by Courtney Tobler | Jan 24, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
A recent journal article by Robins, Brown, and Crutchfield (2020) in BioInvasions Records reports the misidentification of an invasive South American cichlid that has been inhabiting central Florida’s waterways for nearly 20 years. The black acara, Cichlasoma...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 9, 2019 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via US Geological Survey (USGS) This week USGS scientists are in three Florida counties, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach, leading experts in the semi-annual Fish Slam, a scientific scavenger hunt for non-native freshwater fishes. Biologists and natural resource...
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 AMAZONAS Magazine | Apr 18, 2013 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Brazil Proposes to Approve the Planting of Invasive Fish Species Biologists fear a new wave of invasive fish species will be headed for Brazilian waters if legislation in that country’s Congress is passed. According to a new paper warning of the potential for an...
by John Tullock | Mar 3, 2009 | AMAZONAS - John Tullock, Freshwater
The government of South Africa is considering legislation aimed at controlling invasive organisms, including fish. Despite appeals to aquarium owners not to release “plecostomus” catfishes into natural waters, specimens of Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus,...
