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colorationon the flanks.The species grows
to 3-3.5 cm long. - Esguícero, André L. H. &
Ricardo M. C. Castro:
Knodus figueiredoi
, a
newcharacid fromtheRiodasGarças,upper
RioAraguaiabasin,Brazil,withcommentson
the taxonomic limits of the genera
Knodus
and
Bryconamericus
(Teleostei: Characidae).
pp.39-48
In the fourthpaper Anton Lamboj formally
describes two
Parananochromis
species
previouslydiscussed inhisbookTheCichlids
of Western Africa (Birgit Schmettkamp
Verlag,2004)under theworkingnames
P.
sp.
Ntemand
P.
sp.Sanaga.Theyarenowcalled
P. elobatus
(= sp. Sanaga) and
P.orsorum
(=
sp. Ntem). Both species have already been
importedbutWestAfricandwarfcichlidsare
currently not much in demand, so these
fishes with their rather muted colors will
probably be reserved for the tanks of real
specialists.Theygrowto5-9cm longandare
biparental cave brooders. - Lamboj, Anton:
Two new species of
Parananochromis
from
Cameroon, Central Africa (Teleostei:
Cichlidae).pp.49-57
The next paper deals with a fabulously
beautiful bitterling,
Tanakia latimarginata
from South Korea. All
Tanakia
species are
gorgeousand it is totally incomprehensible
that theyenjoyonlyashadowyexistence in
the aquarium hobby. There are around 60
bitterling species divided among the
genera
Acheilognathus, Rhodeus
and
Tanakia
with
Tanakia
containing the least
species (currently eight).
Tanakia
is
distinguished from other bitterling genera
mainly by the shape of the pharyngeal
teeth, plus barbels are always present and
females look similar tomales in coloration.
T.latimarginata
grows to6-8cm longand is,
like the majority of bitterlings, a brood
parasiteonmussels. - Kim,Daemin,Hyung-
Bae Jeon & Ho Young Suk:
Tanakia
latimarginata,
a new species of bitterling
from the Nakdong River, South Korea
(Teleostei:Cyprinidae).pp.59-68
Frommy viewpoint as a labyrinthfish fan,
the sixth paper is a sensation: a new
gourami
discovered
in
Borneo!
Unfortunately the species, whose name is
Top left to bottom right:
Parananochromis elobatus
L
AMBOJ
. 2014, male,
P. elobatus
, female,
P. orsorum
L
AMBOJ
,2014,male,and
P.orsorum,
female.
collectedby local fishermen in 1995 in the
drainage of the Barito River, and stored in
collecting jars provided by scientists and
filled with preservative fluid. Preserved
specimens are relatively uniform in
coloration and often the only noteworthy
marking is a black spot on the caudal
peduncle.The illustrations remindmemost
of
T.leerii,
thePearlGourami,withwhich the
new species also shares a number of
anatomical features. Hopefully live
specimens will be imported in the
foreseeable future! - Low, BiWei, Heok Hui
Tan& Ralf Britz:
Trichopodus poptae,
a new
anabantoid fish from Borneo (Teleostei:
Osphronemidae).pp.69-77
The seventh and last paper in issue 1 is by
Wilson J. E.M.Costa,whodescribes no less
than six new
Cynolebias
species from the
caatinga (savannah) along the central Rio
Sao Francisco in Brazil. Some of the new
species have been known for some time
and erroneously identified as other
Cynolebias
species,but four arecompletely
new and have not been mentioned in
earlierworks.Costaalso redefines the "old"
species
C. porosus
and synonymizes
C.
albipunctatus,
described in 1991, with
C.
porosus
. Unfortunately at least some of
these
Cynolebias
species are classified as
endangered
due
to
widespread
destructionof the caatinga. - Costa,Wilson
J. E. M.: Six new species of seasonal
killifishesof thegenus
Cynolebias
from the
São Francisco river basin, Brazilian
Caatinga, with notes on
C. porosus
(Cyprinodontiformes:Rivulidae).pp79-96
Trichopoduspoptae
L
OW
,T
AN
&B
RITZ
, 2014
Cynolebiasochraceus
C
OSTA
, 2014
Trichopoduspoptae
(
Trichopodus
is agenus
name for thegouramis generally known in
the hobby as
Trichogaster
, i.e. the eastern
gouramiswith the shortdorsal fin), is so far
known only from preserved specimens
