by Matt Pedersen | Aug 1, 2025 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Left (E), a male Labrochromis mawe from Kissenda Island. Right (H), a male Labrochromis mawepili from Makobe Island. Image Credit Mahulu & Seehausen; CC-BY-4.0 Authors Anna Mahulu and Ole Seehausen recently described two new species of cichlids from the rocky...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 17, 2020 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
AMAZONAS Magazine, Volume 10, Number 1, ALLURING LORICARIIDS, on sale December 8th, 2020! On the cover: Crossoloricaria variegata (top) and Sturisomatichthys tamanae (middle) by Oliver Lucanus; chocolate whiptail catfish (Rineloricaria lanceolata) (bottom) by Norman...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 19, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
AMAZONAS contributor and founder of the Canadian aquarium fish importer Below Water, Oliver Lucanus, has launched a new project; concise video profiles of unique and rare freshwater fishes. Arguably, Lucanus couldn’t have chosen a more lust-worthy example to...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 24, 2015 | Freshwater, New Products
It’s been 17 years since Ad Konings last published a book on Tanganyikan Cichlids. There’s no doubt that much has changed since then. After almost two decades, Ad Konings has compiled what is sure to be a landmark contribution with the 3rd edition of...
by Sumer Tiwari | Feb 20, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I recently went to local hobbyist’s fishroom and saw a very interesting fish. It looked like a catfish but had a hump on its head. When I asked my friend, he told me that it was a cichlid. I was very impressed by this catfish-like humpy dwarf cichlid, which I...
