The Secret Life of Fish /
Doug Mackay-Hope.
- 224 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
DANGEROUS & DEADLY -- White-spotted puffer -- Striped marlin -- Red lionfish -- Northern pike -- Ocellate river stingray -- Common thresher -- Electric eel -- MINIATURE MARVELS -- Bargibants pygmy seahorse -- Candiru -- Three-spined stickleback -- Spotted lanternfish -- Leopard moray eel -- Guppy -- Brownbanded bamboo shark -- Red-bellied piranha -- Orange clownfish -- ASTOUNDING GIANTS -- Goliath tigerfish -- Hoodwinker sunfish -- Wolf fish -- Giant oceanic manta ray -- Giant oarfish -- Arapaima -- Whale shark�-- STRANGER THINGS -- Peters elephantnose fish -- Picasso triggerfish -- Fanfin angler -- Alligator gar -- Burbot -- Great hammerhead -- PUSHING THE EXTREMES -- Blackfin icefish -- Mexican tetra -- Arowana -- Devils hole pupfish -- Great blue-spotted mudskipper -- Seadragon -- Sockeye salmon -- LEGENDS OF OLD -- Atlantic sturgeon Marbled lungfish -- Sea lamprey -- West Indian Ocean coelacanth -- Bluntnose sixgill shark -- Siamese fightin fighting fish -- Barramundi -- Wels catfish -- WORLD TRAVELERS -- Brown trout -- Atlantic bluefin tuna -- Goldfish -- Sardine -- European eel -- Blue tilapia
There are 33,000 species of fish on our planet, and that number is constantly increasing. In context, that is more than all the species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles added together, making fish the most numerous vertebrates on our planet. Waters worldwide are teeming with these elusive creatures, but how much do we really know about them? Grouped into thematic chapters including the Dangerous and Deadly, Unusual Giants and Mini Marvels in this comprehensive book biologist Doug Mackay-Hope profiles the secret lives of 50 of our most interesting underwater cousins in an insightful and myth-busting study, complete with charming watercolour diagrams and expert insights. Learn about the White-Spotted Pufferfish, whose spines hide a deadly toxin, or the Ocellate River Stingray, who lurks in the rivers of South America and who can kill with just one touch of it's barbed stinger. Meet Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse, who measures just 2cm in length, as well as the enourmous Whale Shark, which grows to around 13m in length. Be fascinated by the wierd creatures of the deep ocean, such as the Peter's Elephantnosed Fish or the kaleidescopic Picasso's Triggerfish.