If you are considerably younger than this magazine, you may not recognize this month's cover photo. Then again, if you've been in the aquarium hobby very long, you've probably at least heard about it. It depicts a Suya Indian from Brazil looking at photos of fishes to identify them to him. Photos are often used by collectors to make sure their local guides know for certain the species they are interested in - the proverbial 1000 words giving way to the single local name that otherwise could not be known with certainty.

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