Reef Fish II

This book replaces the original Reef Fish which we can no longer update due to discontinued software. It is a celebration of fishes of the Indo-Pacific region. It includes 903 species from Australia, the Coral Sea, the Coral Triangle (Raja Ampat, Sulawesi) and the Red Sea. It is a companion volume to Reef Life which covers marine life from the same region. In over 40 years of diving, fish have been my constant underwater companions. Even under miserable conditions of cold water, limited visibility and foul currents, fish going about their daily routines and curiously assessing this interloper have provided endless amusement and a sense of comfort. Much of my diving has been done alone in less than ideal visibility which invokes a certain state of mind. It was always reassuring to find friendly faces at the end of the anchor line and providing entertainment on many an otherwise unrewarding dive. I became particularly attached to a red snapper living on a reef in Southern Australian waters and one day arrived to find him being hauled to the surface on the end of a fishing line. My diver’s knife came in handy and he was restored to his rightful place on the reef. We met again many more times — he’s in the book. Any errors in species identification are my own and feed-back is most welcome. We update this book several times a year for species updates and new material. These images are mostly from digital SLR’s (since 2005). All Pam’s images have been taken whilst free diving (from the surface to a depth of 12 metres). Some images are earlier film scans. She is always prompt to point out that she has little time to prepare and compose her shots against the luxury of my nearly unlimited bottom time. Wayne and Pam’s books have been enjoyed in 41 countries.