Iran – Caspian Sea, May 2011 Heiko Bleher was invited to do research and a workshop with fishes in the southern Caspian Sea, in the region of Lahijan, while he gave seminars at the Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, also in…

Philippines – Mindoro Island – 12-16 May, 2011 The continuation of Heiko Bleher’s research around the island of Mindoro, started in the southern city of San Jose. Also here Heiko had the full support of BFAR and the local authority,…

Philippines – Mindoro Island – 9-12 May, 2011 The kind Director Gil A. Adora, CESO IV, of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has invited Heiko Bleher again to continue his work on Philippine endemic aquatic freshwater species.…

On two expeditions in 2007 and 2008 Heiko Bleher was able to discover for the first time in history by white man what he believes is the largest natural freshwater aquarium in the world. It is a crystal clear, over…

Colombia, 10 December 2009 There are places still on this planet which have never been explored, creeks which seem to have been there for millions of years untouched and the Caño de la Libertad in the Amazon state of Colombia…

Colombia – Caquetá, 7 December 2009 This creek Heiko explored by walking over land with Natasha and Alirio and reached this almost untouched small waterway discovering many miniature fish species in a mini-habitat. This is to show how little space…

Colombia – Inirida, 2 December 2009 Heiko Bleher did research for the first time with the native fisherman Pedro from Inirida and Senhor Ernesto in a very remote small creek called Caño Sardiña, a right-had tributary of the upper Caño…

Colombia – Atabapo, 28 November 2009 One of Heiko’s 2009 Amazon expedition – which he does every year since his childhood with his mother – took him to the middle Atabapo and its tributaries. While searching again for Pterophyllum altum,…

Philippines – Gonzaga, 16 November 2009 The regional Director for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Mrs. Jovita P. Ayson had suggested to Heiko Bleher to do research in the unspoiled and untouched Wangag River in Gonzaga, Peña Blanca.…

Philippines – Cagayan, 15 November 2009 Heiko was invited by BFAR (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources), the Director Malkolm I. Sarmiento, Jr. to do research on the Philippine freshwater habitats and its fishes. Heiko started in the north-eastern part…

Iran – Strait of Hormoz region, September 2009 Heiko’s most recent field trip was to collect the monotypic and most eastern found Cichlidae in south-western Iran restricted to a few locations around the Strait of Hormoz. The area is drying…