Book review of Field Guide to British Fish: Freshwater and Marine by Jack Perks
Read the full review for free on the British Wildlife website, here . My review is overwhelmingly positive, although I do flag some very minor errors, which I'll note here ( the author has amended these for the e-book, and future printed editions ): Shore Clingfish Lepadogaster lepadogaster is likely absent from Britain. Cornish Sucker Lepadogaster purpurea is instead more widespread here, and not restricted to Cornwall. A photo of Small-Headed Clingfish Apletodon dentatus in its reef markings was used for Two-spotted Clingfish Diplecogaster bimaculata. Two-spotted Goby is now Pomatoschistus flavescens, not Gobiusculus flavescens. The genus Pomatoschistus has been moved out of the family Gobiidae (typical gobies) to Oxudercidae (estuarine gobies, mudskippers & allies). Black-faced Blenny Tripterygion delaisi is a true blenny. They belong to the tripterygiid (triplefin) blenny family, which is nestled within the suborder regarded as the ‘true’ blenni...