Am 09.03.24 trafen wir uns in der Sportgaststätte SC 04 Schwabach, zum Vortrag von Erik SCHILLER über Panzerwelse. Es kamen auch einige Gäste, wie z.B. “Nobby” (weiteste Anreise), Peter SCHMID, vom WAT Fulda und von der RG Südbayern zum Vortrag. Pünktlich um 20:00 Uhr begann der Vortrag und ca. 35 Cory-Begeisterte tauchten in ihre Welt ein. Continue reading
Misc. / News
The Zebra Otocinclus, a species with two faces
The Zebra Otocinclus is probably the most spectacular and most attractive Otocinclus species for the aquarium hobby. It has been known for some time that there are two forms of the species described in 2004 as O. cocama: one from the lower Río Ucayali and another one from the Río Tigre. Both rivers are tributaries to the Río Marañón, which ultimately flows into the Amazon. While the Ucayali form, on which the description is based, has been exported for the aquarium trade since around the turn of the millennium, it is mainly the Tigre form that has been on the market in recent years, at least in Germany. Both populations can be clearly distinguished by their stripe pattern. The question of whether the populations can also be distinguished morphologically and genetically, and thus also whether they are merely variants of one species or two distinct species, was investigated by Eduardo MEJIA and Roberto E. REIS and recently published. Continue reading
L 267 described as Ancistrus yanesha
The Ancistrus species L267, already presented by Claus SCHAEFER in the DATZ in 1998, has now been described by NEUHAUS et al. in the current issue of the Journal of Fish Biology (DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15637) as Ancistrus yanesha. Continue reading
Der Zebraharnischwels ist Heimtier des Jahres 2024
Zum zweiten Mal ernannte der ZZF (Zentralverband Zoologischer Fachbetriebe Deutschlands e.V.) kürzlich ein “Heimtier des Jahres” und für 2024 fiel die Wahl auf den Zebrawels (Hypancistrus zebra). Continue reading
L-Number-Days 2023
Dear pleco friends,
there were still some difficulties, which we unfortunately had to clear before the publication, but now the homepage of the L-Catfish Days is finally online and you can visit it for information and registration. Continue reading
JHV 2023
Es ist wieder soweit: die Jahrestagung wirft ihre Schatten voraus. Continue reading
Tetra Symposium 2022
The tetra symposium has always been held in Ahrbergen in Lower Saxony (Germany), which is the way it used to be. This time, however, you can even attend from home. Continue reading
Vivaristics is contemporary!
From 20th to 22nd May this year, it was finally time again. After a two-year break, members and guests of the ÖVVÖ met for the second time after 2017 in Rankweil, in the west of Austria, and celebrated the 16th ÖVVÖ Federal Congress. Among them were numerous BSSW members. Continue reading
Notropis chrosomus – the forgotten Rainbow Shiner
von Max PEDLEY (UK), published in the report 02-2020
Notropis chrosomus has been available in the hobby for several years yet has never gained the popularity which it so deserves. Continue reading
RG Berlin: Kamerun 2021
Am 01.04.2022 fand unser zweites Ortsgruppentreffen nach der Coronapause statt. Continue reading