

to present an overview of the freshwater and brackish water fishes recorded during the last centuries in various aquarium books.to present some aquarium book citations.to list some scientific names wrongly used by aquarists.to list Dutch and some frequently used English vernacular names of freshwater aquarium fishes and freshwater aquacultural fishes.to stimulate the use of correctly written scientific names.


Also listed are the English and Dutch vernacular names in use for freshwater fishes and the various English (common) names of the freshwater aquarium fishes. An alphabetic list with the scientific names of all known recent freshwater fish species is presented.
