by Matt Pedersen | Feb 22, 2018 | Freshwater
The newly-described eartheater, Satanoperca curupira, occurs syntopically with the more widespread and closely-related Satanoperca jurupari. Abstract from Zootaxa Satanoperca curupira, new species, is described from the rio Madeira basin in the State of Rondônia,...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 1, 2018 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The March/April 2018 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and on its way to magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale February 6th, 2018. • Readers of the Digital Edition can access it now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION • Paid subscribers...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 26, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Our interest in fishes often comes along with tangential hobbies. That is to say, if you like keeping freshwater fish, you might branch out into reef tanks. Ask around among your friends; it seems folks interested in coral or planted tanks are often also rabidly into...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 12, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
According to the recent paper authored by Jorge Casciotta, Adriana Almirón, Lubomír Piálek and Oldřich Říčan, the newest member of the Gymnogeophagus setequedas species complex, G. taroba, is best differentiated from its relatives through color patterning. Dorsal fin...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 11, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
The end of 2017 was busy for the staff of AMAZONAS and CORAL Magazines, and as a result, some projects, however much we love them, had to get put on the back burner. So now that the dust has settled from the new year, we made some time to revisit special...
