By Helen Altonn
John E. "Jack" Randall, a leading authority on coral reef fishes, says he has been working 47 years on his newest book, "knowing that one day I'd try to put it all together."
"Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands" is a 560-page volume that Randall said includes everything he knows about fishes found in Hawaii waters from the shallows down to 656 feet.
Yet, the Bishop Museum senior ichthyologist and UH graduate faculty member in zoology said with a laugh, "The book was obsolete two days after it was printed.
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