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K-3Creatures All Around Us series.
After a simple introduction of physical characteristics--scales, fins, gills--the book describes some interesting "tricks" that fish use to escape their predators, catch their meals, find their mates, and even get their teeth cleaned. Each fish and many of their tricks are depicted in good color photographs. A pronunciation and definition for most new scientific terms are given in the text. Glos., ind.