You know there is probably a very good reason why there isn't an aquatic equivalent
of the Handbook of the Birds of the World given we ultimately still know so little about the fish in the oceans, it would be utterly pointless putting such an encyclopedia to print.
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Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 15 May 2015, 9:45,
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Not in print, no
but online resources are starting to come together, such as EoL eol.org/ and WoRMS www.marinespecies.org/
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A Rory Borealis here under duress, Fri 15 May 2015, 9:49,
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here's another waterproof site
www.fishbase.org
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 15 May 2015, 9:52,
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