Over 25,000 fish species live in the world. The Atlantic coastline is home to a few hundred of these. The seventeen species illustrated and described in this book are commonly found between the “Capes”: Cape Cod in Massachusetts and Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, but the ranges for some are much greater, even extending as far south as South America. Species illustrated include the American Eel, Pufferfish, Northern Pipefish, Oyster Toadfish, Striped Bass and a dozen others. Howard Reisman is an ichthyology professor at Southampton College. His research interests have included the behavior of the stickleback fish family and the occurrence of antifreeze proteins in some Atlantic coast marine fishes. He lives in Southampton, NY. Shirley Baty was a freelance medical and biological illustrator. She has illustrated numerous surgical atlases and biology textbooks. She had also taught scientific illustration at Southampton College, Southampton, N.Y.