by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 22, 2025 | Freshwater
The iconic Zebra Pleco, L046, Hypancistrus zebra, features prominently in the second of two back-to-back podcasts from United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Fisheries. Pleco and catfish enthusiasts won’t want to miss it! Image credit: via USFW...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 16, 2025 | Freshwater
The newly described Hypancistrus seideli encompasses many popular pleco varieties in the aquarium trade, including those known as L66 or L066 (King Tiger Pleco), L236 (Cracked Zebra Pleco, Super White Pleco), L333 (Yellow King Tiger Pleco, King Tiger Pleco), L399...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 16, 2022 | Freshwater, News & Notes
The Zebra Pleco, Hypancistrus zebra, also known as L046, L46, and the Imperial Zebra Pleco, is at the center of new CITES proposals that could significantly alter the international trade in freshwater fish. Image credit: Pavaphon Supanantananont/Shutterstock Opinion...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 3, 2021 | Freshwater
Richly black with sky blue eyes, a recent import of “blue eye panaques” is reminiscent of those that used to be far more common in the aquarium trade decades prior. via Nautilus Tropical Fish Wholesale “Blue-eye plecos are in stock,” exclaimed...
by Anne Linton | Nov 18, 2019 | AMAZONAS Tables of Contents, Freshwater
SPECTACULAR SOUTH AMERICA Volume 9, Number 1 5 Letter from the Editor by Ann Whitman 6 Aquatic Notebook by AMAZONAS staff FEATURE ARTICLES 14 Iquitos — An island in the rainforest by Ernst Sosna 24 Early explorers and exploits in South America, Part 1 — The history of...
