skydiver1 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Looks like a pacu fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Looks like a pacu fish Wikipedia says that Pacu fish swim in South America: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydiver1 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 http://www.fishthailand.co.uk/species/pacu.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 http://www.fishthail...ecies/pacu.html Your link explains it: The pacu is not a native specie of Thailand; it is actually native to South America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 What I know from Suriname and our fishing trips there is that Piranha's are a very bony fish with barely any meat on them. They were only used as part of a fish soup. So if it was a tasty fish with lots of meat on it it probably wasn't a piranha had grilled Piranha in south america - not bad and quite some meat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 What I know from Suriname and our fishing trips there is that Piranha's are a very bony fish with barely any meat on them. They were only used as part of a fish soup. So if it was a tasty fish with lots of meat on it it probably wasn't a piranha had grilled Piranha in south america - not bad and quite some meat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Well mystery solved... I visited a government research fish farm and they knew all about it, there's another fish farm that is breeding them here and they are apparently sourced from China, though my money is on them being a variety of Pacu, originally from South America. The Lao name escapes me for the moment, but when I was at a market this morning there were some there, so photos and purchase were had. the fish is about 45 cm long, my billfold in the pic is 10cm long. see below - teeth close up inset and the real piranha - teeth close up inset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Hi, So, how did it taste? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Fishy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 this open mouth reminds me of some Mamasans...just that the teeth of the fish look more white... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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