Issue #660 March 2011
Feature Articles
Three select articles will be offered in their entirety each month, available to all visitors.
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Getting to Know Your Neighbors: Our Native Fishes (Full Article) As aquarists, we are extremely fortunate to ... Author: Anthony Terceira |
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Helfrich's Firefish: A Rare Gem from a Familiar Family (Full Article) The firefishes of the genus Nemateleotris ... Author: Philip Hunt |
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Lessons from Two African Cichlids Author: Richard Stratton |
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Penguin Tetras Author: Maddy Hargrove |
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The Weird and Wonderful World of Whiptails (Full Article) Whiptails are probably the most underrated ... Author: Neale Monks, PhD |
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The Wondrous but Challenging World of Anemones Author: Mark Denaro |
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Tropical Fish on Postage Stamps Author: Diana Erbio |
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Using Rocks to Suggest the Expanse of an Open Area Author: Takashi Amano |
Columns
Available exclusively to TFH Magazine subscribers (print and digital)
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Ask Jack Author: Jack Wattley |
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Duckweed Author: Rhonda Wilson |
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Import Report Author: Stan Sung |
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Roger's Reef: A Custom 250-Gallon Living Coral Reef Aquarium, Part 3 Author: Jeff Turner |
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The Cardinalfishes Author: James Fatherree, MsC |
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The Hunt for Vieja melanura Author: Eric Hanneman, PhD |
About the Cover
The perky fellow on this month's cover is a Gobiodon citrinus, a fish with such diverse common names as "citron goby," "poison goby," and "clown goby." It and its congeners make perfect specimens for reef tanks and for fish-only tanks with similar peaceful and timid species. Collectively known as coral gobies, these fish live among th ebranches of Acropora corals. Read more about these beautiful fish, chosen for this issue's "Fish of the Month," on p. 52.
Photograph by Stephan Kerkhofs/Shutterstock
Species Profiles
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Gobiodon citrinus Describer: (RÜPPELL 1838) |
Tip of the Month:
That while most fish are either freshwater or marine, with a small number of species regularly inhabiting brackish estuarine habitats, a few fishes are at home in water of any salinity, including hypersaline - saltier than seawater! Some of these species, like the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas, are not potential aquarium specimens, but the group includes the popular sailfin molly Poecilla spp. and the much underappreciated native American sheepshead minnow Cyprinodon variegatus. These can be kept under fresh, brackish, or marine conditions.
