Re: Underwater filming of freshwater fish Was: "Amazonia" on PBS

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Tsuh Yang,

Most were actually cithharinids like Disticodus along with tilapia types of
cichlids.

Mike Wise

Piabinha@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/26/2000 12:16:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> slegates@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > I think, that was about Hippos of all things.  The intrepid
> >  filmmakers climbed into a big hippo-inhabited pool and filmed the
> >  hippos' underwater behavior.  The filming also captured quite a bit
> >  of the other fauna inhabiting the pool, which was crystal clear and
> >  described as "nutrient rich from the hippo droppings".  There was a
> >  huge population of carp-like fish in the pool (can't remember the
> >  filming locale, so can't guess on ID)
>
> i might have seen that.  i think they were just tilapia or tilapia=like
> cichlid.
>
> tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA
>
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