We started planning a new expedition this year. At this moment we are still looking for participants. More information can be found here:

http://www.aquatic-discoveries.nl/2014_english.html
https://www.facebook.com/aquaticdiscoveries

Finished a 35 minute movie today covering the entire 2012 trip, enjoy!

k_qiAlgjDMw Finished a new video today. This time we are taking you to the Awadan and Peti rapids in the Gran Rio river, Suriname. Both of these rapids are home to large ammounts of catfishes. The website also had a makeover, be sure to check it out and leave some feedback: http://www.aquatic ...

The next one, this time featuring A. temminckii, H. paucimaculatus and M. nijsseni.

I finished translating the 2012 report of our trip to the rainforest of Suriname. It can be found here: http://www.aquatic-discoveries.nl/2012_eng.html I will start working on the final few videos next.

Very nice! Did you bring back any Corydoras punctatus or Parotocinclus sp.? We did not bring any live specimens with us. The only fish that we brougth back were specimens preserved in alcohol for scientific research. @ Pleco: :ymblushing: Willem Kolvoort was one of the expedition members, he took ...

And the second one, this time including two catfish species.

Finished the first compilation today, enjoy.

Ordered mine two weeks ago, should be shipped tomorrow. A must have since it is the first complete book about the fishes from Suriname (+ there are some of my images in it )

The Dutch version of the 2012 expedition is now online: http://www.aquatic-discoveries.nl/2012.html I will now start working on the English (and possible German) translation of this report and after that I will start to edit the videos. Translation volunteers are welcome, 24 hours per day is not ...

A few pictures of the species that we caught: http://s17.postimage.org/ucjtigqfx/cboesemani.jpg Corydoras boesemani http://s16.postimage.org/5o4qolqb7/cpunctatus.jpg Corydoras punctatus http://s8.postimage.org/ck7rmw0sz/Chasmocranus_longior.jpg Chasmocranus longior http://s7.postimage.org/x2t24j8c9 ...

And we are back from the 2012 trip! Here's a preview clip (sorry, no catfishes in this one).

The last compilation of clips of the 2011 expedition:

The site has been updated today. I also created a Facebook page for updates. The complete fish list can be found in the report, in total we caught 65 species including two possible new species ( Parotocinclus sp. and a Bryconops sp. ). If some of you plan on visiting the Vivarium 2012 Fair in ...

Thank you, I really like making these vids. The corys in the first video are C. boesemani and C. punctatus in the second video. At the first creek we found a mix of boesemani (80%) and punctatus (20%) and in the second creek we found only punctatus. These were the only two cory species we found in ...

And the last one for today. I think I have enough material for just one more vid.

Cajana-Kosindo lodge clip is now online.

I finished the English version of the report this evening for your reading plesure, enjoy:

http://www.aquatic-discoveries.nl/2011_eng.html

We found this species olmost in every body of water up to the point where I was like "Go away you damn guppy and show me some other cichlids!" Their colour varied allot, including the pattern on the side. Some only had a small dot whilst others had a complete stripe (and everything in between).

The picasa album of the species that we caught was moved here and merged with another album of mine:

https://picasaweb.google.com/1052752701 ... directlink

Not all species have been identified at this moment.

That small lepo is Leporinus granti (What's in a name...). They grow to about 10 cm with lovely bright red fins, we found them olmost everywhere. We did not catch any Leporinus maculatus, these species look alike only the maculatus grows to about 20 cm and it is allot less colorued.

Next one, with something nice at the end. It also has some nice catfishes in it.

Most likely Macrobrachium brasiliense

See if you can get your hand on this article:

Reproductive seasonality and nest-site differentiation in three closely related armoured catfishes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) by Prof. Jan H. Mol

(Works, thank you mod)

Number two, enjoy.

(ps: Can't embed the video's here? They don't show up, even with the proper youtube tags)

[Mod edit: Fixed youtube tags. I was going to suggest that you look at the FAQ for help on using Youtube tags, but the FAQ appears to be broken at present --Mats]

kim m wrote:Fantastic!

Did you bring home any fish? ...particularly thinking about the Corydoras punctatus...

Nope, all the fishes were released after they had their pictures taken. (Except some larger ones that were eaten by either us or the locals)

In September and October this year, me and three other Aquarium fanatics went on an expedition to the upper Surinam river. During the three weeks we were there we fished and filmed in various locations along the river and the creeks. We caught some very nice species and possibly even a new Bryconops ...