by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 18, 2022 | Freshwater, New Products
Spending two weeks cruising the Rio Negro with the Project Piaba team in early 2023? Surprise your favorite aquarist! via Project Piaba Join the Project Piaba team on an expedition to the Rio Negro! Project Piaba has been studying and fostering the aquarium fish trade...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 17, 2022 | Freshwater
Spoiler Alert: the answer is Yoshio Ogawa. Leandro Sousa brings you the story via his Youtube channel. With all the happenings this week surrounding CITES and proposals to uplist Hypancistrus zebra from Appendix III to Appendix I (which would most likely eliminate all...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 16, 2022 | Freshwater, News & Notes
The Zebra Pleco, Hypancistrus zebra, also known as L046, L46, and the Imperial Zebra Pleco, is at the center of new CITES proposals that could significantly alter the international trade in freshwater fish. Image credit: Pavaphon Supanantananont/Shutterstock Opinion...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 16, 2022 | Freshwater, New Products
Lurking in the international fish trade for a few years, a new albino variation of the Firemouth Cichlid, Thorichthys meeki, has been spotted at Aquarium Design Group in Houston, Texas, and may represent the first time this variant has been available in the U.S. A New...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 14, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Potential outcomes if Hypancistrus zebra (Zebra Pleco), which has been banned for export in Brazil since 2004, is listed by CITES. via Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Ltd (OATA) OATA has joined fellow global pet trade representatives to make its views heard at...