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Fish guide prioritized for South America.

Browse published fish with real images, identification points, water type, and cautious local context. Region changes the order, not the search scope.

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Amazon basin fish, introduced tilapia, peacock bass, carp, and coastal targets are prioritized.

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Showing 12 of 208 published fish

Arapaima reference image
FreshwaterLocal priority

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.

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Common carp swimming near the bottom
FreshwaterLocal priority

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.

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Golden Dorado reference image
FreshwaterLocal priority

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.

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Largemouth bass in shallow water
FreshwaterLocal priority

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.

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Peacock Bass reference image
FreshwaterLocal priority

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.

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Rainbow trout with pink lateral band
FreshwaterLocal priority

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.

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Redtail Catfish reference image
FreshwaterLocal priority

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.

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African Tigerfish reference image
Freshwater

Afrikansk tigerfisk

Hydrocynus vittatus

Afrikansk tigerfisk (Hydrocynus vittatus) er en hurtig, rovdyrslevende afrikansk characin, der er kendt for eksplosive angreb og kraftfulde løb. Den lever i store floder og oversvømmelsesfladens søer over det meste af det sydlige og centrale Afrika.

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Alabama Bass reference image
Freshwater

Alabama Bass

Micropterus henshalli

Alabama Bass (Micropterus henshalli) er en sort aborre hjemmehørende i Mobile River-bassinet og nært beslægtet med plettet aborre. Den foretrækker klare til moderat uklare vandløb, reservoirer og tailwater-områder med sten, træ og breddækning.

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Alligator Gar reference image
Freshwater

Alligator Gar

Atractosteus spatula

Alligator gar is a large, ancient ray-finned fish of slow rivers, backwaters, oxbows, and floodplain lakes in the Mississippi basin and nearby coastal drainages. It ambushes fish at the surface and can breathe air, allowing it to survive low-oxygen water.

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American Gizzard Shad reference image
Freshwater

Amerikansk skygge

Dorosoma cepedianum

Amerikansk skygge er en sølvfarvet clupeid byttefisk, der er almindelig i varme, langsomt strømmende farvande i det meste af det østlige og centrale Nordamerika. Den lever af at filtrere plankton og detritus, og er vigtig føde for aborrer, malle, krebs og andre rovdyr.

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American Pickerel reference image
Freshwater

Amerikansk gedde

Esox americanus

Amerikansk gedde (Esox americanus) er en slank, lurpredatorisk esocide, der findes i vegeterede ferskvande i det østlige Nordamerika. Den er mindre og mere delikat bygget end nordlig gedde eller muskellunge, med et andenæbs-formet snude og kædeagtige markeringer.

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