Spotti, Regina

  Regina Spotti has been keenly interested in nature since childhood. Aeons ago she persuaded her mother to allow her to bring some goldfish home from, of all places, a grocery store.  These “promotional items” quickly led to an interest in the tropical fish hobby which has lasted over forty years. She enjoys keeping and…

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Blissett, Jerine

Jerine Blissett, a native New Englander, showed a strong passion for animals at a young age. First interested in exotic reptiles, at age 12, he received a Tiger salamander as a gift. Buying food for the salamander at a fish store, he encountered “the most amazing fish he’d ever seen,” a Spotted gar.  He saved…

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Tencatt, Luiz

Bachelor in Biological Sciences by the Universidade Federal Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). He holds a Master’s and Doctorate degree by the Postgraduate Program in Ecology of Continental Aquatic Environments (PEA), Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Research Center in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia). He is currently a Junior Postdoctoral fellow (PDJ / CNPq) at…

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Haagensen, Haakon

From: Bergen, Norway Fishkeeper since 1990. Main interests are Cichlids and Catfish. I work with ornamental fish every day as store manager in one of the largest pet shops in Norway; Midtun Zoo. I’ve been in the fishkeeping / pets business since I was 14 years old. I also enjoy the hobby through fish-photography, writing…

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