WINNING WHIPTAILS
Volume 8, Number 3
5 Letter from the Editor by Ann Whitman
6 Viewpoint by Michael Tuccinardi
8 Aquatic Notebook by AMAZONAS staff
FEATURE ARTICLES
16 Discovering Whiptail Catfishes in Peruby Norman Behr and Anja Katzschmann
26 All the Colors of the Chameleon by Norman Behr and Anja Katzschmann
32 Fonchiiloricaria nanodon— A new jewel for the hobby by Johann Forsthuber
42 Husbandry and Breeding — Beginner’s luck? Breeding Mikrogeophagus ramirezi by Tobias Pentzek
46 Reportage: Flashy Characins from West Africa by Friedrich Bitter
52 Aquatic plants: Eleocharis— Hair grasses for any aquascape by Sam Rutka
54 Reportage: Enteromius ablabes— An African barb worth keeping by Anton Lamboj
59 Custom Wedge and Rheophilic-flow Tanks for continuous spawning by Ann Whitman
62 Husbandry and Breeding — Collecting and breeding an unusual Chinese goby by Friedrich Bitter
68 Husbandry and Breeding — Tiny treasures—Dwarf Crocodile Fish (Indostomusspp.) by Alexander Dorn
76 Notes from the Field: Where are they all from? Sustainability in the freshwater ornamental fish trade by Hans-Georg Evers
82 Century Species: Sailfin Shiner — From North America by Friedrich Bitter
DEPARTMENTS
86 Aquarium Calendar — Upcoming events by Janine Banks
88 Retail Sources
90 Species Snapshots
95 Destinations — Premier aquarium retail stores
97 Advertiser Index
98 Underwater Eye by Michael J. Tuccinardi