Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States: A Field Guide (New York State Series) Hardcover – June 1, 2004

Catalogues and gives a nice life history of each fish species found in the northeast, with the exception of the newest invasives since the book's last revision. The book does not cover some of the great lakes fishes, such as some Coregonids, Buffalos and mirror carp. and other very rare fishes, such as the summer sucker. Dichotomous key is helpful for fish ID, which I do a lot of for fisheries surveys,. This book should be used in combination with the Hubbs and Lagler. The other small downside to this book is that it lacks species range maps.

Great books for the $$$. Lots of good information in a pint sized book. A good reference for those interested in fish or who wish to study fish in the northeast region. This book will be required for my students next time I teach Ichthyology.

Although not all of the fish in my area are included in this book, a majority of them are. This book is what I would consider to be the standard for those looking for fish ID books. If choosing between this and Peterson's, this book is much more comprehensive. Good pictures, introductions to the families, arranged in a cohesive manner. Great book.

This book is excellent for the identification of common freshwater fish in the Mid-Atlantic and the New England regions of the US. The fish pictures are excellent and descriptions are extremely helpful. I have used this book extensively in my ichthyology class with great success. I would highly recommend this book to people in or going into any field where fish identifactication and ecology is important. The fish species in the book are limited to the fish of the North East, but the descriptions, and life history are useful everywhere.

Not all Northeastern fish species are included in this book. While the pictures for most of the species are excellent and keys for fish identification are comprehensive and easy to use, there are some regrettable gaps in the list of described species. E. g., hickory shad and summer sucker, both native to the Northeast, are completely absent from this book, which is very disappointing given that this book is a field guide. Summer sucker is a rare fish endemic to New York which is quite similar to very common white sucker and I would like to see it in this book. Hickory shad is more common but shad identification can be very tricky for shad fishing folks and without hickory shad species key for shads is incomplete and unreliable to use. Also some species have no images. Still a very useful book for any fish enthusiast nevertheless. It also contains a very interesting account on geological and hydrological history of the region.