by Courtney Tobler | Dec 3, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
Spinipterus is no longer a monotypic genus. A new species of auchenipterid catfish, Spinipterus moijiri, was recently discovered in the middle Río Purus basin, Brazil (Rocha et al. 2019). It was collected from the Río Tapauá (Río Purus basin) and from Igarapé...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 25, 2019 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The January/February 2020 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and arriving at the homes of magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops and better bookstores! For the first issue of a new decade, and starting our 9th year in English publication, we turn our attention...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 3, 2019 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The November/December 2019 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and arriving at the homes of magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops and better bookstores! For our 6th issue of 2019, we turn to the genus Pelvicachromis, home of the ever-popular...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 14, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A colorful new tetra, Hyphessobrycon piorskii, could one day capture our hearts. An introduction to the new species was recently released in an open-access description published in ZooKeys and is available online for free. To read the full article by authors Erick...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 20, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Researchers José L.O. Mattos and Wilson J.E.M. Costa, working in northeastern Brazil, have recently described three new cichlid species attributed to the Geophagus brasiliensis species group. The species descriptions were included in the open-access article, Three new...
