@MariaS you're not wrong about the overpricing of specialist books in South Africa. I spent ages looking for a (non-fish) book, never considering...
@Reedfish definitely keep us updated. The reviews I've read are good, but it'd be cool to hear it from someone this side, at least I can ask you...
@Reedfish I've got my eye on a few things on those sites, especially since some titles you can only find there. But I did find some new titles,...
Hmm... I asked since it is such a diverse group. I can imagine it'd be hard to cover all the species due to (a) space limitations and (b)...
Yes, they are notopterids. They're the genus Xenomystus in the family Notopteridae. Aba aba are not closely related to osteoglossiform knifefishes...
@Reedfish what immediately grabs me is the quality of the photos used there. I assume it covers all the orders and families, but only shows...
Admittedly, I don't know much about African Notopterids; I spend a lot more time reading about the Asian species. In those species though, sexual...
Yes, but egg fullness and visible genital papillae are only apparent close to spawning time. The fish need to be both sexually mature and...
... how? Unless they're ready to spawn, it's pretty damn hard to tell without very invasive techniques.
As straightforward as it may be, @Reedfish, it's a big leap for a lot of people, and it's good to know that there are others with a few years...
I've done some reading into it, and it's pretty common practice in public aquaria. I'm 50/50 about it in home aquaria though. Safety is important,...
While we're here we could probably get onto some constructive conversation about the progression of ornamental ray husbandry in South Africa. I'm...
Now that, my friend, is a link that is going to leave me a poorer man. There are some impressive titles for sale there. Going to spend much time...
I hear you about diversity. Although my main love is fish, if it lives in water, I need to know more about it. I have used ABE before (as well as...
@Reedfish one might say I have a small library, but that comes with the academic territory and some degree of putting effort into collecting....
I've had a long and hard think about buying the ray book, @Reedfish, but from what I gathered, it's not comprehensive in terms of biology, ecology...
@Hendre and @MariasS - getting off topic, but... Sharks and rays utilise nitrogenous compounds to maintain osmotic balance with their surrounding...
I'm going to agree with D. microlepis simply by bar count and width, and what I can count from the dorsal rays.
+1. Now known as Megalechis thoracata. Great species, among my favourites. Don't see them often enough.
PDF? That's a document format, not an image format. So I doubt that would work regardless of size. Even if it is a Photoshop file, I don't think...
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