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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 <i>Leiarius</i> in the market the day after I went.
<i>Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum</i> + <i>P. tigrinum</i>:


<i>Brachyplatystoma filamentosum</i>:

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

<i>Hypophthalmus</i> sp.:

<i>Pseudodoras niger</i>:

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

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

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

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

Kurtz,

There were more of those <i>P. niger</i>:

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

Curious: How big were the B. filimentosum?

Sincerely,
Paul E. Turley

Most of them were about 24-30 inches.