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Rio San Martin - More Fish Pics
Prochilodus sp. Quite abundant and sought after by the locals as a food fish. We tried it and it was tasty but full of small Y-shaped bones, just like the ones found in Piranhas. I had one of the thin Y-bones in my throat for a few days. Not fun.
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinus. We had it for dinner. No Y-bones here!
An unusually colorful Laetacara dorsiger.
An undescribed Crenicichla of the Reticulata group. C. sp. Bolivia Reticulata.
Silver Hatchetfish.
Corydoras guapore.
Jeff caught this giant stingray while trolling one night, using a prochilodus or piranha as bait. It must have weighed at least 50 lbs. He caught a few more soon after this one. We were very careful to do the 'stingray shuffle' while in the river, after this one.
The frightened stingray rammed the bamboo stick with its tail and cracked it. It is a powerful animal, capable of injuring any person who steps on it accidentally, even without the stinger.
Yet another knifefish - collected under floating grassbeds in Rio San Joaquin, a small tributary of the Rio San Martin.
Aequidens viridis is a very attractive cichlasomine found commonly in the rainforest rivers. It is very green and shiny with prominent vertical stripes. In the aquarium, it is a bold and greedy eater.
Unidentified Hemiodus sp.
Satanoperca pappaterra, a large bronzy-gold fish that is rarely in the hobby.
All photos by J. Cardwell, S. Jack and V. Kutty
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