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This time around due to heavy rains, water levels were high and flow was swift. I had a young friend for company and a local to take us to the spot.
After an arduous trek, we finally reached the waterbody. Some pics- |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:51 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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Nice,
Looks a bit like Barilius bedelisis to me, Golden colour and very few stripes.
Could be any other Barilius as well. Please throw some light on what species it is :-)
Eagerly awaiting :-) |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:58 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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| Not a single specimen of the above fish was found. Perhaps they were in some other part of the jungle stream. A visit is due there when the water levels recede in a month or so. The catch- |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:03 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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That fish has stumped us all  . Can't be too sure of the id unless we have a specimen or better pics
Some more.... |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:04 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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Nice catch, I can only identify the bimaculatus, other two look very neat, are they Garras (cannot really make that out from the pics)
BTW: Maybe it is not the nicest way to catch Barilius, but if you are unable to net them, it is very easy to catch them with a line and a very small hook. Throw a handful of food in the river and place your bait in between this. You will surely get some of these guys :-). I always wanted barilius for my tanks but did not have a net initially, small hooks did the trick :-) |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:07 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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| Got some more loaches. They buried into the sand as soon as I put them in the photo tank. Will take a pic later when they settle down. A pic of the bigger shrimp - |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:13 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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| Gachua1 wrote (View Post):
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Nice catch, I can only identify the bimaculatus, other two look very neat, are they Garras (cannot really make that out from the pics)
BTW: Maybe it is not the nicest way to catch Barilius, but if you are unable to net them, it is very easy to catch them with a line and a very small hook. Throw a handful of food in the river and place your bait in between this. You will surely get some of these guys :-). I always wanted barilius for my tanks but did not have a net initially, small hooks did the trick :-)
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Thanks man. We were handicapped for the lack of proper hand nets. Also didn't spot a single specimen of that fish. Spotted only loaches and garras. Btw, I've seen that small hook technique in percon in the Tambaraparani trip. The local ladies washing vessels in the river hooked lots of huge filamentosus that way. Almost every time they threw the hook in with a bit of rice, fish bit! |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:17 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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Great going, Gokul.
waiting for more pics from that excellent DSLR of yours 
Regards,
Nayak. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:50 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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| Thanks, Nayak . True, all credit to the 70-300mm Sigma |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:51 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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Lovely pics, Gokul. 
Nice big shrimp, will wait for loach pics. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:54 am Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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| Also need ID guys. Esp the garra and the shrimp. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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| The first one looks to me more like a Horalabiosa than a Garra. Is that the loach you said was semiarmatus? Looks more like one of the denisonii complex one. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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| yogoranda wrote (View Post):
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Lovely pics, Gokul.
Nice big shrimp, will wait for loach pics.
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Thanks Yogesh. Loaches will come soon!
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The first one looks to me more like a Horalabiosa than a Garra. Is that the loach you said was semiarmatus? Looks more like one of the denisonii complex one.
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No no Madhu, not this one. This I know is denisonii complex. The ones like semiarmatus were juvies. The bigger one definitely not a semiarmatus, buried in the sand. So no pics as of now  .
PS: Horalabiosa? Interesting. Missed having you in the trip man. A month later perhaps? |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: A Recce' |
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Hi,
You guys are really making me to get intrested in native day by day |
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