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African tiger scat, Scatophagus tetracanthus

Few freshwater fish have bolder, more striking colouration than the African Tiger Scat, or Scatty, to its friends. Famously brackish

Albinos have been in the aquarium hobby a long time. Albino Corydoras, Red finned sharks, even Oscars, but now it

Two years ago I got to keep one of my bucket list Characins – Hyphessobrycon sp.”Red/blue Peru”, now properly described

The Watermelon pleco L330 has a new scientific name. “I’m happy to announce the description of Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae, a

Scarlet coloured, and moderate in size and temperament, the Jewel cichlids of the genus Hemichromis make perennial aquarium favourites. They’re

According to the Oxford dictionary, a hybrid is “The offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties,

Lake Tanganyika is so full of cichlid variety, and the so-called sardine cichlids of the genus Cyprichromis don’t disappoint. Contenders

Working as I do in marketing, I can see the sales potential in giving a fish a good name. The

Flowerhorns are aquatic Marmite, in fact, they’re more marginal than that. They’re anchovy pizza. A product of the Malaysian ornamental

Fishkeepers the world over struck gold with the introduction of the small colourful rock-dwelling cichlids from East Africa’s Lake Malawi.