Herbert Richard Axelrod (b. June 7, 1927 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is a tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur. While in Korea he wrote his book The Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes. After returning from Korea, Axelrod earned a Ph.D. at New York University and started the magazine Tropical Fish Hobbyist. He wrote many other books on tropical fish and founded a publishing firm, TFH Publications (named for the magazine) that became the largest publisher of pet books in the world.[citation needed] TFH Publications was headquartered first in Jersey City, New Jersey, then in Neptune, New Jersey.
Axelrod, Herbert R & Leonard Peter Schultz. 1955. "Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes". McGraw-Hill. 1-718 (crc12160)
Axelrod, Herbert R. 1962. "Exotic Tropical Fishes". TFH Publications (crc11236)
Axelrod, Herbert R & S. Shaw. 1967. "Breeding aquarium fishes". TFH Publications. 1:480 (crc04524)
Axelrod, Herbert R & L. Burgess. 1973. "Breeding aquarium fishes". TFH Publications. 3:1-320 (crc04520)
Axelrod, Herbert R. 1974. "African cichlids of lakes Malawi and Tanganyika". TFH Publications. 1-256 (crc01048) (摘要)
Axelrod, Herbert R & Vorderwinkler. 1974. "Encyclopedia of Tropical Fishes". TFH Publications (crc07293)
Axelrod, Herbert R. 1974. "Tefe am Tefe in Tefe: die Heimat des Grünen Diskus". Diskus Aquar. Mag. (8)11:392-398 (crc11979)
Axelrod, Herbert R & W.E. Burgess. 1977. "African cichlids of lakes Malawi and Tanganyika, 6th edition". TFH Publications. 384 (crc01905)
Axelrod, Herbert R & W.E. Burgess. 1978. "African cichlids of lakes Malawi and Tanganyika, seventh edition". TFH Publications (crc07291)
Axelrod, Herbert R & L.P. Shultz. 1978. "Handbook of tropical aquarium fishes". TFH Publications. 1-718 (crc07271)
Axelrod, Herbert R. 1979. "Rift Lake Cichlids". TFH Publications (crc07285)
Axelrod, Herbert R & C. Emmens, W. Burgess, H. Promec. 1980. "Exotic Tropical Fishes (Expanded Edition, Hardcover)". TFH Publications. 1302 pages. ISBN: 9780876665435 (crc12013)
Axelrod, Herbert R & W. E. Burgess, N. Pronek, J.G. Walls. 1985. "Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes. 2nd ed". TFH Publications (crc08601)
Axelrod, Herbert R. 1993. "The most complete colored lexicon of cichlids". TFH Publications (crc01235)