NATURALLY NATIVES
Volume 8, Number 4
5 Letter From The Editor by Ann Whitman
6 Viewpoint by Derek Wheaton
8 Aquatic Notebook by AMAZONAS staff
FEATURE ARTICLES
16 Dashing Darters by Friedrich Bitter
26 Elassoma— Pygmy Sunfishes by Marco C. Haupt
36 Local Color —More than minnows by Friedrich Bitter
46 Aquatic Plants: Cold Fusion — Blending old and new techniques for low-maintenance planted tanks by Flick Ford with images by Mo Devlin
54 Reportage: American Sunfish by Mark Binkley
60 Aquarium Masterclass: Xingúzinho, Part I — Building a threatened fish community by Oliver Lucanus
68 Husbandry and Breeding: Keeping Cambarellus— North American dwarf river crayfishes by Friedrich Bitter
74 Anatomy of a crayfish by Ann Whitman
76 Husbandry and Breeding: Perseverance pays off—The successful breeding of Betta albimarginata ‘Malinau’ by Hansjürgen Dieke
82 Notes From The Field: A famous Bangkok experience: the Jatujak market by Hans-Georg Evers
DEPARTMENTS
88 Aquarium calendar — Upcoming events by Janine Banks
90 Retail Sources
92 Species Snapshots
95 Destinations — Premier aquarium retail stores
97 Advertiser Index
98 Underwater Eye by Michael J. Tuccinardi
