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Revision of the genus Symphysodon Heckel, 1840 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) based on molecular and morphological characters – Bleher et al 2007

Systematics of the cichlid genus Symphysodon has been investigated and three species are recognised: S. discusHeckel, 1840 (synonym: S. discus willischwartzi Burgess, 1981); S. aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904 (synonyms: S. discus var. aequifasciata Pellegrin, 1904; S. aequifasciata aequifasciata sensu Schultz, 1960; S. Discus Tarzoo – sic –Lyons, 1960); and S. haraldi,

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Ichthyology
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THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY IN THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA – S. Molur et al 2011

The Western Ghats is one of the world’s most heavily populated Biodiversity Hotspots providing for and supporting 400million people through water for drinking, transport, irrigation, and hydroelectric power, together with food and resources to sustain livelihoods. However, the pace of growth of the Indian economy and rates of industrial and

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Ichthyology
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Potamotrygon boesemani (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), a new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray from Surinam – Rosa et al 2008

Potamotrygon boesemani, new species, is described from the Corantijn river drainage in Surinam. The species has a diagnostic dorsal color pattern formed by deep orange to red ocellated spots of irregular form, encircled by relatively broad black rings. Potamotrygon boesemani is distinguished from other ocellated congeners (P. motoro, P. henlei

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Ichthyology
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Redescription and Geographical Distribution of the Endangered Fish Ossubtus xinguense Jégu 1992 (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) with Comments on Conservation of the Rheophilic Fauna of the Xingu River – Andrade et al 2016

The monotypic species Ossubtus xinguense was originally described based on scarce material putatively divided into juveniles and adults. Ossubtus xinguense has a restricted distribution and was previously known only from a few rapids downstream of the city of Altamira, in the Volta Grande stretch of the Middle Xingu River. Until

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Ichthyology
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BIOTA COLOMBIANA – Vol 10 | Volumen especial de la Orinoquia

Biota Colombiana publica listados taxonómicos de las especies (o géneros, en casos excepcionales), que conformen algún grupo de organismos presente en el territorio marino o continental de Colombia. Dichos listados pueden ser de cobertura neotropical (siempre y cuando el grupo en mención se registre para Colombia), nacional, regional (estos últimos

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The International Biotope Group on Facebook

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News
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UK aquarist breeds Golden Arowana!

Another success for C.E. nike chaussure Fish Essentials customer Gregory Day, who has become the first UK hobbyist to breed the Asian Arowana! There is no more suitable day for a dragon to be born than Halloween (well, other than January 23rd 2012, year of the dragon), but anyway, I

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Events
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Aquatics Live 2012

We ended the 2012 event season at the Aquatics Live exhibition in Kensington Olympia, London. Here’s how it went.. This event was organised by OnShow Events and was supported largely by the companies Tetra, Tropica, Geisemann Aquaristic as well as The Big Fish Campaign and OATA (The Ornamental Aquatic Trade

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