Contents: Foreword, a little bit of history, care, breeding, food, diseases, aquarium photography, species by species: Melanotaenia boesemani, Melanotaenia lacustris, Melanotaenia praecox, Melanotaenia parva, Melanotaenia australis, Melanotaenia duboulayi, Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi, Melanotaenia kamaka, Melanotaenia lakamora, Melanotaenia pieruccieae, Melanotaenia maccullochi, Melanotaenia nigrans, Melanotaenia parkinsoni, Melanotaenia sexlineata, Melanotaenia splendida - Melanotaenia splendida splendida - Melanotaenia splendida inornata - Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata - Melanotaenia splendida tatei, Melanotaenia trifasciata, short profiles, Melanotaenia sp. "Aru 2", Melanotaenia sp. "Aru 4", Melanotaenia cf. fredericki, sources, literature.