Well, sort of. I have said before that the university of miami has a bunch of awesome fish. But now I am really serious. I have often heard that there are both freshwater and saltwater fish in the lake and canals, but never gave much thought to the saltwater fish. I do see barracudas, but assumed they were freshwater. But today I was absolutely shocked. I saw two 3-3.5 foot jacks swimming up a canal, going after smaller mayan cichlids. I mean, these things were huge! with the tails they might have been 4 feet long. I also saw two other fish i couldn't identify...
The first fish was obviously a cichlid, many around 1' or more. The second was a saltwater fish (not barracuda) that were around 2.5-3 feet in lenght. It was a yellowish green body color. The bottom fish was bluish gray. Help identify them both.
Now on a related subject, near the wellness center there is a canal full of mayan cichlids. But the canal strecthes a long section under tree cover, and then an open part where there is a bridge over it. The long stretch is FULL of fry, baby, and juvenile fish, but not a single adult save an occasional cichlid parent. Why do you think so? The full grown cichlids 25 feet downstream could have a feast all day, but leave the literally thousands of little fish alone. Weird.
The first fish was obviously a cichlid, many around 1' or more. The second was a saltwater fish (not barracuda) that were around 2.5-3 feet in lenght. It was a yellowish green body color. The bottom fish was bluish gray. Help identify them both.
Now on a related subject, near the wellness center there is a canal full of mayan cichlids. But the canal strecthes a long section under tree cover, and then an open part where there is a bridge over it. The long stretch is FULL of fry, baby, and juvenile fish, but not a single adult save an occasional cichlid parent. Why do you think so? The full grown cichlids 25 feet downstream could have a feast all day, but leave the literally thousands of little fish alone. Weird.
