Synopses & Reviews
A marvel of the natural world, Australia's Great Barrier Reef covers 135,000 square miles of water and pulses with an enormous variety of sealife. Here are thirty portraits of the inhabitants of this amazing ecosystem, waiting to come alive with your addition of colors and tints. Beautifully detailed illustrations include the tiger shark, spotfin lionfish, crown-of-thorns starfish, bluespine unicornfish, scribbled angelfish, harlequin tuskfish, pig-faced butterflyfish, blue-ringed octopus, mandarin fish, and many more! Identifying captions provide information about each fascinating creature.
Synopsis
With a variety of life rivaled only by a tropical rain forest, Australia's Barrier Reef is the sea's grandest jewel. This collection offers incredible illustrations of a tiger shark, clown anemone fish, blue ringed octopus, harlequin sweetlips, razorfish, nudibranch, cuttlefish, regal angelfish, mandarin fish, and 21 more.
Synopsis
With a variety of life rivaled only by a tropical rain forest, Australia's Barrier Reef is the sea's grandest jewel. This collection offers incredible illustrations of a tiger shark, spotfin lionfish, crown-of-thorns starfish, bluespine unicornfish, scribbled angelfish, and 25 more.
About the Author
In addition to illustrating books for Dover, Ruth Soffer has also done work for other major publishing houses. An artist specializing in natural science subjects, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Table of Contents
Angelfish, regal
Angelfish, scribbled
Anthias, purple
Anthias, redbar
Anthias, redfin
Butterflyfish, copperband
Butterflyfish, pig-faced
Butterflyfish, saddled
Clownfish
Cod, potato
Coral, sea whip
Coral, whip gorgonian
Crinoid
Cuttlefish, giant
Eel, yellow-edge moray
Gorgonians
Jellyfish, box
Lionfish, spotfin
Mandarin fish
Moorish idol
Nudibranchs
Octopus, blue-ringed
Ray, giant manta
Sea fan
Shark, tiger
Slug, sea
Snake, olive sea
Spanish dancer
Squirrelfish, saber
Starfish, crown-of-thorns
Starfish, feather
Tang, blue
Triggerfish, clown
Triggerfish, orange-lined
Tuskfish, harlequin
Unicornfish, bluespine
Wasp, sea
Whip-goby, loki
Wrasse, cheeklined Maori
Wrasse, moon
Wrasse, rock-mover