Now you can find at least 5 of these exact Dovii at Beltway Aquarium in Greenbelt, MD.
30" DOVII AT PUBLIC AQUARIUM!!!
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all of the videos are private and no pics- plenty of posturing though I can't believe the amount of time I wasted looking through this thread--- LAME
Damn, my bad man. I'll help out and make a video of a couple of them before the owner (probably) kicks me out.
Thanks for the heads up about the media on this thread, thankfully I did not comb through it looking for working links. I am highly skeptical about the 30" length if someone is just eyeballing the fish. These are two photos of monster wild caught dovii. The first was measured at 26" TL and the second photo contains fish estimated by the angler to be 32" which is almost certainly an exaggeration. All three fish were caught in lake apanas in Nicaragua which is a man made reservoir. The largest dovii I know of wild or captive that has any evidence backing up it's size was the one kept by guapote Mel at 27" in the third image.
cwhen someone says that the dovii has a maximum size of 26 inches, many people say that they are wrong and that the maximum size is 30+inches, remember, there may be a fish that is bigger than the recorded record, but that would apply to all fish and not just the dovii.
According to IGFA the average sized 'rainbow bass' Parachromis dovii, caught are between 5-10 lbs, but the first IGFA world record guapote was actually caught in Costa Rica in 1991 @ 12 lbs 9 oz, only then was broken in 1999 by an angler in Southern Nicaragua @ 15 lb 0 oz. Next largest (recorded) since then was in 2008 @ 13lbs 80z. ALL were well under 30" being closer to 26". Two Alleged 26lb & 31lb both @ 32" monsters were 'said' to have been caught. Both however, by unknown method, and no photo or physical proof, or name of the fisherman was ever provided. so it is considered hearsay and a fishermans tale. Possible? maybe.. however dovii is a VERY popular sport and food fish in Nicaragua and Costa Rica so considering the documented records on a fish is 10+ lbs less and quite a bit shorter in size than the proven fish, on a fish that is commonly fished for I would take the two that are are undocumented off the table.
can a 30" exist? I would think probably. if the 3 known world records are 12, 13, & 15 lbs all 3 near 26" I could see a possible 18lber @ 30" being probable. however, none have yet to be caught or seen so we wait. as for the alleged 31lb, 32" tale... man that would be a sight to behold!!
Keep in mind as mentioned above, these is a very commonly fished species for food source. In fact they are prohibited for collection and export in Nicaragua(why we have no wild ones in the hobby) in the big lakes(river populations are ok), it is certainly plausible that the locals fishing for food have caught larger. They just go undocumented and are eaten
can a 30" exist? I would think probably. if the 3 known world records are 12, 13, & 15 lbs all 3 near 26" I could see a possible 18lber @ 30" being probable. however, none have yet to be caught or seen so we wait. as for the alleged 31lb, 32" tale... man that would be a sight to behold!!
Keep in mind as mentioned above, these is a very commonly fished species for food source. In fact they are prohibited for collection and export in Nicaragua(why we have no wild ones in the hobby) in the big lakes(river populations are ok), it is certainly plausible that the locals fishing for food have caught larger. They just go undocumented and are eaten
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I know ancient post on a resurrected thread... but would love to know how the fish from the National Zoo (Smithsonian) made their way to the death-smelling swamp known as Beltway Aquarium?
Any still alive?
Any still alive?
LOL...I got my Oscar, Parrots, Choc, and Syno catfishes there. When u said death smelling swamp I thought of the owner (husband). Has the personality of boiled sauerkraut, old sardines and rotten eggs. The employees would openly talk about him on the floor, it was crazy. Wife was nice. I went there for the fish.
