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“…provides under one cover the basic information needed to grasp our planet’s most diverse freshwater fish fauna.”

Michael J. Goulding

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Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. A practical guide to the fish genera 

Edited by Peter van der Sleen and James S. Albert, with 50 contributing authors

Princeton University Press. 2018 

This Field Guide provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit Greater Amazonia, which includes the Amazon, Orinoco and coastal rivers in the Guianas. It summarizes our current state of knowledge on the taxonomy, species richness, and ecology of these fish groups, and provides references to relevant literature for species-level identifications. This Field Guide will be useful to anyone interested in quickly and accurately identifying Amazonian fishes, including aquarists, aquatic biologists, ecotourists, environmental engineers, sport fishers, and fish taxonomists.

"This could easily be my favourite fish book to date"

"If you’re passionate about fish, it’s an awakening experience"

Practical Fish Keeping

"an essential reference for anyone interested

in Amazonian fishes"

Journal of Fish Biology

"a one-of-a-kind guide" 

"a milestone for the taxonomy of fishes from the Amazon, Orinoco and Guianas"

Copeia

"It offers excellent value for money, and I would recommand it to all ichthyologists and everyone else interested in fish."

Fish and Fisheries

"eine einzigartige Publikation, wie sie in dieser Form bischer noch nicht erschienen war"

DATZ

"a beautiful field guide just to have as a celebration of the world´s astounding biodiversty"

Cool Green Science

"a masterwork"  and  "beautiful"

The Naturalist Podcast 

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