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HelloReef Awarded STEM.org Authenticated™ Trustmark and “Best In STEM” Top 5% Award for 2025
HelloReef’s aquarium starter kits have been recognized by STEM.org, including a “Best In STEM” award, bringing new attention and awareness of the aquarium hobby to families and educators in a vetted, “STEM.org Authenticated” product offering.
NARBC Launches Dallas Pet Expo in 2025
The NARBC (North American Reptile Breeders Conference) is host to regional “conference + trade show” events that offer a dizzying array of reptile and amphibian vendors, supported by all manner of related equipment manufacturers and ancillary offerings. Now, NARBC has announced an expansion into a full-line Pet Expo to be held in Dallas, Texas, twice in 2025. The events are scheduled for March 29-30, and September 6-7, 2025.
Burlington, Vermont Considers Exotic Pet Ban on Election Day
Burlington is considering a ban on all “exotic animals.” This ban includes fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, small mammals, and any animal that is not specifically exempted from the definition of “exotic animal”.
AMAZONAS PREVIEW: Meet the new GloFish® Angelfish
Cue the outrage and strike up the backlash, because here comes another GloFish®! The new Starfire Red® Angelfish was released this summer and is officially available at local fish and pet stores as well as Petco, Pet Supplies Plus, and Meijer. This is the seventh species offered in a suite of fluorescent fish options that includes two species of tetras, Tiger Barbs, Rainbow Sharks, Bettas, a Corydoras catfish, and now Angelfish.
Understanding Endangered Species Act Regulations
The Endangered Species Act[1] (ESA) is likely the second most misunderstood piece of legislation impacting the aquarium hobby and trade. The goal of this article is to summarize the framework of the ESA in a way that clears up some common misconceptions, such as whether the law applies to both wild-sourced and captive-bred animals, and what and when certain lists have legal authority.
Overhauled: A massive revision of the genus Corydoras
The long-awaited revision of the subfamily Corydoradinaehas finally been published by Dias et al. on June 11, 2024, in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. In the next issue of AMAZONAS, Hans-Georg Evers will detail the study results, but we wanted to give you a brief summary of what the revision contains.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Initial Reviews on Endangered Species Act Petitions for 10 species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed its 90-day findings on petitions to list 10 species under the Endangered Species Act. Based on the Service’s review, the petitions to list the Betta hendra, Betta rutilans, Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, pygmy rabbit, Railroad Valley toad, Southern Plains bumble bee, southwest spring firefly, white-margined penstemon, and yellow-spotted woodland salamander contain substantial information that listing may be warranted, and status reviews will be initiated on these species.
New, Huge Cavefish Species, Neolissochilus pnar, Described
Researchers have recently discovered an exciting new species of subterranean cavefish in Northeastern India. The largest cave fish in the world is a member of the cyprinid family.
Restrictive LACEY Act Amendments Proposed Again
Just last spring and summer, the entire pet trade was at risk when nationwide whitelists and interstate trade restrictions were proposed to be enacted through amendments to the Lacey Act. They failed to pass, but now the Lacey Act proposals have been resubmitted and everything is right back where it started last time.
