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No matter how many species, their physical characteristics are often very similar and easy to identify. The most noticeable is the “peacock” spot or ‘false eye’ on their caudal fin. It is a black spot surrounded by a silver, yellow, or gold ring. They are an attractive fish with color highlights of gold, olive green, orange, and stripes or spots with black. They have an extremely notched d Read More

The spawning behavior of  the Peacock Bass is fairly typical of fresh water fish. A mature male will have a distinct hump of fatty tissue on the top of its forehead. Upon completion of spawning the hump will steadily go back down. Throughout the courting presentation the male will dig a surface depression or nest with sheer sloping sides to hold the larvae. Afterward the male and female will fan Read More

There is disagreement regarding the scientific classifications of the members of the Cichlid family recognized in English as “Peacock Bass”, Tucunaré in Brazil and Perú or as Pavon in Venezuela and Columbia. This is somewhat due to the varying patterns of color, stripes, and spots produced by progressive maturity, the breeding period, the water color and depth the fish exists in, and in part Read More

Peacock Bass History in Florida Peacock Bass were introduced into the canal system of South Florida in 1982. A few years after the incredible pastime of Peacock Bass fishing began in earnest and has persisted to this day. Unlike many exotic fish, the Peacock Bass or Tucunare, were intentionally introduced to Florida’s canal waters to deal with another exotic that was disturbing the eco-syste Read More