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The guys did a lot of catching and releasing.

They also kept a few for dinner.

 

Bob made prints (gyotaku) of species he hadn't caught before.

Tom's first catch, a cachoro

Tom with a catfish(?)

 

A peacock bass

 

 

The fabled dourado, the golden fish

 

Going out for peacock bass

A sardina

Bob with a cachoro

 
Here are the fishes of the Pantanal. The ones on the top are sport fishes.  

Cachara

Pintado

Peixe-Palmito

Jaú

Dourado

Jurupensen

Jeripoca

Barbado

Piraputanga

Pacu

Piranhas

Curimbatá

Traíra

Piavuçu

Peixe-Cachorro

Bagre-Cabeçudo

Bagre-Mandi

Timburé

The famous Tucunare, or Peacock Bass, is also caught in the Pantanal during certain seasons. More popular in the Amazon. The 'target fish' of the Pantanal is the Golden Dourado.

 

Below: Bait fish and others

 

 

Roque-roque

Arraia ou Raia

Armal

Cascudo

Pacu-pevas

Botoado

Tetra-negro

Sairú

Saicanga

Cará-açu

Lambari

Cará

Mussum

Pirambóia

Tuvira

Zebrinha

Mato-Grosso

Pequira

 
 

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