The river at Reserva Biologica Hitoy Cerere is clear and stunningly beautiful.  Hiking up the river, I observed several species of fish, spiders, and an interesting crustacean.  On the way back, I swam and watched some of the fish investigate me and the disturbance I created.  There were several species, but I could only ID to family: characids, cichlids, poeciliids, and eleotrids. Some of the cichlids were rearing young – the adults protected a small school of fry.  Additionally, some of the eleotrid (guavinas) males were in breeding color – stunning bright blue.

As I observed some fish in a deep pool, it began to rain and Boa took some photos… it was a bit dark and my camera wasn’t set properly, so the photos are blurry… I’ll just have to go back to get some better photographs.