I spent the week before last collecting around Leticia, Colombia. We actually spent most of our time collecting on the opposite bank of the Amazon in Peru. Thought you all might enjoy some photos.
Leaving Colombia in the morning and crossing the river to reach Peru. The land on the otherside of the river is Peru.
We stopped at this hut and collected for a while. This is a small blackwater cano about 200 meters off the main river channel. We collected doradids, Corydoras leucomelas, Rineloricaria and Loricariichthys here.
A blackwater Glyptopterichthys sp.
Some of the doradids
My collecting partner was Jimmy. He and his family live on this "house boat." In the wet season they anchor their house in Leticia and in the wet season the house boat and the family float down the river and collect fishes for the hobby. The bottom story of the boat contains fish holding facilities and the family lives upstairs.
This is the inside bottom story where the fish are held. Jimmy specializes in collecting Corydoras spp. He recieves 20,000 Colombian pesos for every ONE THOUSAND Corydoras he collects. That is about $7.00 for 1,000 Corys.
End of the day... Looking back at Peru as the sun sets and we head back to Colombia.
-Shane
