Fish guide prioritized for South America.
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Arapaima
Arapaima gigas
Arapaima gigas is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, native to the Amazon Basin. It breathes air and often rolls or gulps at the surface, making it easy to notice but very challenging to land.
Karpe
Cyprinus carpio
Karpe er en almindelig fiskeart, som ofte findes i egnede vande og strukturfyldte områder for arten. Guiden samler kendetegn, levested og fisketips.
Golden Dorado
Salminus brasiliensis
Golden dorado is a large, toothy South American characiform prized as a hard-fighting predator in warm river systems. It hunts aggressively in current and often ambushes prey around structure, drop-offs, and riffles.
Stor mund bass
Micropterus salmoides
Stor mund bass er en almindelig fiskeart, som ofte findes i egnede vande og strukturfyldte områder for arten. Guiden samler kendetegn, levested og fisketips.
Peacock Bass
Cichla ocellaris
Peacock bass (Cichla ocellaris) is a large, colorful Amazonian cichlid with a predatory streak and a prominent tail ocellus. It thrives in warm lowland waters and is prized as a hard-hitting sport fish where introduced or native.
Regnbueørred
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Regnbueørred er en almindelig fiskeart, som ofte findes i egnede vande og strukturfyldte områder for arten. Guiden samler kendetegn, levested og fisketips.
Rød snapper
Lutjanus campechanus
Rød snapper er en almindelig fiskeart, som ofte findes i egnede vande og strukturfyldte områder for arten. Guiden samler kendetegn, levested og fisketips.
Redtail Catfish
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
Redtail Catfish is a giant Amazonian catfish prized by anglers and aquarium keepers. It lives in large tropical rivers and floodplains, growing fast and feeding opportunistically on fish, crustaceans, and carrion.
Aba
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchus niloticus – aba, aba aba eller frankfisk – er en elektrisk fisk, der lever på bunden af floder og søer. Det er den eneste art i slægten Gymnarchus og familien Gymnarchidae inden for ordenen Osteoglossiformes. Det er en lang, slank fisk uden bækken- eller gatfinner og med en halefinne formet som en rottehale. Den svømmer ved hjælp af sin forlængede rygfinne, så den kan holde kroppen...
Abbott's muræne
Gymnothorax eurostus
Abbott's muræne er en rev-associeret muræneål fra tropiske indopacifiske farvande, men artsniveau naturhistorie er ikke så veldokumenteret som for mere almindelige revfisk. Den gemmer sig i sprækker om dagen og kommer frem om natten for at jage fisk og krebsdyr.
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka
Benthophilus abdurahmanovi
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka is a brackishwater fish of family Gobiidae. It is found in the northern Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the rivers Volga and Terek. FishBase treats this taxa as a subspecies of the Azov tadpole goby, and is reported as Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.
Abe's Angelfish
Centropyge abei
Centropyge abei is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a small marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.