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New species appears closely related to red eye tetra

October 22nd, 2015 — 2:05pm
MZUSP 117108, 67.9 mm SL, holotype of Moenkhausia lineomaculata, Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Campos de Júlio, rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin. © Fernando C. P. Dagosta

MZUSP 117108, 67.9 mm SL, holotype of Moenkhausia lineomaculata, Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Campos de Júlio, rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin. © Fernando C. P. Dagosta

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New pike cichlid from the rio Xingu

October 1st, 2015 — 2:49pm
Crenicichla anamiri, holotype, male, INPA 46650, 42.9 mm SL, Itapuama, below confluence with rio Iriri, State of Pará, rio Xingu (above); paratype, female, INPA 46651, 43.3 mm SL, same locality of holotype (below). © Douglas Bastos

Crenicichla anamiri, holotype, male, INPA 46650, 42.9 mm SL, Itapuama, below confluence with rio Iriri, State of Pará, rio Xingu (above); paratype, female, INPA 46651, 43.3 mm SL, same locality of holotype (below). © Douglas Bastos

The dwarf pike cichlid known to aquarium hobbyists as Crenicichla sp. cf. regani ‘Xingu’ for more than two decades is described as C. anamiri Ito & Rapp Py-Daniel 2015 in the latest issue of the journal ‘Neotropical Ichthyology’.

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Video – Save the Blue Heart of Europe

September 30th, 2015 — 11:00am
The Vjosa river near Tepelena, Albania.

The Vjosa river near Tepelena, Albania.

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New Geophagus has unique colour pattern

January 2nd, 2015 — 12:25pm
G. mirabilis paratype, NUP 15117, 107.8 mm SL, Brazil, State of Mato Grosso, município de Juína, rio Aripuanã, immediately after capture. © Cláudio H. Zawadzki

G. mirabilis paratype, NUP 15117, 107.8 mm SL, Brazil, State of Mato Grosso, município de Juína, rio Aripuanã, immediately after capture. © Cláudio H.
Zawadzki

A new species of the eartheater genus Geophagus is described in the latest issue of the journal ‘Neotropical Ichthyology’. Continue reading »

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