Fishes of Aotearoa
Author: Paul Caiger
Fishes of Aotearoa is a stunning large-format hardback showcasing the extraordinary marine life found in New Zealand waters. Filled with beautiful underwater photography, it’s a striking coffee-table book for ocean lovers, divers, anglers and anyone fascinated by the incredible diversity beneath our coastlines.
With a long and complex coastline scattered with countless islands, and freshwater waterways weaving all through our rugged landscape, Aotearoa really is an aquatic nation.
As such, it is home to a bounty of colourful and characterful fishes. Fishes of Aotearoa is a major celebration of this fish life, set to the backdrop of all our primary underwater habitats, from freshwater rivers, lakes and wetlands, tidal environments, rocky reefs, the softer sedimentary habitat of sand and silt, and then further out, the pelagic zone of the deeper ocean.
With a wonderful array of fascinating stories about all the best-known fish species, as well as descriptions of many of the wonderful and weird species not so well known, it is a captivating read.
All of this is illustrated with superb underwater photography by the author and marine ecologist, Paul Caiger, and very much written for a general audience. Fishes of Aotearoa is one of the most significant books ever published about the fish life that we share this country with.
Author: Paul Caiger
Format: Hardback with dustjacket
Pages: 240
Size: 280 x 230 mm
Weight: 1.6 kg