Manaus fish market pics

Post by **Silurus** » 05 Jul 2003, 11:23

As promised, here are some of the many pics I took at the Manaus fish market during my visit. As it was the end of the rainy season, the diversity was fairly low. I still missed out on some spectacular finds, though. Someone else saw an 80 cm Leiarius in the market the day after I went.
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum + P. tigrinum:

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum:

Brachyplatystoma juruense (sorry, the heads got cut off by the time I took this pic):

Hypophthalmus sp.:

Pseudodoras niger:

mokmu · Post by **mokmu** » 06 Jul 2003, 03:40

Great pics! Which one is the bigger cat, P. Tigrinus or the P. Fasciatum?

Post by **Silurus** » 06 Jul 2003, 04:02

The smaller Pseudoplatystoma with the vertical bars are P. fasciatum. The bigger ones with the reticulate pattern are P. tigrinum.

kurtz · Post by **kurtz** » 06 Jul 2003, 05:03

oh man i wish i could have saved that p-niger

S. Allen · Post by **S. Allen** » 06 Jul 2003, 05:18

and I those magnificent juruense... beautiful coloration, tough to believe they'd bring more for food than export.

Post by **Silurus** » 06 Jul 2003, 05:22

Kurtz,

There were more of those P. niger:

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 06 Jul 2003, 11:44

Hi!
It sure make me remember the good time I had there a year ago...
And these taste absolutly delicous...
Cheers
Yann

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 09 Jul 2003, 04:39

Curious: How big were the B. filimentosum?

Sincerely,
Paul E. Turley

Post by **Silurus** » 09 Jul 2003, 08:07

Most of them were about 24-30 inches.

Manaus fish market pics

Manaus fish market pics

Manaus Fishmarket Photos