by Matt Pedersen | Nov 17, 2022 | Freshwater
From the video: the original distribution of Hypancistrus zebra, the Zebra Pleco, endemic to just 170 km (105 miles) of the Xingu River. The iconic Zebra Pleco, Hypancistrus zebra, is front and center in aquarium news as nations meet in Panama for the 19th Conference...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 31, 2018 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The July/August 2018 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and on its way to magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale June 5th, 2018. • Readers of the Digital Edition can access it now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION • Paid subscribers can...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 17, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
from materials via PLoS ONE The plecostomus formerly known as L398 has been formally described by Christian Andreas Cramer and Leandro Melo de Sousa as Panaqolus tankei in the journal PLoS ONE. The description of the species, a native of the Rio Xingu, brings the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 4, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, News & Notes
Special Report by Matt Pedersen with the AMAZONAS Staff Overlooked in the recent flurry of headlines coming out of Johannesburg, South Africa, as the 2016 CITES Conference announced listing changes for some 500 species of wild plants and animals whose survival is...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 11, 2016 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Brazilian environmental agency rejects Tapajós River mega-dam, citing likely major impacts on Amazon’s indigenous people and the environment by Sue Branford, originally published August 4th, 2016 at MongaBay Ibama, Brazil’s environmental agency has denied an...
