I am very please to announce the new scientific editor for aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, my dear Italian friend Paolo Parenti. Paolo is taking over from my Brazilian friend Flávio Lima who has done an excellent job for aqua and the international ichthyologic community for the last six years

I just received this message that Jack (as all friends called him) E. Randall died three days ago. This really hit me deeply. Not only have I lost a very dear and close friend, but the entire world of fishes has lost one of the prime ichthyologists and taxonomist that

Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control Edited by Docker M. F. 2019. Springer International Publishing. Fish & Fisheries Series. ISBN 978-94-024-1682-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1684-8 Fish comprise a large and diverse group of vertebrates in the world. The widespread ecological and environmental changes in aquatic habitats and the high sensitivity of fish to

Dear Colleagues and Friends, dear Members of the Editorial Board, Flavio Lima, who served as the Scientific Editor of aqua – International Journal of Ichthyology since January 2014, decided to retire from this post by the end of the year in order to devote more time to research. Over a

The ichthyological community is saddened by the death of our Indonesian colleague, Renny K. Hadiaty, who passed away after battling cancer on 30 January 2019. Renny was passionate about the freshwater fish fauna of her native land and worked tirelessly to promote it in a variety of ways that included

INDIAN ORNAMENTAL FISHES – Volume 1 by Mark Smith It is with great enthusiasm that the publication of Heiko Bleher’s book Indian Ornamental Fishes Volume 1 is finally out for all to behold.  This is the first comprehensive book published to date on the subject, and due to the large

Gas Liquid chromatography-residue analysis of pesticide profenofos in freshwater fish Labeo rohita by Bantu Nagaraju and Vakita Venkata Rathnamma

Notes on soapfishes (Serranidae: Grammistinae), with a pictorial review of the genus Pogonoperca