by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 23, 2012 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater, News & Notes
Illustrations by Joseph Tomelleri Biologists have described five new species of darters in freshwater river systems in the eastern, midwest, and southern United States and named them after four U.S. presidents and a vice president, including one named in honor of...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 9, 2012 | Freshwater
ADG Amazon Biotope: Angels with Fry Our Amazon tank here in the ADG Gallery has had a couple of pairs of these wild caught angelfish spawn with fry reaching the free-swimming stage. While not an especially difficult fish to breed, it is always rewarding and very...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 9, 2012 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater, News & Notes
A friendly rivalry between different zoological camps has an ongoing disagreement about what, exactly, is the world’s smallest vertebrate. Earlier in the year, amphibian experts announced the discovery of two tiny frog species in the rainforests of New Guinea,...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 30, 2012 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Web Special: Excerpt from the January/February 2013 Issue of AMAZONAS Chilatherina sentaniensis: Long sought, finally found By Thomas Hörning I had always wanted to keep Chilatherina sentaniensis. This beautiful red rainbowfish was originally described as...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 30, 2012 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Here’s a short, instructive video on creating an “Iwagumi” (rock garden) aquascape by Oliver Knott, the European planted aquarium rock star. Oliver Knott Step-by-Step Iwagumi...