by Matt Pedersen | Nov 7, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Danio htamanthinus is a new species of small Danio, joining what we might start to consider the Glowlight Danio species complex, which includes Danio choprae (Glowlight Danio) and Danio flagrans (the Northern Glowlight Danio). Authors Sven O. Kullander & Michael...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 21, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Photography is perhaps the most overlooked aspect of aquarium keeping. Seriously. While there are many aquarists who toil in darkness, and some who never seek the spotlight, let’s be honest. In the age of digital photography and the Internet, we live in a visual...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 30, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A new species of catfish from the genus Scleromystax is described today in the journal Neotropical Ichthyology, the official journal of the Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (SBI). The formal description of Scleromystax reisi has been published in the article New...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 30, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The November/December 2016 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now on its way to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale October 4, 2016. Readers of the Digital Edition can log in now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 22, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
This photospread starts with the story of inadvertently ordering the wrong fish, and ends with what I hope are helpful insights into one of my favorite photography techniques. The Rainbow Shiner, Notropis chrosomus, had been on my watchlist as a possible candidate for...
