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[BenCantrell]

Two weeks ago NANFA members Konrad Schmidt, Brian Stefansky, Ryan Crutchfield, John Lyons, and I, as well as several goodeid aquarium enthusiasts, made a trip to central Mexico to see goodeids in their native habitat.  We weren't sure how much hook & line fishing we would get to do, but it ended up being quite a bit.  I don't have a report ready yet, but I thought I'd share some of the photos of my hook & line caught goodeids.

 

Darkedged Splitfin (Girardinichthys multiradiatus) - male, I think

 

Blackfin Splitfin (Goodea atripinnis) - male

 

Blackfin Splitfin (Goodea atripinnis) - female

 

Blackfin Splitfin (Goodea atripinnis) - female (different population)

 

Picotee Splitfin (Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis) - male

 

Picotee Splitfin (Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis) - female

 

Barred Splitfin (Chapalichthys encaustus) - male

 

Barred Splitfin (Chapalichthys encaustus) - female

[BenCantrell]

Spotted Splitfin (Skiffia multipunctata) - female

 

Bulldog Splitfin (Alloophorus robustus) - male

 

Bulldog Splitfin (Alloophorus robustus) - female

 

Butterfly Splitfin (Ameca splendens) - male

 

Butterfly Splitfin (Ameca splendens) - female

 

Cuitzeo Splitfin (Xenotoca cf. variata) - male

 

Cuitzeo Splitfin (Xenotoca cf. variata) - female

 

Sorry I don't have a report to go with the photos yet.  It's in the works!

[MtFallsTodd]

Great pics, can't wait for the report.

[itsme]

Awesome!  Let me know next time!

 

Mark

[mattknepley]

Too. Dang. Cool!

[davidtec]

Great stuff Ben and great photos!  What camera are you using to take these photos?  Point and shoot? 

[BenCantrell]

Great stuff Ben and great photos!  What camera are you using to take these photos?  Point and shoot? 

 

Thanks! (And thanks to the others above as well!)  I have a waterproof Sony Cybershot.  It does take good closeup photos, but to be honest it's really hit or miss.  Years ago Uland Thomas gave me the advice to take at least 10 photos of every fish I catch.  Best advice I ever received.  It's scary when I go through photos after a trip and find 9 out of focus and only 1 good one.

[zooxanthellae]

Wow! Looking forward to the writeup! 

[Chasmodes]

Very cool Ben!

[gerald]

Thanks!  Nice shots of a family that most of us don't get to see much, especially wild ones.

[truecrimson]

Thanks! (And thanks to the others above as well!)  I have a waterproof Sony Cybershot.  It does take good closeup photos, but to be honest it's really hit or miss.  Years ago Uland Thomas gave me the advice to take at least 10 photos of every fish I catch.  Best advice I ever received.  It's scary when I go through photos after a trip and find 9 out of focus and only 1 good one.

My wife yells at me all the time for taking a bunch of the same pic. But like you said there is 1 good one in the middle of 9 that aren't quite right.

Great pics of great fish. Now I want some of these. Dammit. You guys are a bad influence

[Isaac Szabo]

Cool stuff, Ben. Nice to see something different.

[mattknepley]

If I only had to take 10 to get one good picture my memory cards would be so much easier to navigate. I quite often hold onto several of the mediocre ones in case there may be a detail I overlook that would prove useful later that is readily visible in the cruddy picture but hidden in an otherwise good one. I too receive spousal chiding. But since she's otherwise pretty darn fish habit-enabling, it's a small price to pay.

[BenCantrell]

If I only had to take 10 to get one good picture my memory cards would be so much easier to navigate. I quite often hold onto several of the mediocre ones in case there may be a detail I overlook that would prove useful later that is readily visible in the cruddy picture but hidden in an otherwise good one. I too receive spousal chiding. But since she's otherwise pretty darn fish habit-enabling, it's a small price to pay.

 

I do the same, and a good example is the pectoral fin moving around.  If it's sticking out - pointed directly at the camera - then there's no way to count rays.  Sometimes I have a great photo of a fish with the fin sticking out, and a crummy one with the fin lying flat where I can count rays.

[gerald]

And there's Isaac who can merge all the best details of every pic into one   |;>)