Boiling in bolivia

IN 1924, THE American zoologist Nathan Everett Pearson published a work on the ichthyodiversity of Bolivia that is still unrivalled today. It was entitled ‘The fishes of the Río Beni catchment, Bolivi

MY AQUARIUM JOURNEY began with Malawi cichlids. I dove deep, focusing so intensely on Mbuna that I barely noticed any other fish in stores. That has now definitely changed; I’m finally ready to embrac

I’VE BEEN VERY lucky to observe a number of popular aquarium fishes in the wild, from marbled hatchetfish in the Amazon rainforests of Colombia, Stiphodon gobies in the highland rivers of the Philippi

IT HAS BEEN my longstanding dream to keep miniature versions of aquatic giants in my aquariums. I’m pretty sure that many of you wouldn’t mind having a pygmy white shark or a dwarf killer whale (had t

A giant fish lay in my landing net. It ticked all the boxes. But still I had my doubts… was it the real deal?

The roach might not be a tasty catch, but this sound and sociable shoal fish is so adaptable it can thrive in all manner of less than desirable waterways