This book contains a foreword on fish poisoning; an introduction; the parts of a fish; identification of fish; and the commercial fish fauna. The latter section covers nine fish families; I. Ambassidae (glassy perchlets); II. Serranidae (groupers, coral-trouts, coral-cods, sea-perches); III. Lobotidae (tripletails); IV. Theraponidae (tigerfishes); V. Priacanthidae (big-eyes); VI. Lactaridae (whitefish); VII. Carangidae (crevalles, scads, amberjacks, talangs, threadfishes, pampanos, pilotfishes); VIII. Rachycentridae (cobia); and Menidae (moonfish). Color and black-and-white illustrations. Also included are photographs and descriptions of the major types of fishing boats used in Hong Kong waters. Chinese characters and Cantonese pronunciations are provided.

Marine Fishes of Hong Kong: Part I

Chan, W.L.

Hong Kong Government Press

1968

2007.066.618