When I was young and Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine was small in size (pre 1981 🙂 ) There were many fascinating fish that I thought I could only dream about.  Malpulutta kretseri was one of them. A rarity in the wilds of Sri Lanka and no commercial collectors in the area meant that up until 2000, I had never even seen one alive.  But with time comes opportunities and in the last decade and a half this species has been offered occasionally.  They […]

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