Hodder & Stoughton, 1979, revised. Previous owner's inscription on end paper, some chipping to dustwrapper.

From the Coral Sea north east of Australia, currents flow down the coast and across the Tasman, sweeping past the northern tip of New Zealand and along the east coast of the north island. In waters unexcelled for clarity anywhere in the world, Doak has made a remarkable photographic record of fishes found off the New Zealand coast. He has accompanied it with a text, based on underwater research by himself and other marine biologists, giving the reader a fresh awareness of the complex and fascinating lives of the fishes...