We are conducting a study of the mercury load in Amazonian fish species forming part of the people there. We currently only have pictures of, and the local names for, these six fish from the Napo River - a river that runs through the Amazon basin of the Province of Maynas, Department of Loreto, Peru. The six pictures, each photo file named after the fish it is a picture of, is in the DropBox link provided with this question.
Additionally, the following are the fish names given to the fish by the local people in the order that the fish pictures present in the DropBox link above: 1. Bujurqui 2. Carachama 3. Fasaco 4. Doncella, a type of Zungaro; where, Zungaro is an umbrella-term more commonly known as a type of Cat Fish 5. Palometa 6. Ratacara If anyone could help us identify the genus and species for these fish, that would be most greatly appreciated!"
Thanks in advance, Erick Carreras, John Neilson and the rest of the research team.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/roswzjpejwdl0ea/AAD-oxzjDSE0vZDhRIkck9i1a?dl=0
Dear Neilson,
The most near that i could find is this list.
Please check with others researchers to confirm before.
I just used the dropbox pictures, fishbase and some taxonomic keys.
I hope i had help!
Best regards!
1 - Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel, 1840
2- Chaetostoma aequinoctiale Pellegrin, 1909
3- Hoplias macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1907)
4- Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766)
5- Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1817)
6- Psectrogaster rutiloides (Kner, 1858)
Hi, I'm not an expert on tropical fishes, but I recently conducted a survey of fish sounds in the peruvian amazon near Iquitos. Check out my photo albums on my facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/rodney.rountree.9/photos_albums
Possible ids are
Chaetobranchus flavescens,
Possibly a Loricarichthys sp, but difficult to tell from photo
Difficult to tell from photo but looks like a wolffish, there are three species in Peru, its most likely Hoplias malabaricus Wolf fish
Pseudoplatystoma punctifer, if you have multiple specimens P. tigrinum is very similar with some looping bars on the flank and many more spots on the tail. note P. fasciatum is often mistakenly reported from Peru, but does not occur there.
Possibly Mylossoma sp. probably duriventre
Don't know the last.
Also check out the South American Ichthyology facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/South-American-Ichthyology/294682373885900
https://www.facebook.com/rodney.rountree.9/photos_albums
The Dr. . Hernan Ortega is an expert in freshwater fish in Peru:
Hernán Ortega Torres
Correo: [email protected], [email protected]
Here link of your last checklist:
http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/body/content/departamentos/ictiologia/Ortega_et_al.2012Lista_Peces_Aguas_Cont.Peru.pdf
Regards
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