by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 3, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
Great news! Another beautiful eartheater has been described! Gymnogeophagus jaryi is from Southern tributaries of the Middle Paraná basin in Misiones, Argentina (see map). This new species is the sister species of G. caaguazuensis from the Paraguay basin and is...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 29, 2019 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via the Center for Biological Diversity Critically Endangered Spring Pygmy Sunfish Gains 1,330 Acres, Six Stream Miles of Protected Habitat Tiny Fish Threatened by Urbanization, Agriculture, Pollution May 29, 2019 – HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— Following a lawsuit filed by the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 22, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
The Catfish Study Group (CSG) Research Study Fund has been helping further the study of catfishes and they are at it again! Funding has been provided to Vanessa Meza-Vargas for her dissertation revising and classifying of Hemiancistrus catfish. This genus of armored...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 20, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Liz Marchio, Freshwater
Catfish are an amazingly specious order of fish, as many enthusiasts can attest. Even smaller groupings within the Order Siluriformes, the catfish families, are specious. Twelve scientists, spanning four countries (the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Switzerland),...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 20, 2019 | Freshwater
It’s not too late to make last minute plans to attend the 2019 American Killifish Association Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The national gathering of Killifish enthusiasts is being held at the Embassy Suites Columbus Airport, and will officially kick off at 9:00...
