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Ayuquila River Weblog

Started by Guest_puchisapo_* , Dec 11 2007 01:52 AM

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#1 Guest_puchisapo_*

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Posted 11 December 2007 - 01:52 AM

Hi all

I have been involved in a couple of environmental education projects linking schools here in WI and in Jalisco. Most of my collaborators in Mexico are at University of Guadalajara. I have been meaning to ask around here to see if NANFA might be intersted in some of the work.

Last summer I took a three-week trip down there to deliver a teacher training workshop. I used the opportunity to visit a number of locations in the Ayuquila River watershed, then formatted this Weblog to document my observations:

http://entomology.wi...esca/index.html

It really is a cool area down there and I saw neat stuff. It looks as though I might be going again in January for just a week--I plan to say hello to people and to make a few more trips to the river.

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Among other activities, we intend to develop an exhibit for the zoo here in Madison, as well as more Web-based teaching materials (in Spanish and in English) for use in both areas. Might NANFA have any interest in this work? Is there anybody in particular who might be able to offer advice. I would like any suggestions that you can offer.

Cheers and thanks a bunch

-Devin

#2 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 11 December 2007 - 12:36 PM

Many of us are intensely interested in mexican fauna, especially since it's still North America and the fishes are not well known to us. I would love to see some fish pics.

#3 Guest_puchisapo_*

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Posted 11 December 2007 - 01:38 PM

most of the pictures that i have are there on the Weblog, so open that link and read if you want to see the species involved and a project overview. i have a bunch of these animals at home now, but i haven't started serious photography yet. it's on my list.

-D

#4 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 11 December 2007 - 04:17 PM

most of the pictures that i have are there on the Weblog, so open that link and read if you want to see the species involved and a project overview. i have a bunch of these animals at home now, but i haven't started serious photography yet. it's on my list.

-D

I did read the weblog - too bad you didn't have time to do some real collecting.

#5 Guest_Brooklamprey_*

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Posted 11 December 2007 - 08:44 PM

Very cool.. I'm personally one of those very interested in Mexican fish so this is right up my alley...

I would be interested in hearing about various proposals etc. as I do myself work for a zoological institute and may be able to work out collaboration on education materials. Before the Aquarium closed here in Detroit we where the premier refuge for many of the Mexican goodieds, Cyprinodon and poecilids in the US.

Loss of interest in their conservation has never occurred though despite this setback. PM me with details on your projects and I'll see what I can do from my end.

#6 Guest_Seedy_*

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Posted 12 December 2007 - 04:31 PM

Very Cool blog! You might want to check with Juan Miguel Artigas regarding the ID of that Cichlid you encountered. There have been a lot of revisions of Mexican and Central American Cichlids lately.
Here's one of the most recent papers: http://www.mapress.c...z01603p078f.pdf

You should be able to contact Juan Miguel Aritgas through his web forum and site: http://www.cichlidae.com

#7 Guest_puchisapo_*

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Posted 12 December 2007 - 11:15 PM

Very Cool blog! You might want to check with Juan Miguel Artigas regarding the ID of that Cichlid you encountered.

i understand that Cichlasoma is a mess right now, but i am pretty certain that that fish was istlanum; it is the only possible native in that part of Mexico, which has a depauperate cichlid fauna.

istlanum is really a cool fish. i hope that i can collect some little ones on the next trip down there. have you seen this article by Artigas?:

http://cichlidae.com/article.php?id=5

here is one of the inviduals that i saw that day....headed for the soup pot:

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#8 Guest_Gambusia_*

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Posted 18 December 2007 - 08:56 PM

You find any freshwater drum?

#9 Guest_puchisapo_*

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Posted 01 February 2008 - 12:31 AM

this trip went great. i got home a week ago. i hope to put together a written report, maybe another post hoc Weblog.

i post one of the nicer fish pictures that i got, a Xenotaenia resolanae from the arroyo that runs near Casimiro Castillo:

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