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AQUALOG All Labyrinths - Bettas, Gouramis, Snakeheads and Nandids (English and German Edition)

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When it comes to infomration and classifcation of labyrints, like bettas and guramies. There is only one book that is good enought. This one!

Great book, great reference. It was almost perfect back in 1997 when it was published. But since then, many things have changed. Lots of new species were discovered and described, and these new species are of course missing. Many names have been changed. You will find Colisa lalia and Trichogaster trichopterus there, not Trichogaster lalius and Trichopodus trichopterus. All bush fishes are in the genus Ctenopoma (no Microctenopoma), all snakeheads are in the genus Channa (no Parachanna). Some names which are now considered invalid are used. Some now available species (such as Betta channoides) are shown only as dead, preserved specimens. And so on...

Some of these problems may be solved by the promised supplements, which should be added to the book. But as far as I now, only two supplements were published for this book, and even these are not easily available. A revised edition of the book would be much better, but as the publisher seems to be almost dead now, it is not likely to happen in the near future.