FishFolkArt

I am an amateur digital artist whose concentration is freshwater fish of the world. My current subjects are freshwater fish of the Rio de la Plata Basin.

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Pirá Yobua - is a member of the Smallscale pike characins family and is native to the Paraguay, Paraná, Uruguay, La Plata, and Mamoré River basins in South America. It inhabits rivers and flood plains. It feeds on fish. It can reach a maximum length of 35.2 cm (13.9 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/181086397

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Marbled Swamp Eel - is a member of the Spiny eels family and is native to Central and South America: Mexico to northern Argentina. It inhabits streams, ponds, canals, drains, rice fields, both clear and turbid water. It is nocturnal and a carnivore. It is a facultative air breather (can breathe water through gills but can switch to regular air). It can reach a maximum length of 150 cm (59 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/180922689

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Streaked Prochilod- is a member of the Flannel-mouth characiforms family and is native to the Paraná-Paraguay and Paraíba do Sul River basins in South America. It prefers deep, muddy-bottomed rivers, floodplains, and shallow lagoons. It feeds on algae and organic sediment. It can reach a maximum length of 80 cm (31.5 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/180750351

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Creole Perch - is a member of the Temperate perches family and is native to Colhue Huapi lake, Chubut, Negro, Limay and Colorado-Desaguadero river systems in Argentina, South America. It is commonly found near the shoreline and shallow vegetated areas. It primarily feeds on small fish. It can reach a maximum size of 40 cm (15.7 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/180581735

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Boga - is a member of the Headstanders family and is native to the Paraná, La Plata and São Francisco, Uruguay, Paraguay, Guaíba and Parnaíba River basins in South America. It feeds on aquatic plants, seeds, grains, fruits, crustaceans, and small invertebrates. It is found in medium-to-large rivers, often found in fast-flowing water, lakes, lagoons, and areas with dense vegetation or rocky substrates. It can reach a maximum length of 76 cm (29.2 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/180417391

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Jaú Catfish - is a member of the Long-whiskered catfish family and is native to Paraná-Paraguay River basins in South America. It prefers large rivers, river mouths, and reservoirs. It mainly feeds on fish. It can reach a maximum length of 140 cm (4.6 feet). It is considered a near threatened species. https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/180254007

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South American Silver Croaker - is a member of the Drums or Croakers family and is native to Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná, Paraguay, and São Francisco River basins and rivers in South America. It inhabits large river systems, lakes, flooded areas and man-made reservoirs. It feeds mainly on small fish. It can reach a maximum length of 80 cm (31.5 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/180085605

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Spotted Sorubim - is a member of the Long-whiskered catfishes family and is native to the São Francisco and Paraná River basins in South America. It inhabits diverse, large-river ecosystems, including flooded forests, channels and lakes. It feeds on fish. It can reach a maximum length of 182 cm ( 6 feet). It is a near threatened species. https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/179918174

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Trahira – is a member of the Trahira family and is native to Central and South America from Costa Rica to Argentina in most rivers basins. Its habitat is diverse from free flowing clear water streams to slow turbid waters, water courses, irrigation and drainage ditches, and ponds. It feeds on fish. It can reach a maximum length of 65 cm (25.6 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/179739838

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Speckled Piranha - is a member of the Piranhas and Pacus family and is native to the Guaporé River basin and the Paraná River basin, Argentina in South America. It inhabits streams, and floodplains, often in murky or blackwater, with a preference for slow-moving water, sand, pebble, or humus substrates.  It feeds on fish, fins, scales, crustaceans, insects, and worms. It can reach a maximum length of 26 cm (10.2 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/179563917

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Lateral Striped Pike Cichlid - is a member of the Cichlids family and is native to the Paraná River basin, in the Paraguay River in Brazil and Paraguay, in the Paraná River drainage in Argentina and the middle Uruguay River drainage in Brazil, South America. It is a carnivorous, bottom-dwelling predator that feeds on small fish, crustaceans, and aquatic insects. It can reach a maximum length of 31 cm (12.2 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/179381964

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Manduba - is a member of the Driftwood catfishes family and is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname,Venezuela and Uruguay in South America. It prefers rivers in overgrown backwaters where the current is not too strong. It feeds on fish and crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 64.8 cm (25.5 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/179186185

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Black Ghost - is a member of the Ghost Knifefishes family and is native to Venezuela to Paraguay, Paraná rivers and the Amazon Basin of Peru in South America. It resides in rapidly flowing waters of creeks with a sandy bottom. It is a micro-predator of insect larvae. It possesses a weakly discharging neurogenic electric organ and ampullary electro receptors that are distributed from head to tail. It can reach a maximum length of 50 cm (19.7 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178991315

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Porcupine River Stingray - is a member of the River Stingray family and is native to the Paraná-Paraguay River basin in South America. It resides in marshy zones where it is frequently found partially hidden in the sandy bottom. It is a carnivorous bottom-feeder that eats small fish, crustaceans (like shrimp, crabs, mussels, cockles), aquatic worms (including earthworms, bloodworms), and mollusks. It can reach 40 cm wide in diameter ( 16 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178810529

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Baboso - is a member of the Neotropical silversides family and can be found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in South America. It inhabits river systems, including lakes and lagoons, sometimes forming landlocked populations.  It feeds on crustaceans like barnacle larvae and shrimp, along with insects, worms, mollusks and even smaller fish. It can reach a maximum length of 42 cm (16.5 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178625357

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Salmón de rio - is a member of the Brycon characins family and is native to the La Plata basin in South America. It prefers fast-flowing, clean water and is now mostly restricted to fragmented, preserved stretches of these rivers, often near riverine forests.  It feeds on a fruits, plants, and insects. It can reach a maximum length of 79.5 cm (31.3 inches). It is a critically endangered species. https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178455259

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Mapará - is a member of the Long-whiskered Catfishes family. It is native to the Amazon, Orinoco River basins, Guyana, Suriname and Paraná Rivers in South America. It lives in schools near the surface of the water and is found over soft muddy bottoms. It feeds on debris and plankton. It can reach a maximum length of 57.5 cm (33.6 inches). https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/178253369