Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes

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Summary: Must Have for Aquarium Hobbists
Review: This is the ultimate book for identifing freshwater fish species. Especially if you're trying to order something special.

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Summary: nice pictures, bad index
Review: Very good pictures, but an index with many failures. Seeking for species on base of the index is complicated.
Excessive number of pictures of 'domesticated' species without names.

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Summary: If you want pictures this book can't be beat!
Review: When I ordered this book, my expectations were for lots of pictures and lots of info. on eating habits, breading habits, the differences between males and females, fish origins, etc. Basically, I was expecting the end-all-be-all of fishkeeping books. What the book actually turned out to be was a huge book full of nothing but pictures. Every single page is loaded with pictures. The pictures are great, and if that's all you want, then this book is right for you. There is a tiny (really tiny) bit of info. other than pictures. Each picture has a few symbols underneath which you can look up in a legend. These symbols tell you things like if the fish is an eggbearer or live bearer, and some general information. Not exactly what I was expecting. If you're expecting what I was you'd probably be better off getting a smaller book with more detail about the fish that are in it.