by Courtney Tobler | Nov 27, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
There is a new catfish known to science! Mystus prabini was formally described this summer by a team of eight scientists in the journal Zootaxa. Similar to nine other currently known Mystus catfish, this small bagrid catfish has a long fleshy adipose fin that...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 22, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
The Catfish Study Group (CSG) Research Study Fund has been helping further the study of catfishes and they are at it again! Funding has been provided to Vanessa Meza-Vargas for her dissertation revising and classifying of Hemiancistrus catfish. This genus of armored...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 20, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
Catfish are an amazingly specious order of fish, as many enthusiasts can attest. Even smaller groupings within the Order Siluriformes, the catfish families, are specious. Twelve scientists, spanning four countries (the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Switzerland),...
by The Wet Spot Tropical Fish | Sep 14, 2018 | Freshwater, SPONSOR - The Wet Spot Tropical Fish
via The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Every good tank has at least one bottom dweller, a cleanup crew to scavenge algae, leftover food, or other detritus left behind by sloppy tank-mates. Now, before you go selecting one of our esteemed sucker-mouthed plecos, which would...
by Matt Pedersen AZ | Jul 10, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A new species of Trichomycterus catfish was recently discovered in the shallow and swift-flowing waters in the vicinity of an old campsite and waterfalls along the Tabay Stream in Misiones, Argentina. This small, pretty yellow-and-brown-marbled catfish has been named...
