GUIDE TO THE COASTAL MARINE FISHES OF CALIFORNIA [California Fish Bulletin Number 157]

Octavo, softcover, new in green wraps with black lettering. 249 pp. First Edition, First Printing. black and white drawings throughout, a comprehensive identification guide encompassing all shallow marine fishes within California waters. Geographic range limits, maximum size, depth range, a brief color description, and some meristic counts including, if available: fin ray counts, lateral line pores, lateral line scales, gill rakers, and vertebrae are given. Body proportions and shapes are used in the keys and a statement concerning the rarity or commonness in California is given for each species. n all, 554 species are described. Three of these have not been recorded or confirmed as occurring in California waters but are included since they are apt to appear. The remainder have been recorded as occurring in an area between the Mexican and Oregon borders and offshore to at least 10 miles.