by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 8, 2014 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via PressReleasePoint for US Dept. of Justice San Jose Man Charged with Violating the Endangered Species Act December 8th, 2014 – SAN JOSE – Ryan Lopez Bernardez was arraigned today on charges that he violated the Endangered Species Act by transporting...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 20, 2014 | Freshwater
In a video any NANFA member is sure to love, we get a personal look at the very charming Roanoke Logperch, Percina rex. This endangered North American native species resides in Virginia with a couple populations found in North Carolina. It’s uncommon over its...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 1, 2014 | Freshwater
Forgotten Treasures of the Ayamaru Lakes, West Papua New Guinea by Marten Luter Salossa, Manado City, North Sulawesi – 9-18-2014 Since its introduction to the aquarium hobby, Melanotaenia boesemani has steadily increased in popularity, and today, it could be...
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 AMAZONAS Magazine | May 11, 2013 | Freshwater, News & Notes
The old dating saying about there being “plenty of fish in the sea” is not holding true for the critically endangered Mangarahara Cichlid, whose known worldwide population is down to two lone specimens surviving in captivity in the UK. Aquarists at ZSL...