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OK, day 2 is now online...

http://www.dignall.com/gallery/tresfronteras2 I'll add some fish pics tomorrow or so.

Jools

Fist plecos, now butterflies - what is it that attracts the local wildlife to your pants?!

Nice variety of shots, did you catch any other Brochis along with the one pictured?

What is the fish in this pic, it looks like a baby arrowana or arapaima?
http://www.dignall.com/gallery/tresfronteras2/IMG_1051

Hi!

None of these 2, looks like a Characoid fish.
Something that the brasilian would call "Peixe Cachoro"

Cheers
Yann

Yeah, it is a sabre tooth characin of some description. See http://www.opefe.com/hydrolycus.html - they butterflys are attacted to, I think, salts in the material in this case washing powder.

Jools

Awfully large mouth on such a small fish! I'm trying to think why a mouth and teeth would become so disproportionally large, aside from being a carnivore and a predator? The article mentioned that they're awkward swimmers.

The color of the Brochis is so much brighter, just out of the river.
Amanda

Check out http://www.xoticaquatix.com/Payara.MOV

Jools

I saw nothing awkward about that swimming! It's just different, but very purposeful. Head down, prowling for food. Made quick work of those feeders. Never knew what hit them. Took a few viewings to see the feeders, since there was no fight to get them. I wouldn't want to be in their sights.

Any chance of a list of species you caught soon? Looks like you had a grat trip!

Possibly a bit off-topic, but this link proves that vast unexplored areas of tropical rainforests are still found, and new species of fish could still be expected:

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... PECIES.xml

Keep 'em coming Jools.

I'm curious if you were able to ID the fish from Day 1 in picture "dr3 003," "dr3 004," and "dr3 006." I know characins are't the game here, but it looks like an all-silver version of bario steindachneri. While he's listed here as markiana nigripinnis, I'm fairly sure that picture is actually bario steindachneri (the "blotch-tail bario").

http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Pictures ... at=species

It really piqued my interest because I was lucky enough to stumble on a group of m. nigripinnis over the summer... then spent forever trying to figure out what I brought home.

Brent

Jools,

you should post the wall video.

WELCOME TO MONKEY ISLAND!

Days 3 and 4 now online - http://www.dignall.com/gallery/tresfronteras1 .

Jools

yannfulliquet wrote: "Peixe CachoRRo"

Literally it means "Doggy (or dog-ish) fish"

Any ideas on what these guys are?
http://www.dignall.com/gallery/album18/IMG_1584
Amanda

Just a wild guess: Some form of Pike cichlid and a tiny baby Hypostomus?

--
Mats

"You're pleco in 30 minutes or less... and I guarantee it!"

or

"Lady, this pleco is going to need a lot of work and it is going to cost you."

Yeah, by day 4 we were all starting to look a little rough.
-Shane

"You're pl*co in 30 minutes or less... and I guarantee it!"

or

"Lady, this pl*co is going to need a lot of work and it is going to cost you."

Hilarious!

another caption... "Look here, you keep calling me about problems with your plumbing and THIS is what I find every time. You have to understand that these pets are not flushable."

Or

"what! and you still think Adonis is better looking than me"

medaka wrote:"what! and you still think Adonis is better looking than me"

Actually, I think it might be! Try as we might, we couldn't encourage it to take up the g habit. Seriously for a moment, this pleco was pulled up from under the house we were on just becuase we said we liked plecos, we took our shots and then it was returned to the water.

Jools

Any ideas on what these guys are?

Crenicichla cincta is my best guess. Any other ideas? It is a very young fish, so it's hard to tell.

Barbie wrote:OMG! Is this not the LEAST enthused look you ever saw? HAHAHAHA!

OK, here's a pic of Shane looking a bit happier...



Jools

I don't ALWAYS have a cigarette in my mouth!
What about that FBI?

-Shane

That's pretty funny.... I bet I was holding your cigarette for you! See what I get for helping a brother out. Or maybe I was just posing as Shane

rotfl :))) these two photos are splendid :).

<a href="http://www.dignall.com/gallery/tresfron ... MG_1142</a>

I found this one also very interesting :)) - it looks like Shane is taking photo of beer (or something) with extremely focused face ;) - and even lamp didn't stand this look ;]]

Could someone please post here a link to photos from first day? Or pm it to me? :).

Regards.

worton[pl] wrote:Could someone please post here a link to photos from first day?

The top level for this series of images is here - http://www.dignall.com/gallery/tresfronteras1

Jools

NICE! What that picture needs however is a big cigarette hanging out of the plecos "mouth" (or head).

Jools

Done!

Although there's now the hint of a resemblance to a certain Camel...