Description
New Zealand’s seas and freshwater habitats are home to more than 1100 known fish species, with scientists regularly adding new discoveries to the tally. Whether you like to fish, snorkel, dive or swim off the beaches and lake shores, or you simply have a personal interest in aquatic life, you’ll welcome this fact-packed book. Featuring fishes of the rocky and sandy shores, reefs and open water, as well as some of the unusual species that wash in on tropical currents, not to mention representatives from rivers and lakes.
Know Your New Zealand Fishes describes more than 80 of the country’s best-known or most significant species.
Each entry includes:
- text on distribution,
- appearance, behaviour, diet and breeding habits
- spectacular colour photography of the fish in its natural environment
- sub-entries, where applicable, of similar or related species
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