(Photo 1) A typical fish catch. The photograph was taken in the evening and shows the catch made by one man in about one hour in a varzea lake during the low water season. The large fish on top is a arawana
(Photo 2) Preparing the catch for the evening meal. These fish were caught in a few minutes in a floodplain lake and comprise a range of species. The larger fish with eye spots near the tail are the cichlid, Cichla oscillaris, known locally as tucunaré. Other species present include Potamorhina altamazonica and Hemiodopsis sp


(Photo 2) Preparing the catch for the evening meal. These fish were caught in a few minutes in a floodplain lake and comprise a range of species. The larger fish with eye spots near the tail are the cichlid, Cichla oscillaris, known locally as tucunaré. Other species present include Potamorhina altamazonica and Hemiodopsis sp



for obssessing over these common river fish that they eat. kinda like if people in another county went ape poo for a common brown bullhead catfish and would do anything to have one in their tank