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.
Expedition to Northern Territories, May 2007
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…
Nicaragua, 2007
Nicaragua, 18-27 November 2007 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…
Lago Aiapuá
Brazil – Lago Aiapuá, 6-8 November 2007 In September 2006 Heiko Bleher discovered a new, the 4th, neon tetra. On his second trip this year (2007) he took again his team to the Aiapuá Lake on order to study the…
Lago Jari
Brazil – Lago Jari, 29 October-5 November 2007 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…
Rio Aracá, 2007
Brazil – Rio Aracá, 17-27 October 2007 Manaus is the capital of Brazil’s largest state, the Amazonas. And Manaus is the point of departure for most Amazon expeditions. In the vast Amazon region, roads are very few and the recreio…
The Pamirs, 2007
Tajikistan – Pamirs, 8-23 August 2007 On top of the world Heiko just came back end of August from his research expedition to the top of the world, the Pamirs… He found Nemacheilinae and Cyprinidae species at 4300 m above…
India, 2007
Expeditions & Field trips in 2007 have taken Heiko Bleher already to several destinations, one of them was the little explored southern India, were he was able to find one or two new species and also the unique Horaichthys …(family…
Expedition to Northern Territories, May 2007
Before the bi-annual ANGFA National Convention 2007, Heiko went together with Zehev, son of Asher and Adele Benzaken-Schwartz, the active and famous Australian fish breeder Bruce Sambell and his friend to some remote areas in the Northern Territories to research…
Australia, 2005
On one of Heiko’s past expeditions he drove almost 8000 km across Australia’s Outback with Natasha and Eli and here are some of their photos…
Rio Jutaí – Brazil, 2004
The Rio Jutaí is a upper right-hand affluent of the Rio Solimões and during the rainy season has black water, while in the dry period it has two layers of different water compositions: black below and white water above, a…