Goodeids and other micros from Mexico

[BenCantrell]

Here's the freshwater stuff from my trip.  The native fish diversity in central Mexico is super low, so we had to cross quite a few drainages to see all of these.  Ryan and I did pretty decent with hook & line microfishing, but we did miss out on a few that the others in the group caught in nets.  Full report will be on my blog... eventually.

Twospot Livebearer - invasive, male (they have one of the largest gonopodiums (fish penis) among livebearers)


Twospot Livebearer - invasive, female


Green Swordtail - invasive, female (tried really hard to catch a male, but they were jerks)


Darkedged Splitfin - native (from a lake at 10,000 feet, definitely my highest elevation catch!)


Blackfin Splitfin - native, male


Blackfin Splitfin - native, female


Blackfin Splitfin - native, female (different location, different genetics)


Picotee Splitfin - native, male


Picotee Splitfin - native, female


Barred Splitfin - native, male


Barred Splitfin - native, female


Spotted Splitfin - native, female


Bulldog Splitfin - native, male


Bulldog Splitfin - native, female


Butterfly Splitfin - native, male


Butterfly Splitfin - native, female


Cuitzeo Splitfin - native, male


Cuitzeo Splitfin - native, female


Tilapia #1 - invasive (these are tough to ID, plus they hyridize, could be blue, Nile, Wami, etc, raised for food)


Tilapia #2 - invasive


Tilapia #3 - invasive


Tilapia #4 - invasive
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[Latimeria]

Do you have 1,000 species yet?!?!  lol

Great looking micros and crazy how small that hook is!  Excellent reporting Ben!  I love all the pictures and like the hand shots more than Ken's ground shots.  LOL

I'd love to talk about the trip.  You made the most of your time there and got a lot of species.

[WheresMyBeer]

That's awesome Ken ... I mean Ben ... 

No really, love the species ID process. The tally is incredible.

You're really splitfin'ing hairs on some of those IDs ...    All look like bigger critter bait to me ... (imagine the most redneck southern accent with that statement  )

[BenCantrell]

I love all the pictures and like the hand shots more than Ken's ground shots.  LOL

Don't EVER let Ken see that!  Hahahaha.  He wants everyone to take photos the way he does. 

[Latimeria]

I love all the pictures and like the hand shots more than Ken's ground shots.  LOL

Don't EVER let Ken see that!  Hahahaha.  He wants everyone to take photos the way he does. 

I was privy to a story not too long ago.  LOL