by Matt Pedersen | Jul 10, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A new species of Trichomycterus catfish was recently discovered in the shallow and swift-flowing waters in the vicinity of an old campsite and waterfalls along the Tabay Stream in Misiones, Argentina. This small, pretty yellow-and-brown-marbled catfish has been named...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 17, 2017 | Freshwater
Scientists describe new Megamouth Dwarf Cichlid, Apistogramma megastoma, with maternal mouthbrooding behaviors Mouthbrooding is not a behavior most aquarists would attribute to dwarf cichlids of the genus Apistogramma, which makes it all the more interesting to...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 14, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Whether you’re a fan of Loricariids or Callichthyids, March 30th, 2017, was a good day: the journal Neotropical Ichthyology published two new species descriptions that are sure to get your heart racing. With both papers published as open source, you have a front...
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 AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 19, 2017 | Freshwater
Published recently in the journal Zootaxa on January 17th, 2017, a new species of horizontally-striped South American tetra has been described. From the article abstract: “A new species of Hyphessobrycon is described from the rio Roosevelt, rio Madeira basin,...
