by Matt Pedersen AZ | Apr 27, 2021 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
AMAZONAS Magazine, Volume 10, Number 3, WADING INTO WEIRD WATERS, on sale April 6th, 2021! On the cover: The lead cast of Weird Waters®, and their real life inspirations: Electric blue ram cichlid (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) top (Ian Grainger); neon tetra (Paracheirodon...
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 Matt Pedersen AZ | Jan 12, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
According to the recent paper authored by Jorge Casciotta, Adriana Almirón, Lubomír Piálek and Oldřich Říčan, the newest member of the Gymnogeophagus setequedas species complex, G. taroba, is best differentiated from its relatives through color patterning. Dorsal fin...