by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jul 21, 2025 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via U.S. FWS A photograph taken on August 18th, 2008, on the Smith River, downstream of Cotton Mill Spray Dam in the vicinity of Eden, North Carolina, depicts the formerly endangered Roanoke Logperch, Percina rex. Image credit: NC Wildlife Resources Commission,...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 16, 2021 | Freshwater
Second-generation captive-bred Pygmy Sculpins, Cottus paulus, put on quite a show for the aquarists at Knoxville, Tennessee’s champion of U.S. native freshwater fish conservation, Conservation Fisheries. via Conservation Fisheries “Yeah, I know we’ve...
by Matt Pedersen | May 28, 2021 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A beautiful spring day and growing COVID vaccination rates combine for the perfect opportunity to gather outdoors with fellow aquarists to do a little fishing. We started our day at Square Lake in Washington County, a 30-minute drive northeast of St. Paul, MN, and...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 4, 2019 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The July/August 2019 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and arriving at the homes of magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores! This issue is packed with stunning photos of fishes you can find in your own backyard! Rivaling the most colorful...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 14, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Spring is upon us, and it’s that time again when some aquarists among us start thinking about the fishes that swim in our local rivers, streams, ponds and lakes. With good reason too, because our North American native fishes can, at times, rival the most...
