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Reptiles and fish

Some of the reptiles seen during a typical tourist visit to the River Amazon and its environs, plus some of the river's most famous fish, photographed in a small local aquarium or by fishing from a tourist riverboat on one of the tributaries of the Amazon (the Curua Una River).
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An acara-acu (or oscar), Astronotus ocellatus, caught by tourists on a riverboat excursion up the Curua Una River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil. The bright colours of this species only show underwater.
Title: Acara-acu
Date: February 4, 2007
Filename: Acara-acu (oscar)...
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An arawana fish, Osteoglossum bicirrhosum, in an aquarium at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), near Manaus, Brazil. The species is known locally as 'water monkey' from the way it jumps out of the water to snatch insects off overhanging river vegetation.
Title: Arawana
Date: February 7, 2007
Filename: Arawana, Osteoglo...
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A green iguana, Iguana iguana, in a rainforest tree on the banks of Lake Maica, a backwater of the River Amazon near Santarem in Brazil.
Title: Green iguana
Date: February 5, 2007
Filename: Green iguana in tree
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Two green iguanas, Iguana iguana, in a rainforest tree on the banks of Lake Maica, a backwater of the River Amazon near Santarem in Brazil.
Title: Green iguanas
Date: February 5, 2007
Filename: Green iguanas
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This piranha is said to be a hybrid between the red-bellied or cashew piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, and the black piranha, Serrasalmus rhombeus. It was caught by tourists on a riverboat excursion up the Curua Una River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil.
Title: Hybrid piranha
Date: February 4, 2007
Filename: Cashew x black pi...
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A pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, an Amazon fish that is possibly the largest freshwater fish species in the world, in an aquarium at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), near Manaus, Brazil
Title: Pirarucu1
Date: February 7, 2007
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A pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, an Amazon fish that is possibly the largest freshwater fish species in the world, in an aquarium at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), near Manaus, Brazil
Title: Pirarucu2
Date: February 7, 2007
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A pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, an Amazon fish that is possibly the largest freshwater fish species in the world, in an aquarium at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), near Manaus, Brazil
Title: Pirarucu3
Date: February 7, 2007
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A pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, an Amazon fish that is possibly the largest freshwater fish species in the world, in an aquarium at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), near Manaus, Brazil
Title: Pirarucu4
Date: February 7, 2007
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A red-bellied or cashew piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, said to the the most dangerous piranha in the Amazon, caught by tourists on a riverboat excursion up the Curua Una River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil.
Title: Red-bellied piranha1
Date: February 4, 2007
Filename: Cashew or red-bel...
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A red-bellied or cashew piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, said to the the most dangerous piranha in the Amazon, caught by tourists on a riverboat excursion up the Curua Una River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil.
Title: Red-bellied piranha2
Date: February 4, 2007
Filename: Cashew piranha - ...
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A red-bellied or cashew piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, said to the the most dangerous piranha in the Amazon, caught by tourists on a riverboat excursion up the Curua Una River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil.
Title: Red-bellied piranha2
Date: February 4, 2007
Filename: Cashew piranha - ...
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