Madre de Dios, Peru

fishboy20 · Post by **fishboy20** » 06 Jun 2010, 19:33

Hi everyone,

I am leaving for the Madre de Dios region in Peru in one month. I am going to be looking primarily for Auchenipteridae, Loricarridae, some cichlid species and killifish. I am curious to know if anyone has been to this region and might be able to share what species I may find there.

This will also be my first trip to South America and any tips that anyone can provide would be great. In particular, is there anything outside of the obvious that you wish you had taken along with you. I will share photos when I get back, thanks for the help in advance!

Jeremy

Post by **Shane** » 07 Jun 2010, 16:26

Jeremy,
Are you looking for advice on collecting equipment to take or personal kit? If it is personal kit, good collecting shoes (2 pair) are the most important. They need to fully enclose the foot, have a sole thick enough to stop broken glass, and have a tightening mechanism so they will not pull off your foot in thick mud. If it is kit a trusty 4'X4' seine.

I am the Imelda Marcos of collecting shoes, which have become much better made in recent years. My two favorite current pairs are rip currents and techamphibians. Make sure you wear them (soaking wet!) for a good amount of time before you take them to the field. The time to find out they blister your feet is not in the middle of the Amazon.

http://www.gearbuyer.com/products/timbe ... _mens.html

and

http://www.amazon.com/Salomon-Techamphi ... B00009XTXB

-Shane

fishboy20 · Post by **fishboy20** » 22 Jul 2010, 03:31

Photos from our trip:

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 22 Jul 2010, 04:02

Any ideas?

Raph · Post by **Raph** » 22 Jul 2010, 06:15

Hi,

Aphanotorulus unicolor, Spatuloricaria sp. (maybe S. evansii), and Sturisoma robustum.

Cheers
Raph.

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 26 Jul 2010, 15:16

I'll take the piece of driftwood for the living room, thanks.

Amanda

kim m · Post by **kim m** » 26 Jul 2010, 16:01

More pics

Fishwise it looks like the ones I collected with a couple of friend around Iquitos a couple of years ago, but might not be the exact same species. I'm not so strong i L-cats

Did you find any corys or killis?

fishboy20 · Post by **fishboy20** » 26 Jul 2010, 16:41

Yes we collected a type of Rivulus here as well as the North-Eastern portion of the Madre de Dios region, less then 30 miles from the Bolivian border. I did not get any photos of the Rivulus but Brian Perkins has these currently. He might be able to share some photos of these with us.

We did also collect one species of Corydoras on the trip. I do have a photo of this fish and will post it when I can. More photos to come!

Jeremy

kim m · Post by **kim m** » 26 Jul 2010, 17:20

fishboy20 wrote:Yes we collected a type of Rivulus here as well as the North-Eastern portion of the Madre de Dios region, less then 30 miles from the Bolivian border. I did not get any photos of the Rivulus but Brian Perkins has these currently. He might be able to share some photos of these with us.

We did also collect one species of Corydoras on the trip. I do have a photo of this fish and will post it when I can. More photos to come!

Jeremy

Very exciting, both with the killi (I am a bit into Rivulus myself) and the cory! looking forward to pics of these

fishboy20 · Post by **fishboy20** » 28 Jul 2010, 23:23

Unk Corydoras species

Unk Peckoltia species

Mud Seining

Mixing of the waters

Homodiaetus sp. Bolivia

The beautiful rainforest

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