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Biotopes of Cameroon | Pantodon buchholzi, the African butterflyfish

The freshwater butterflyfish Pantodon buchholzi (Peters, 1886) are found in lightly acidic, water bodies in West Africa. Typically, they are found in habitats with slow current or standing water with high amounts of surface foliage and/or riparian vegetation for cover. They have been observed in Lake Chad, the Congo Basin,

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Biotopes of Cameroon| Benitochromis nigrodorsalis

Benitochromis is a small genus of cichlid fishes that are endemic to riverine and lake habitats in Middle Africa (Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, including the island of Bioko). Several of these species were originally assigned to the genus Chromidotilapia. The genus Benitochromis was erected by Dr Anton Lamboj in 2001

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Marcelo Fernandez

Biotopes of Spain| The biotope of the Samaruc and the Fartet

The family Cyprinodontidae, widely distributed in Africa and America, has only three representations in the Iberian fauna, namely, Valencia Hispanica (Valenciennes, 1826) or “Samaruc”, Aphanius Iberus (Valenciennes, 1846) or “Fartet” and finally the Aphanius baeticus (Doadrios, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002) or “Salinete”; in this article we will focus ourselves on

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Marcelo Fernandez

Biotopes of Argentina | Fishes of the Iguazu Falls

Years ago, when I went to this beautiful province for the first time, I asked myself which fish would inhabit the Iguazu Falls, although I like all the fish, my thoughts were oriented (as always) towards the aquarium fish. A little information about this pearl of the Argentine north. The

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Chris Englezou

Biotoping for charity at the Fish Barn

This Sunday just passed I was invited by the guys over at the well known aquatic store The Fish Barn in Crawley, West Sussex to join them for their “Discus Day” event. The event started at 10am, went on until the late afternoon around 5pm and as well as the

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Ichthyology
Chris Englezou

Does the river blenny Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801) (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) still survive on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus? – Zogaris et al 2014

The river blenny (Salaria fluviatilis) is rarely mentioned in the natural history literature of Cyprus. This has led to doubts about its existence there. Mistakes with mismatched fish collections have occurred in the past, so it is worth asking whether the recorded specimens are actually from Cyprus and whether the

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Zaheer Afie

Biotopes of Brunei | Beyond Wong Kadir

Located deep inside the Labi jungle in Belait District, our latest adventure takes us to visit three different waterfalls, each located in the upper stretches of the Mendaram River; our final research point was at the third waterfall, the location of which can be seen on the map below. On

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Naturekind Fish Food breaks into the German market!

The advanced fish food formulation Naturekind, developed by Chris Englezou of C.E. Fish Essentials has made its first move into the German aquarium market via the world renowned Discus fish retailer and world expert breeder of wild Discus, Frank Tinnes.

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Another Maidenhead Aquatics branch takes on Naturekind!

A second Maidenhead Aquatics store has recently opted to stock the popular new advanced fish food formula Naturekind, with positive results! Maidenhead Aquatics at Osterley in Hounslow posted a fantastic video on 15th of this month showing some of their very uncommon Champsochromis caeruleus, a Lake Malawi predator chowing down

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Ian Fuller

Biotopes of Peru | The Madre de Dios drainage

In recent years I have made several visits to the states of Cusco and Madre de Dios in Peru, and have collected fishes in a great many location, from the low levels of the rain forest rivers and streams up to 1200 meters in the Andean cloud forest. All of

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Ichthyology
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Los peces argentinos de agua dulce – Ringuelet et al 1967

La iniciativa de lOS autores ha sido auspiciada por la Comisión Científica de La provincia de Buenos Aires. Su patronazgo, solicitado y otorgado sin retaceos, ha sido la esencia de esta realización. La Dirección de Conservación de la Fauna de la Província, interesada en el conocimiento cabal de los recursos

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Invasive Species
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Aggressive interactions during feeding between native and invasive freshwater turtles – Polo-Cavia et al 2011

The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a worldwide highly invasive species, currently introduced in most freshwater habitats as a consequence of massive pet trade. In the Iberian Peninsula, this species is competing with and displacing the endangered native Spanish terrapin (Mauremys leprosa). Sliders are considered environmentally aggressive turtles, capable

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