by Matt Pedersen | Aug 4, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, News & Notes
Opinion by Matt Pedersen I grew up with the Redtailed Black Shark; back then we knew it was Labeo bicolor but these days we call it Epalzeorhynchos bicolor. I’m sure I owned one before my 10th birthday, which puts the timeframe into the early-mid 1980s. Only a...
by James Lawrence | Jan 3, 2014 | Freshwater
In the end, the search for a mate to help save the critically endangered Mangarahara Cichlid, believed to be down to its last two males at the Zoological Society of London, was not found lurking in another zoo or private aquarium, but rather in a muddy watering hole...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 28, 2013 | Freshwater, News & Notes
New Paper Suggests Sustainability is Not Just a Discussion for Saltwater Aquarists By Ret Talbot Over the past few years, freshwater aquarists may have noticed activists increasingly targeting their saltwater counterparts, seeking, for example, the complete ban on...
by Jay Hemdal | Apr 24, 2009 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater
The Lake Victoria Haplochromine cichlids are a unique and highly endangered ‘species flock’ of over 500 historic species of which perhaps 200 remain extant in either the lake, or in captivity (Witte, et al 1992). The countries of Kenya, Uganda, and...
