by Matt Pedersen | Nov 3, 2021 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Parosphromenus juelinae, about 31 mm SL, male, from type locality, live coloration. Image credit Whentian Shi et al. CC BY-NC 4.0 Researchers have described two new species of Parosphromenus, a genus of small anabantoids collectively known as licorice gouramis in the...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 24, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
It’s time for a fourth installment of “New Fish Species Only YOU Could Love!” We hope you’re ready for another anti-climactic look into the world of preserved holotypes of newly-described freshwater tropical fishes that may (or may not) become...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 14, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Given the large number of new species descriptions that show only a preserved specimen, we tend to get excited when researchers publish their findings using glorious, full-color photos. Such is the case with the latest work of Wilson JEM Costa, wherein he describes...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 13, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
If you enjoyed the first two installments (#1 and #2), the latest edition of “New Fish Species Only YOU Could Love!” will disappoint, and yet won’t disappoint, in the way only photographs of preserved fish holotypes can. As already stated, in honor...
