by Courtney Tobler | Dec 16, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
A new livebearer has been discovered just south of the US-Mexico border. Authors Kevin W. Conway, Mariana Mateos, and Robert C. Vrijenhoek published their findings in the October 2019 issue of ZooKeys. The new species has been named Poeciliopsis jackschultzi, the Río...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 4, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
The little livebearers collectively known as the goodeids (aka. splitfins) are perhaps a classic example of what some might call “little gray fish that almost no one cares about.” Well, almost no one, save a handful of scientists and dedicated aquarists,...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 14, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Given the large number of new species descriptions that show only a preserved specimen, we tend to get excited when researchers publish their findings using glorious, full-color photos. Such is the case with the latest work of Wilson JEM Costa, wherein he describes...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 14, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
It’s another installment of “New Fish Species Only YOU Could Love!” It’s easy to get excited about a newly-described fish species with dazzling colors, but we suspect some AMAZONAS readers believe they have more refined, sophisticated tastes,...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 29, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Most Americans were busy with the Thanksgiving holiday last week, but the rest of the world operated business as usual. While many of us dined on turkey with family and friends, authors Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Golnaz Sayyadzadeh, and Ole Seehausen saw the publication of...
