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Alluring Loricariids

Volume 10, Number 1

5 Letter from the Editor by Courtney Tobler 7 Letter from the Publisher by Stephan M. Tanner, Ph.D. 8
Aquatic Notebook
• Talking catfish—communicating underwater
by Michi Tobler
• Chasing Haplochromis (Lipochromis) melanopterus
by Matt Pedersen

FEATURE ARTICLES
16 New information on Sturisomatichthys and Sturisoma by Norman Behr and Anja Katzschmann 
24  The Chocolate Whiptail Catfish—Really just one species? by Norman Behr and Anja Katzschmann 
30 Chocó—rarely seen loricariids from the Andes by Oliver Lucanus
36 The Río Bodoquero—And its diverse catfish community by Erlend D. Bertelsen
42 Husbandry and Breeding — Watermelon tetras: wedding apparel in the gray light of dawn by Ernst Sosna
50 Husbandry and Breeding — Out of the shadows: a brief introduction to the dark sleepers by Mat Chen
54 Reportage: Impressive dwarf pike cichlids: Crenicichla wallacii by Ernst Sosna 60 Reportage: Japan—always worth a trip, especially if medaka are involved! by Friedrich Bitter
68 Live Foods — Peanut beetle larvae— the easiest and most nutritious live food? by Sumer Tiwari
72 All Things Aquascaping — Success in a low-tech planted tank by Bailin Shaw
80 Notes From The Field — Rummy nose tetras—in a different way 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

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