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Arroyo Rubio Chico, Artigas, Uruguay
November 26, 2006

Arroyo Rubio Chico
GPS Coordinates: South 31 degrees 09.724' West 055 degrees 52.461'.
Elevation: 509'.

The first collecting spot of the trip! A sleepless 'red eye' overnight flight from Miami followed by an overnight drive from Montevideo that included a 2 AM detour to a mechanic to fix a broken fuel line left me strangely awake and excited. The first body of water. The first cichlid. The first PIKE CICHLID! After it I go, camera in hand, like a mad man. The instant my feet get wet, I slip. SPLASH! PLOP! My expensive Nikon digital SLR takes a bath. Now I use it as a paper weight.

On the bright side, I joked, the sensors are now cleaned of the annoying dust specks, a curse of many a digital SLR. 'Nikon bitches', as Spencer likes to call Jeff and I, since Spencer uses an Olympus that comes with a fancy vibrating sensor that automatically removes the dust specks from sensors. Must be nice. To have a camera, that is.

Gymnogeophagus sp. Rubio Chico
Gymnogeophagus sp. Rubio Chico (Gymnogenys group)

Australoheros sp. Rubio Chico
Australoheros sp. Rubio Chico

Arroyo Rubio Chico

Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Gymnogeogeophagus rhabdotus

Crenicichla scotti
Crenicichla scotti

Cyanocharax uruguayensis
Cyanocharax uruguayensis

Seining Arroyo Rubio Chico
Alejandro Rocca (L) and Felipe Cantera (R) seining the arroyo

Jeff Cardwell
Jeff Cardwell. Cast 1 of 300

Fish species found in Arroyo Rubio Chico:

  • Crenicichla scotti
  • Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
  • Gym. sp. Rubio Chico Red Spot (gymnogenys group)
  • Characidium sp.
  • Australoheros sp. Rubio Chico
  • Astyanax sp. Elongated
  • Hoplias sp.
  • Cyanocharax uruguayensis

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