by AMAZONAS Magazine | Mar 12, 2026 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater, News & Notes
Scleropages formosus (Asian Arowana). Photo: Tatiana Belova/Shutterstock by Aquatic Media Press Staff For more years than we care to count, we’ve been having the same discussion with fellow aquarists about the growing need for an association that could represent,...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jul 25, 2025 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Kryptopterus vitreolus, the Glass Catfish, is one of several iconic aquarium fish species that could soon be banned from ownership in the state of Arizona if proposed rules are made law. The Pet Advocacy Network is pushing back. Image credit: frantic00/Shutterstock...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 29, 2024 | Freshwater, News & Notes
The Redtail Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor) is not listed under the ESA. This allows the species, which is categorized as critically endangered by the IUCN due to habitat degradation, to be bred in large numbers on fish farms to meet the demand of the aquarium trade....
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 27, 2023 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater, News & Notes
It remains to be seen what the CITES Appendix II listing of Hypancistrus zebra will do to the production and availability of captive-bred specimens in the aquarium hobby. Photo: Hans-Georg Evers An excerpt from the March/April 2023 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, by Art...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 24, 2023 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
AMAZONAS Magazine, Volume 12, Number 2, XL WEST AFRICAN CICHLIDS. On the cover: Tilapia” brevimanus (top), M.C.W. Keijman; Heterotilapia buettikoferi (bottom), Uwe Werner. The March/April 2023 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and on its way to the homes of...
