Spiny Eels
Volume 10, Number 2
5 Letter from the Editor by Courtney Tobler
6 Aquatic Notebook
• The Life of Fishguy Phil C. Benes, 1955–2020 by Stephan M. Tanner and Rusty Wessel
• Dragon snakeheads—a new family arises by Ralf Britz
FEATURE ARTICLES
14. Fascinating spiny eels— Under-rated aquarium fishes by Ralf Britz
20 Burmese spiny eel species-groups by Ralf Britz
26 African and Middle Eastern spiny eels by Ralf Britz
30 Two worthwhile spiny eels from the rift lakes: Mastacembelus shiranus & M. ellipsifer by Andreas Spreinat
40 Reportage — The star sapphire cichlid from Lake Malawi by Wolfgang Staeck
44 Reportage — The Maroa expedition by Frans Vermeulen
52 Husbandry and Breeding — The variably colored Apistogramma ortegai by Ernst Sosna
58 Husbandry and Breeding — Spot on—a closer look at the dwarf spotted danio by Ute Dederer
64 Aquatic Plants — Floating plants for summer tubs by Ute Dederer
70 Husbandry and Breeding — “Rhadinoloricaria” bahuajaby Eric Bodrock
76 Century Species Austrolebias nigripinnis—the blackfin pearlfish by Friedrich Bitter
80 Notes From The Field Clown loaches—finding their hidden habitats 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