Scheel, J.J. (1990), Rivulins of the Old World. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA. (Old world killifish by a recognised authority.)

Schulte, W (1988), Piranhas in the Aquarium. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA. 128 pp.

Scott, P.W (1987), A Fishkeeper's Guide to Livebearing Fishes. Salamander, London. 117 pp.

Seuss, W (1993), Corydoras. Dahne Verlag, Germany. 218 pp.

Stawikowski, R. & U. Werner (1998), Die Buntbarsche Amerikas, Vol. I. Eugen Ulmer, Germany. 540 pp. (By far the most comprehensive work available on large and medium-sized neotropical cichlids, available at present only in German. A second volume, covering the remaining species, is in preparation. Possibility of English versions later.)

Walker, B. (1974), Sharks and Loaches. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA. 160 pp.

Wischnath, L. (1993), Atlas of Livebearers of the World. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA. 336 pp. In addition the following series of books on ornamental fish are available, with further titles likely in the future.

Aqualex (Dahne Veriag, Germany; website at http://www.aquanet.de). (Pictorial softback catalogues of groups of fish, with maintenance and behaviour hints. Volumes on Malawi and Tanganyika cichlids published to date. Accompanying CD-ROM available for both books, plus CD-ROM Digital Lexicon of Tropical Freshwater Fish covering 800 species.)

Aqualog (Veriag A.C.S, Germany; website at http://www.aqualog.de). (Very similar to Aqualex in concept, but no CD-ROM versions). Most recent volumes hardback. Also maintenance guides, with background information on the groups covered. Published to date: Catalogues of Neotropical Cichlids (3 vols), Discus and Angelfish, Malawi Cichlids (two volumes), Livebearers, Old World Killifish (two volumes), Labyrinth Fish, Loricariid Catfish, Corydoras Catfish, Rainbowfish, Freshwater Stingrays; maintenance guides on Malawi Cichlids; Freshwater Shrimps, Crayfish, and Crabs; Loricariid Catfish; Discus; Rainbowfish; Freshwater Stingrays.)

Back to Nature (Fohrman Aquaristik, Sweden). (Basic guides to groups of fish, with general maintenance details and catalogue of species with specific details. Published to date:

Malawi Cichlids; Tanganyika Cichlids; Catfish;

Discus; Plants.)

REGIONAL FISH FAUNAS:

Note: Some of these books are hard to track down, and some arc occasional publications which are either scarce or only locally available. Sec below for a list of specialist book suppliers. There are very few books in the English language which cover the freshwater fish faunas of Central and South America. J = Published in a Journal.

Alien, G.R. (1982), A Feld Guide to the Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Australia, xvi + 86 pp. (+ plates).

Alien, G.R. (1989), Freshwater Fishes of Australia. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA. 240 pp.

Alien, G.R (1991), Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea. Publication No. 9 of the Christensen Research Institute, New Guinea. 268 pp.

Ataur Rahman, A.K. (1989), Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Zoological Survey, Bangladesh. 364 pp.

Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull (1988), The Fishes of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe National Museums and Monuments, Harare, Zimbabwe. 294 pp.

Brichard, P. (1978) Cichlids and all the Other Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA. 544 pp.

Datta Munshi, J.S. and M.P. Srivastava (1988), Natural History of Fishes and Systematics of Freshwater Fishes of India. Delhi: Narendra Publishing House, xviii + 403 pp.

Eccles, D.H. (1992), Field Guide to the Freshwater fishes of Tanzania. (FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes). Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome. v +145 pp.

Inger, R.F and P. K. Chin (1990), The Freshwater Fishes of North Borneo. (Reprint of the 1962 edition by the Sabah Zoological Society, Sabah, Malaysia) 268 pp. (plus supplementary chapter by PK. Chin, 47 pp.).

Jayaram, K.C. (1981), The Freshwater Fishes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka - a handbook. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, xxii + 475 pp.

Konings, A. (1990), Cichlids and all the Other Fishes of Lake Malawi. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA. 495 pp.

Kottelat, M. (1985), Freshwater Fishes of Kampuchea. Hydrobiologica 121: 249-279. (J)

Kottelat, M. and A.J. Whitten (1993), Freshwater Fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Gadja Mada University Press, Yogyakarta.

Leggett, R. and J.R. Merrick (1987), Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. J.R. Merrick publications, Australia. 241 pp.

Lim, K.K.P and P.K.L. Ng (1990), A Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore. 160 pp.

Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak (1983), Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular Malaya. Penebrit Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, xvii + 284 pp.

Munro, I.S.R. (1967), The Fishes of New Guinea. Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fish, Port Moresby. 650 pp.

Pandey, A.K. and G.S. Sandhu (1992), Encyclopaedia of Fishes and Fisheries of India. Anmol, New Dehli. 7 volumes.

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991), A Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes, North America north of Mexico. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, xii + 432 pp. (+ plates).

Pethiyagoda, R. (1991), Freshwater Fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust, Colombo, xiii + 362 pp.

Roberts, T.R. (1989), The Freshwater Fishes of Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). (Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, number 14). California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, xii + 210 pp.

Skelton, P. (1993), Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers, Harare, xiii + 388.

Smith, N.J.H. (1981) Man, Fishes, and the Amazon. Columbia University Press, New York. x +180 pp. (Not an ichthyofauna book as such, it deals with the fisheries of the Amazon, but contains a useful checklist of foodfish of the Itacoatiara region, Brazil, plus notes on habitats.)

Suvatti, C. (1981), Fishes of Thailand. Royal Institute, Thailand. 379 pp.

Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingram (1991), Inland Fishes of India and Adjacent Countries. Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi. 2 volumes.

FISH ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Norman, J.R (1975), A History of Fishes, 3rd edition, by P.H. Greenwood. Ernest Benn Limited, London, xxv + 467 pp.

FISH NUTRITION

Hepher, B. (1988), Nutrition of Pond Fishes. Cambridge University Press, xii + 388 pp. (Scientific text containing a vast amount of information on fish metabolism, digestive enzymes, growth, energy pathways, and the various nutritional requirements of fish.)

FISH HEALTH

Andrews, C., Exell, A., and N. Carrington (1988), Manual of Fish Health. Salamander Books Ltd., London. 208 pp.

Burgess, P., Bailey, M., and A. Exell (1998), A-Z of Tropical Fish Diseases and Health Problems. Ringpress Books Ltd., Lydney, UK. 392 pp. (Comprehensive study of avoidance, diagnosis, and treatment of ill health in fish.)