Is this a good book.

http://www.amazon.co...96GWX4ECZ0RZCS

also is there a book or field guide made of tyvec or some other water proof material for field id's ?
more specific for percidae and cyprinidae from the state of ohio
thank you ahead of time for your Recommendation.

It is a good book for a beginner. David is a very knowledgable source and spends a lot of his time out in the waterways of Texas and the surrounding areas. He wrote the book as a general guide and was intentionally vague with most of the content. If you are looking for an identification guide, this is not the book for you. If you are looking for a basic overview of natives collection and fishkeeping, this is a good start.

This book might be of interest to you, it is specific to Ohio fishes and has waterproof pages. It doesn't appear to be a complete guide though, probably only covering the more common or interesting species.
http://www.amazon.co...pd_bxgy_b_img_b

I have both of these books. "North American Native Fishes for the Home Aquarium" is a great book. I just bought a replacement because I ruined my copy. It's one of the few books written about keeping native fish in aquariums. The "Fish of Ohio Field Guide" is primarily game fish with a few others thrown in. It is waterproof, and that's great.

ok thank you.

I wondered about that book as well as these two

http://www.amazon.co...77081859&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co...77081835&sr=8-5

Honestly I'd LOVE to see a new series of native aquarium fish books that split up by drainages (such as upper misissippi, great lakes, etc.) or drainage collections (such as hudson north to new england) for each book. And covers the species available their. Their care, feeding, breeding, and catchability. Ranking them based on agression vs community, space needed, etc. Even recommending certain species as the best of the region. A couple dozen books may cover the whole country.

The first book you posted (American Aquarium Fish) is a great book. I use mine all the time just for checking in on specifics. I does tell the fishes range, and some of the one that have been bred in captivity, will give specifics on it.

First Chaos: Honestly I'd LOVE to see a new series of native aquarium fish books that split up by drainages (such as upper misissippi, great lakes, etc.) or drainage collections (such as hudson north to new england) for each book. And covers the species available their. Their care, feeding, breeding, and catchability. Ranking them based on agression vs community, space needed, etc. Even recommending certain species as the best of the region. A couple dozen books may cover the whole country.

- Basically your asking for an Aqualog book. I have several of these for south american fish (plecos, pike cichlids, geophagus sp,) and some for african cichlids (tropheus and aulonacaras). If they were to ever do soemthign like this, I would see it being an OK seller, but with US native fish not being EXTREMELY sellable in other countries, I doubt that they would come here and write one on our fish unless they become more commercially popular world wide.

I wondered about that book as well as these two

http://www.amazon.co...77081859&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co...77081835&sr=8-5

Honestly I'd LOVE to see a new series of native aquarium fish books that split up by drainages (such as upper misissippi, great lakes, etc.) or drainage collections (such as hudson north to new england) for each book. And covers the species available their. Their care, feeding, breeding, and catchability. Ranking them based on agression vs community, space needed, etc. Even recommending certain species as the best of the region. A couple dozen books may cover the whole country.

American Aquarium Fishes is perhaps the most in-depth book in regards to keeping native fishes. It is criticized by other forum members and does have its flaws but when it comes to material on native fishes I say one can't be too picky.

I wondered about that book as well as these two

http://www.amazon.co...77081859&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co...77081835&sr=8-5

The "American Aquarium Fish" book is great, it's fun to just leaf through it. I have looked at the other one several times, but haven't bought it. I'm turned off by the fact that it advises returning fish to the wild when you are done with them. What else did they get wrong?