A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California

摘要

In 2011, Luiz Rocha sent a message to marine science illustrator, Val Kells, complimenting her illustrations in the newly released guide, A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Maine to Texas (Kells and Carpenter, 2011). Rocha had recently moved from the University of Texas Marine Science Institute to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and wondered if Kells would be willing to collaborate on a similar guide for the west coast. She agreed, and along with author Larry G. Allen, began the creation of A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California. This work describes over 157 fish families, 705 species and includes over 950 illustrations of adult fishes, juveniles and colour variants. Species included are brackish and marine fishes from the northern border of Alaska to the southern border of California. The area covered ranges from the intertidal zones to approximately 660 feet, or 200 meters. Species living in depths over 200 meters are excluded.