This living
list is intended to provide a resource for finding recommended
books, journals, and articles on Syngnathids. If you have
a suggestion, please forward the appropriate information to
Marc.
Title
Author |
Publisher
(Date)
ISBN
|
Hardcover/Softcover (Page Count)
Price (HC/SC)
|
Reason for Importance |
Seahorses |
 |
|
Seahorses
NONE |
TFH Publications, Inc.
1956)
NONE |
Softcover Only (25 pages)
Approximately $1.50 (out of print, check used book exchanges
like AB
Exchange) |
Very first guidebook on seahorses. |
|
Keeping Seahorses
Robert P.L. Straughan |
All Pet Books, Inc.
(1961)
NONE |
Softcover Only (25 pages)
Approximately $1.50 (out of print, check used book exchanges
like AB
Exchange) |
Straughan's only book devoted to seahorses. |
|
Sea Horses in Your Home
Mildred D. Bellomy |
TFH Publications, Inc.
(1968)
NONE |
Softcover Only (64 pages)
Approximately $2.50 (out of print, check used book exchanges
like AB
Exchange) |
First serious guidebook about seahorses. |
|
Encyclopedia of Sea Horses
Mildred D. Bellomy |
TFH Publications, Inc.
(1969)
n/a |
Hardcover (192 pages)
Approximately $7.00 (out of print, check used book exchanges
like AB
Exchange) |
The first major work on seahorses in the US; although
the nomenclature is outdated, this book is still worth
searching out and reading. |
|
A Step-by-Step Book About Seahorses
Peter Giwojna |
TFH Publications, Inc.
(1990)
0-88622-486-6 |
Softcover or Hardcover (64 pages)
Approximately $3.50/$7.00 (out of print, check used
book exchanges like AB
Exchange) |
First of the modern guidebooks about seahorses,
it is geared very much for beginners and primarily useful
for dwarf seahorses keepers; although now badly outdated,
it's still a good read if you come across it at the
library. |
|
Reproductive Ecology of Seahorses
Amanda Claire Jane Vincent |
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
(1990)
NONE |
Softcover Only (101 pages)
Only a handful of copies were printed; unavailable at
any price (OUT OF PRINT). |
Amanda Vincent's Ph.D. thesis represents the first
serious laboratory study on seahorses; extremely valuable
for researchers, her thesis is filled with insights
into the behavior of seahorses. The genesis of Project
Seahorse can be traced back directly to this work. |
|
Seahorses: Conservation and Care
Neil Garrick-Maidment |
TFH Publications (Kingdom Books, UK)
(1997)
185279071-7 |
Hardcover Only (101 pages)
Approximately $7.30 |
A comprehensive account of how to care for seahorses
in the aquarium, which stresses the need for their conservation
in the wild. Excellent coverage of European seahorses,
but very limited information on other species. |
|
Seahorses: an Identification Guide to the World's
Species and their Conservation
Sara A. Lourie, Amanda C.J. Vincent, and Heather J.
Hall |
Project Seahorse
(1999)
0-9534693-0-1 |
Softcover (spiral-bound) Only (214 pages)
Approximately $44 |
The first comprehensive guide to seahorse species
world-wide. The heart of the book presents descriptions
of each species supported by full illustrations, photographs,
distribution maps and a pictorial key. Excellent identification
key and introduction to meristic counts, morphometrics,
taxonomy and classification. Unfortunately, there is
no information at all on aquarium requirements, maintenance,
feeding, breeding, rearing, or aquaculture. |
|
The Complete Guide to Dwarf Seahorses in the
Aquarium
Alisa Wagner Abbott |
TFH Publications; (October 2003)
0793805341
|
Hardcover (144 pages)
Price (HC/SC)
Listprice $17.95 |
Reason for Importance |
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