Re: Coelacanths--time for a review book?

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011, James Farlow wrote:
> All the buzz about the coelacanth photos in Nat Geog got me thinking 
> that the new information about the distribution of modern coelacanths, 
> photos of living individuals, etc. might make a review of what we know 
> about the anatomy and biology of the living forms, and a review of the 
> evolution, functional morphology, and paleobiology of fossil forms, a 
> timely contribution to the literature.
>
> What I am thinking of is a book-length treatment (call it something like 
> _Evolution and Biology of the Coelacanths_) written to usefully review 
> the literature for specialists, but also to be accessible to 
> ichthyologists, marine biologists, and paleontologists who don't work on 
> coelacanths, as well as students and the intelligent lay reader willing 
> to work a bit. If anybody out there knows somebody who might be 
> interested in such a project, please contact me.

Is it too early for advance orders?  ;)