Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish Paperback – Illustrated, December 29, 2003

Good general guide to sport fish that most in the USA would eat. No pretty coral fish listed, so not a complete guide.

I purchased this book for our son who had shown strong interest in fish particularly ones in ocean. He loves cooking fish and likes to study fish of different kinds. It was a perfect book to satisfy his curiosity and to expand it. He has not put it down since we bought it 1.5 months ago and I really feel we got significant mileage out of this book! We just ordered the Fresh Water Dish book from the same author.

Great for the novice fisherman or just someone takinga cruise and wants to know what fish will eat you or not.

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I do volunteer guide work in a local aquarium. I was looking for a guide related to salt water fish, their range and eating and breeding habits. I purchased the Kindle edition because I can carry it in the pocket of my cargo pants and it is always readily available. Although this guide is designed for anglers it has served my requirements very well. Though the aquarium has over 1100 species inclusive of some mammals, birds and many invertebrate marine creatures it is primarily dedicated to saltwater fish. It is reassuring to know that when a guest asks a question related to fish I have an easy quick means by which I can accurately respond. This book has proved to be an excellent resource even though my use differs from its' intended use.

Disappointed at content ; purchased for grandson;

I bought this with the freshwater fish guide. I wish it had color photos along with the drawings but they are really great books. The information in the front of the books emphasizes identification through fish and tail shape, coloration, fin and gill characteristics, etc. The drawings are consistent with the descriptions so the books are very effective. Ken Schultz addresses around ten categories for each fish so quickly locating specific info is easy.

Great informative text. Was looking to improve variety of selection for a 9th grade class of reluctant readers. Has worked well!