by AMAZONAS Magazine | Mar 9, 2018 | Freshwater
Still not described by science, the so-called Running River Rainbowfish is recognized by Australian enthusiasts as beautiful, distinctive—and threatened in its natural habitat by an invasive Eastern Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida, a species suspected to have been...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 17, 2017 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Imagine discovering a new variety of fish, possibly a new species, exclusively found in an out-of-the-way stretch of river. It’s gorgeous and a precious reminder of the immense biodiveristy exhibited by Australia’s popular Rainbowfishes. It enters the...
by Matt Pedersen AZ | Feb 4, 2017 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The March/April 2017 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now on its way to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale February 7th, 2017. Readers of the Digital Edition can access it now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid...
by James Lawrence | Jan 14, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
SPECIAL To AMAZONAS Readers Supplement to Print Edition Article From: Peter Unmack Australian New Guinea Fishes Association ANGFA (Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, www.angfa.org.au) has started a crowd funding project to establish a captive breeding...
by James Lawrence | Jul 23, 2015 | AMAZONAS - James Lawrence, Freshwater
The discovery of a new rainbowfish is always occasion for cheer among a large global network of aquarists, but when a particularly spectacular species unknown to science is found in a small pond in an abandoned mining camp deep in the rainforests of remote Papua...