Tuesday 20 November 2012

Fishes on Stamps Part 1

Hi! Just summer this year, I got the chance to visit Manila Ocean Park's Oceanarium. The park houses an array of 5000 marine creatures from around 300 species native in Asia. Seeing these creatures in real life was just so incredible. It was an amazing experience for an animal lover like me.

Of course I got some fishes on my stamp collections too. These Australian stamps below pictures lively sea creatures that have decorated the world's largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef.














These fishes below arent sea fishes. These are fresh water fishes primitive in China and probably in some parts of Asia. One on the left is a Chinese Paddle fish, also known as Chinese swordfish. On the center is the Kaluga, claimed to be the largest fresh water fish in the world. Acipenser sinensis is known as the Chinese Sturgeon dominant in Yangtze and the Pearl rivers.








Chanos chanos is more know as Milkfish and is Philippines' national fish. Milkfish is infamous for being much bonier than other fishes and most of the time deboned when served.Both stamps issued in the Philippines on 1985 and 1995 respectively. They're not quite in good condition but I think it's just fine since it tells more story than a mint one.










This stamp from Hungary depicts a Colisa fasciata know in so many names:
Banded Gourami, Indian Giant Gourami, Rainbow Gourami, Striped Gourami.












This colorful fish in a Tanzanian stamp has few common names: Red Lyretail, Two-banded Killi, Twostripe Lyretail. This fresh water fish is mostly dominant in Ndian River in southwestern Cameroon, and appears restricted to the coastal plains either side of the border between Cameroon and Nigeria, including the Korup and Cross River National Parks.









I think this will be all for now. Im looking forward of posting more fish stamps on my blog. Ciao!

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaluga_%28fish%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_paddlefish
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/236/0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkfish
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/261629/

*All stamp images are owned by Christian Martin Siclot.