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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Works Cited

- - - -. "Tropheus Genetics." Tropical Fish Hobbyist 444: 170.

Axelrod, Dr. Herbert. "Should the Importation of Aquarium Fishes be Controlled?." Tropical Fish Hobbyist 459: 195-197.

Goulding, Michael. AMAZON The Flooded Forest. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, 1990.

Harper, Rodney. "Captive Care and Maintenance of the Violet Goby, Gobioides broussonetti." Tropical Fish Hobbyist 473: 126-132.

McGinnis, Samuel. Freshwater Fishes of California. Berkley: Unviversity of California Press, 1984.

Orr, D. W. Earth In Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect. Washington DC: Island Press, 1994.

Rosler, Hans-Jurgen. "A Pocket-sized 'Pike.'" Tropical Fish Hobbyist 460: 110-114.

Skelton, Paul. A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Harare: Tutorial Press, 1993.

Suggested Reading

Amano, Takashi. Nature Aquarium World. Neptune City: T. F. H. Publications, 1993.

Andrews, C. A Fishkeeper's Guide to Fish Breeding. London: Salamander Books, Ltd., 1986.

Axelrodi, Herbert and Burgess, Warren. Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes.Neptune City: T. F. H. Publications, 1991.

Crow, Richard and Keeley, Dave. A practical guide to Tropical Aquarium Fish. Surrey: Colour Library Books Ltd., 1992.

Hellner, Steffen. Killifish. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1990.

James, Barry. A Fishkeeper's Guide to Aquarium Plants. London: Salamander Books, Ltd., 1986

Karl, Burkard. Aquarium Fish. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1990.

Leibel, Wanye S. A Fishkeeper's Guide to South American Cichlids. Tetra Press: Blacksburg, 1993

Mills, Dick. A Fishkeeper's Guide to Community Fishes. London: Salamander Books, Ltd., 1984.

Mills, Dick. You and Your Aquarium. New York: Alfred Knopf Inc., 1986.

Mills, D., Sands, D., and Scott, P. A Popular Guide to Tropical Aquarium Fishes. Durban: Bok Books International, 1988.

Mills, Dick and Vevers, Gwynne. The Tetra Encyclopedia of Tropical Freshwater Fishes. Morris Plains: Tetra Press, 1989.

Moyle, Peter B., Fish: An Enthusiast's Guide. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Pinter, Helmut. Labyrinth Fish. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1986.

Quarles, Jim E. Discus. . .as a hobby. Neptune City: T. F. H. Publications, 1994.

Riehl, R. and Baensch, Hans. Aquarium Atlas. Melle: Baensch Publishing, 1991.

Riehl, R. and Baensch, Hans. Aquarium Atlas. Vol 2. Melle: Baensch Publishing, 1993.

Sakuri, A., Sakamoto, Y., and Mori, F. Aquarium Fish of the World. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993.

Sands, David. A Fishkeeper's Guide to Central American Cichlids. London: Salamander Books, Ltd., 1986.

Sands, David. A Fishkeeper's Guide to African and Asian Catfishes. London: Salamander Books, Ltd., 1986.

Sands, David. A Fishkeeper's Guide to South American Catfish. Morris Plains: Salamander Books Ltd., 1988.

Scheurmann, Ines. The New Aquarium Hanbook. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1986.

Scheurmann, Ines. Aquariu m Fish Breeding. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1990.

Schliewen, Ulrich. Aquarium Fish. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1992.

Scott, Peter W. A Fishkeeper's Guide to Livebearing Fishes. London: Salamander Books, Ltd., 1987.

Scott, Peter W. The Complete Aquarium. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991.

Simon and Schuster. Simon and Schuster's Guide to Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Fishes. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1977.

Stadelmann, Peter. Tropical Fish. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1991.

Sweeny, Mary. The Proper Care of Malawi Cichlids. Neptune City: T. F. H. Publications, 1993.

Vevers, Gwynne. The Simon and Schuster Pocket Guide to Aquarium Fishes. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1987.

Ward, Brian. Aquarium Fish Survival Manual. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1985.

Wilson, Edward O. The Diversity of Life. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992.

Zurlo, Georg. Cichlids. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1991.

Magazines

Aquarium Fish Magazine.

P. O. Box 6050

Mission Viejo, CA 92690

Aquarium USA

3 Burroughs

Irvine, CA 92718

Freshwater and Marine Aquarium

144 West Sierra Madre Boulevard

Sierra Madre, CA 91024

Practical Fishkeeping Magazine

rri, Box 200 D

Jonesburg, MO 63351

Tropical Fish Hobbyist

One TFH Plaza

Third and Union Avenues

Neptune City, NJ 07753

Fish Societies

American Cichlid Association

P. O. Box 32130

Raleigh, NC 27622

American Killifish Association

903 Merrifield Place

Mishawaka, IN 46544

American Livebearer Association

50 North Second Street

St. Clair, PA 17970

British Discus Association

P. O. Box 9168

Canton, OH 44711-9168

Catfish Association of North America

Box 45

Rt. 104A

Sterling, NY 13156

International Fancy Guppy Association

2312 Pestalozzi

St. Loius, MO 63118

North American Discus Society

P. O. Box 5145

Lakeland, FL 33807

North American Fish Breeders Guild

4731 Lake Avenue

Rochester, NY 14612

Recent news

Using fish as livestock feed threatens global fisheries

(11/18/2009) Fish doesn't just feed humans. Millions of tons of fish are fed every year to chickens, pigs, and even farmed fish even in the midst of rising concerns over fish stocks collapses around the world. Finding an alternative to fish as livestock feed would go a long way toward preventing the collapse of fish populations worldwide according to a new paper in Oryx.

ICCAT fails to protect critically endangered tuna—again

(11/15/2009) The International Commissions for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) ignored the advice of its scientists to end fishing of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Instead ICAAT set a quota of 13,500 tons of fish. This is not the first time ICCAT has flouted its own researchers' advice: it has repeatedly set quotas well-above its researchers' recommendations.

Governments, public failing to save world's species

(11/04/2009) According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) 2008 report, released yesterday, 36 percent of the total species evaluated by the organization are threatened with extinction. If one adds the species classified as Near Threatened, the percentage jumps to 44 percent—nearly half.

Atlantic bluefin tuna should be banned internationally: ICCAT scientists

(10/29/2009) Scientists with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) have said in a new report that a global ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing is justified. ICCAT meets in November to decide if they will follow their scientist's recommendations.

The Yangtze River may have lost another inhabitant: the Chinese paddlefish

(10/22/2009) In December of 2006 it was announced that the Yangtze River dolphin, commonly known as the baiji, had succumbed to extinction. The dolphin had survived on earth for 20 million years, but the species couldn't survive the combined onslaught of pollution, habitat loss, boat traffic, entanglement in fishing hooks, death from illegal electric fishing, and the construction of several massive dams. Now, another flagship species of the Yangtze River appears to have vanished.

Freshwater species worse off than land or marine

(10/15/2009) Scientists have announced that freshwater species are likely the most threatened on earth. Extinction rates for freshwater inhabitants are currently four to six times the rates for terrestrial and marine species. Yet, these figures have not lead to action on the ground.

Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2009

The copy for fish.mongabay.com was written in 1994-1995. Therefore some information such as scientific names may be out of date. For this, I apologize. Feel free to send corrections to me.