AMAZONAS Magazine
Volume 5, Number 3
ON SALE: APRIL 5, 2016
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South American Killifishes
The next edition of AMAZONAS takes an unforgettable look at the diversity and stunning beauty of South American Killies in their natural wild habitats and in the home aquarium, with articles by Manolis Johannis, Christian Kopp, Steve Waldron, Stefano Valdesalici, and Hans-Georg Evers. Genera Covered:
• Nematolebias • Austrolebias • Austrofundulus
• Rachovia • Hysolebias • Ophthalmolebias
• Pterolebias • Moema • Simpsonichthys • Spectrolebias • Neofundulus • Papiliolebias • Trigonectes
• Plesiolebias and more.
Steve Waldron of Aquarium Zen promises this report: “Collecting Rivulus killies, Blue-eyed livebearers in the mountains of Costa Rica: A travelogue about a trip my wife and I took a few years ago the primary rainforests of Costa Rica where we encountered some beautiful stream fishes in absolutely stunning forest. Some great environmental photography including in situ underwater images of the fish, images of venemous snakes and poison dart frogs if desired.”
Features:
• Peruvian Suckermouths: A Motorcycle Collecting Expedition by Daniel Wewer
• Breeding the Micro-Gouramis (Parasphaerichthys lineatus and P. occelatus) by Frank Strozyk
• Magnificent Eartheaters (Geophagus altifrons) by Thomas Weidner
• Breeding L-Cats (Hans-Georg Evers, Robert Budrovcan and Ernst Schmidt) with a focus on L 236 and other rare Hypancistrus
• Build a Black Water Biotope: Devin Biggs constructs a simple but amazing riparium tank to house wild-type Bettas
Other Articles: Special Report by Senior Editor Michael J. Tuccinardi from the Rio Xingu in the heart of the Belo Monte Project • New Rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia sembra and M. sikuensis) by Hans-Georg Evers and • New Severum Cichlids (Heros sp. “Uaupes” and Heros liberifer by Peter Dittrich.
And much more…. The May/June Issue of AMAZONAS will be arriving in homes and stores during the last week of March and first days of April.
MATERIALS DEADLINE For Submissions: Thursday, March 10
TO PRESS: Tuesday, March 15
Subscribers can anticipate in-home delivery of print copies around the first of April, followed by email links to the simultaneous Digital Edition. Subscribe to AMAZONAS or buy Back Issues here.
Cover Credits:
Images top to bottom:
Austrolebias arachan by R. Pohlmann; Moema quii by L. Peck; and Rachovia pyropunctata by F. Vermuelen.
Robbie Rhye says:
Technically, yes you are correct...this is a very fluffy John Deer leptastreaNed says:
If anthropologists were icthyologists, every skin color, hair color, language, and height of the various Homo sapiens would be seperate species.Eric A. says:
I believe its a John Deere coral... is that right? I have one that is yellow and red, instead of the green coloration shown here.. i hope im right! Thanks!Sam Burnham says:
Very interested in this post! Have been thinking of adding some myself.Dan Dolaptchieff says:
We thank you Mr Carlson for your unending truith about our fishery here in Hawaii nae. It has been a Very Sustainable fishery for the whole time I have been here,27 years. The numbers of fish counted every year,just goes up,even with the collecters taking 2 millon small fish a year. Well now that we have had no take in west hawaii for 2 years the population will be allmost to many for the reef to sustain since there is no human take. Just like the fishery in southern California the take of sea urchins must coincide with the growth of the kelp. We now see sea urchins devastating the kelp beds there. We can live in a clean harmony with nature. First we must study and understand her ,and then make informed choices about ,what ,when and size and how many is sustainable to harvest. This has been well thought out in Hawaii. It is still one of the most studdied and Sustainable resources we have here in Hawaii. We have lived in harmony with the tourist dive industry here for 20 years. Making sure the industry makes no impact in the areas the divers go to. Thats why 30% of the west cost is off limits to all fropical fish collecting. The rest of the Big Island is to rough and remote to harvest for tropical fish, so it stands as an almost untouched area supporting many super large adult breading pairs of all kinds of fish. We will have plenty of fish on the Big Island for many generations ,as long as we continue to fish it the way we have in the past. Many of the deeper fish like the bandit angel are a 140 ft + and deeper fish. These fish have been seen in huge schools in 200- 300 ft of water, we see only the population pushed shallower do to overcrowding in the depths. We face many challenges to help save our corals from heat death here as well as many reefs worldwide. Please support our ongoing coral saving efforts. Alohag_branham says:
I don't agree, look at http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2014/09/06/hawaii-news/clownfish-may-become-protected-species/