Bonefish… speed is its strength!
Have you ever heard of Bonefish? Translated as “bone fish” or banana fish. Its scientific name is “Albula vulpes”. The Rodmaps team had the chance to meet some on its way in Mexico in 2013, on the island of Socotra in 2014 and in Belize in 2016. Morphology of ...
Payara: The fangs of the orinoco
We will introduce you to a fish from South America, known as the “vampire fish” or Payara. Its scientific name is “Hydrolycus Scomberoïdes”. It is part of the “Cynodontidae” family. Rodmaps went to meet him in the Mataven region, on the Rio Orinocco in Colombia ...
Tigerfish: the jaws of the Okavango
Today we are going to talk about a very particular fish, which is part of the Alestidae family, the “Hydrocynus vittatus”, commonly called “Tigerfish”. Not to be confused with its big cousin the Hydrocynus Goliath, which is much bigger than our main interested party. Rodmaps went to hunt him down in Botswana, ...
Giant Snakehead: raw power
Today we are going to tell you about a mythical and emblematic fish: the Channa micropeltes, known under the name of "Giant snakehead". It is part of the Channidae family and lives in South East Asia. The Rodmaps team was lucky enough to be able to fish it in three different countries ...