by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 11, 2020 | Freshwater
One or more species of Freshly imported Gymnotus knifefish may be entering the aquarium trade via Peru. via Nautilus Tropical Fish Wholesale “Tiger knives are back in stock from Peru!” exclaimed Joe Hiduke, Sales Manager for Nautilus Tropical Fish...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 2, 2020 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Air cargo is the predominant means of transporting live tropical fish between states. The trade is already struggling with less reliable shipping during the pandemic, but expanded powers under the Heros Act could threaten interstate pet trade on a much deeper level....
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 30, 2020 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
AMAZONAS Magazine, Volume 9, Number 6, KEEPING CHARACINS, on sale October 6th, 2020! On the cover: Lemon tetras (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis) top, spotted silver dollar (Metynnis maculatus) middle, and lipstick leporinus (Leporinus arcus) bottom. Photos by Horvath82/...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 30, 2020 | AMAZONAS Tables of Contents
Click cover to order this back issue for your AMAZONAS collection. Keeping Characins Volume 9, Number 6 5 Letter From The Editor by Ann Whitman6 Letter From The Publisher by Stephan M. Tanner, Ph.D.8 Aquatic Notebook by AMAZONAS staff FEATURE ARTICLES20 New...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 12, 2020 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
an excerpt from the September/October 2020 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, by Paul V. Loiselle The history of Laetacara araguaiae, both taxonomic and aquaristic, is convoluted. This colorful cichlid entered the German hobby in 1949 under the name Aequidens thayeri, a...
