[.uk] Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes (ISBN 0793800331)

• Covers the common and the oddballs.

Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes:
The book serves to identifying any fish provided if one knows the scientific names. If the target audience are technically competent it will serve its intended purpose. But for the general hobbyists/fish keepers or even fish dealers the scientific names are impossible to remember. Even to pronounce them correctly seems impossible. By far the common names are more acceptable and meaningful to them. Even speaking to technical people the common names are more often used. I am not suggesting that the scientific names be dropped but be mention as an additional information to those who needs it. What I meant was that; the far the majority of hobbyists/fish keepers; young and old, technically minded or not would appreciate the common names as a reference. Personally, I do find it difficult to locate a fish. It must be somewhere in the book! Maybe it helps if you know the region of the world it comes from as that will narrow down your search. On the whole I know lots of work and effort has gone into the making of the book and credit must be given to all responsible.

Excellent:
I bought this book when I started getting really into the hobby and I absolutely am impressed with the quality of the photos, how the fish are separated by continent and other useful information. I frequently check back with the names of the fish and where these fish come from. I guess the only not serious complaint is that it does not contain the common name for the fish, only the latin. Although, I could see how hard it could be to list the several common names of each fish, since it's already so huge!

EXCELLENT:
Exhaustive encyclopedia with thousands of pictures. Perhaps a little to large and unwieldy. Not a place on the lap and browse kind of book. Excellent reference, tho I wish it had the common names with the pictures and not at the back of the book. This may be due to space and numerous common names of certain fish. Also, some kind of indents on the edges separating areas of the world. I was a little surprise to find it did not have 3 of my wild Betta's listed and in some cases, picture quality could be better. Overall excellent but limited detail on fish species. L. SCOTT, OSAKA,JP

Dr Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes:
The book delivered by Amazon was in Excellent Condition. This Book displays pictures and details of fishes not available in other Atlas I have bought, so it is worth every dime. Large, clear pictures of all freshwater fishes, great for reference.

An amazing freshwater fishes book:
It's not easy to collect pictures of thousand fishes all over the world, absolutely fantastic