Club meeting - June 2011

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Tony has been involved in the hobby for over 45 years. He has specialized in Killifish for over 40 years. He has held many positions in the AKA including Secretary, Photography Chairman and editor of Journal of The American Killifish Association (JAKA). He has been involved in the importation, breeding, and distribution of many species including wild bettas and killifish. He has written and illustrated numerous articles on all facets of the hobby, appearing in publications worldwide. Tony is an award winning internationally renowned photographer and author of Killifish, Their Care and Breeding, published in 1974. Tony has moved into the digital era and together with Charlie Nunziata has published 2 E-books on CD. One dealing with the Fundulopanchax gardneri group and the other with a collection of >35 years of killifish photographs. Currently he is the photo editor of JAKA, manager of its Species Profile column, and a member of the JAKA Editorial Advisory Board. Tony enjoys collecting and maintaining native fishes as a part of his hobby. In 1982, Tony was named a Fellow of the American Killifish Association in recognition of his numerous contributions to the AKA and its goals. In 1998, Tony retired from a long career in education, where he served as Director of Mathematics for an Urban Public School District in Rhode Island.

Tony has a website at http://www.thefishwizards.com