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A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes : North America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides) | 
| Authors: Brooks M. Burr, Lawrence M. Page
Creators: John P. Sherrod, Eugene C. Beckham, Craig Wayne Ronto, Roger Tory Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $19.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 53080
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0395910919
Dewey Decimal Number: 597.092973
UPC: 046442910910
EAN: 9780395910917
ASIN: 0395910919
Publication Date: January 1, 1991
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The first comprehensive field guide to freshwater fishes - covers all 790 species known in the United States and Canada. More than 700 illustrations, most in color, show identifying marks. Also includes 377 distribution maps and additional drawings of key details.
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 Five stars! January 17, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book with lots of pictures of species. I hoped that there would be photos for EACH species of fish but there was not. Each fish is documented though even if there is no picture for each. Many species are shown. I still have to give it 5 stars. This book is a great size too. It is not oversized. Perfect for travel.
 A waste of money October 7, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book may be of interest to an icthyolgist, but it's not much use to a fisherman. The color illustrations are very poor. They all have a washed out yellowish tint, and thus the illustrated fish tend to look all alike. The non color illustrations are better, but the book relies mostly on descriptions.
An indispensible guide to fish March 1, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I perform wildlife surveys for corporations all over the east coast. Half the weight of my equipment is Peterson Field Guides, which give me quick and easy identification of flora and fauna found and often eliminates the need for dicotomous keys and microscope work. This particular guide has helped me puzzle out a lot of small fish I come across. Well written, excellant illustrations, an important part of my library.
 Far from great September 29, 2004
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book has some of the worst fish illustrations i have ever seen. Text is far too brief. This volume tries to cover too much and does not cover anything well....
Finishing the Trilogy October 30, 2001
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
It might interest the reader of this review (since your looking at the book) to know that while fresh water only represents about 1% of the available aquatic habitat on earth over half of the known species of fish live in it. I'll leave it up to you to find out why. Peterson Field Guides have a winning formula, find an expert, set them up with a good illustrator and see what comes out. This book finishes the trio that covers all of the fishes likely to be encountered by a North American fisherman, diver or naturalist. Like the Fishes of the Atlantic Coast and the Fishes of the Pacific Coast it is well organized, well written, all inclusive (of species) and as informative as space will allow. If you are curious about fishes in general or encounter fresh water fish with any kind of regularity you owe it to yourself to find out what they are. And, if you live in North America you should have this book.
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