Rays of the World
Edited by Peter Last, William White, Marcelo de Carvalho, Bernard Séret, Matthias Stehmann, Gavin Naylor, CSIRO Publishing, $220
THE FIRST COMPLETE pictorial atlas of the world’s rays is filled with beautiful illustrations by Dr Lindsay Marshall, an Australian scientist and natural history artist (see page 30). Lindsay’s intricate works include all 633 species of ray. These are complemented by taxonomic and distribution information, and the natural history of the wider group of fish. The hope is that this guide will significantly improve identification and research on rays around the world.