FISHES OF FRENCH GUIANA
VOLUME12, NUMBER 4
5 Letter From The Editor by Courtney Tobler
6 Aquatic Notebook
• A new name for the Buenos Aires Tetra by Dr. Paul V. Loiselle
• Rob McLure honored in latest mailed catfish description by Courtney Tobler
• Study finds that iridescence in Glass Catfish differs from other fishes by Courtney Tobler
FEATURE ARTICLES
14 The Guianacara cichlids from French Guiana by Ernst-Otto von Drachenfels
20 Laimosemion xiphidius — the Blue Striped Rivulus by Friedrich Bitter
24 The variable forms of Corydoras amapaensis by Ernst-Otto von Drachenfels
30 Leopold’s Tetra by Ernst-Otto von Drachenfels
36 Reportage: What lovely spines! A look at Doradidae, the thorny catfish family by Anja Katzschmann and Norman Behr
46 Reportage: Epiplatys, the pike-like killifishes by Gregory J. Niedzielski
54 Reportage: Fishes in the rice fields of Vietnam by Anton Lamboj
62 Reportage: River stories: underwater biotopes in the southern U.S. by Roman Burkardt
70 Husbandry and breeding — The Rosy Loach by Ute Dederer
74 Husbandry and breeding — Geophagus parnaibae: A small eartheater with unusual brood care behavior by Uwe Werner
80 Aquatic Plants — Eleocharis hairgrasses by Rudolf Suttner
DEPARTMENTS
88 Aquarium Calendar
90 Retail Sources
92 Species Snapshots
97 Advertiser Index
98 Underwater Eye
