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I would like to thank Mr. J.C. Bruner; Dr. J.A. Clack; Dr. A.J. Long; Dr. E.O. Murdy; Dr. A. Sasekumar; and the late Dr. T. Takita for their comments and encouragement.

Thanks also to Dr. S. Scharf and Dr. M. Shaw for their precious help with the English language. R.F. Cui helped me with the common names of the species in Traditional and Simplified Chinese and Pinyin.

Many people and editors kindly gave their permission for publication of images. They are: Dr. L. Abdoli; Prof. J. Bishop; Dr. M. Boyer; R.H. Bucholtz; J. Baker; Dr. R.E. Brummett; S. Chiba; Dr. J. Clack; D.A. Clayton; R.F. Cui; S. David; P. Devarapalli; Dr. A. Ellison; M. Endruweit; Dr. R. Feeney; Dr. J. Fong; Dott. N. Giovannini; Dr. M. McGrouther; Dr. J.B. Graham; Dr. H. Horsthemke; Md. Hussain; Dr. A. Ishimatsu; Dr. Y. Ikebe; “Yamaneko” A. Kamiya; Dr. E. Kamrani; Dr. M.Z. Khaironizam; K. Khor; Dr. D. Kunkel; B. Lee; Dr. K. Lim; Dr. D. Lin; Dr. A.J. Long; Dr. K.L.M. Martin; H.M. Matsumoto; A.S. Meilvang; Dr. R. Mleczko; L. Mráz; Dr. T. Mukai; Dr. E.O. Murdy; Dr. D.C. Murphy; Dr. P.A. Newman; Dr. J.R. Nursall; Z. Pogonyi; Dr. P. Prusinkiewicz; Dr. L. Radke; Dr. J.E. Randall; Dr. S.J. Raredon; S. Robinson; L. Roy; Dr. P. Ryan; A. Sacchetti; Dr. A. Sakamoto; Dr. F. Schäfer; Mr. J. Sibbick; T. Suzuki; M. Tanabe; M. Takata; R. Than; B.C. Tørrissen; A. Ubierna; J.L. Van Tassell; S. Williams; Y. Yoshida; the editorial staff of: the Blackwell's Publishing; the Company of Biologists Ltd.; DGM Web; Elsevier; the Fabbri Editori; Fishbase.org; the IABC; the Journal of Bioscience; the Nature Publishing Group; and the Macmillan Publishing Ltd.

Few authors remain anonymous, since I could not find their email address: I would really like to acknowledge their contribution and I hope they will contact me soon. Other authors still didn't reply to my request for their permission for publication: probably I do not have their correct address: please don't hesitate to contact me if you realise that your work has been published without your permission.

I want to say thanks also to Dr. J.L. van Tassell (Gobiidae.com); Dr. R.A. Patzner (Mediterranean Gobies); Ms. A. Macciò (Per un'acquariofilia consapevole); and Dr. A. Barlow (The Sundarbans Tiger Project) for their links to this website






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