Fish of Iwokrama
Whilst the Iwokrama Canopy Walkway doesn't have any major rivers nearby the
area does have seasonal swamps and stream. But it is only a short drive to
important waterways within the Iwokrama Forest and in the Rupununi Savannahs.
The Iwokrama Forest and the Rupununi wetlands are home to an extremely high
diversity of fish. 420 species have been identified, exceedingly high
since only a small portion of the rivers have been surveyed and with further
surveys up to 600 species are expected. In comparison, there are only 700
species of fish in all of North America. The Iwokrama Forest has the
world's largest recorded fish diversity, for an area its size.
