Fish & Fisheries

Fish and fisheries of tropical floodplain rivers

Projects:

• Evaluation of the conservation status of flag-umbrella fish species and their ecosystems in the lower Pastaza and Aguarico basins of the Ecuadorian Amazon (as PI; closing, September 2023).

• Trophic structure of the aquatic communities of Apurito Island, Apure River, Venezuela; with emphasis on carbon sources and curito (Hoplosternum littorale) fishing production. Doctoral dissertation of Nayibe Pérez (as PI; In Progress).

Apure River Mouth, Orinoco llanos, Apure State, Venezuela

Fishing crew with a large specimen of paiche, Arapaima gigas in Zancudococha Lake, Ecuador

Piranhas at Las Cabañitas fish market, San Fernando, Apure State, Venezuela

Fishing crew ready to start trawling in the Aguarico River, Western Amazon, Ecuador

Pseudoplatystoma sp. catfish in the Aguarico River, Western Amazon, Ecuador

Nathan Lujan, super proud of collecting a spectacular specimen of Acanthicus hystrix. Photo: D. Brooks