by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 12, 2020 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
an excerpt from the September/October 2020 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, by Paul V. Loiselle The history of Laetacara araguaiae, both taxonomic and aquaristic, is convoluted. This colorful cichlid entered the German hobby in 1949 under the name Aequidens thayeri, a...
by The Wet Spot Tropical Fish | Oct 1, 2019 | Freshwater, SPONSOR - The Wet Spot Tropical Fish
via The Wet Spot Continued from Part 1 Nanochromis teugelsi Endemic to the middle regions of the Congo Basin, Nanochromis teugelsi is a small, lovely, and rare cichlid in the aquarium hobby. Reaching just 2 inches, they have thin bodies with opalescent blue, purple,...
by The Wet Spot Tropical Fish | Oct 1, 2019 | Freshwater, SPONSOR - The Wet Spot Tropical Fish
via The Wet Spot Continued from Part 2 Pelvicachromis subocellatus ‘Moanda’ This is a “salty” dwarf cichlid hailing from slow-moving streams in coastal regions of West Africa, it is found in both fresh and brackish environments in the Congo Basin. Reaching...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 9, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Following up on my earlier video of a somewhat unusual, clear-water microhabitat along the lower Rio Negro, here is a collection of underwater footage filmed a few days’ travel upriver, in what would be considered “classic” blackwater habitat. The...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 25, 2015 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Apistogramma kullanderi by Hans-Georg Evers Excerpt from AMAZONAS Notebook, Nov/Dec 2015 “A titan among dwarfs,” is what scientists Henrique Varella and Mark H. Sabaj Pérez are calling Apistogramma kullanderi, the newest member of a popular genus of dwarf...
