Cichlids in singapore rivers log

[edric]

Hi guys! I think many of us cichlid and fish folk will be interested to see how cichlids and other species of fish that originated from our aquariums or otherwise fare in the myriad of water bodies in Singapore, be it lakes, reservoirs, rivers or canals. Thus, I want to help raise awareness of the issue of invasive species by logging all the species I caught while fishing in local freshwater. And please do help me ID them as well!! Thanks

[edric]

Caught these 4 different species of fish at kallang river. Over the course of the day, i caught a total of 26 fish within a time frame of 2.5hours. 17 within the first hour... Please help ID, thanks

[sheng]

2nd pic is tilapia, 3rd is mayan cichlid

[sheng]

1 st & last look like some species of vieja cichlid

[edric]

Maybe they are hybrids. Ah... I'm really bad at IDing cichlids, they all look so similar!

[Trichopsis]

1 & 4 : Probably Redhead Cichlid (Vieja synspila / Paraneetroplus synspilus / Paraneetroplus melanurus) [seriously, the taxonomy of cichlids is a horrible mess]. This species is supposedly one of the species that was hybridised with other cichlid species to produce flowerhorn ('luohan') cichlids.
2: A male tilapia in breeding coloration, possibly Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
3: Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus)

[edric]

When I was there, I also saw a pair of blood parrots hiding under a rock, I'm very sure they are breeding too... I didn't expect blood parrots, a mostly aquarium hybrid to survive in the wild...

[blue33]

You can find all kinds of fish in our reservoir, mostly release by hobbyist. Especially Temensis and Peakcock bass, they breed happily in our reservior. There are times i caught >100+ pcs of Temensis in our reservior in 1.5hrs. Used to fish alot in our reservior.

You using bait fishing?

[edric]

Use bread and fly. I can't understand how they feed themselves.... There are just so many of them I don't think there is enough food to go around...

[blue33]

They ate their own breed also. Meat eater. And if their baby injure they'll finish them off also. Strongest survive.

[edric]

I see... haha didn't know that

[lyan]

I think you saw the parrot fishes is red devil.