by Matt Pedersen | Jan 24, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
It’s time for a fourth installment of “New Fish Species Only YOU Could Love!” We hope you’re ready for another anti-climactic look into the world of preserved holotypes of newly-described freshwater tropical fishes that may (or may not) become...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 19, 2017 | Freshwater
Published recently in the journal Zootaxa on January 17th, 2017, a new species of horizontally-striped South American tetra has been described. From the article abstract: “A new species of Hyphessobrycon is described from the rio Roosevelt, rio Madeira basin,...
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 AMAZONAS Magazine | May 21, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
The ‘Cururu’ or ‘Rio Negro Hystrix’ Ray, which has been known in the trade and hobby for some time, was recently described scientifically in a paper published in the journal Zootaxa this past month. Endemic to Brazil’s Rio...
