Rio Tapajós

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Re: Rio Tapajós

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Crenuchus.
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Laetacara?
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Potamotrygon.
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Last sampling site, the city of Santarém, right at the mouth of the Tapajós. We collected these fishes under a pier at a boatyard in the city, very close to where this photo was taken, just round the corner to the right in fact.
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L131
. Pretty.
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Ancistrus
sp. Not sure which L number.
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Huge
Ancistrus dolichopterus
type.
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Pseudacanthicus sp(l097)

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Hypancistrus sp(l070)

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A discus. Also under the pier!
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Batrochoglanis
I think. Not sure where it came from. It was a gift from the fishermen, and I forgot to ask.
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Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful photos, not only of the fish but of their natural surroundings as well! Great timing on your part as this is exactly what I've been looking for recently - very useful for my upcoming aquarium project, and I'm sure many others' too. Do feel free to post up any more you have, I'm sure we're all enjoying them :-BD
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Thanks for the response and sharing the great photos.

Much appreciated!

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Great great stuff! Thanks for the temperature readings, really appreciate it. Was surprisingly high to me but I guess it's in the height of the dry season now.
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Thanks again some great pictures and lots of information.

Sad question but any idea if that mud like rock can be bought? Sorry just thinking allot of cat fish if they cant find a suitable spot make one perhaps others would dig holes in it and make suitable breeding spots.
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The Centromochlus sure looks a lot like C. concolor.
As far as I know, this species has not been found yet in the Rio Tapajos, though.
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racoll wrote:
Platystomatichthys
? Yep!
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Hemisorubim
? Yep!
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Ageneiosus
Looks a lot like A. marmoratus, but the paleness of this fish.....
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racoll wrote:
Trachelyopterichthys
? Only got one of these. Appears rare.
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Given the fact that it lacks an adipose, this should be
Trachelyopterus coriaceus


Great stuff anyway!! :-BD
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A Dream.......
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Hi all,
Looks like Laetacara araguaiae.

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JamesFish wrote: Sad question but any idea if that mud like rock can be bought?
Nice idea, but don't think it would work. It would make a horrible mess of the tank, as the water would go very cloudy for sure.

kruseman wrote:The Centromochlus sure looks a lot like C. concolor.
Yes, they are similar indeed. Will have to check in more detail.

Marc van Arc wrote:Ageneiosus Looks a lot like A. marmoratus, but the paleness of this fish.....
It was pale because it was very dead and starting to go bad. I don't think it looked like that in life.

Marc van Arc wrote:Given the fact that it lacks an adipose, this should be Trachelyopterus coriaceus
Nice one. Thanks. I was struggling to work out what that one was.
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racoll wrote:A discus. Also under the pier!
...
Really? I thought was more difficult to find discus in the wild!
Thank you for sharing!! :-BD
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Elwood wrote:Really? I thought was more difficult to find discus in the wild!
It's not, some people rather exaggerate this point and have created this misconception.

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The Hemiancistrus sabaji looks great!
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