Linke, H.& W Staeck (1994), African Cichlids I: Cichlids from West Africa. Tetra Press, Germany. 200 pp. 

Linke, H.& W Staeck (1994), American Cichlids I: Dwarf Cichlids. Tetra Press, Germany. 232 pp. 

Loisell, P.V (1994), The Cichlid Aquarium. Tetra Press, Germany 447 pp. 

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.