This is the 6th volume in TMC Publishing's Marine Fish Families Series."
Some of the most colorful reef fishes are small, rarely noticed or extremely secretive. Best known are the fairy basslets, schooling planktivores that may cloud the water above reefs when feeding.
Others live in the back of dark caves and disappear with the slightest disturbance. About 60 genera are presented here, covering several hundreds of species including most bass or basslets, hamlets and the related soapfishes and seaperch, as well as related families that include the grammas, longfins, blue devils, hulafishes and scissortails.
