Rio Preto - Itanhaem - SE Brazil

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Rio Preto - Itanhaem - SE Brazil

Post by Pedraz »

Hi guys, not active for a while.

In this meantime I've been collecting in some places of Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul states, and I want to share you you the last caught species in the Atlantic Rainforest of São Paulo.

When I'm fishing I like to go first into the seasonal pools, look for some killis, in some pools around Rio Preto, you can find more than 5 sympatric species in real small pools. The first time I've collect in those pools in the location A, we got Rachoviscus, Leptopanchax, Hyphessobrycon, Callichthys, Hoplosternum, Gymnotus, all this is a single pool with 20 cm of water column, incredible!
In other locality is a nice place for catfish. We were able to capture Scleromystax barbatus and cf. macropterus, probable Ituglanis sp., Pseudotothyris obtusa, and was insane! Awesome fish to collect and to keep.

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Rio Preto. Pseudotothyris stay underneath the vegetation and along the flow. The river is blackwater, aprox 6.2 pH, 23º C T, and a nice place for a bath! Got some Scleromystax barbatus there too, they stay close to the sand bottom, in larger shoals, and is kind tricky to catch a lot of them. And Ituglanis (?) come also from here.

I'm sorry, but don't have photos of all places and fishs. There are some videos of my biotope on my IG (pedraz.aquascience), dont know where to host it to post here.

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https://ibb.co/FWMgszm One of many pools (dry season photo)

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https://ibb.co/bsF18c7 S. macropterus pool. 6.0 pH, 25º C, rainy season.

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S. cf. macropterus was caught on seasional pools among the river. Just like Callichthys callichthys and Hoplosternum littorale.

Other collected species was Rachoviscus sp., Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus (and 2 more sps that I cant remember the name), Hollandichthys multifasciatus, Geophagus iporangensis, Characidium sp., Gymnotus pantherinus, Mimagoniates microlepis, Leptopanchax itanhaensis and Hoplias malabaricus, I think thats all (on fish list).

Mod note: Your photo links weren't working so I edited the photo links. Cheers
Thanks for editing the photos!
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Hi Pedraz,

Thanks for sharing. That's lovely habitat. For people interested, here's your IG link: https://www.instagram.com/pedraz.aquascience/

Cheers, Eric
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Hi I have a question too - when you caught fishes you wanted what happened next - i mean what are rules or law to export fishes from Brazil ?
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bekateen wrote: 28 Jan 2019, 19:28 Hi Pedraz,

Thanks for sharing. That's lovely habitat. For people interested, here's your IG link: https://www.instagram.com/pedraz.aquascience/

Cheers, Eric
Thanks man!
Hi I have a question too - when you caught fishes you wanted what happened next - i mean what are rules or law to export fishes from Brazil ?
Hi mate,
Ok, there are 3 type of collectors. Hobbyist, Researcher and Comercial and each type has its specificity before the law.
Hobbyists and Comercial fishers got to have a license for that type of fishing (net, rod, in a boat etc) and there are a bunch of species that are not allowed to catch, keep, breed or sell.
The researcher can ask the government for a permission to fish, keep and breed certain forbidden species for a period of time in the university or institution (zoo, conservative unity or whatever.
Forbidden species are cited on Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção (Red Book of the Brazilian Fauna Threatened with Extinction) you can download it here http://icmbio.gov.br/portal/ultimas-not ... a-download
Besides the federal laws and licenses, we still have to comply with state law, where there may be divergences of what you can keep and fish (eg axolotl, can be kept in the state of são paulo, in other states is still prohibited). In addition we also have IBAMA, which also releases lists citing the species that we can fish and keep. It's quite complex.

Export is more easy then import, but it is still hard. In pratice, you sell your fish to a exporter store (there are a bunch of them), they will take care of everything (selling and shipping) and earn a lot of money while pays you very little for your product. You can see the rules, in a brief form right here http://www.ibama.gov.br/component/conte ... cle?id=958.

Any questions, just ask!
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Nice place I've found. Next time please invite me
We are not so far away
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Nice stripped corydoras !
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Nice stripped corydoras ! You guys are lucky that you can just go to the river and catch marvelous fish for your tanks ! Fish here in Europe are good only for food ! lol
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Fish here in Europe are good only for food !
Absolutely not true. Bulgaria has some stunning species, particularly loaches like Sabanejewia and Cobitis. Perfect for a mini biotope project. Who would not want to keep this fish?

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Sorry but i like plecos much more !
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