SPECTACULAR SOUTH AMERICA
Volume 9, Number 1
5 Letter from the Editor by Ann Whitman
6 Aquatic Notebook by AMAZONAS staff
FEATURE ARTICLES
14 Iquitos — An island in the rainforest by Ernst Sosna
24 Early explorers and exploits in South America, Part 1 — The history of Cichlasoma by Willem Heijns
30 New mailed catfishes for the hobby by Ingo Seidel
36 Husbandry and Breeding — Almost incredible: successful breeding of the rare doradid catfish Wertheimeria maculata by Hans-Georg Evers
42 Husbandry and Breeding — Successful breeding of: Scobinancistrus sp. L082, the opal-spot pleco by Ansgar Bußkamp
50 Husbandry and Breeding — Good for the nano tank: the cherry spot dario by Torsten Kortum
54 Home-made! AMAZONAS magazine USA visits sera GmbH in Heinsberg, Germany by Stephan M. Tanner, Ph.D.
60 Reportage — Wallaceochromis & Enigmatochromis— they too were once Pelvicachromis by Anton Lamboj
68 Slice Of Life — Winners of the International Biotope Aquarium Competition 2019 by Michael Tuccinardi
74 A Souvenir from Japan—The Cardinal Guppy by Friedrich Bitter
78 Notes from the Field, Part 2: Searching northeastern Brazil for rare Aspidoras catfish by Hans-Georg Evers
DEPARTMENTS
88 Aquarium Calendar — Upcoming events by Janine Banks
90 Retail Sources
92 Species Snapshots
97 Advertiser Index
98 Underwater Eye
