Published by Smithsonian Institution on 2017-04-28
What is Fishes?
The app is an identification guide for the shore-fish fauna of the Caribbean and adjacent areas. It covers 1,693 species with over 8,200 images to help identify them. The app has a complete English and Spanish interface and works independently of the internet. It includes a page for each species with a detailed description, images, key features, and a map of its regional range. The app also has a search engine, glossary of scientific terms, and a notebook module to record observations about fishes.
1. • A page for each species includes a detailed description (with information on its form, color, size, habitat and depth range), 1 or more species images (primarily photographs), key-features that distinguish it from similar species, a link to a page displaying similar species, and a map of its regional range.
2. • New for this version: option to work with either the entire fauna or a diver subgroup; 94 more species and almost 50% more images; habitat added to the fish ID search engine.
3. Users can select to work with either the entire fauna, or with the Diver Group, a subset of 919 species that could be found within SCUBA diving depths on or adjacent to reefs in different parts of the region.
4. This App is the second of a set of 2 portable identification guides for Apple touch-screen devices that will cover the shore-fish faunas of the tropical American marine regions on both sides of the central American Isthmus: the Tropical Eastern Pacific, the Greater Caribbean (Caribbean and adjacent areas).
5. • Browse among alphabetic lists of species and species-within-families, changing name-sorting between scientific and common (first or last) names.
6. • A search engine uses any combination of generic common names, location, habitat, and fish features (shape, color pattern and colors) to identify fishes.
7. • The notebook module allows (1) review of recently visited species pages and (2) construction of lists that record observations about fishes.
8. • A glossary of scientific terms is linked to each species page.
9. • Covers 1,693 species, with over 8,200 images to help identify them.
10. • The iPad version includes glossary images, and high resolution range maps with dots indicating site records.
11. An identification guide for the shore-fish fauna of the Caribbean and adjacent areas.
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| Get APK for PC → | Smithsonian Institution | 4.42 | 2.0.1 |
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| Download | Developer | Reviews | Rating |
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| Get Free on Mac | Smithsonian Institution | 12 | 4.42 |
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- Complete English and Spanish interfaces
- Covers 1,693 species with over 8,200 images
- Users can select to work with either the entire fauna or with the Diver Group
- A page for each species includes a detailed description, images, key features, and a map of its regional range
- Browse among alphabetic lists of species and species-within-families
- A search engine uses any combination of generic common names, location, habitat, and fish features to identify fishes
- A glossary of scientific terms is linked to each species page
- The notebook module allows review of recently visited species pages and construction of lists that record observations about fishes
- The iPad version includes glossary images and high-resolution range maps with dots indicating site records
- Option to work with either the entire fauna or a diver subgroup
- 94 more species and almost 50% more images
- Habitat added to the fish ID search engine.
- Best fish app for the Caribbean, even better than reference books
- Incredible resource for fish identification with multiple photos, complex search parameters, and tons of info
- Works offline
- Comparable to the Humann/DeLoach Reef Fish ID books
- Language of the app is dependent on the language of the cellphone, would be better if it could be manually selected between English and Spanish
- Too much complex detail for young people
- No option to switch from metric to standard weights and measurements.
The best and better than any book
Terminology issues
Ideal app for divers
Language option?
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