Tag Archives: Aquaristic

Gorgeous gobies

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7. February 2014
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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Wonderful Dragonets

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6. January 2014
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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A new licorice gourami

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1. November 2013
The licorice gouramis (Parosphromenus) belong to the labyrinthfishes. Until the 1980s only three scientifically described species were known; nowadays, mainly thanks to the hard work of the labyrinthfish associations – the IGL (Internationale GemeinschaftfürLabyrinthfische), the AAGB (Anabantoid Association of Great...
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A jewel from the Congo

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16. July 2013
The lamp-eyes are killifishes from Africa and a number of species have long been part of the standard range of better aquarium stores. But the species that Aquarium Glaser has recently imported from the D. R.Congo is not only fabulously...
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A new Snowking Pleco

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16. July 2013
With four species currently described, the genus Liposarcus is fairly easy to summarize. L. multiradiatus and L. pardalis are sometimes available in the hobby under the catch-all name “Plecostomus”. They are relatively unremarkably colored, grow very large (around 50 cm),...
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Anthias

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12. July 2013
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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The witching hour in the aquarium

14. November 2012
These fishes really do exist! Their full common names are even more bizarre: the Black Ghost Knifefish and the Brown Ghost Knifefish. Yet these English names seem singularly appropriate for these uniquely elegant creatures, which glide through the water with...
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