Salobra River delta- Pantanal wetland river habitat, Brazil.

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Published 2019-10-21

Footage from the Salobra River delta in the southern Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This was recorded during flood season, when the riverbanks and surrounding water-meadows and forests become inundated, providing habitat and food to many of the 330 species of fish found within the Pantanal.

List of species I have collected from the Salobra River delta between 2018 and 2020:

Characidium laterale (Boulenger, 1895)
Hoplias misionera Rosso, Mabragaña, González-Castro, Delpiani, Avigliano, Schenone et al. 2016
Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858
Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858
Serrasalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1837
Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794)
Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858
Schizodon borellii (Boulenger, 1900)
Cyphocharax gillii (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)
Psectrogaster curviventris Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Steindachnerina brevipinna (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Pyrrhulina australis Eigenmann & Kennedyi, 1903
Triportheus nematurus (Kner, 1858)
Triportheus pantanensis Malabarba, 2004
Bryconops melanurus (Bloch, 1794)
Piabucus melanostoma Holmberg, 1891
Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro Menezes, 1992
Aphyocharax nattereri (Steindachner, 1882)
Aphyocharax rathbuni Eigenmann, 1907
Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Astyanax alleni (Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)
Astyanax lacustris (Lütken, 1875)
Charax leticiae Lucena, 1987
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895)
Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918
Hemigrammus neptunus Zarske & Géry, 2002
Hemigrammus tridens (Eigenmann, 1907)
Hemigrammus ulreyi (Boulenger, 1895)
Hyphessobrycon elachys Weitzman, 1985
Hyphessobrycon eques (Steindachner, 1882)
Hyphessobrycon megalopterus (Eigenmann, 1915)
Jupiaba acanthogaster (Eigenmann, 1911)
Moenkhausia bonita Benine, Castro & Sabino, 2004
Moenkhausia dichroura (Kner, 1858)
Moenkhausia forestii Benine, Mariguela & Oliveira, 2009
Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther, 1864)
Odontostible pequira (Steindachner, 1882)
Phenacogaster tegatus (Eigenmann, 1911)
Poptella paraguayensis (Eigenmann, 1907)
Psellogrammus kennedyi (Eigenmann, 1903)
Serrapinus calliurus (Boulenger, 1900)
Serrapinus kriegi (Schindler, 1937)
Tetragonopterus argenteus Cuvier, 1816
Xenurobrycon macropus Myers & Miranda Ribeiro, 1945
Eigenmannia cf. trilineata López & Castro, 1966
Gymnotus carapo australis Linnaeus, 1758
Brachyhypopomus bombilla Loureiro & Silva, 2006
Ituglanis herberti (Miranda Ribeiro, 1940)
Corydoras aff. aeneus (Gill, 1858)
Corydoras sp. gr. C. elegans group
Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Corydoras polystictus Regan, 1912
Leptohoplosternum pectorale (Boulenger, 1895)
Hypoptopoma inexspectatum (Holmberg, 1893)
Hypostomus boulengeri (Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903)
Otocinclus bororo Schaefer 1997
Pterygoplichthys ambrosetti (Holmberg, 1893)
Rineloricaria aurata (Knaack, 2002)
Rineloricaria parva (Boulenger, 1895)
Scoloplax empousa Schaefer, Weitzman & Britski, 1989
Pseudobunocephalus rugosus (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)
Trachelyopterus galeatus Linnaeus, 1766
Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855)
Imparfinis cf. stictonotus (Fowler, 1940)
Pimelodella mucosa Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
Pimelodus pantaneiro Souza-Filho & Shibatta, 2007
Synbranchus cf. madeirae Rosen & Rumney, 1972
Apistogramma commbrae (Reagan, 1906)
Astronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)
Bujurquina vittata (Heckel, 1840)
Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840)
Crenicichla lepidota Heckel, 1840
Crenicichla semifasciata (Heckel, 1840)
Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia, 1891)
Mesonauta festivus (Heckel, 1840)
Melanorivulus punctatus (Boulenger, 1895)
Potamorrhaphis eigenmanni Miranda Ribeiro, 1915

List of species I have photographed (but not collected) in the Salobra River Delta between 2018 and 2020:

Aphyocharax anisitsi Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903
Psalidodon marionae (Eigenmann 1911)
Brycon hilarii (Valenciennes, 1850)
Chaetobranchopsis australis Eigenmann & Ward 1907
Crenicichla vittata Heckel, 1840
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828)
Hypoptopoma cf. inexpectatum (Holmberg, 1893)
Hypostomus affinis (Steindachner, 1877)
Hypostomus basilisko Tencatt, Zawadzki & Froehlich, 2014
Myloplus levis (Eigenmann & McAtee 1907)
Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes, 1835)
Platydoras armatulus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Potamotrygon cf. falkneri Castex & Maciel, 1963
Potamotrygon cf. pantanensis Loboda & Carvalho, 2013
Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Roeboides microlepis (Reinhardt, 1851)
Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier, 1816)

@jakescot7850 2 years ago

Excellent....a gratifying look at a pristine freshwater ecosystem. An idyllic visual journey, pleasing to the soul. Thank God there are still places like this.

@magstheonlyone 4 years ago

Being a tetra lover I found this video very short. Thanks for sharing!

@christianwilms9143 2 years ago

I've had aquariums since I was a little boy. I dreamed my fish could fly in my room. Your video makes the dream come true a bit. That's why I set up a Pantanal biotope aquarium and I love it very much. my favorites are Hemigrammus Ulreyi… Thanks for sharing this video and for your enthusiasm! Greetings from Germany

@wolverinebear5357 4 years ago

Love your videos, these are exactly what those of us in the aquarium hobby love to see.

@thunderfalkfalk5590 2 years ago

Top video ,thank you ,from Rhineland Germany .

@brannonevans3685 1 year ago

Love it.. I could spend all day, many days snorkeling or diving at a spot like this, and never ever get tired of it. BEAUTIFUL!

@lehappydog 4 months ago

Amazing video! Wow pure perfection! Thanks 👍

@luiscoig8703 2 years ago

It is fascinating to see the natural habitat of all these fish that we only see in aquariums. They exist in such great numbers, and they have so much space to live in, that compared to any aquarium, the river seems infinite. Now I have to snorkel in tropical rivers before I die.