by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 15, 2017 | Freshwater
via Nautilus Tropical Fish Wholesale by Joe Hiduke Retroculus lapidifer is a rarely-imported rheophilic cichlid from Brazil. These fish live in fast-moving water and have a tendency to hop around on the bottom, almost like a goby. Superficially similar to 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...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 13, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
The Rio Xingu is home to a bewildering array of pleco species, many of which have been in the aquarium hobby for decades now. Despite this fact, the relationships between these species’ complexes are still poorly understood, and relatively few are described...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Apr 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The May/June 2016 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now delivering to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale date: April 5, 2016 Readers of the Digital Edition can log in now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid subscribers...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Apr 1, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Article & images by Michael J. Tuccinardi Excerpt from AMAZONAS, May/June 2016 Xingu. The word itself conjures up the image of a remote and impossibly exotic locale, one of the last truly wild places left on the map. For aquarium enthusiasts worldwide, the...
