tropical fish behaviour

[Bery]

As a dive enthusiast i am getting more and more interested in not only identifying fishes, but in their behaviour as well. But unfortunately I haven't found a good book, or internet site, yet that explains coral-reef-fish-life in normal English.

Could anyone tell me, where i can find information about why the fishes are doing what they are doing and why.

And where can i find stories from divers about their experiences and observations of fishes. Anecdotes about funny, strange, agressive etc behaviour of fishes.

Your help is much appreciated

 

[divingjd]

Try "Reef Fish Behavior" by Ned DeLoach, with photos by Paul Humann. It is a companion book to their "Reef Fish Identification" and it's very good. It covers Florida, the Caribbean, and the Bahamas.

 

[Lonefox]

You may also want to look up books about Aquariums and Fishkeeping on Amazon, you would be surprised how much you can learn about them by keeping your own aquarium.

Don't expect to understand Puffer's anytime soon though, those little guys with their big eyes and expressive faces are very intellegent, while you are staring at them trying to work out things about their behaviour, they are doing the same with you Mine spends more time watching what's going on in the room, and following people around than he spends exploring his tank. He even appears to recognise individual people, and behaves differently depending who's about.

 

[SubMariner]

Try "Reef Fish Behavior" by Ned DeLoach, with photos by Paul Humann. It is a companion book to their "Reef Fish Identification" and it's very good. It covers Florida, the Caribbean, and the Bahamas.

While the book can be a "bit dry" at times, it's still very informative, esp if you are an UW Photog who wants to get some special shots.