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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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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

Karppi

Cyprinus carpio

Karppi on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.

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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

Isosuuahven

Micropterus salmoides

Isosuuahven on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.

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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

Kirjolohi

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Kirjolohi on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.

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Red snapper side profile
SaltwaterLocal priority

Punanapsija

Lutjanus campechanus

Punanapsija on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.

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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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Aba reference image
Freshwater

Aba

Gymnarchus niloticus

Gymnarchus niloticus – aba, aba aba eli frakinkala – on sähkökala, joka elää jokien ja järvien pohjilla. Se on ainoa laji sukussa Gymnarchus ja heimossa Gymnarchidae, lahkossa Osteoglossiformes. Se on pitkä ja hoikka kala ilman lantio- tai peräevää, ja sen pyrstöevä muistuttaa rotan häntää. Se ui käyttämällä pitkää selkäevää, mikä mahdollistaa sen kehon suorana pitämisen...

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Saltwater

Abbottin mureeni

Gymnothorax eurostus

Abbottin mureeni on riuttoihin liittyvä mureenikäärme, jota esiintyy trooppisissa indopasifisissa vesissä, mutta lajitason luonnonhistoria ei ole yhtä hyvin dokumentoitu kuin yleisempien riuttakalojen. Se piilottelee halkeamissa päivällä ja tulee esiin yöllä saalistamaan kaloja ja äyriäisiä.

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Abdurahmanov's pugolovka reference image
Freshwater

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.

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Abe's Angelfish reference image
Freshwater

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.

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