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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

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

Photos from our trip:

Any ideas?

Hi,

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

Cheers
Raph.

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

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?

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

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

Unk Corydoras species


Unk Peckoltia species


Mud Seining


Mixing of the waters


Homodiaetus sp. Bolivia


The beautiful rainforest