New Zealand boasts beautiful and unique coastlines, lakes and rivers, brimming with more than 1100 different fish species. In Know Your New Zealand Fishes, Jenny and Tony Enderby identify more than 80 of the country's best-known or most significant species that are commonly seen as readers dive, fish, snorkel and swim in the waters. With an introduction that includes useful information on distribution, appearance, behaviour, diet and breeding habits, this easy-to-use guide is written in simple language that will enable the layperson to identify different species. A succinct data panel and a full-page, full-colour portrait photograph is provided for each entry with sub-entries, where applicable, of similar or related species.

Based at Leigh, with Goat Island Marine Reserve at their doorstep, Tony and Jenny Enderby are highly experienced divers and photojournalists specialising in natural history. Their photographs have appeared in more than 100 publications worldwide.