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2016 Peru - MuskieBait - 08-22-2016 01:32 AM 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 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 ~~~~~~ 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 RE: 2016 Peru - OldTimer - 08-23-2016 02:15 PM 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 RE: 2016 Peru - zippyFX - 08-24-2016 12:22 PM 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) RE: 2016 Peru - MuskieBait - 08-25-2016 10:06 AM 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...