The escalating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt by local fish stores and aquarium retailers around the US. Starting this week, announcements of curbside pickup, delivery options, limited hours and even temporary closures of retail spaces started showing up on social media.
“Postponing Interzoo is a challenging, but necessary step. For the sake of the industry and to serve its interests in the best possible way, we see no other solution”, explains Norbert Holthenrich, President of Germany’s Pet Trade and Industry Association.
A second Bunocephalus banjo catfish was recently described from Brazil’s Paraná River basin.
The wood-eating watermelon pleco or L330 has been formally described as a distinct subspecies of Panaque nigrolineatus.
The International Betta Congress Judging Board has released official IBC policy regarding the breeding and showing of Spectrum Brand’s new GloFish Bettas in response to the commercial market release of these fish.
GloFish® Betta is now available in Electric Green®, adding a new species to the ever-growing diversity of genetically-modified fishes being bred for the aquarium hobby.
A preview of highlights in AMAZONAS Magazine’s March/April 2020 Issue. Paid AMAZONAS Subscribers can log in with their email address and read the Digital Edition starting February 11th, 2020.
The staff at Nautilus Tropical Fish Wholesale recently highlighted the underappreciated Royal or Blue Kerri Tetra, Inpaichthys kerri, which is available in both a wild form and a line-bred “Super Blue” cultivated strain.
The true identity of a Florida invader has been realized nearly 20 years after its first recorded collection.
Dreamscapes: Planting Underwater World, AMAZONAS Magazine Volume 9, Number 2
