Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: greg y on November 13, 2015, 06:44:18 PM
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No offense intended by this post, I just thought it was weird to see these monsters in the market today. I'm visiting family in Brazil.
Huge Pacu and some sort of large catfish.
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Interesting how geographical location influences what we think of fish at a market. Thanks for sharing.
Were there any turtles at the market?
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No, never seen any turtles, they're really big on beef here.
The bakeries are amazing too.
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Too bad you don't have time to go live fish collecting and bring back some nice ones. I can think of a few I'd look for.
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Reminds me of when I lived in West Africa and saw fish for sale that we keep in the hobby. It's all about perspective I suppose. :)
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Too bad you don't have time to go live fish collecting and bring back some nice ones. I can think of a few I'd look for.
I didn't do a lot of research but I did google it and it appeared that Brazil's rules for that were a lot harder than other South American countries. I'm going to try to hit a pet store and maybe the Aquarium here in Sao Paulo. I'll take photos and report back.
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Sounds like it'll be interesting.....take lots of pics. Get prices, that should be interesting too.
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I was always told that pacu are a staple food fish in parts of SA. Tom-ba-Qui was the name used.
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Ok, so I hit a couple tropical fish - aquarium stores today. Both pretty high end with impressive coral and saltwater displays. I was a little disappointed in the lack of S. American - Central American fish and cichlids. One store had some monster arrowannas, cats and snakeheads but not many plecos at all. I'm thinking the main aquarium in town would likely be a disappointment as well so I'll probably skip it.
Here's a few pics, I'll post more and a few videos when I get back in town.
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Four more pics
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I was a little disappointed in the lack of S. American - Central American fish and cichlids.
I think you've got to take a step back. In S. America, S. American fish aren't exactly exotic. They eat those S. American fish. Go into a US LFS and how many bluegill, redear, pumpkinseed, bass, various darter species, etc, do they have?
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I expected more tetras, angels, plecos etc...
Anyways, here's some pics from the second store.
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And here are 4 more
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Thanks for sharing...
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They could go catch there own plecos and other fish themselves....
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Well, Brazil is huge so yes they could but maybe a 25 hour drive through nowhere
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Is this a snakehead fish that is banned in N. America?
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Not a snakehead, but an arapaima. It was featured on River Monsters a time or two....
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I've hear of places in Florida where you can catch pretty much the same fish as there.....Someday I'll find out myself