by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 17, 2017 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Imagine discovering a new variety of fish, possibly a new species, exclusively found in an out-of-the-way stretch of river. It’s gorgeous and a precious reminder of the immense biodiveristy exhibited by Australia’s popular Rainbowfishes. It enters the...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 4, 2017 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The March/April 2017 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now on its way to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale February 7th, 2017. Readers of the Digital Edition can access it now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 29, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, News & Notes
Can aquarists and conservation breeders help save a species and write a happy ending to a tale of misguided aquarium keepers transplanting rainbowfishes in the wild? by Peter J. Unmack & Michael P. Hammer Special to AMAZONAS • With their golden to green bodies,...
by James Lawrence | Jul 23, 2015 | AMAZONAS - James Lawrence, Freshwater
The discovery of a new rainbowfish is always occasion for cheer among a large global network of aquarists, but when a particularly spectacular species unknown to science is found in a small pond in an abandoned mining camp deep in the rainforests of remote Papua...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 28, 2015 | Freshwater
We know more than a few aquarists and ichthyophiles who’ve dreamed of this happening to them. This week, world-renowned rainbowfish expert and breeder Gary Lange was honored with the species description of Melanotaenia garylangei. The description was published...