Discovery of the invasive Mayan Cichlid fish “Cichlasoma” urophthalmus (Günther 1862) in Thailand, with comments on other introductions and potential impacts.
The Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is a big fish. Indeed a very big fish, especially for a freshwater species. But is the Arapaima, or Pirarucu as it is called in South America really the largest freshwater fish in the world, and how big can it actually grow?
Written by Administrator. Photos courtesy of Jean-Francois Helias, Dr Steve Mims.Phd,Captain Kirk Kirkland.
The recent catch of the worlds biggest carp in Thailand has prompted a frenzy of press and internet forum activity around the worlds angling fraternity. The story even made it into the Uks daily tabloid rag the Sun's website where they compared the weight of the said carp to John Prescott M.P the infamous barnsley brawler.I have been reading a right load of carp in more than one forum, where images of the biggest carp ever to be caught on rod and line were posted, that the fish was obviously a fake.
In the Golden Triangle of northern Thailand, project biologists have established a network of over two dozen fishermen to help track the migration of the giant fish of the Mekong river system.They hope to discover the fish's spawning grounds and other behaviour critical to the fish's survival.
The Alligator gar (Lepisosteus spatula)is the largest member of the gar family, Lepisosteidae, and one of North America's largest inland fish. It is a primitive species, dating from the Mesozoic era: 65 to 230 million years ago.
Snakehead Fishing is as exciting as it gets! If you have ever felt your heart stop as you watch a fish destroy a top water lure you owe it to yourself to try and land a Snakehead.This Fish Strikes like a Cobra and fights like a Bull.
The Striped snakehead Channa striata (Plah Chon) is also known as the Common snakehead, Chevron snakehead, snakehead murrel and aruan outside of Thailand. It can grow to almost 1 meter in length and up to 6kg in weight, The Current IGFA Record is 3.5kg, caught in Malaysia.
Snakeheads . org is a very comprehensive website dedicated to the king of the swamps, the Snakehead has many varietys in its family that are spread around much of Asia.
Ecologists struggle to understand-and protect-Southeast Asia's large migratory catfish. By Zeb S. Hogan, Peter B. Moyle, Bernie May, M. Jake Vander Zanden and Ian G. Baird. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Mekong giant catfish as Earth's largest freshwater fish.
Discovery of the invasive Mayan Cichlid fish “Cichlasoma” urophthalmus (Günther 1862) in Thailand, with comments on other introductions and potential impacts.
The Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is a big fish. Indeed a very big fish, especially for a freshwater species. But is the Arapaima, or Pirarucu as it is called in South America really the largest freshwater fish in the world, and how big can it actually grow?
The recent catch of the worlds biggest carp in Thailand has prompted a frenzy of press and internet forum activity around the worlds angling fraternity. The story even made it into the Uks daily tabloid rag the Sun's website where they compared the weight of the said carp to John Prescott M.P the infamous barnsley brawler.I have been reading a right load of carp in more than one forum, where images of the biggest carp ever to be caught on rod and line were posted, that the fish was obviously a fake. 
In the Golden Triangle of northern Thailand, project biologists have established a network of over two dozen fishermen to help track the migration of the giant fish of the Mekong river system.They hope to discover the fish's spawning grounds and other behaviour critical to the fish's survival. 
The Alligator gar (Lepisosteus spatula) is the largest member of the gar family, Lepisosteidae, and one of North America's largest inland fish. It is a primitive species, dating from the Mesozoic era: 65 to 230 million years ago. 
Snakehead Fishing is as exciting as it gets! If you have ever felt your heart stop as you watch a fish destroy a top water lure you owe it to yourself to try and land a Snakehead.This Fish Strikes like a Cobra and fights like a Bull. 
The Striped snakehead Channa striata (Plah Chon) is also known as the Common snakehead, Chevron snakehead, snakehead murrel and aruan outside of Thailand. It can grow to almost 1 meter in length and up to 6kg in weight, The Current IGFA Record is 3.5kg, caught in Malaysia. 
Snakeheads . org is a very comprehensive website dedicated to the king of the swamps, the Snakehead has many varietys in its family that are spread around much of Asia. 
Ecologists struggle to understand-and protect-Southeast Asia's large migratory catfish. By Zeb S. Hogan, Peter B. Moyle, Bernie May, M. Jake Vander Zanden and Ian G. Baird. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Mekong giant catfish as Earth's largest freshwater fish.