by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 3, 2016 | Freshwater
The polychromatic dwarf cichlid, previously known to aquarists as Apistogramma cf. staecki “Rio Guapore” (and various derivations of that name), has been formally described in the current issue of Vertebrate Biology, 66 (2) 2016. Authors Wolfgang Staeck...
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 AMAZONAS Magazine | Apr 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The May/June 2016 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now delivering to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale date: April 5, 2016 Readers of the Digital Edition can log in now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid subscribers...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 25, 2015 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Apistogramma kullanderi by Hans-Georg Evers Excerpt from AMAZONAS Notebook, Nov/Dec 2015 “A titan among dwarfs,” is what scientists Henrique Varella and Mark H. Sabaj Pérez are calling Apistogramma kullanderi, the newest member of a popular genus of dwarf...
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...
