Butterflyfishes guide

Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and Micro.

Seemingly advertising themselves with the bold colours on their disk-like bodies, butterflyfishes are amongst the most conspicuous fishes that swim about openly on coral reefs. They are admired by snorkelers and divers, and are also amongst the most popular and sought after fishes for the marine aquarium.

Over 130 species of butterflyfishes and bannerfishes occur in tropical seas around the world. Most live at shallow dephts, but a few of species were observed from submersibles at about 200 m, too deep for an amateur diver. Photographs of such species in situ are included here.

• Comprehensively illustrated with hundreds of spectacular underwater photographs, most of which are published here for the first time.
• Introduction to genera and subgenera, information of behaviour, habitats, hybridisation and basic details of aquarium requirements for the various groups.
• Picture index pages for visual quick-find of genera, subgenera of species.
• Full index of common and scientific names of families, genera and species.