Subject: Pacific Fishes off North America

From: Lawrence Taylor <[email-masked]>
Date: 11 Jun 1996 21:43:40 GMT

Hi

As an East-coaster, I have all my notes and field guide books about 
"our" fishes.  I am interested to know more about fishes, inverts and 
algae off the West coast of North America. I can imagine there is a 
Peterson's field guide for some or all, yes?  Any tips would be greatly 
appreciated and can be e-mailed directly to me. For these Pacific flora 
and fauna I am interested in common and scientific names, and habitat 
preferences.  Many thanks in Advance.

Lawrence
[email-masked]

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From: Robert W Staley <staleyr>
Date: 14 Jun 1996 18:11:36 GMT

There is a Petersons Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes, I forget the number of the
book though. I am sure that if you can obtain a copy of any other Peterson
Field Guide book, on the inside cover they have a list of the books in the
series and an address to write to order a book. Other than that, there is a
great N.A. Shark book written by a gentleman from Texas A&M and the Univ. of
Washington puts out serveral publications on Pacific Coast Fishes and
Rockfishes. Hope this was a help.

Robert Staley
[email-masked]
Purdue Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~staleyr/

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From: [email-masked] (ElCoyotero)
Date: 17 Jun 1996 21:18:14 -0400

Hi (again, maybe?)
     I started to respond to this a couple of days ago, but something came
up and I had to log-off in the middle of writing my post.  Therefore I
don't know if any of it came through (but since I don't see it on my
listing it probably didn't), and so preemptory apologies for duplicate
posting if such is the case.
     In no particular order:

Hart, J. F. L.  1982.  Crabs and their relative of British Columbia. 
Handbook 40, BC Prov. Mus., Victoria, BC.  267 pp.  (pocket-sized
paperback; good keys, line drawings, some (watercolor?) plates).

Smith, R. I. and J. T. Carlton.  1975.  Light's manual - Intertidal
invertebrates of central California.  Univ. of CA Press, Berekely, CA. 
716 pp.  (hardback; updated classic)

Fitch, J. E. and R. J. Lavenburg.  1971.  California marine food and game
fishes.  U. of CA Press, Berkeley, CA.  179 pp.  (pocket-sized paperback;
was $5.95 in 1986; somewhat limited coverage; good line drawings, so-so
photographs).

Miller, D. J. and R. N. Lea.  1972.  Guide to the coastal marine fishes of
California.  Fish Bulletin 157, California Department of Fish and Game,
Sacramento, CA.  235 pp.  (paperback; keys to family level, rest of ID by
description, decent line drawings, excellent references).

Hart, J. L.  1973.  Pacific fishes of Canada.  Bulletin 18, Fisheries
Research Board of Canada, Ottawa, ONT.  740 pp.  (hardback; superb book,
but more suited for lab use than in the field;  was less than $10 when
new, and is probably still relatively inexpensive, a good bargain, and a
must have if your at all serious about N. Pacific fishes; great keys and
descriptions, good line drawings, and a few color plates (mostly
Salmonidae).  Note that the Fisheries Research Board of Canada is now
known as Fisheries and Oceans Canada, or something like that.

     Good luck,
     Jesse M. Purvis, Ph.D.
     Aquatic/Watershed Ecologist