by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 20, 2026 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Aquarium hobbyists with an interest in livebearing fishes and freshwater fish conservation are invited to participate in the 12th International Conference of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists, to be held July 16–18, 2026, in Padova, Italy. The first day of the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 20, 2026 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Super Red Arowana (Scleropages formosus). Image credit: jokoyoh/Shutterstock via USAQUA February 20, 2026 – The Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus) has been banned from import into the United States since 1976, when the species was listed by US Fish &...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jul 21, 2025 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via U.S. FWS A photograph taken on August 18th, 2008, on the Smith River, downstream of Cotton Mill Spray Dam in the vicinity of Eden, North Carolina, depicts the formerly endangered Roanoke Logperch, Percina rex. Image credit: NC Wildlife Resources Commission,...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 28, 2024 | Freshwater, News & Notes
On January 24th, 2024, the US Fish And Wildlife Service published this press release announcing the findings of a 10 species review. via US FWS FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed its 90-day findings on petitions to list 10 species...
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...
