Download or read book Freshwater Fishes of Australia - 2 - Hardcover written by Gunther Schmida and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive volume about Australia's incredibly beautiful and interesting freshwater fishes, the rainbowfish, blue-eyes and hardyheads, ever attempted. It shows all species of Australian rainbowfish and blue-eyes, and most of their colour forms known to date, as well as almost all hardyheads and their forms. The quality colour reproduction of the 311 images is as natural as possible. The 26 x 21 cm size of the book, in portrait orientation (almost A 4), allows the images to be large enough to show most species in natural size or larger, and all fish are shown in prime condition. There are also many habitat shots for those readers not being able to visit these places themselves, often showing the type localities the species. The text is informative and up to date and deliberately kept simple to be understood by the general public, and hopefully inspire interest in these unique fishes. A must for all rainbowfish and nature lovers. Just click the Preview button to judge yourself.