by Matt Pedersen | Jun 8, 2022 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
AMAZONAS Magazine, Volume 11, Number 4, RAINBOWFISHES, on sale June 8th. On the cover: Top: Melanotaenia cf. goldiei ‘Lobo Village’, middle left: M. sp. ‘Kali Tawa’, middle right: M. mairasi. Photos: Wim Heemskerk. Bottom: M. sp. ‘Malanda’. Photo: Keith Martin The...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Mar 9, 2018 | Freshwater
Still not described by science, the so-called Running River Rainbowfish is recognized by Australian enthusiasts as beautiful, distinctive—and threatened in its natural habitat by an invasive Eastern Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida, a species suspected to have been...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 17, 2017 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Imagine discovering a new variety of fish, possibly a new species, exclusively found in an out-of-the-way stretch of river. It’s gorgeous and a precious reminder of the immense biodiveristy exhibited by Australia’s popular Rainbowfishes. It enters the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 29, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, News & Notes
Can aquarists and conservation breeders help save a species and write a happy ending to a tale of misguided aquarium keepers transplanting rainbowfishes in the wild? by Peter J. Unmack & Michael P. Hammer Special to AMAZONAS • With their golden to green bodies,...
by James Lawrence | Jan 14, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
SPECIAL To AMAZONAS Readers Supplement to Print Edition Article From: Peter Unmack Australian New Guinea Fishes Association ANGFA (Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, www.angfa.org.au) has started a crowd funding project to establish a captive breeding...
