Will the real corydoras latus please stand up?

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

FOR MANY DECADES, representatives of the genus Pelvicachromis have been highly popular among aquarists and are therefore commonly kept in home aquaria. This is most likely due to the fact that these a

I WOULD ARGUE that one of the joys of this hobby is encountering people who are as passionate about aquaria, fishes and nature in general as myself. I find it quite wonderful to get into conversation

LAKE TANGANYIKA, EARTH’S longest and second-deepest lake, is a living laboratory of evolution. With over 250 species of cichlids, nearly all endemic, it represents one of the most spectacular adaptive

COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent takes a closer look at the sturgeon, which has been highly prized by gastronomes since Roman times

I HAVE ALWAYS loved unusual aquatic creatures. It isn’t surprising then that I was among the early adopters who embraced shrimp-keeping, a special branch of the aquarium hobby. I started off with the