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Bigi Poika and Coesewijne River, Suriname
More nature along the way...
This is the same flower and picture as above, but the center held a secret!
There are many blackwater streams and pools in Suriname that flow into the major clearwater rivers. On the way to Bigi Poika, we saw this wonderful little habitat, a blackwater creek flowing into the jungle. There was a pair of Krobia guianensis spawning amongst the Nymphaea.
A young Krobia in its habitat
A group of unidentified redlined tetras
Jeff and yours truly seining - we caught a lot of tetras and a few cichlids.
A male Crenicichla nickeriensis
The classic leaf fish - Polycentrus schomburgki
One of the more common fishes in the creek
An emerald/yellow Astyanax (?) sp.
Once at the Coesewijne River (that's 'Koosavan' for you North Americans), we found the going a bit tough. Suriname generally did not have a lot of muddy, stagnant or polluted habitats. This was one of them.
A cut on one of my toes got infected after playing in this mess and I limped for a few days after.
I itched for a few weeks after this.
I'm sure some microscopic creature tried to enter me through my nether-regions. We were both trespassing.
If you too want to feel itchy, the GPS coordinates are: 5 North 23.540; 55 West 36.982. This part of the river has an unusual visitor - the West Indian Manatee. There is a Manatee sanctuary nearby.
Species seen in and around Bigi Poika and Coesewijne:
- Loricaria sp.
- Astyanax sp.
- Polycentrus schomburgki
- Crenicichla nickeriensis
- Krobia guianensis
- Micropoecilia bifurcata
- Nannostomus trifasciatus
- Crenuchus spilurus
- Redline tetra (erythrotaenia type)
- Apistogramma steindachneri
- Rivulus sp.
- Copella sp.
- Curimata sp.
- Acestrorhynchus sp.
All photos by J. Cardwell, S. Jack, J. Zaradka and V. Kutty
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