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 | Sep 3, 2021 | Freshwater
Richly black with sky blue eyes, a recent import of “blue eye panaques” is reminiscent of those that used to be far more common in the aquarium trade decades prior. via Nautilus Tropical Fish Wholesale “Blue-eye plecos are in stock,” exclaimed...
by Anne Linton | Nov 18, 2019 | AMAZONAS Tables of Contents, Freshwater
SPECTACULAR SOUTH AMERICA Volume 9, Number 1 5 Letter from the Editor by Ann Whitman 6 Aquatic Notebook by AMAZONAS staff FEATURE ARTICLES 14 Iquitos — An island in the rainforest by Ernst Sosna 24 Early explorers and exploits in South America, Part 1 — The history of...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 20, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
I recently had the chance to set up some new aquariums at home, a few of which spent a long time in the planning stages. After the exciting/stressful phase of bringing in a fair number of fish to stock these tanks, I’ve had a few weeks now to sit back, enjoy the...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 17, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
from materials via PLoS ONE The plecostomus formerly known as L398 has been formally described by Christian Andreas Cramer and Leandro Melo de Sousa as Panaqolus tankei in the journal PLoS ONE. The description of the species, a native of the Rio Xingu, brings the...
