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...
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...
