Standard names for marine fishes, crustaceans and mollusks in the Ornamental Aquatic Industry.

OFI Educational series # 6 

At Aquarama 2011, OFI will officially launch the 6th book in the OFI educational series. This book series aims at educating and setting standards in the ornamental aquatic industry. This book, together with the OFI Educational series # 5, provides proper scientific names for  all animal species in which this industry trades. It is the standard for names in aquatic health legislation and highly recommended for use in stocklists and pricelists by the aquarium industry.

In 128 pages the proper scientific names for over 4000 fish, crustacean and mollusk species are listed, together with hard corals, soft corals, sea anemones, sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. Sustainable collection of marine organisms for the aquarium trade is discussed. The new OFI web application for creating EU health certificates is introduced and explained. Over 75 aquatic animals are pictured. Authors of this book are Roberto Hensen, Alex Ploeg and Gayatri Lilley

ISBN: 978-90-75352-91-7

Price: 12,95 Euros plus postage through the OFI website, and 7,95 Euro at trade fairs.

A pdf of the cover in high resolution can be downloaded here.