On August 31, 2018, the world lost a pioneer in marine research, an outstanding ichthyologist, inspiring environmentalist, museum expert, and historian of science, and we lost a beloved colleague, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Klausewitz, who died in Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany after a short stay in hospital. On

by J. Praveenraj, A. Uma, N. Moulitharan and H. Bleher aqua 24(4) – Accepted: 24 October 2018 Abstract Channa bipuli, a new species of colorful snakehead from Assam, Northeast India, is distinguished from all its congeners by possessing a unique bluish dorsum, 25-32 minute, well defined black spots on post-orbital

by J. Praveenraj, A. Uma, J. Daniel, M. Knight, N. Moulitharan, S. Balasubramanian, K. Bineesh and H. Bleher aqua 24 (4) – Accepted: 09 October 2018 Abstract Channa quinquefasciata, a new species of snakehead from Torsa River, West Bengal, differs from all congeners by possessing a unique greyish to chrome-yellow

SCHMERLEN Biologie, Pflege, Vermehrung 
By Gerhard Ott Tetra Verlag GmbH, Berlin-Velten, 2017 235 pp. Price €19,90 ISBN 978-3-89745-247-3 (soft cover) This loach book, so far only in German available Schmerlen, Biologie, Pflege, Vermehrung (Loaches, Biology, Maintenance, Breeding) came out in 2017 after many years of waiting, written by the German

Starting with August 2017 AQUA institutional subscribers are offered the option for online view of the complete collection of AQUA, International Journal of Ichthyology. The possibility to access to online viewing of ALL back issues and single papers (more than 900 PDFs) is reserved to institutional subscribers in the SUBSCRIPTION

THE TEETH OF NON-MAMMALIAN VERTEBRATES By B. Berkovitz & P. Shellis Elsevier/Acadenic Press, London, 2016. 354 pp. Price $150.00 ISBN 978-0-12-802850-6 (hard cover) Teeth are mineralized, hard structures typically present at the mouth, which aid food acquisiton and processing. Teeth were a key evolutionary feature during the early evolution of

Characiform fishes collected by Heiko Bleher on the road São Paulo-Corumba-Araguaia, December 2005  

Swarming, diel movements, feeding and cleaning behavior of juvenile venomous eeltail catfishes, Plotosus lineatus and P. japonicus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae)