by Matt Pedersen | Nov 3, 2021 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Parosphromenus juelinae, about 31 mm SL, male, from type locality, live coloration. Image credit Whentian Shi et al. CC BY-NC 4.0 Researchers have described two new species of Parosphromenus, a genus of small anabantoids collectively known as licorice gouramis in the...
by Courtney Tobler | May 26, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
A graduate student from the University of Oklahoma describes a second novel fish species this year. Rodet Rodriguez-Silva and co-authors Patricia Torres-Pineda and James Josaphat in the journal Zootaxa recently described Limia mandibularis, the ninth Limia endemic to...
by Courtney Tobler | Feb 19, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
The wood-eating spotted loricariid catfish referred to as the watermelon pleco, the spotted royal pleco, or simply L330. is popular in the ornamental fish trade. A recently published article by Armando Ortega-Lara and Nathan Lujan in the journal Zootaxa recently...
by Courtney Tobler | Nov 27, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
There is a new catfish known to science! Mystus prabini was formally described this summer by a team of eight scientists in the journal Zootaxa. Similar to nine other currently known Mystus catfish, this small bagrid catfish has a long fleshy adipose fin that...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 29, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Barb enthusiasts will appreciate the latest addition to the portfolio of active schooling fishes from Asia. The new species description for Pethia sahit, discovered in India’s Western Gahts, has been published in Zootaxa this month by authors Unmesh Katwate,...
