by Matt Pedersen | Sep 30, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A new species of catfish from the genus Scleromystax is described today in the journal Neotropical Ichthyology, the official journal of the Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (SBI). The formal description of Scleromystax reisi has been published in the article New...
by James Lawrence | Oct 17, 2013 | Freshwater
A new species of giant arapaima, South America’s largest freshwater fish, has been described from the central Amazon in Brazil, and scientists say the discovery raises questions about what other related species remain to be discovered. They also believe it...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 21, 2013 | Freshwater, News & Notes
A strikingly handsome new species of killifish from the Pama River, a small tributary of the Nyong River flowing into the Gulf of Guinea in Central Africa’s Republic of Cameroon has been described by a team of European researchers. The authors, from...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 13, 2012 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Rhinogobius zhoui: Beauty with a Fragility Factor Text & Images by Jutta Bauer Web Special Excerpt from AMAZONAS Magazine When the first Rhinogobius zhoui began appearing in the aquarium trade in September 2010, a tremor ran through the goby community. Everybody...