2016 Peru trip

[MuskieBait]

Here we go! 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 :shock:!

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/2016/07/2016-peru-day-1.html

Here are some selected photos. Lots more on my blog.

Cusco

Pisac

 

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Ollantaytambo

Salkantay hike - Highest I've ever hiked so far (4600m)...while having a bout of food poisioning!

 

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Machu Picchu

Some interesting food

Guinea pig

Alpaca

Palm weevil larvae

Breaded Arapaima

 

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Peruvian Amazon

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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

 

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Metynnis luna - Species #589 (Not sure on this ID...still trying to figure out)

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 or Mesonauta festivus - Species #595 (It is difficult to tell if this was a M. mirificus or M. festivus)

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

 

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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 sp. - Species #604 (Still trying to determine which Rhamdia species it is. I may never know.)

Hypselecara temporalis - Species #605

Ageneiosus inermis - Species #606

Spotted sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans) - Species #607

Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii - Species #608

 

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Zamurito (Calophysus macropterus) - Species #609

Laulao Catfish (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii) - Species #610

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

 

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Erythrinus erythrinus - Species #619

Bandtail Tetra (Moenkhausia dichroura) - Species #620

Glass tetra (Moenkhausia oligolepis) - Species #621

Moenkhausia sp. - Species #622 (This is a different Moenkhausia with faint humeral spot with smaller scales)

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 sp. - Species #626 (There are so many similar Pimelodella species, still not sure which one)

Moenkhausia lepidura - Species #627

 

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Giant Blenny (Scartichthys gigas) - Species #628

Chalapo Clinid (Labrisomus philippii) - Species #629

 

[salmotrutta]

Unreal, thanks for sharing!

 

[Joel52]

Wow! amazing!
But I"ll take a pass on the Palm weevil larvae - pretty sure no to that...

 

[Huronfly]

Wow that is a lot of fish! Nice pictures

 

[DSmith]

amazing. thanks for sharing!!

 

[Bowie]

Great photos, thanks for sharing!

 

[getin]

Amazing! Thanks for taking us to your journey at no cost! Enjoyed reading it.

 

[TasteTheRainbow]

Great stuff man. Please keep them coming.

 

[DSmith]

I'm curious, how many species do you have on your Ontario species list?

 

[MuskieBait]

Thanks guys.

I'm curious, how many species do you have on your Ontario species list?

I caught the first specimen of 73 species from Ontario (ie, lifelist addition of 73 species, aka a "lifer"). On my blog, it states 72...but I have not update it with the Mimic Shiner I caught on July 25, 2016. In fact, my species list is about some 75 species behind. I will update the entire list after my defense.

I caught 99 lifers from Canada...just missing one for the century mark!!!

 

[DSmith]

wow. Fished a lot when I was young, but just started species hunting this year. At 20 - Hoping for 30 by the end of the season.

Would love to check out your blog. What is it?
thanks