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What Species Are These?

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halak

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I caught these fishes in Guyana but have not been able to identify them. No, I did not bring them back.

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Blu

Blu

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Looks like young tilapia, bottom looks a bit like a rainbow without the coloring... Where were these taken from?
 
Blu

Blu

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Oh, sorry I didn't see your loci post. They could be Silver Arowana, though I'm not 100% (the tilapia post was a joke)
 
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halak

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I found these in Guyana, near New Amsterdam, a few kms from Canefield Settlement. The place looked like this (not blackwater):

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Blu

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Oh the land of the -rather large- Arapaimas! How fun was your trip!? And I do think that those are Silvers, they fit the bill with loci, size/color. Nice you were able to fish as the gov't has been not granting permits for fishing as of late I hear.
 
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halak

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My trip was very fun. If you know some locals, good things will happen. I always fished with locals, and we always threw the fish back. I don't know what the government regulations are, but usually we had a local lawyer with us...
 
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AndyNarwhal

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The top one certainly looks like a Centropomid (a type of snook) but the dorsal fin is connected which would not be correct for the family. I think it is a type of drum (there is a local freshwater variety called a Basha).

The bottom one is a Pimelodellid catfish like Matt said.

Andy
 
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halak

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dogofwar said:
Yes - a drum :)

Viktor - tell the story of why you're down there, por favvor...

Matt
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Come to this month's GWAPA meeting where I will be one of the presenters. In a nutshell, however, a good friend of mine knew somebody down there, so we went to look at fish and to experience an exciting tropical country where not many tourists go.
 
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