Looking for Atlantic fish ID books
Posted January 14th, 2009 by JDHaines
I will be diving from the N. Carolina
coast up to Cape Cod this summer and have been looking for some good
reference material to help me identify the fish that I see while
diving these colder waters.
I have Humann and DeLoach's Reef Set
for Florida Caribbean Bahamas, and have been looking for something
similar that covers the West-central Atlantic region in detail.
Resources
Marine Life of the North Atlantic, Canada to New England, by Andrew J. Martinez
Fishes of the Gulf of Maine
A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes of North America, The Peterson Field Guide Series, by Robins/Ray/Douglass
Guide to Some Trawl-Caught Marine Fishes from Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 431, by Donald D. Flescher
McClane's Fireld Guide to Saltwaater Fishes of North America, by A. J. McClane
New Jersey Scuba Divers Message Board, http://members3.boardhost.com/Modiver/index.html
Herb Segars Photography, http://www.gotosnapshot.com/
Email me, Marty, martindick1@yahoo.com, if you can't find one of these books and you want it, or if you need a referral to an expert for an identification.
NC Aquarium
I have the same challange when I dive the NC wrecks, so I take a few hours out of my dive schedule and go visit one of the 3 excellent NC aquariums. There is one near Wilmington, Morehead City and on Roanoke Island.
Kristi Draper
(aka REEFNUT)
Is it normal to think about diving...all the time?