Introduction ........................................................................................................13
Habitats .................................................................................................................17
Visual quick-find of fishes ............................................................................20
Visual approach to families and groups ...............................................22
Description of groups .....................................................................................27
Sharks ...............................................................................................................29
Rays ...................................................................................................................47
Morays, snake eels, conger eels and garden eels .............................61
Catfishes ..........................................................................................................77
Lizardfishes, flatheads and dragonet ...................................................81
Small pelagic fishes .....................................................................................91
Anglerfishes and frogfishes....................................................................103
Soldierfishes and squirrelfishes .............................................................109
Bigeyes and bulleyes .................................................................................119
Unclassified species ...................................................................................123
Trumpetfishes, cornetfishes and shrimpfishes .................................145
Seahorses, pipefishes, ghost pipefishes and sea moths ................151
Scorpionfishes and lionfishes .................................................................165
Stonefishes ...................................................................................................185
Anthias ...........................................................................................................189
Groupers........................................................................................................199
Soapfishes .....................................................................................................227
Dottybacks ....................................................................................................233
Hawkfishes ...................................................................................................237
Cardinalfishes ..............................................................................................245
Jacks and trevallies ....................................................................................259
Snappers ........................................................................................................275
Fusiliers ..........................................................................................................289
Sweetlips and grunts ................................................................................297
Seabreams.....................................................................................................309
Emperor and large-eyed bream ............................................................321
Coral breams ................................................................................................333
Goatfishes .....................................................................................................341
Chubs ..............................................................................................................353
Spadefishes and batfishes .......................................................................359
Butterflyfishes .............................................................................................365
Angelfishes ...................................................................................................391
Damselfishes, clownfishes and anemonefishes ...............................407
Barracudas ....................................................................................................439
Fingerfins and marblefishes ...................................................................445
Wrasses, Hogfishes, Coris ........................................................................451
Parrotfishes ..................................................................................................507
Sandperches and sand divers .................................................................523
Combtooth blennies .................................................................................531
Dartfishes ......................................................................................................543
Gobies ............................................................................................................549
Surgeonfishes and unicornfishes ..........................................................573
Rabbitfishes ..................................................................................................595
Tuna and other large pelagic fishes ...................................................603
Flounders and soles ...................................................................................613
Triggerfishes and filefishes .....................................................................619
Boxfishes .......................................................................................................639
Puffers and porcupinefishes ...................................................................647
References and recommended reading ...................................................... 663
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................... 665
Glossary .......................................................................................................... 667
Index of scientific names ............................................................................. 669
Index of French names ................................................................................. 681
Index of English names ................................................................................ 693
