The definitive field guide to all the sharks, rays and chimaeras of
eastern North America
The waters off the East Coast of North America are home to an amazing
variety of sharks, rays and chimaeras. This groundbreaking,
comprehensive and easy-to-use field guide covers all 173 species found
along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, including
Bermuda and the Bahamas, and extending into the Gulf of Mexico to the
Yucatan Peninsula. These are all the species that are encountered in the
shallow waters of estuaries and coasts and the open ocean, including
rarely seen deep-sea species.
Lavishly illustrated throughout, this must-have guide includes detailed
species accounts describing key identification features, habitat,
biology and status. It also features illustrated key guides that enable
users to accurately identify species, comparison plates of similar
species, dentition plates, and illustrations of egg cases, where known.
This an essential guide for fisheries management, trade regulation and
shark conservation.
- The first field guide to cover all 173 species
- Features hundreds of color illustrations and photos
- Describes key features, habitat, biology and status
- Includes depth guides, at-a-glance icons and distribution maps
- Offers illustrated key guides, species comparisons and dentition
plates
