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 Matt Pedersen | Jul 20, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Researchers José L.O. Mattos and Wilson J.E.M. Costa, working in northeastern Brazil, have recently described three new cichlid species attributed to the Geophagus brasiliensis species group. The species descriptions were included in the open-access article, Three new...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 22, 2018 | Freshwater
The newly-described eartheater, Satanoperca curupira, occurs syntopically with the more widespread and closely-related Satanoperca jurupari. Abstract from Zootaxa Satanoperca curupira, new species, is described from the rio Madeira basin in the State of Rondônia,...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 12, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
According to the recent paper authored by Jorge Casciotta, Adriana Almirón, Lubomír Piálek and Oldřich Říčan, the newest member of the Gymnogeophagus setequedas species complex, G. taroba, is best differentiated from its relatives through color patterning. Dorsal fin...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 28, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Having first come to love the East African Cichlids some 25 years ago, I’m one of those aquarists likely to use inappropriate names when referring to species that have long-standing histories in the hobby. When it comes to the “Pseudos” of the Lake...