Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes offers a reliable zoogeographical method of listing species for a unique and simplified approach to fish identification. With hundreds of taxonomic changes since the previous edition, the Atlas incorporates a common name index as well as a scientific name index to the species identified within. It also provides full-color photos for more than 7,000 species of freshwater fishes from around the world, with emphasis on the most popular groups. New and improved photos of key species increase the informational value of the book over the previous edition.Species added to this 11th edition of the Atlas include several rare livebearing species, along with a wide assortment of new-to-the-book fishes from the popular Neotropical cichlids group, South American killifish species, South American loricariid catfish group, and relatives of the popular Siamese Fighting Fish, Betta splendens. Added species very recently appearing on the aquarium scene also include the Vietnamese White Cloud, Endlers Livebearer, the Goo-Obo Gudgeon, Denisons Red Lined Barb, and the Dwarf Blue Rainbowfish among others. The latest edition of the most comprehensive reference to aquarium fishes. The book contains full color photos of warmwater as well as coldwater, popular as well as rare, domestic as well as foreign aquarium fishes, and also includes valuable information on maintenance in captivity -- including feeding and spawning by Axelrod and others. The most comprehensive book ever published on the identification of freshwater aquarium fish. This book covers the common and the oddballs. Food requirements, lighting, temperment, water chemistry needs and more are covered for every species. 1150 pages, 7500 full color photographs. Photographs alone do not identify fishes, nor can anyone really make an absolutely positive identification of a fish without the fish's body at hand.