Being the rainy season, an easy escape route must be considered, in case walls of water surge down from the mountains, so we park partially up the bank so not to be caught pants down.
The Mamoni allowed for that access yesterday, and it was an interesting day to collect in the shallows, in the deeper sections, the flow was quite strong, and the fish seemed to want to stay out of the raging current.
3 individuals cichlids were found over about 3 hours, only Darienheros, no others from the cichlid family.
Too large to keep, and/or maintain, so released were a Robalo (genus Centropomus)
a predatory Goby,
and a large Macrobrachium shrimp.
Kept , and brough home, were a couple tiny flounders (slightly over an inch) that disappeared ing my sump
And this (what I think is) Eugerrus or Euctinostomus.
These last two species are usually found in brackish water, but the area is quite far upstream from the sea.
The color of the water was chocolate brown, pH slightly below 8, and yet nitrates remained undetectable.
The Mamoni allowed for that access yesterday, and it was an interesting day to collect in the shallows, in the deeper sections, the flow was quite strong, and the fish seemed to want to stay out of the raging current.
3 individuals cichlids were found over about 3 hours, only Darienheros, no others from the cichlid family.
Too large to keep, and/or maintain, so released were a Robalo (genus Centropomus)
a predatory Goby,
and a large Macrobrachium shrimp.
Kept , and brough home, were a couple tiny flounders (slightly over an inch) that disappeared ing my sump
And this (what I think is) Eugerrus or Euctinostomus.
These last two species are usually found in brackish water, but the area is quite far upstream from the sea.
The color of the water was chocolate brown, pH slightly below 8, and yet nitrates remained undetectable.
