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FISH WATCHING DOWN UNDER: PART I by Wlad Franco-Valias
Summary: Wlad went to snorkel and dive on the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns and Darwin. Inland, in the Atherton Tablelands and the Kakudu and Lichfield National Parks, he observed in their natural habitats a variety of freshwater fish including various rainbowfish, archer fish, grunters, arowanas, and others.

FISH WATCHING DOWN UNDER: PART II by Wlad Franco-Valias
Summary: Wlad gives some general advice about reef diving, and then describes in detail the fish he observed when he explored Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

HOW TO PUT A TANDANUS IN YOUR TANK by David Wilson
Summary: David describes how he caught three catfish (dewfish) Tandanus tandanus with rod and line. They are easy to keep in captivity, but grow large.

WILD MOLLIES IN NEW ZEALAND by David Cooper
Summary: David Cooper recounts a collecting expedition for wild green sailfin mollies Poecilia latipinna in New Zealand.

World

MY FISH SOUVENIRS. PART TWO; REST OF THE WORLD by Howard Norfolk
Summary: Every winter I spend about six weeks travelling around the World. Here are some of the fish souvenirs I have brought back. Photos.

CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND AQUARIUM FISH by Grant Gussie
Summary: The theory of continental drift goes a long way towards explaining the distribution of fish species throughout the World.