by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 3, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
Great news! Another beautiful eartheater has been described! Gymnogeophagus jaryi is from Southern tributaries of the Middle Paraná basin in Misiones, Argentina (see map). This new species is the sister species of G. caaguazuensis from the Paraguay basin and is...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 22, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
The Catfish Study Group (CSG) Research Study Fund has been helping further the study of catfishes and they are at it again! Funding has been provided to Vanessa Meza-Vargas for her dissertation revising and classifying of Hemiancistrus catfish. This genus of armored...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 20, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
Catfish are an amazingly specious order of fish, as many enthusiasts can attest. Even smaller groupings within the Order Siluriformes, the catfish families, are specious. Twelve scientists, spanning four countries (the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Switzerland),...
