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VAGAbond

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Unknown fish from Parana River in South America
« on: February 05, 2017, 10:43:33 AM »
Anybody know what kind of fish this is?   My guess is a type of catfish.

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Dave

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Re: Unknown fish from Parana River in South America
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2017, 09:05:23 AM »
Reiber caught one of those in Mill Lake ...
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clarki

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Re: Unknown fish from Parana River in South America
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2017, 10:07:07 AM »
Google told me that it is a surubi (or surubim) catfish
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GordJ

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Re: Unknown fish from Parana River in South America
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2017, 10:13:59 AM »
Catfish, they fish for them in a similar manner to our sturgeon. Big fishery for Brazilians, at least when I was there the lodge I was in was full of them.
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