Language: Bilingual in English and Chinese with scientific nomenclature
This book follows in the footsteps of several exploratory underwater Chinese missions inventorizing the marina reef fauna of several island in the South China Sea. Using submersible observation, reef fish were directly observed in their original living environment and from resulting of 20,869 underwater photo shoot a selection of 565 photos covering 402 species belonging to 160 genera, 54 families are shown here. This forms a complete and reliable record of Dongsha Island's reef fish species, which has great scientific and practical value.
Summary in Chinese:
本 书是中国第一部完全以潜水拍摄方式,记述南海西南中沙群岛海域珊瑚礁鱼类的图谱。全书图片采用潜水观察法拍摄制作,直观地反映出珊瑚礁鱼类在原始生存环境 中的自然形态,有利于人们认知南海极为珍贵的完整的珊瑚礁生态系统,识别千姿百态的热带珊瑚礁鱼类。全书从20869张水下拍摄相片中精选出565张,涵 盖54科160属402种珊瑚礁鱼类的形态,是南海西南中沙群岛海域珊瑚礁鱼类物种多样化完整可靠的记录,具有极大的科研价值和实用价值。中国第一部完全 以潜水拍摄方式,记述南海西南中沙群岛海域珊瑚礁鱼类的图谱。2、图片珍贵、稀有,具有极大的科研价值和实用价值