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• The incredibly diverse and fascinating Family Labridae ranges from the glorious Thalassoma, Halichoeres and Coris wrasses, and the huge array of flasher and fairy wrasses, to many other species prized by saltwater aquarists: the hogfishes, the much-loved bird wrasse, the rockmover, maori, razorfish, cleaner wrasses.


• Wrasse Genera covered: Anampses, Bodianus, Cheilinus and Oxycheilinus, Choerodon, Cirrhilabrus, Coris, Gomphosus, Halichoeres, Hemigymnus, Hologymnosus, Labroides, Macropharyngodon, Novaculichthys, Paracheilinus, Pseudocheilinus, Pseudocoris, Pseudodax, Pseudojuloides, Pterogogus, Stethojulis, Thalassoma, Wetmorella.


• Wrasses & Parrotfishes also includes everything an aquarist needs to know about the Family Scaridae, the amazing parrotfishes: their unique life habits and why they are best appreciated in the wild, where they are among the most biologically interesting members of the reef community.


• Parrotfish Genera covered include Scarus, Spirasoma, Cetoscarus, and others.


• Each species entry includes natural history and biology notes from the wild, identification, behaviors in nature and in the aquarium, foods and feeding tips, selection and buying advice, captive care techniques and husbandry secrets.


• Representing more than two decades of research, writing, and underwater photography, the Reef Fishes Series books provide authoritative coverage of hundreds of dazzling species, with their social behaviors, food habits, modes of reproduction and expert advice for keeping them alive and healthy in the home aquarium.


• Hardcover; 400 pages; Published in 2008.

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