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Ichthyology
C.E. Fish Essentials

A Molecular Perspective on Systematics, Taxonomy and Classification Amazonian Discus Fishes of the Genus Symphysodon – Amado et al 2011

Tropical regions contain many more species than do temperate and polar regions; however, explanations as to why remain unclear; for example, see [1, 2]. The Amazon Basin is particularly species rich and harbors arguably the world’s greatest terrestrial [3, 4] and freshwater [5] biodiversity. Numerous potential processes generating this diversity

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30th December 2017 1 Comment
Ichthyology
C.E. Fish Essentials

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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27th December 2017 No Comments
Fish Health
Chris Englezou

Whirling Disease | Uncovering the truth

For some time there has been a debate about the causes of the so-called “whirling disease” in discus fish (Symphysodon) and other tropical ornamental fish species. I hope via this article to inspire further research and discussion and highlight some of the facts and myths surrounding this problem. The illness

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5th March 2016 1 Comment
Discus Fish
Chris Englezou

Finding the Rio Xingú Golden Discus

  Brian Middleton was his name, the first man to breed the elusive and incredible Xingu River Discus fish. I tried for years to find him, but he had literally disappeared from the aquarium hobby sometime in the late 1990’s or soon thereafter and seemed unreachable. All I had was

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29th May 2012 9 Comments