The Javadi Hills

For those out there encountering catfishes in the wild, post your experiences here.
Post Reply
User avatar
Shovelnose
Posts: 1238
Joined: 03 Sep 2008, 09:49
My articles: 5
My images: 116
My catfish: 4
My cats species list: 60 (i:0, k:0)
Spotted: 44
Location 1: Mumbai
Location 2: India

The Javadi Hills

Post by Shovelnose »

Got together with a few other hobbyist folks from around here end last year to visit these hills. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javadi_Hills). Nothing exciting in terms of fish collected :

Image

Lepidocephalus thermalis
Rasbora daniconius
Puntius Sp


Image

Channa gachua


From a fisherman's catch :

Image

Salmostoma Sp.???

Image

Puntius bimaculatus

Image

Too long ago to remember what this was!!!!

Image

Esomus danricus & Puntius bimaculatus

Image

Cardinia Sp
Image

The view.

Image

Image

Image

The spots did looking promising but the catch was quite disappointing. In addition I managed to steal a Mystus with a damaged lower lobe from the fisherman. The lobe fell off en route.


We decided to visit a different part of the hills a few weeks ago. Wasnt expecting too much this time around. Our interests also lay in tasting homemade Biryani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biryani)from a colleagues house in that area.

Image

Image

Image

The collection spots.


The fish collected :

Image

Image

For Rupert and L Number Banana. D.aequipinnatus I think.

Image

Garra mullya

Image

Cardinia Sp ???

Image

Image

Schistura denisonii. One of the nastiest loaches ever!!!!!

Image

Channa striata

Image

Rasbora daniconius

Image

Puntius bimaculatus

Image

And we thought Plecos were bad news!!!!! Guppies!!!! Of all colours!!! This is a very
remote region and there is hardly any hobby related activity here. So we have no idea how they got here.

Quite sadly, we ran into horrifyingly huge populations of Tilapias and Gambusia s too.
There was a small water body that was filled only with 'em.

And the grand finale!!!!!!

Image

Biryani!!!!!

Any visit to South India will be considered incomplete without at least a single plate of Biryani.So there s some good food to go with that cheap beer!!!!!
Balaji

Vicar: It's about this letter you sent me regarding my insurance claim.
Devious: Oh, yeah, well, you see, it's just that we're not, as yet, totally satisfied with the grounds of your claim.
Vicar: But it says something about filling my mouth in with cement.
Devious: Oh well, that's just insurance jargon, you know.
User avatar
racoll
Posts: 5256
Joined: 26 Jan 2004, 12:18
My articles: 6
My images: 182
My catfish: 2
My cats species list: 2 (i:0, k:0)
My aquaria list: 1 (i:0)
Spotted: 238
Location 1: Bristol
Location 2: UK

Re: The Javadi Hills

Post by racoll »

Nice locations, and even better looking curry! :P
Shovelnose wrote:For Rupert and L Number Banana. D.aequipinnatus I think.
I would say Devario malabaricus actually, as D. aequipinnatus is one of Hamilton's Gangetic species.
Shovelnose wrote:Rasbora daniconius
Same again for this one. Should be R. microcephalus.
User avatar
Shovelnose
Posts: 1238
Joined: 03 Sep 2008, 09:49
My articles: 5
My images: 116
My catfish: 4
My cats species list: 60 (i:0, k:0)
Spotted: 44
Location 1: Mumbai
Location 2: India

Re: The Javadi Hills

Post by Shovelnose »

Thanks for the ID's Rupert.

Just read up a bit on Rasbora's. Wouldn Rasbora dandia be a more apt ID???
Balaji

Vicar: It's about this letter you sent me regarding my insurance claim.
Devious: Oh, yeah, well, you see, it's just that we're not, as yet, totally satisfied with the grounds of your claim.
Vicar: But it says something about filling my mouth in with cement.
Devious: Oh well, that's just insurance jargon, you know.
User avatar
corybrummie2010
Posts: 482
Joined: 21 Jan 2010, 04:53
My cats species list: 2 (i:0, k:0)
Location 2: Birmingham UK

Re: The Javadi Hills

Post by corybrummie2010 »

Great pics as always,thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
User avatar
racoll
Posts: 5256
Joined: 26 Jan 2004, 12:18
My articles: 6
My images: 182
My catfish: 2
My cats species list: 2 (i:0, k:0)
My aquaria list: 1 (i:0)
Spotted: 238
Location 1: Bristol
Location 2: UK

Re: The Javadi Hills

Post by racoll »

Shovelnose wrote:Wouldn Rasbora dandia be a more apt ID???
Possibly, although the dark midlateral stripe looks too thin for R. dandia.
Post Reply

Return to “Travellers note book”