October 4th, 2013 — 12:32pm
S. maculidorsalis is easily-recognised by presence of small black spots on the dorsal surface of the head and trunk in both males and females. © Odyssey
Freshwater gobies of the genus Stiphodon have become increasingly popular aquarium inhabitants in recent years, but considerable confusion has surrounded the identity of some commonly-traded species due to a number of factors. Continue reading »
Category: Ichthyology, News | Tags: aquarium, fishkeeping, gobies, goby, Maeda, Raffes Bulletin of Zoology, Sicydiinae, Stiphodon, Tan |
July 26th, 2013 — 10:06am
© Panta Rhei
The German publishing firm ‘Panta Rhei’ is about to print an updated second edition of the popular book ‘Loricariids of the Middle Xingu River’ by Mauricio Camargo, Heriberto Gimênes Junior, and Lúcia Helena Rapp Py-Daniel. Continue reading »
Category: New Products, News | Tags: aquarium, Catfish, fishkeeping, Loricariidae, Panta Rhei, pleco, Xingu |
July 11th, 2013 — 6:23pm
© Tencatt et al.
A new species of the catfish genus Corydoras has been described in the journal ‘Neotropical Ichthyology’. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News | Tags: aquarium, Brazil, Callichthyidae, Catfish, Corydoras, fishkeeping, Neotropical Ichthyology, São Francisco |
July 4th, 2013 — 9:51am
One of the paratype of H. jaguar © Zanata et al.
An attractive new pleco from the rio Paraguaçu basin in Bahia State, easten Brazil is described in the latest volume of the journal ‘Neotropìcal Ichthyology’.
Hypostomus jaguar sp. nov. was collected from tributaries measuring up to 60 metres across and 1.5 m deep with rocky substrates and dark, moderate to fast-flowing water, where it occurs sympatrically with Hypostomus chrysostiktos. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News | Tags: aquarium, Brazil, Hypostomus, Loricariidae, Neotropical Ichthyology, pleco |
Channa andrao – Lal Cheng (Channa sp. Assam, Channa sp. lal cheng)
Hi, the images with fry are included here. Just click on one of the photos to make it bigger, then use the arrows to scroll through until you find the...
26th Nov 2019
Synodontis decorus – Clown Synodontis (Synodontis vittatus, Synodontis decora)
Fixed!
26th Nov 2019
Synodontis angelicus – Polka Dot Synodontis (Synodontis angelica)
Fixed, thanks for the heads up!
26th Nov 2019
Synodontis decorus – Clown Synodontis (Synodontis vittatus, Synodontis decora)
Similar to the Angelicus, this scientific name is off. Its Decorus, not Decora.
6th Nov 2019
Synodontis angelicus – Polka Dot Synodontis (Synodontis angelica)
The scientific name for this fish is incorrect. It is Synodontis angelicUS, not angelicA. Fishbase lists angelica as a common misspelling, and Esch...
6th Nov 2019