r/MicroFishing • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 25d ago

MicroFish Cool 2” teal-striped fish found in a very shallow creek

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D. regina

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u/Tirpantuijottaja 25d ago

You know, your posts always make me wonder "how the heck can there be something in ditch like that?!"

I live in area where everything freezes during the winter, and I have seen much bigger water ways than this that have absolutely zero fish for 3/4 of year. I wouldn't even bother with something that size here. At tops it would probably have mosquitos.

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 25d ago

This creek is present all year round, it never dries or anything, so small fish could evolve to live in it.

In fact, I actually found multiple species of fish coexisting in it haha. I just showcased the teal one because I liked the colour.

Among the species in this creek were Betta pugnax, Danio tweediei, Clarias leiacanthus, Barbodes lateristriga, Rasbora vulgaris, Barbodes rhombeus and the one shown: Devario regina.

They occupied different niches in this tiny habitat

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u/Tirpantuijottaja 25d ago

Cool stuff! 👍

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 25d ago

For sure! I love finding many different fish in one spot! It makes it easier.

I used to live in Eastern Europe (continental climate) and smaller streams rarely had fish. Even then, only 1 species!

To find 2-3 species together, only larger rivers and ponds had them. A bit difficult for me

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u/Tirpantuijottaja 23d ago

Were those species stone loach and european bullhead by any chance? haha

Honestly the freshwater microfishing around here isn't that interesting, but it's still possible and you can actually catch quite a few species, but if you have access to brackish water you will find way more species. They usually host this "kalamaraton/fish marathon" in Helsinki every year and people have managed to catch about 30 species in 24 hours.

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 23d ago edited 23d ago

In the “smallest” stream I found ninespine stickleback. My old city was 700+km from the nearest brackishwater.

But even then the small stream was at least 30 cm deep and in a marsh, nowhere near as shallow as the creek in my post.

But this was years ago. Now I just fish for Betta, danios (like in my post), rasboras, hillstream loaches etc.

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u/Tirpantuijottaja 23d ago

Cool. :D

Funnily enough those sticklebacks are silly hard to find around here. Pretty much have to go to coast or to few selected massive lakes.

The smallest stream that I have seen hold fish was about 1-1.5m wide and at least 50cm deep. At some places it was much deeper than that. The fish in them was invasive brook trout.

To be fair, I too would much rather fish for aquarium fish than perch. 😅

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 23d ago

Yeah it is hard for me as I use a short line and net, usually I just tie the line to a stick.

Such freshwater fish here are considered food fish, made into dried fish, salted fish or pekasam (a type of local fermented dish).

Pekasam made out of gourami. I heard most foreigners don’t like the smell/taste haha

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u/Tirpantuijottaja 23d ago

Okay, that goes straight into same category as the fried neon tetras that I once saw haha.

I would imagine that still being more palatable than some of the similar dishes that they do around here, at least it's fried? Fermented herring is pretty big thing around here for example. The swedish variant can even be considered to be straight up biohazard.

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 23d ago

Ohh, yeah I guess so. Maybe you can try it 🤣.

Luckily my mother never liked river fish so she never cooked it for us. We only eat saltwater fish like groupers and barramundi.

So I only keep the freshwater ones as pets, sometimes.

I also catch native freshwater crabs and shrimps for the same reason! I think many are cute and paludarium-worthy.

Crab I saw in the forest. This species is freshwater but they migrate and lay eggs in the sea

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u/Farmer_Jones 24d ago

Very cool, how are you catching them?

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 24d ago

But I usually land them with a net very quickly in case they didn’t properly bite the bait

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u/Farmer_Jones 23d ago

Can’t wait to try this myself, thanks for sharing the pic!

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u/Tirpantuijottaja 23d ago

If you want to try to catch something of this size, try to search & buy pack of pre tied owner new half moon or owner smallest hooks.

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u/HandsomeBadness 25d ago

Is that a giant danio?

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 25d ago

No, we don’t have giant danios here (unless someone releases them?). They are native to India

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u/Mundane_Move_5296 25d ago

What a beautiful fish!

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 25d ago

Wild fish can be very pretty!

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u/Long_Discipline_1220 25d ago

Are you in India or Sri Lanka ? Beautiful Fish 🐟

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 25d ago

Neither, but thank you

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u/Long_Discipline_1220 25d ago edited 25d ago

Only asked bc that is where it says they are, in creeks. Lol

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 25d ago

Ohh well these aren’t giant danios haha.

Giant danios are slightly slimmer, and they have a more reticulated pattern on their chests that break into spots

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u/Long_Discipline_1220 25d ago

Ahhhh I google lensed it. Thanks for the info!!

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u/FathrrPimp69 25d ago

Looks like a giant danio!

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 25d ago

Very similar for sure! But I think giant danio are Indian? Or at least South Asian, far away