July/August 2012
Volume 1, Number 4
2 Editorial by Hans-Georg Evers
4 Aquatic Notebook
COVER STORY
20 Conserving Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat by Ad Konings
30 The Copadichromis mbenjii Group by Harold Walz
36 Aulonocara baenschi, the New Yellow Regal Peacock by Janita Webeler
42 Two Dwarf Pseudotropheus from Lake Malawi by Jens Hamann
FEATURE ARTICLES
46 Aquatic Travel: Into the wilds of West Papua in search of the Neon Rainbowfish by Johannes Graf
54 Husbandry & Breeding: Miniature rasboras of the genus Boraras: Brilliant things in tiny packages by Paul V. Loiselle, Ph.D.
66 Aquatic Plants: Rare new plants from Borneo: Bucephalandra by Flair Wang with Crimson Taiwan; A Fan’s Notes by Jake Adams
72 Husbandry & Breeding: Channa pulchra: The Rainbow Snakehead by Nora Brede and Markus Kleinbölting
78 Husbandry & Breeding: Ancistrus sp. “Rio Paraguay”: A small spotted catfish from Paraguay by Wolfgang Kochsiek
DEPARTMENTS
82 Aquarium Calendar: Upcoming events by Mary E. Sweeney
84 Retail Sources
88 Do It Yourself: A surface skimmer for duckweed by Cord Hildebrand and Maike Wilstermann-Hildebrand
88 Species Snapshots
92 Society Connections
112 Amazonas Preview
