Reef Coral Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas (Reef Set)

This book can also be purchased as part of a three part set that also includes the Reef Fish Identification and Reef Creature Identification texts, each of which is equally as excellent as the Reef Coral Identification book.


None better. Clear, well-organized, and visually stunning!   November 17, 1999
liam.carr@yale.edu (Turks and Caicos Islands, BWI)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

this is the grail for fish reef fish identification. beautiful photographs of hundreds of fish, so no worries of picking a small sketch drawing from 5 fishes that look alike. includes easy IDs in the water. so well put together that sometimes its best to leaf through before a dive, just to get excited about what you might see. includes a check list in the back to hatchmark what you've seen.


WIthout a doubt, the BEST identification book out there.   December 6, 2001
Aquaria.Info (Aquaria.Info)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This is a fantastic book, and along with the other two books by this author you should be able to ID any marine creature you encounter!

The book lists virtually all types of corals including Algae, black corals, brain, lace, cactus, cup, boulder, fire, fleshy, etc.

Each entry has an excellent picture, the name, family, size, depth, and other information.

The pictures alone are worth the cost of the book!

This is definetely the book you want to have with you when you dive or snorkel. Buy it today, you won't be disappointed!


Almost as good as the previous!   April 16, 2001
Johannes Ehn Hellstrand (Stockholm,Sweden)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is the 3rd volume in the "Reef Set",Paul Humman`s incredible books on Caribbean marine life. Actually,this was the first volume I bought of them,so I now learned to know how these books were. I later received Reef Fish ID for Christmas. But this one is very beautifull too. It includes almost every coral that is likely to be encountered while diving in the Caribbean. The photos are also quite good for beeing an identification book. Commonly,really striking views of animals only come in art books like "Coral Seas" or "The Maldives" but these pictures are of almost the same quality. The Indo-Pacific corals are often very colourfull,but the Caribbean are more famous for their artistic shapes and forms (some of them looks like trees in the winter). It is not badder than the previous volumes,because this one takes up other animals. All three books are like one big book,because all of them covers different kinds of animals. So my rate of the entire reef set,including this one,is 10 out of 10 or 5 out of 5!If you do own the other volumes,do buy this one. No diver`s,fishwatcher`s or ichtyologist`s library is complete without these books. A must-have!


The Coral Reef Bible   January 11, 2002
Ray Crampton (McKinney, TX)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Don't take my word for it, go to a handful of dive shops and this author's name will come up more than once. An excellent book, I haven't come across anything I like better. The others in this family are just as good.