by Matt Pedersen | Sep 7, 2022 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
The “Red Head Tapajos” finally has a scientific name. Image credit: fivespots/Shutterstock Geophagus sp. ‘Red Head Tapajos’ or ‘Tapajos Redhead’ is a popular South American eartheater cichlid for good reason. It’s modestly...
by Courtney Tobler | Apr 15, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
Introduced into the aquarium hobby in the early 2000s, a beautiful Haitian livebearer, Limia sp. “tiger”, was initially misnamed as L. garneiri and even L. nigrofasciata. Nearing two decades later, the tiger limia has been formally described in the Journal...
by Courtney Tobler | Dec 4, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
Widely distributed in coastal waters throughout northern West Africa from Gambia to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon, the African long-fin or Alestes tetra, Bryconalestes longipinnis, is available in the trade usually as a wild-caught fish. Not only does the...
by Courtney Tobler | Dec 3, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
Spinipterus is no longer a monotypic genus. A new species of auchenipterid catfish, Spinipterus moijiri, was recently discovered in the middle Río Purus basin, Brazil (Rocha et al. 2019). It was collected from the Río Tapauá (Río Purus basin) and from Igarapé...
