Saburai Aquatics

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July from Saburai Aquatics!

Don’t forget to use code JULY4 at checkout for 10% OFF all dry goods this weekend!

05/10/2025

Celebrate all the fish moms out there this weekend! 🥳🎉

All dry goods 10% off with code MOMS25 valid through Monday 5/12!

04/04/2025

I will be speaking at the Cichlid Club of York tomorrow at 1PM. Come out and support and/or heckle me! There will be food at noon, and a mini auction afterwards.

If you’re nice, I might bring some fish… long fin Snow Whites anyone?

03/14/2025

Shipping will resume Tuesday 3/18. We’ve crossed the pond to see how the British do catfish.

03/08/2025

EBO LIQUIDATION SALE!!! 👀🔥🔥💸

We have some old label EBO Foods that we are liquidating in order to make room for new stock. All EBO Food is now 40% OFF on our website with code - EBO40

Code - EBO40

Website - www.SaburaiAquatics.com

Offer valid while supplies last!

02/10/2025

New fish just dropped!

𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖 and 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑦𝑢𝑑𝑗𝑎, two new species of loricariid catfish are described from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil.

Open-access - https://www.scielo.br/j/ni/a/VVCvG6vydwJXhgQ5z3gYpJb/

Both newly described species have been imported into the aquarium trade under various codes and names, the highly variable 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖 as King Tiger Pleco, Golden King Tiger, L66, L236, L287, L333, L399, L400 (and perhaps some other L code numbers) and the variable 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑦𝑢𝑑𝑗𝑎 as False Zebra pleco, Peruvian (sic) Panther pleco or L174.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲
Two new species of 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil

𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Sousa, L. M. de ., Sousa, E. B. de ., Ribeiro, R. de O., Sabaj, M. H., Zuanon, J., & Py-Daniel, L. R.. (2025). Two new species of 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 23(1), e240080. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0080

𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁
𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 was proposed as a monotypic genus for a highly unique species, 𝐻. 𝑧𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎, known only from a short stretch of the Middle rio Xingu on the Brazilian Shield.

Subsequent studies added eight species, all described from river systems draining the Guiana Shield. Analysis of 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 specimens from the middle and lower Xingu detected two new species that can be separated from its congeners based on color pattern and body size of adults, and that are well known from the ornamental fish trade. Due to their non-overlapping distributions, the prospects of conserving the two species are quite different.

One of the species is relatively safe due to its relatively large distribution throughout the Lower Xingu channel up to the downstream end of Volta Grande do Xingu, while the other is in need of urgent protection because it is restricted to a short stretch of the Middle Xingu channel at depths greater than 15 meters, and its distribution lies entirely within the impact zone of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant Complex.

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁
Left - Variation in color patterns of 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖 collected along the distributional range of the species in rio Xingu. Specimens not preserved. Scale bars = 1 cm.

Right - Body shape and color pattern variations in live specimens of 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑦𝑢𝑑𝑗𝑎 shown to scale. Specimens not preserved. Scale bar = 1 cm.

Copyright © 2025 the Author(s). Published in Neotropical Ichthyology journal. This paper is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

02/03/2025

Got back from The Aquatic Expo just in time for this killer sunset. What a great weekend! Thank you to everyone that came out and saw us. We had an amazing time! See you next year!

05/28/2024

Come see us at The Aquatic Expo this weekend! June 1-2 in Charlotte!

05/25/2024

Who's going to be at The Aquatic Expo next weekend?

04/01/2024

This is a new one for us. Who knows what species this is?

03/29/2024

Next stop - NEC convention in Connecticut April 5-7! Come see us for exotic plecos!
https://northeastcouncil.org/2024-convention/

03/15/2024

Bagging up fish for the ACLC Swap tomorrow at That Fish Place-That Pet Place

If you’ve never been to this store, you’ve got to check it out! It’s HUGE!