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Goodluck finding a Lac.

Sharkaquarium had some a few weeks ago.

We caught bunches of them in Uruguay... H. australis as well.

Matt

dogofwar said:

We caught bunches of them in Uruguay... H. australis as well.

Matt

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got any pics?

Better study up on how to ID....... You'll need it IF you're after Lacerdae. They are really tough to find, and IF/when you do find one it's very possible it's mis ID'd.

Jury is still out on IF indeed Iguazas are a Lacerdae variant.

Wes (Fugupuff), Shark Aquarium, and Erik (Braveheart Calif) are the best vendor type sources for Wolves.

And IF anyone is going down to catch any Lacerdaes in the near future please PM me so I can buy a bunch..... lol

The primary way to differentiate among H. malabaricus, lacerdae and australis is the shape of the gill covers (looking at the fish with the underside facing you). And the collection location. The covers come together on one, don't on another and are like an hour glass on another...just don't recall which

Especially at small sizes, they're hard to tell apart.

Depending on where you are in Uruguay and the time of year, you can literally catch hundreds of little ones and dozens of bigger ones. Of course, bringing back larger ones isn't really practical and you can't keep them with other fish while traveling so they end up being a lot of work to keep.

I was tempted to bring some back from last trip to Uruguay but didn't want to risk trouble with USFWS over fish that are not permitted in Florida (I came through Miami).

Here are some shots by Barry Heller of an H. lacerdae (if I recall) we caught at Zanja Honda in NW Uruguay.

Matt