Fish guide prioritized for South Asia.
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Barramundi
Lates calcarifer
Barramundi es un depredador tropical potente que suele encontrarse en aguas adecuadas y zonas con estructura para esta especie. Esta ficha resume identificación, hábitat y puntos clave para pescarlo.
Catla
Labeo catla
Catla is a large South Asian carp found in warm rivers, reservoirs, and floodplain lakes. It is a fast-growing surface and midwater feeder, valued as an aquaculture and food fish rather than a premier sport species.
Carpa común
Cyprinus carpio
Carpa común es una especie de pez frecuente que suele encontrarse en aguas adecuadas y zonas con estructura para esta especie. Esta ficha resume identificación, hábitat y puntos clave para pescarlo.
Mrigal Carp
Cirrhinus cirrhosus
Mrigal carp is a South Asian freshwater cyprinid widely cultured and also found in rivers and floodplain waters. It is a bottom-feeding fish that roots through soft sediment for detritus and benthic organisms.
Rohu
Labeo rohita
Rohu is a large South Asian carp prized for food and pond culture, native to major river systems like the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus. It is an herbivorous to omnivorous bottom- and midwater feeder that often schools in rivers, reservoirs, and floodplain waters.
Aba
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchus niloticus – el aba, aba aba o frankfish – es un pez eléctrico que vive en los fondos de ríos y lagos. Es la única especie del género Gymnarchus y de la familia Gymnarchidae, dentro del orden Osteoglossiformes. Es un pez largo y delgado sin aletas pélvicas ni anales, y una aleta caudal con forma de cola de rata. Nada usando su aleta dorsal alargada, lo que le permite mantener su cuerpo...
Muraena de Abbott
Gymnothorax eurostus
La morena de Abbott es una morena asociada a arrecifes, conocida de aguas tropicales del Indo-Pacífico, pero su historia natural a nivel de especie está menos documentada que la de peces arrecifales más comunes. De día se esconde en grietas y caza de noche peces y crustáceos.
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka
Benthophilus abdurahmanovi
El Abdurahmanov's pugolovka es un pez de agua salobre de la familia Gobiidae. Se encuentra en el norte del Mar Caspio y en los tramos bajos de los ríos Volga y Terek. FishBase trata este taxón como una subespecie del gobio renacuajo del Azov y se reporta como Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.
Abe's Angelfish
Centropyge abei
Centropyge abei es una especie de pez marino de aletas radiadas, un pequeño pez ángel marino perteneciente a la familia Pomacanthidae. Se encuentra en el océano Pacífico occidental.
Abrau Sprat
Clupeonella abrau
The Abrau sprat is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found landlocked in Russia in a single locality, Lake Abrau, located at 70 m above sea level near the Black Sea coast close to Novorossiysk. The lake is small and has been stocked by several alien species, whence the Abrau sprat is considered critically endangered. As a result of the 2019 expedition, several individu...
Abudjubbe Wrasse
Cheilinus abudjubbe
Cheilinus abudjubbe, the Abudjubbe wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This species was formally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1835, no type locality was given but it is thought to have been Jeddah. This taxon is regarded as a synonym of the tripletail wrasse by some authorities.
Abyssal halosaur
Halosauropsis macrochir
The abyssal halosaur is a species of bottom-dwelling, deep-sea fish in the family Halosauridae that is found in all oceans at depths from 1100 to 3500 meters. It is the only member of its genus.