Field trip, November 2008 The Peninsula Malaysia has become almost entirely a gigantic field of palm-oil and also rubber tree plantation – very little primary rain forest remains, not even much anymore at Cameron Hills…  

Brazil, August 2008 Apistogramma species are often misunderstood. These dwarf cichlids, a favourite fish for many aquarists and hobbyists around the globe, live in nature in almost all (South American) habitats only one year, like many annual fishes. They spawn…

South America – Rio Jutaí, August 2008 After the research in the amazing Rio Jutaí right hand affluent of the Rio Solimões in 2004, but much further up with 5 companions. The Rio Jutaí is very little explored from the…

Colombia-Brazil – Leticia and Caldéron, 17-20 August 2008 For the second time Heiko Bleher researched the Columbian and Brazilian side of the region only before him visited by the some French architect Jobert and the Brazilian ethnologist Harald Schulz. The…

Brazil – Alto Aracá, 2-14 August 2008 Because the last Aracá expedition was extremely successful Heiko Bleher went back this year, but much further up into the Rio Preto to Brazil’s highest waterfall, unknown on any map coming down from…

Heiko Bleher was invited to go on a field-trip to unique and remote Romanian aquatic habitats and to the Danube-delta, together with the famous Romanian ichthyologist Teodor T. Nalbant and friends.      

  The clear river is full of fishes and tourist boats looking out for the “dangerous” saltwater crocs (left) It is not allowed to enter or swim in the East Alligator River, but Heiko went to catch my fishes, while…

Breve vai sair em Portugues tambem After his field trips in 1980s Heiko researched recently again in Nicaragua with Axel Meyer, here a few photos, more to come in future articles…                  …

Em setembro de 2006 Heiko Bleher descobriu um novo, o 4 º, neon tetra. Na sua segunda visita deste ano (2007) ocupou-se novamente a sua equipa para o Lago Aiapuá em vista a estudar o habitat e da biologia desta…

Breve vai sair em Portugues tambem Our boat in the Paraná do Jari at the entrance to Lago Jari. The water level in the lake was to low and we had to leave this big boat behind and continue our…

Manaus é a capital do maior estado do Brasil, o Amazonas. Manaus e é o ponto de partida para a maioria das expedições Amazônia. Na grande região Amazônica, estradas são muito poucas e do recreio é o principal meio de…