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The journal IchthyologicalExplorationofFreshwaters (IEF) isnow in its25th
year of publication by Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil in Munich, and it goes
without saying thatwehave a complete set, from the first issueon, in the
editorialoffice.Although it isapurelyscientific journal -scientificpaperson
freshwater fishes - it stands out from all other comparable periodicals
currently available as being particularly interesting for enthusiastic
freshwater aquarists. Four issues appear every year. Over the past quarter
century a large number of important aquarium fishes have been
scientifically described in the IEF, including such fabulous fishes as
Hypancistrus zebra
(L46),
Apistogramma norberti
,
Betta brownorum,
Hypsolebiasmagnificus, Indostomuscrocodilus,Dariohysginon,
etc,etc,etc.
In recognition of the IEF we will briefly summarize here the works
published in the 1/2014 issue. The original abstracts can be found at
.
Aquarter centuryof the IEF
byFrankSchäfer
Ichthyology
he firstpaper in Issue1describedanew
Acanthobrama
species from the rivers
Ceyhan andOrontes inTurkey and clarified
the status of a second species of thegenus
in the same distributional region.
Acanthobrama
species remain relatively
small (maximum around. 20 cm), but are
typical breams and hence not yet
introduced into the aquarium hobby. -
Freyhof,Jörg&MüfitÖzulug:
Acanthobrama
thisbeae
, a new species of bream from
southern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei:
regarded as threatened with extinction, as
largeparts of its habitat havebeen left dry
by theconstructionofahydro-electricdam.
It is particularly interesting that the genus
includes a completely blind cave form.The
majority of species grow to 6-10 cm and
exhibit a spotted pattern. - Freyhof, Jörg,
HamidRezaEsmaeili,GolnazSayyadzadeh&
Matthias Geiger: Review of the crested
loaches of the genus
Paracobitis
from Iran
Tanakia latimarginata
K
IM
, J
EON
&S
UK
,2014
and Iraq with the description of four new
species (Teleostei:Nemacheilidae).pp.11-38
Knodus figueiredoi
E
SCUICERO
&C
ASTRO
, 2014
Acanthobrama thisbae
F
REYHOF
&Ö
ZULUG
,2014
Paracobitispersa
F
REYHOF
,E
SMAEILI
,S
AYYADZADEH
&G
EIGER
,2014
Cyprinidae).pp.1 -10
In the secondpaper the crested loaches of
thegenus
Paracobitis
from Iranand Iraqare
revisedand four new speciesdescribed.No
memberof thegenushasso farappeared in
the aquariumhobby; they are typical stone
loaches so their maintenance and perhaps
also breeding should present no insoluble
problems. At least one of the newly
described species (
P. persa)
must be
The thirdpaper describes a new species of
thecharacingenus
Knodus
from thestateof
MatoGrosso (tributariesoftheRioAraguaia)
in Brazil.Only onemember of this species-
rich genus (including the newly described
species there are 24 species accepted as
valid), the Blue Tetra (
Knodus borki)
, is
present in the hobby, and then usually
under the incorrect name
Boehlkea
fredcochui.
Following thedescriptionof the
species, theauthorsalsodiscuss thevalidity
of the generic distinction between
Knodus
and
Bryconamericus
.Unfortunately theonly
illustration of the new species
Knodus
figueiredo
i is of a preserved specimen,
although,basedon the text,photographsof
living fishes must exist. According to the
description these fishesare ratherattractive
and have a greenish back and yellow
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