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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/...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



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



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



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



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



Giant Blenny (Scartichthys gigas) - Species #628



Chalapo Clinid (Labrisomus philippii) - Species #629

You do get around!

More wow adventures. Cool.

Haven't read the blog yet....... saving it for when I have more time - and will respond again thereafter............, but in the meantime - Thanks for sharing your experiences!

Cheers,

OldTimer

Nice trip! Looks like it was fun.... Love all the fish as usual. My wife was really groosed out on your choice of food (guinea pigs)

Thanks guys!

Zippy, guinea pigs are really, really good. I loved it. It is farmed as a food animal in Peru. They have been domesticated and farmed for hundreds of years. If I have a choice between fried guinea pig vs. fried chicken, I would pick guinea pig in a heartbeat. They skin is so crispy when done properly, and the meat is so juicy and tender...MMMMMMMMMMMMM...