Hi guys! I've been busy with my thesis and haven't been around much here. But I was able to take a trip to Peru at the end of July to mid August. This report is a little late since there were fish that were very difficult to identify. There are still some fish we're not sure of.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy this virtual trip to Peru!
This trip almost didn't happened TWICE! But I was glad to make the sacrifices to make it happen in the end. Full story on the blog. I spent roughly one week around Cusco and one week in the Peruvian Amazon close to Iquitos. Most of the fishing was done in the Amazon, but I was happy to catch at least one Andean species and two saltwater species. This visit to Peru also allowed me to check off another continent which I have fished. Now I just need Africa and Antarctica !
The full blog starts here on Day 1 (I'm sure you can navigate through the other days on my blog):
http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca ... day-1.html
Here are some selected photos. Lots more on my blog.
Cusco
Pisac
Ollantaytambo
Salkantay hike - Highest I've ever hiked so far (4600m)...while having a bout of food poisioning!
Machu Picchu
Peruvian Amazon
Some interesting food
Guinea pig
Alpaca
Palm weevil larvae
Breaded Arapaima
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And finally, roughtly 50 species from fish from Peru caught on this trip.
Acrobrycon ipanquianus - Species #579
Serrasalmus rhombeus - Species #580 (Red eye and thick black margin on the tail ID this as S. rhombeus)
Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) - Species #581
Red Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) - Species #582
Bloch's Catfish (Pimelodus blochii) - Species #583
Sorubim maniradii - Species #584 (black stripe seems diffuse to me)
Cynodon gibbus - Species #585 (little cousin to the well known Payara. The Payara has much shorter anal fin)
Ageneiosus ucayalensis - Species #586
Triportheus angulatus - Species #587
Tetragonopterus argenteus - Species #588
Stethaprion crenatum - Species #589
Triportheus albus - Species #590
Flatwhiskered Catfish (Pinirampus pirinampu) - Sepcies #591
Trahira (Hoplias malabaricus) - Species #592
Spotted Pike-characin (Boulengerella maculata) - Species #593
Brycon melanopterus - Species #594
Mesonauta mirificus - Species #595 (updated)
Crenicichla semicincta - Species #596 (Green diagonal bands on the body is the ID key)
Leporinus moralesi - Species #597 (This species was determined base on range. L. moralesi is found in Peru)
Blue Whale Catfish (Cetopsis coecutiens) - Species #598
Pterodoras granulosus - Species #599
Cichla monoculus - Species #600!!!
Brycon cephalus - Species #601 (Still trying to determine if it really is B. cephalus)
Tucan Fish (Chalceus erythrurus) - Species #602
Spotfin Hatchetfish (Thoracocharax stellatus) - Species #603
Rhamdia quelen - Species #604 (updated)
Hypselecara temporalis - Species #605
Ageneiosus inermis - Species #606
Spotted sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans) - Species #607
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii - Species #608
Zamurito (Calophysus macropterus) - Species #609
Unknown - Species #610 (still being determined)
Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus - Species #611
Aequidens tetramerus - Species #612 (we think these are A. tetramerus...still checking)
Brachychalcinus sp. - Species #613 (some thinks it is B. copei, but I'm not so sure)
Bujurquina syspilus - Species #614
Mylossoma aureum - Species #615
Roeboides myersii - Species #616
Pimelodella cristata - Species #617 (I'm certain it is a Pimelodella, and P. cristata seems the closest)
Aimara (Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus) - Species #618
Erythrinus erythrinus - Species #619
Bandtail Tetra (Moenkhausia dichroura) - Species #620
Glass tetra (Moenkhausia oligolepis) - Species #621
Moenkhausia chrysargyrea - Species #622 (updated)
Astyanax sp. - Species #623 (In the publication Ornamental Fishes of Peru, this was listed as an Astyanax sp., but no one seems to know which species it is)
Twospot Astyanax (Astyanax bimaculatus) - Species #624
Moenkhausia colletti - Species #625 (Still trying to verify this)
Pimelodella gracilis - Species #626 (There are so many similar Pimelodella species, still not sure which one)
Moenkhausia lepidura - Species #627
Giant Blenny (Scartichthys gigas) - Species #628
Chalapo Clinid (Labrisomus philippii) - Species #629
Updated:
Cichlasoma amazonarum - Species #630 - Technically, it was caught in the same pond as Aequidens teramerus, so really should be Species #613 and everything after gets pushed back a number. But I'm not going to edit that number here. This species was ID'd by 4 anal spines and several rows of scales on the posterior rays of the dorsal and anal fins.
Peru 2016
- BEOWULF
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Awesome posting!
I thought the list of fish would never end, but did enjoy it. Did I see some blind cave catfish in there? Also, it seems the majority of the fish have ragged fins, as in bacteria eaten.
I thought the list of fish would never end, but did enjoy it. Did I see some blind cave catfish in there? Also, it seems the majority of the fish have ragged fins, as in bacteria eaten.
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Re: Peru 2016
I really enjoyed this one...
what kinda of camera did you use to take these pic? just asking because pic quality is very good...
what kinda of camera did you use to take these pic? just asking because pic quality is very good...
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Re: Peru 2016
You're probably talking about the Blue Whale Catfish? No, they don't live in caves. They are pretty weird though - looks real docile in appearance, but their strong jaw bites into the mid section of an animal so the fish can burrow into the cavity, then they would eat the animal from inside out. It's quite creepy.BEOWULF wrote:Awesome posting!
I thought the list of fish would never end, but did enjoy it. Did I see some blind cave catfish in there? Also, it seems the majority of the fish have ragged fins, as in bacteria eaten.
I think healthy animals and humans has little to worry about. But weakened or dead animals should be scared of them.
As for the ragged fins, that's due to piranha bites, bacteria is only subsequent to the initial injury due to the piranhas.
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Re: Peru 2016
I use a Canon A620. It's an old point and shoot camera, but is has a pretty good macro feature (down to 1cm) and a decent depth of field for regular shooting. Colour is a little flat due to the sensor, so I usually work on the photos in Photoshop to bring out the original colour that I see by eye.kblue wrote:I really enjoyed this one...
what kinda of camera did you use to take these pic? just asking because pic quality is very good...
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Yes, that's the one. Sheesh, who knew it would be such a nasty bugger!Ken+ wrote:You're probably talking about the Blue Whale Catfish? No, they don't live in caves. They are pretty weird though - looks real docile in appearance, but their strong jaw bites into the mid section of an animal so the fish can burrow into the cavity, then they would eat the animal from inside out. It's quite creepy.
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Re: Peru 2016
thank you for an awesome vicarious trip to peru