by Matt Pedersen | Aug 31, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
The family Gobidae arguably got a big update in the past month, with a deluge of diminutive new goby species for fans of nano fishes. Ten new species of freshwater and marine gobies, all hailing from the tropical Western Pacific region, were recently described...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 22, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
It should come as no surprise that not all our fishes hail from lush, idyllic Amazon creeks densely overgrown with aquatic plants. In a video recently shared by the Guyane Wild Fish Association (a non-profit aquarium society based in Cayenne, French Guiana, South...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 4, 2017 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The September/October 2017 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now on its way to magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale August 8th, 2017. Readers of the Digital Edition can access it now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 3, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Our saltwater audience has been getting to know the work of Vanessa Cara-Kerr for several years now. Her Reef Patrol production company has given us a stream of exceptional underwater short films, each better than last. However, Cara-Kerr isn’t tied to marine...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 28, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Having first come to love the East African Cichlids some 25 years ago, I’m one of those aquarists likely to use inappropriate names when referring to species that have long-standing histories in the hobby. When it comes to the “Pseudos” of the Lake...