Aniello barbarino, Tom Turner, Jim Cotner, Kirk Winemiller and me on top of “Piedra Catipán”, in the middle Yatúa river, Venezuelan Amazon

A sandy beach in the Río Cinaruco, llanos of Estado Apure, Venezuela

Stuart Willis, Kirk Winemiller, me, and José Vicente Montoya preparing for a fishing day at the Cinaruco Fishing Club camp

Kirk and I fishing for cichlids in Laguna Larga, Río Cinaruco. Using flashlights at night is one of the best ways to get rare cichlids

Sometimes, work is really hard in the Cinaruco…

Tom Turner, Jeremy Walther and I fishing at Caño Maporal in the llanos of Apure state, Venezuela

In Africa, every one of your movements is closely followed by a host of little kids

Fish are part of the family… my dad and I at the New Orleans Aquarium

Kirk Winemiller, me, and Melanie Stiassny at Texas A&M, sometime in 2000