"Fishes of the Open Ocean", from leading marine biologist and world authority on the subject Julian Pepperell, is the first book to comprehensively describe open-ocean fishes (pelagics) and explore the complex and often fragile world in which they live.

Compares the fishes from the tropical seas to those in the cold ocean.

"An introduction to devil rays that discusses their life cycle, range, diet, predators, and threats."--

"Sharks are some of the oldest creatures on the earth (or, rather, in its waters). This epic survey follows sharks from their earliest appearance in the Paleozoic era up through the challenges they face today. Along the way, readers will meet many different sharks from different points in history. They will get an up-close evolutionary look at what makes a shark a shark-like their skin, their teeth, their fins, and more. And they will get a crash...

Examines the world of fishes--from terrifying sharks to graceful seahorses--using a series of questions such as "What if a lungfish crawled out of the water?" and "What if a coral didn't build reefs?"