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Need to find your way among Butterflyfishes galore?Lost in a maze of confusing Groupers?Can't make your Scorpionfish out?Never fear - your problems are solved at last!We have finally published our long-awaited new book A DIVER'S GUIDE TO REEF LIFE, a formidable yet handy field guide for scuba divers and snorkellers worldwide featuring an incredible 1.200 tropical marine species from the Indo-Pacific to the Red Sea and the Caribbean. This spectacular new book - running 480 richly illustrated pages in full blazing color - boasts more than 1.300 color photos and, as our previous and wildly successful A DIVER'S GUIDE TO UNDERWATER MALAYSIA MACROLIFE, features first-hand information on distribution, habitat, size and life habits for each species, running the gamut from cartilagineous (sharks and rays) and bony fishes (all the others!) to hard and soft corals, invertebrates (from crustaceans to mollusks - including sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea stars and nudibranchs), and even seafaring reptiles and mammals such as dolphins and whales.Printed in a sturdy, traveller-friendly format and size (16,5 cm x 19 cm), easy to consult after a dive on a crowded boat or back at the beach, A DIVER'S GUIDE TO REEF LIFE is robustly hardbound with a special reinforced stitched binding for long duration. Featuring full scientific and common names indexes and several in-depth, highly readable special features on marine species behavior, it also adds the punch of a series of spectacular, incredibly colorful thematic photo galleries specially aimed at photographers.All capped by our well-known trademark - easy-to-follow underwater phototips for starters and pros! A DIVER'S GUIDE TO REEF LIFE is certain to set a standard for marine life field guides everywhere - for the first independent enthusiastic reviews of A DIVER'S GUIDE TO REEF LIFE. Reviews: "The photos throughout the book are absolutely mesmerizing ...The colors are so rich and the details are so amazing in these photos, that you'll wonder if this is a taxonomic guide or an underwater photography how-to...an absolute must-have for any diver who has eyes and plans on using them while diving." - Willy Volk, wetpixel.com "A stunning tropical marine life reference guide which is bursting at the seams with outstanding photographs".- Jane Morgan, DIVE Magazine, December 2006 "This work is truly a must for all that are interested in the underwater creatures that inhabit our tropical waters".- Bob Goemans, Saltcorner.com, October 2006 "As essential as your passport on every dive trip from the Red Sea to the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific".- Claudia Pellarini, SUBMERGE Magazine, October 2006 "No marine guide in the world will excite you with this much color and fascinate you with this much information".- Willy Volk, Wetpixel.com.October 2006 "...a truly comprehensive work, and probably the only reef guide most divers will need to take with them on a trip." - Tim Ecott, Divernet