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Top-imports March

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First PlaceCampylomormyrus compressirostris Currently only very occasionally importations from the DR Congo appear - mainly due to the unsatisfying flight situation. So it is highly appreciated that we finally were able to import...
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Anthias

Fahnenbarsche
Thanks to comparative anatomy we nowadays know a fair amount about phylogenetic relationships in the animal kingdom. Some of it is confusing. Who would think on seeing a Rock Hyrax, an animal that looks like a plump marmot, that they...
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Top-imports february

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First PlacePanther crabs from Sulawesi The Panther crabs (Parathelphusa pantherina) are for sure the most attractive of all freshwater crabs. They originate from Matano lake in Sulawesi, where they can be also found...
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Gorgeous gobies

Gobie
The gobies are the most species-rich group of fishes in the world. The vast majority of species live in the sea, but there are also numerous freshwater species. The gobies also include some of the smallest fishes on Earth, and...
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Top-imports january

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First Place Finally we were able once more to import this pretty dwarf cichlid (males become 7-8 cm long, females stay 15-25% smaller) from Nigeria. Before its official description under the name of...
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Top-imports december

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First place One of the smallest and most colorful species of snakehead has been described recently. Since about 12 years this fish is in the trade under the name of Channa sp. "Blue...
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Wonderful Dragonets

The Dragonets or Mandarinfishes (Callionymidae) are a family of predominantly marine, bottom-dwelling fishes with an almost worldwide distribution. To date only two species are known from fresh water, while a few find their way into brackish water. At present at...
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Top-imports November

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First place Some killifish-specialists informed us now that this fish represents a population of the monotypical (= containing only one species) genus Renova, which was described scientifically only in 1995. The genus Renova...
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Top-imports October

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First place Regarding the generic name this tetra has undergone a real odyssey. It was initially described under the generic name of Aphyocharax, in 1977 Géry placed it in Megalamphodus with question mark....
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