by Sumer Tiwari | May 28, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater, Marine
The ultimate goal of my journey was a collecting trip in the waters of southern India, but it first meant travelling to South Asia and landing in fourth largest city on earth. I was about to have almost 18 hours of layover time in Delhi (or maybe I planned...
by Sumer Tiwari | Apr 3, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I just came back from a collection trip to India. It was a short but very productive trip. We were collecting in the Western Ghats region in Southern India, which is home to many amazing fish species. Dawkinsia barbs, Etroplus canarensis, and Pristolepis marginata are...
by Sumer Tiwari | Mar 27, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
Let’s shift some gears and talk about bettas today. Bettas have always been a great area of interest for us —in fact, many hobbyists start keeping tropical fish with a betta. What many people don’t appreciate are the many wild strains of bettas....
by Sumer Tiwari | Feb 20, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I recently went to local hobbyist’s fishroom and saw a very interesting fish. It looked like a catfish but had a hump on its head. When I asked my friend, he told me that it was a cichlid. I was very impressed by this catfish-like humpy dwarf cichlid, which I...
by Sumer Tiwari | Jan 22, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I have been talking about killifish in my last few blogposts—I am in absolute awe of them. The way they reproduce is just amazing. In this installment, I am going to show you another very interesting phenomenon—the process of eclosion. When I got some eggs of Blue...