10/6/11 ci local, Today

HAYS, Kan. -- Mark Eberle, lab coordinator for the department of biological sciences at Fort Hays State University and collection manager for the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, and FHSU graduate Joe Tomelleri have published a book, "Fishes of the Central United States" second edtion, revised and expanded.

Tomelleri drew each of the fishes discussed in the book. Eberle provided the ecology and natural history of each of the species discussed. "Fishes of the Central United States" has been recieving great reviews, such as this one from The Kansas City Star: "Tomelleri is a fish illustrator of great renown, widely acclaimed for his precise yet elegant renderings."

The book was published by the University Press of Kansas and is already being sold at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History.

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