by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jul 5, 2019 | Freshwater
ABSTRACT A new species of Farlowella is described from the Bermejo River basin, in Salta and Jujuy provinces, northwestern Argentina. The new species belongs to the Farlowella nattereri species group. The new species is diagnosed by the following combination of...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 1, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Ted Judy, Freshwater
“In the last episode of Colombia 2016, we visited a stream in the Upper Rio Meta drainage north of Villavicencio. Some of the animals we found in the upstream pool include Crenicichla sp. “Belly Crawler,” Hemiloricaria eigenmanni “Whiptail...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 20, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
I recently had the chance to set up some new aquariums at home, a few of which spent a long time in the planning stages. After the exciting/stressful phase of bringing in a fair number of fish to stock these tanks, I’ve had a few weeks now to sit back, enjoy the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 21, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Fresh off the excitement of my first glimpse of aquarium fish in the wild outside Villavicencio, Colombia, I decided to take a last-minute detour away from Bogota and into the heart of Amazonas. My destination: Leticia, the extreme Southeast corner of the Colombia and...