Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
Anostomidae |
Abramites hypselonotus
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | Picúo (Spanish) | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Museum: Río Orinoco (08°34'12"N, 62°15'48"W), USNM 233215 (Ref. 9743). | |
Aspredinidae |
Acanthobunocephalus nicoi
|
Friel, 1995 | Fr
| native | | | 1.97 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin, including the Sipapo, Ramoni and Casiquiare rivers (Ref. 36695). | |
Characidae |
Acanthocharax microlepis
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 8.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification. | |
Cichlidae |
Acaronia vultuosa
|
Kullander, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 12.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Negro and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Small drying pool off road from El Burro to Puerto Ayacucho, ca. 5°47'N, 67°29'W, Depto. Ature, Amazonas, Venezuela Ref. 12965). | |
Loricariidae |
Acestridium dichromum
|
Retzer, Nico & Provenzano, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 6.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the upper Ríos Orinoco and Negro. | |
Loricariidae |
Acestridium martini
|
Retzer, Nico & Provenzano, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 6.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the upper Ríos Orinoco and Negro. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Acestrocephalus boehlkei
|
Menezes, 1977 | Fr
| native | | | 13.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36811). | |
Characidae |
Acestrocephalus sardina
|
(Fowler, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 15.60 cm SL male/unsexed ;21.70 cm SL female | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). Type locality, Río Cinaruco, beach in front of Laguna Larga, Muñoz district, 6°33'45"N, 67°24'W, Apure State, Venezuela (Ref. 39943). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus falcatus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Restricted to black or clear water drainages; common in Rio Negro-Casiquiare drainages, including the Pasimoni, Siapa and Emoni rivers, and black water tributaries of the upper Orinoco (Ref. 52916). Further north, this species is present in Ventuari drainages; to the east, common in Río Cuyuni drainage, and the northern distribution limit is Río Morichal Largo, a relatively isolated, clear-water drainage that flows into the Orinoco delta (Ref. 52916). Sympatric with Acestrorhynchus microlepis in southern Venezuela and the Guiana shield, but appears to be absent from the western and central llanos, presumably because of intolerance of prevalent white-water conditions (Ref. 52916).
Also Ref. 12225. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus falcirostris
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr
| native | | | 45.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Common in clear and black waters of the Ilanos and upper Orinoco-Rio Negro drainages (Ref. 52916). Known from the main stem of the Orinoco in its upper and middle reaches, as well as the Rio Casiquiare; also recorded from small black or clear-water tributaries of the lower Orinoco near Rio Cuchivero (Ref. 52916). In the Ilanos, it occurs from the Capanaparo and Cinaruco rivers and Rio Aguaro and its tributaries (Ref. 52916). Also Ref. 598. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus grandoculis
|
Menezes & Géry, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | 10.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in black-water rivers, mostly with Rio Negro-Casiquiare drainages and the middle Orinoco near the Atabapo and Ventuari rivers (Ref. 52916). Also found in the Amazon, from Rio Cinaruco in western Ilanos and Rio Caura in the Guyana Shield region (Ref. 52916). | No picture yet. |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus heterolepis
|
(Cope, 1878) | Fr
| native | | | 40.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio Mavaca, Amazonas (Ref. 13118). Most abundant in Rio Negro basin, where it is found in the Rio Casiquiare and its tributaries (Ref. 52916). | No picture yet. |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus microlepis
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | | | 37.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Common in black and clear water streams and rivers, as well as lagoons and other off-channel habitats associated with whitewater rivers. Found in virtually every sub-basin of the Rio Negro, Orinoco and Cuyuni, Essequibo (Ref. 52916). The only member of the genus found in rivers draining the Andean piedmont of Venezuela (Ref. 52916). Its distribution extends eastward through the Ilanos into the Rio Morichal Largo and Rio Cuyuni; to the south, it is common in the Rio Casiquiare region and the headwaters of the Rio Orinoco (Ref. 52916). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus minimus
|
Menezes, 1969 | Fr
| native | | | 6.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only in clear and black waters in major drainages, mostly from Casiquiare region and the Capanaparo and Cinaruco rivers in the western Ilanos. Northermost records are Rio Aguaro in the central Ilanos. Also known from Caura and Caroni basins (Ref. 52916). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus nasutus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 6.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38248). Known from two specimens collected in 1989 from Caño Cuchakén, a tributary of the Río Atabapo and a single specimen sampled in 2002 from a tributary of the Río Ventuari. These records represent a significant expansion of the range of the species, originally described from the Essequibo River at Rockstone, Guyana (Ref. 52916). | |
Achiridae |
Achirus achirus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Lenguado (Spanish), Arrevés (Spanish) | | 37.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Achiridae |
Achirus novoae
|
Cervigón, 1982 | Fr
| native | Lenguado (Spanish) | | 16.80 cm TL male/unsexed | 12.7 TL | Known from the Orinoco basin, including delta (Ref. 36798). | |
Apteronotidae |
Adontosternarchus clarkae
|
Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 | Fr
| native | | | 18.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Ngero River basin (Ref. 36886). | |
Apteronotidae |
Adontosternarchus devenanzii
|
Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 | Fr
| native | | | 18.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Portuguesa and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36886). | |
Apteronotidae |
Adontosternarchus sachsi
|
(Peters, 1877) | Fr
| native | | | 32.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36886). | |
Cichlidae |
Aequidens chimantanus
|
Inger, 1956 | Fr
| endemic | Chusco (Spanish), Mochoroca (Spanish) | | 10.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Caroní River basin in Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Abácapa, west side of Chimantá-tepui, Venezuela, elev. 1300 ft. (Ref. 12965). | |
Cichlidae |
Aequidens diadema
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 11.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin in tributaries of the Orinoco River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Aequidens superomaculatum
|
Hernández-Acevedo, Machado-Allison & Lasso, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 6.52 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Aequidens superomaculatum, Estado Amazonas,
río Casiquiare - río Baria, apróx. 3 km río abajo del campamento base La Neblina (Ref. 121640). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Aequidens tetramerus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 19.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco drainage (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Doradidae |
Agamyxis albomaculatus
|
(Peters, 1877) | Fr
| native | Sierra pintada (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37054). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus inermis
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Doncella (Spanish) | | 64.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus lineatus
|
Ribeiro, Rapp Py-Daniel & Walsh, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus magoi
|
Castillo & Brull G., 1989 | Fr
| native | Doncella (Spanish) | | 18.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco basin (Ref. 37098). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus pardalis
|
Lütken, 1874 | Fr
| native | Doncella (Spanish) | | 63.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus ucayalensis
|
Castelnau, 1855 | Fr
| native | | | 35.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus vittatus
|
Steindachner, 1908 | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Triportheidae |
Agoniates anchovia
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurrence in this country not confirmed by F.C.T. Lima. | No picture yet. |
Triportheidae |
Agoniates halecinus
|
Müller & Troschel, 1845 | Fr
| native | | | 26.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 38377. | |
Doradidae |
Amblydoras bolivarensis
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1968) | Fr
| native | Sierra puyona (Spanish) | | 10.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37054). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Amblydoras gonzalezi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1968) | Fr
| native | Sierra del Caroni (Spanish) | | 9.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Ammocryptocharax elegans
|
Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976 | Fr
| native | | | 3.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Orinoco river. | |
Crenuchidae |
Ammocryptocharax minutus
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Casiquiare and the Orinoco rivers (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 37059. | |
Crenuchidae |
Ammocryptocharax vintonae
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 9.01 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Uairen river, tributary of the Caroni River, Orinoco basin (Ref. 37059). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Ammoglanis pulex
|
de Pinna & Winemiller, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 1.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río Paria Grande at bridge on road between Pto. Ayacucho and Samariapo, Estado Amazonas. Specimens collected from sand banks neat the shorelines of clearwater, slightly tea-stained streams draining the Western Guiana highlands in northern Amazonas Territory and western Estado Bolivar, Venezuela (Ref. 40443). Also Ref. 39970. | No picture yet. |
Anablepidae |
Anableps anableps
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br
| native | Cipotero escamoso (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of Pedernales channel, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 26938. | |
Anablepidae |
Anableps microlepis
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr, Br
| native | Cipotero (Spanish) | | 32.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of Pedernales channel, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 4537, 5217. | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides bondi
|
(Schultz, 1949) | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in tributary to Río Guaire, La Florida, Caracas (Ref. 36579). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides caurae
|
(Radda, 2004) | Fr
| native | | | 3.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Caura in Bolivar (Ref. 55923). Type locality, Rio Caura, 1 km from the village of El Playon towards the waterfall (Raudal Pará), 6°18'N, 64°25'W, Bolivar (Ref. 54621). | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides deltaphilus
|
(Seegers, 1983) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides hartii
|
(Boulenger, 1890) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides immaculatus
|
(Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1991) | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa parva
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 9.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 26340. | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa spinifer
|
(Valenciennes, 1848) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Anchoa (Spanish) | | 24.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Apparently common in brackish and fresh water in the Orinoco delta at Tucupita (Ref. 189). Found in mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island and Mánamo channel - Güinamorena (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 40909. | |
Engraulidae |
Anchovia surinamensis
|
(Bleeker, 1865) | Fr, Br
| native | Anchoa (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella guianensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr, Br
| native | Camiguana (Spanish) | | 11.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in the Orinoco River (Ref. 12225). Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella jamesi
|
(Jordan & Seale, 1926) | Fr
| native | | | 5.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the middle Orinoco River basin (Ref. 50628). | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella lepidentostole
|
(Fowler, 1911) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Camiguana (Spanish) | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 4.8 SL | Occurs in the Orinoco delta. Recorded 100 km from Orinoco mouth (Ref. 189). Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel and Manamito channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella manamensis
|
Cervigón, 1982 | Fr, Br
| native | Camiguana (Spanish) | | 2.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin delta (Ref. 50628). Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena (Ref. 51849). | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus amaris
|
de Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 10.34 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Ancistrus amaris: Río Las Marías, Orinoco/Apure drainage, Estado Portuguesa (Ref. 119730). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus bodenhameri
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Barbón (Spanish) | | 11.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio San Pedro at the bridge south of Mene Grande, Rio Motatan system (Ref. 6868). Found in eastern and western Maracaibo Lake tributaries (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus brevifilis
|
Eigenmann, 1920 | Fr
| endemic | Barbón (Spanish) | | 11.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Tuy River basin (Refs. 36713, 119730). Recorded from Rio Tiquirito at El Concejo (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus falconensis
|
Taphorn, Armbruster & Rodríguez-Olarte, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in the Hueque and Ricoa Rivers, small, isolated Caribbean drainages of northwest Falcón state (Western Caribbean Zoogeographic Province). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus galani
|
Pérez & Viloria, 1994 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Two specimens collected in the Río Socuy, Cueva de Los Laureles, Maracaibo Basin, Zulia State. It is possible that it occurs in other caves of the El Saman system (Ref. 41029). Also Ref. 36713. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus gymnorhynchus
|
Kner, 1854 | Fr
| native | | | 14.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Pao River basin in the Orinoco River drainage and coastal rivers of Carabobo and Yaracuy States (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus leoni
|
de Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 8.16 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Ancistrus leoni: Rio Negro, in rapids about 1 km south (downstream) of the mouth of the Casiquiare, Atabapo District, Amazonas (Ref. 119730). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus macrophthalmus
|
(Pellegrin, 1912) | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the he upper Orinoco River system from the río Cinaruco and further upstream to the río Casiquiare (Refs. 36713, 119730). | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus martini
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Zulia River basin in the Catatumbo River drainage, Lake Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus nudiceps
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Cuyuni River (Ref. 119730). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus patronus
|
de Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 8.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Ancistrus patronus: Ventuari River at mouth of Camoni creek, Orinoco River Basin. Known from upper Rio Orinoco, from the río Cinaruco upstream and the río Casiquiare (Ref. 119730). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus saudades
|
de Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 10.75 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin, upper Ventuari, upper Caura, and upper Caroni river drainages (Ref. 119730). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus triradiatus
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 9.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Valencia (Ref. 119730). | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus yutajae
|
de Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Yutaje River (Ref. 119730). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Andinoacara pulcher
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | Cocoroba (Spanish) | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River. Also Ref. 1739. | |
Doradidae |
Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus
|
(Valenciennes, 1821) | Fr
| native | Sierra ojona (Spanish) | | 32.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla rostrata
|
(Lesueur, 1817) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 152 cm TL male/unsexed ;122 cm TL female | | Also Ref. 27549, 93252, 117426. | |
Hemiodontidae |
Anodus orinocensis
|
(Steindachner, 1887) | Fr
| native | | | 27.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38289). | |
Anostomidae |
Anostomoides atrianalis
|
Pellegrin, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | | | Recorded from the Rio Orinoco (Ref. 36801). | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Anostomoides laticeps
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Anostomidae |
Anostomus ternetzi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco basin. Also Ref. 598, 36801. | |
Parodontidae |
Apareiodon gransabana
|
Starnes & Schindler, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 9.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Rio Caroni system, a mjor southern tributary to the Rio Orinoco in southeastern Venezuela (Ref. 10296). Also Ref. 38267. | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Apareiodon orinocensis
|
Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 13.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Aphanotorulus ammophilus
|
Armbruster & Page, 1996 | Fr
| native | | | 16.10 cm SL male/unsexed | 33 TL | Type locality of Aphanotorulus ammophilus, Estado Cojedes, Río San
Carlos, R. Portuguesa drainage at Caño Hondo, 2 km west of Las Vegas on the road from Las Vegas to Campo Allegre. Known from Río Orinoco drainage, mainly in the Río Apure system (Ref. 129253). | |
Characidae |
Aphyocharacidium melandetum
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| questionable | | | 3.50 cm male/unsexed | | Presence of this species in this county not confirmed (Ref. 38376). Recorded from this country (Ref. 28768). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Aphyocharax colifax
|
Taphorn & Thomerson, 1991 | Fr
| native | Aletas de sangre (Spanish) | | 5.02 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38382). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Aphyocharax yekwanae
|
Willink, Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2003 | Fr
| native | | common (usually seen) | 5.64 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from Río Caura basin upstream from Salto Pará. Most common in the lee side of islands and protected backwaters of the main river channel (Ref. 49521). | No picture yet. |
Achiridae |
Apionichthys menezesi
|
Ramos, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Caura, Orinoco basin (Ref. 49504). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma diplotaenia
|
Kullander, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 2.92 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.50 cm TL female | | Known from the Amazon River basin, in the middle Negro River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma flabellicauda
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma guttata
|
Antonio C., Kullander & Lasso A., 1989 | Fr
| endemic | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Morichal Largo River in northeastern Venezuela (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Venezuela, Estado Anzoátegui, Río Morichal Largo, close to village San Miguel, 63°22'W 8°38'N (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma helkeri
|
Schindler & Staeck, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 4.01 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the type locality in the drainage of the lower río Cuao, a tributary of the lower río Sipapo, Estado Amazonas (Ref. 94599). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma hoignei
|
Meinken, 1965 | Fr
| native | Mochoroca (Spanish) | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin, in the Portuguesa, Aracua, and lower Caura River drainages, and along the mainstream of the lower Orinoco River to Barrancas (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma hongsloi
|
Kullander, 1979 | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma inornata
|
Staeck, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Rio Maniapure and Rio Tiquire of the Orinoco basin (Ref. 55839). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma ortmanni
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 4.10 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.50 cm female | | Museum: Rio Cuyuni drainage, MHNLS 4186, 4189. | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma velifera
|
Staeck, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the middle Orinoco system (Ref. 55839). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus albifrons
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Black ghost (English) | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River. Also Ref. 4537, 12225. | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus anu
|
de Santana & Vari, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 27.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of the holotype of Apteronotus anu: 12 km south
of Machiques on way to Tokuko at the bridge, Rio Negro (Ref. 93867). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus apurensis
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 30.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Apure River basin (Ref. 36886). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus baniwa
|
de Santana & Vari, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 15.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of the holotype of Apteronotus baniwa: 147 km east-south-east of San Fernando de Atabapo, Rio Orinoco (Ref. 93867). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus cuchillejo
|
(Schultz, 1949) | Fr
| native | | | 18.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maracaibo basin (Ref. 50581) and the Catatumbo River basin (Ref. 36886). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus cuchillo
|
Schultz, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 39.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Museum: Río Socuy, 3 km above mouth, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus ferrarisi
|
de Santana & Vari, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 27.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of the holotype of Apteronotus ferrarisi: Río Yaracuy basin (Ref. 93867). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus leptorhynchus
|
(Ellis, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 26.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 26543). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus magoi
|
de Santana, Castillo & Taphorn, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Caño Bravo, Río Apure drainage, Río Orinoco basin in Barinas (Ref. 57694). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus pemon
|
de Santana & Vari, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 20.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of the holotype of Apteronotus pemon: Techiné-meru waterfall, along tributary of Río Caroni, Bolivar (Ref. 93867). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus rostratus
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 27.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Aspistor quadriscutis
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br, M
| misidentification | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from this country (Ref. 5217). Occurrence of this species in this country not verified (Ref. 39852). | |
Aspredinidae |
Aspredinichthys filamentosus
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | Riqui-riqui (Spanish) | | 21.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island (Ref. 51849). | |
Aspredinidae |
Aspredinichthys tibicen
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | Riqui-riqui (Spanish) | | 24.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Aspredinidae |
Aspredo aspredo
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br
| native | Chicharrita (Spanish) | | 38.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Asterophysus batrachus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | Bagre sapo (Spanish) | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus chotae
|
(Regan, 1904) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus frenatus
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco river (Ref. 26543). | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus orientalis
|
(Boulenger, 1903) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 37058). Found in Albireggas and Milla rivers (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus phelpsi
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Maracaibo basin. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Astronotus mikoljii
|
Lozano, Lasso-Alcalá, Bittencourt, Taphorn, Perez & Farias, 2022 | Fr
| native | Mikolji’s Oscar (English), Oscar de Mikolji (Spanish) | | 24.01 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astronotus mikoljii, Estado Apure, Pedro Camejo Municipio in a small stream (tributary of the Arauca River), Known from the lower Orinoco River basin, along the floodplain of its main channel and in the drainages of the following rivers (or sub-basins): Atabapo, Inírida, Guaviare, Vichada, Bita, Meta, Tomo, Arauca, Apure, Caura, Morichal Largo and Delta; in the Gulf of Paria basin; and, introduced in other watersheds of Venezuela such as Lago de Valencia and in reservoirs of the Mar Caribe basin (drainages of the Unare, Tuy, Coro and San Juan rivers (Isla de Margarita)(Ref. 126783). | |
Cichlidae |
Astronotus ocellatus
|
(Agassiz, 1831) | Fr
| questionable | | | 45.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River (Ref. 4537). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Characidae |
Astyanax bimaculatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 17.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Astyanax maximus
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Astyanax myersi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1950) | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax scintillans
|
Myers, 1928 | Fr
| native | | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax siapae
|
Garutti, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 9.43 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Casiquiare-Orinoco basin (Ref. 55833). | |
Characidae |
Astyanax superbus
|
Myers, 1942 | Fr
| native | | | | | Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Astyanax venezuelae
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella venezuelae
|
(Eigenmann, 1920) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Río Tapa Tapa, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Atopomesus pachyodus
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 4.30 cm male/unsexed | | Recorded from this country (Ref. 28768). Presence in this country not confirmed (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Auchenipterus ambyiacus
|
Fowler, 1915 | Fr
| native | Bagre (Spanish) | | 24.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Auchenipterus demerarae
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 10.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Cuyuni River basin (Ref. 37098). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Aulixidens eugeniae
|
Böhlke, 1952 | Fr
| native | | | 4.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus guajira
|
Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | | |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus leohoignei
|
Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Río Aroa drainage. | |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus leoni
|
Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in lowlands of Lake Maracaibo basin. | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus limnaeus
|
Schultz, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Maracaibo Lake (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus transilis
|
Myers, 1932 | Fr
| endemic | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Loricariidae |
Avalithoxus jantjae
|
(Lujan, 2008) | Fr
| native | | | 3.84 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only in the rapids that extend for a few hundred meters upstream of Tencua Falls in the headwaters of the Ventuari River, a right bank tributary of the upper Orinoco in Amazonas State (Ref. 79075). | No picture yet. |
Gobiidae |
Awaous banana
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;24.38 cm SL female | | Found in Zulia, Yaracuy, Carabobo and Distrito Federal. | |
Gobiidae |
Awaous flavus
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.62 cm SL female | | Museum: Delta Amacuro: secondary caño emptying into mouth of Caño Curiapo, NE of Curiapo, CAS 50781; Río Orinoco drainage, CAS 78680, SMF 27106; tidal mud flat on N shore of Isla Noina , USNM 233095; flooded forest and small caño on S shore of Río Orinoco, USNM 233382 (Ref. 26240). | |
Loricariidae |
Baryancistrus beggini
|
Lujan, Arce & Armbruster, 2009 | Fr
| native | Blue panaque (English), Panaque azul (Spanish), Blue-fin panaque (English), Panaque (Spanish) | | 8.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Amazonas, Río Orinoco drainage, Río Ventuari, MCNG 55351 (holotype of Baryancistrus beggini, 8.09 cm SL) (Ref. 80502). | |
Loricariidae |
Baryancistrus demantoides
|
Werneke, Sabaj Pérez, Lujan & Armbruster, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 15.05 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the rio Orinoco at its confluence with the rio Ventuari and the lower rio Ventuari upstreams intro the rio Guapuchi (Ref. 56038). | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides
|
(Güntert, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Batrochoglanis villosus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Belonidae |
Belonion dibranchodon
|
Collette, 1966 | Fr
| native | | | 4.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Atabapo, tributary of Orinoco River (Ref. 30923). Also Ref. 40653. | |
Cichlidae |
Biotodoma wavrini
|
(Gosse, 1963) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Amazon River and the Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Biotoecus dicentrarchus
|
Kullander, 1989 | Fr
| native | Rebeca (Spanish) | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Maripa, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377) | |
Hemiodontidae |
Bivibranchia fowleri
|
(Steindachner, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | 19.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38289). | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Boulengerella cuvieri
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 88.00 cm FL male/unsexed | | Found in Territorio Federal Delta Amacuro (Rio Orinoco and Laguna La Ceiba, Los Castillos de Guyana), Monagas (Rio Orinoco, Laguna Guatero near Barrancas and Laguna Las Barrancas), Guarico (Caño Los Aceites, Rio San Jose, and Santa Rita, Rio Manapire), Amazonas (Rio Orinoco, small caño connecting with Rio Orinoco immediately south of El Burro, Rio Mavaca, Rio Pamoni, side channel of Rio Ventuari, and Caño Orera), Bolivar (Rio Orinoco, Rio Caura, Caño (possibly Caño Curimo) feeding Rio Caura near confluence of Rio Caura and Rio Orinoco, Laguna Las Garzas of Rio Orinoco, San Felix, confluence of Rio Orinoco and Rio Caura, Rio Mato and Rio Cuyuni), and Apure (Rio Cinaruco basin, Caño Guaritico, Laguna Depirital in Caño Guaritico, and Rio Capanaparo). | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Boulengerella lateristriga
|
(Boulenger, 1895) | Fr
| native | Agujeta (Spanish) | | 25.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Amazonas: small caño off Urami, pools and beaches at mouth of Caño Darigua, Río Negro basin, Río Pasimoni, Caño Caripo, Río Beripamoni, Río Orinoco, Caño Monomi, Río Autana, Río Ventuari, Río Sipapo, Tití lagoon near San Fernando de Atapabo, Río Atacavi, Río Atabapo in San Fernando de Atabapo. | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Boulengerella lucius
|
(Cuvier, 1816) | Fr
| native | | | 43.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Amazonas (Río Sipapo and Caño Orera), Bolivar (Río Orinoco basin) and Apure (Laguna 2 km SW of Caño La Pica and Río Cinaruco basin). | No picture yet. |
Ctenoluciidae |
Boulengerella maculata
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | Agujeta (Spanish) | | 31.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Amazonas (Rio Mavaca, Rio Pamoni lagoon, Caño Caripo, Rio Pacia Grande, Laguna de Tití, Rio Orinoco, Mavaca, Caño Caripo, and Rio Casiquiare), Apure (Rio Claro, Rio Cinaruco basin, and Laguna 1km SE of Caño La Pica), Guarico (Rio Chimire, Rio Orinoco, Rio San Jose, and Quebrada draining into Rio Orinoco, near Paramana), and Bolivar (Rio Orinoco basin and San Pdero de Tauca, Lago Paramuto). | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Boulengerella xyrekes
|
Vari, 1995 | Fr
| native | | | 38.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Territorio Federal Delta Amacuro (Rio Orinoco), Amazonas (Departmento Rio Negro in Caño Manu, and Rio Sipapo), and Bolivar (Rio Caura). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Brachyglanis frenatus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 9.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Brachyglanis magoi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1967 | Fr
| endemic | Valentón (Spanish), Laulao (Spanish) | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Caroní River basin in Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus beebei
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Rio Caripe near Caripito, Estado monagas, Venezuela (Ref. 12965). | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus brevirostris
|
(Steindachner, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 34.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus bullocki
|
Sullivan & Hopkins, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 22.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco basin (Ref. 81045). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus diazae
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1972) | Fr
| native | | | 17.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in northwest Venezuela, from Tocuyo River to Alpargaton River, also northern Llanos of Orinoco basin (Ref. 36685). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus occidentalis
|
(Regan, 1914) | Fr
| native | | | 17.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 46312. | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus
|
(Hopkins, 1991) | Fr
| native | | | 18.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus provenzanoi
|
Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | Fr
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish) | | 9.40 cm TL male/unsexed ;11.00 cm TL female | | Found in the upper Orinoco and upper Negro (Amazonas drainage) (Ref. 116763). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus regani
|
Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | Fr, Br
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish) | | 15.60 cm TL male/unsexed ;14.10 cm TL female | | Known from Orinoco and rio Apure drainages (Ref. 116763). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus sullivani
|
Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 15.20 cm TL male/unsexed ;12.70 cm TL female | | | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr, Br
| native | Blanco pobre (Spanish) | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Manamito channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma juruense
|
(Boulenger, 1898) | Fr
| native | | | 60.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma platynema
|
Boulenger, 1898 | Fr
| native | Bagre hipi (Spanish) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from R. Apure (Ref. 40172) | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | Bagre dorado (Spanish) | | 192 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from R. Apure (Ref. 40172). | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | Valentón (Spanish) | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51847). | |
Heptapteridae |
Brachyrhamdia imitator
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Caura River basin in Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36914). Type locality, Caño de Quiribana near Caicara (Ref. 6868, 26282). | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon amazonicus
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Bocón (Spanish), Palambra (Spanish) | | 46.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 38504. | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon bicolor
|
Pellegrin, 1909 | Fr
| native | Bocón (Spanish), Palambra (Spanish) | | 11.85 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38504). | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon coquenani
|
Steindachner, 1915 | Fr
| native | Aruma (Spanish) | | 17.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Kuquenan River, upper Caroni River in Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38504). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon falcatus
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 48.90 cm SL male/unsexed ;49.50 cm SL female | | | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon pesu
|
Müller & Troschel, 1845 | Fr
| native | | | 18.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 12225. | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon polylepis
|
Mosco Morales, 1988 | Fr
| native | Palambra (Spanish), Diénton (Spanish) | | 22.37 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 38504). | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon unicolor
|
Mosco Morales, 1988 | Fr
| native | | | 34.55 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 38504). | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon whitei
|
Myers & Weitzman, 1960 | Fr
| native | Bocón (Spanish), Palambra (Spanish) | | 38.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38504). Recorded from Guanare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus alpha
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 7.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 49957. | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus charalae
|
Román-Valencia, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known only from Rio Aroa drainage in Lara (Ref. 77139). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus cinarucoense
|
Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 3.73 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Cinaruco River of the Orinoco River basin in southern Apure State (Ref. 77139). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus cismontanus
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus deuterodonoides
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River and Maracaibo Lake basins (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus lassorum
|
Román-Valencia, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Stream El Caño, 10 km from Aragua to Maturin, Rio Guarapiche-San Juan system, Golfo de Paria basin, 9°55'10"N, 63°24'53"W, Monagas State (Ref. 50838). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus macrophthalmus
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from bacia do rio Negro, bajo La boca Del Casiquiare in Raudal, Amazonas (Ref. 99308). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus motatanensis
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 4.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 38376). Type locality: Río San Juan at bridge s. of Mene Grande, Motatán system, Venezuela. | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus orinocoensis
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 2.94 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from bacia do rio Orinoco, rio arriba de La Esmeralda in Amazonas (Ref. 99308). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus singularis
|
Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 3.86 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Cinaruco River, Orinoco River basin in Apure State (Ref. 77139). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus subtilisform
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Drainage Río Caura, Río Carapo, ca. 4°10'03"N, 63°58'03"W, Río Orinoco basin, Escudo de Guayana, Bolivar State (Ref. 50838). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus yokiae
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 6.77 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Río Salado, al N.E. de Güiria, cuenca del Caribe en la Península de Paria, Estado Sucre (Ref. 49957). | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops affinis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops alburnoides
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops caudomaculatus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 12.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops colanegra
|
Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 8.78 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Río Carrao near base camp at Angel Falls, Bolivar, Venezuela. | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops colaroja
|
Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 7.79 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Cuyuní basin in the vicinity of the Venezuelan-Guyanan border (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops collettei
|
Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 7.75 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Caura and Miamo rivers, Bolivar State, and Rio Iguapo, Amazonas State. | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops disruptus
|
Machado-Allison & Chernoff, 1997 | Fr
| native | | | 6.41 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Negro River (Ref. 38376). Type locality, Pozos y Playas en la boca Caño Darigua, 7 km south of San Carlos de Río Negro, Amazonas (Ref. 46206). | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops giacopinii
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1950) | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Autana River basin in upper Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 38376). | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops humeralis
|
Machado-Allison, Chernoff & Buckup, 1996 | Fr
| native | | | 8.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Orinoco, Casiquiare, and Negro River basins (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops imitator
|
Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 7.56 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the basin of Rio Caura in Bolivar State. Recorded from the tributraries and main channels of the Caura, Erebato and Nichare rivers (Ref. 47228). | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops inpai
|
Knöppel, Junk & Géry, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Casiquiare River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops magoi
|
Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 6.95 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Anzoátegui, Río Moquete at Paso Bajito, MBUCV-V-30782 (6.4 cm SL) (Ref. 56366). | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops vibex
|
Machado-Allison, Chernoff & Buckup, 1996 | Fr
| native | | | 6.77 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Cataniapo River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus aleuropsis
|
Cope, 1870 | Fr
| native | | | 9.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus amaurus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Chilodontidae |
Caenotropus labyrinthicus
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | Cochúo (Spanish), Cabeza pa'bajo (Spanish), Conchuo (Spanish) | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed ;25.30 cm SL female | | Occurs in the Amazon and Orinoco basins (Ref. 27703). Also Ref. 37477. | |
Chilodontidae |
Caenotropus maculosus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 10.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Río Cuyuni system of eastern Venezuela (Ref. 27703). Also Ref. 37477. | No picture yet. |
Chilodontidae |
Caenotropus mestomorgmatos
|
Vari, Castro & Raredon, 1995 | Fr
| native | | | 19.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco and upper Rio Negro. (Ref. 27703). Museum: Rio Orinoco Basin, Rio Iguapo, MZUSP 43285 (Ref. 27925). Also Ref. 37477. | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Callichthys callichthys
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 21.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Callichthys serralabium
|
Lehmann A. & Reis, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 15.81 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin and in the upper reaches of the Negro River basin of the Amazon River drainage in southern Venezuela (Ref. 55482). Type locality, Laguna Tonina, 1 km upstream from La Esmeralda, upper Río Orinoco, 3°08'00"N, 65°32'00"W, La Esmeralda, Estado amazonas (Ref. 54621). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Calophysus macropterus
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Caquetaia kraussii
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | Mojarra (Spanish) | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Maracaibo basin (Ref. 12251). Introduced in the Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36377). | |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
(Valenciennes, 1839) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed ;400 cm TL female | | | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Carnegiella marthae
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 2.81 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Rios Orinoco and Negro (Ref. 39056). | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops mapale
|
Betancur-R. & Acero P., 2005 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 30.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from rio los Pajardos (Ref. 58022). | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Cathorops nuchalis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 24.47 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Catoprion mento
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr, Fi
| native | Palometa caribe (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Orinoco River. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Centromochlus musaicus
|
(Royero, 1992) | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atabapo and Autana River basins in upper Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 37098). | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus ensiferus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Robalo (Spanish) | | 36.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3713. | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus parallelus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Róbalo (Spanish) | | 72.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Cephalosilurus apurensis
|
(Mees, 1978) | Fr
| endemic | | | 29.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rio Arichuna, Apure (Ref. 6868, 39418). | |
Characidae |
Ceratobranchia joanae
|
Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1990 | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsidium minutum
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsidium morenoi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1972) | Fr
| native | | | 4.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in western tributaries of Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36486). Type locality: Río Aguaro, Estado Guárico, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsidium pemon
|
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 4.26 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from rio Caroni and rio Caura basins, southern tributaries of the rio Orinoco in eastern Venezuela (Ref. 56045). | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis coecutiens
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr
| native | Bagre ciego (Spanish) | | 27.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis motatanensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Bagre ciego (Spanish) | | 15.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río Motatán, 4 km above Motatán (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 36486. | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis orinoco
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Bagre ciego (Spanish) | | 9.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36486). Type locality, Río Torbes, 1 km above Táriba, Río Orinoco system, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
|
Miles, 1943 | Fr
| native | Bagrecito (Spanish) | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36914). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Cetopsorhamdia orinoco
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Bagrecito (Spanish) | | 5.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 6868, 36914). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Cetopsorhamdia picklei
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| endemic | Bagrecito (Spanish), Bagresito (Spanish) | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 6868, 36914). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Chaetobranchus flavescens
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 21.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;26.00 cm TL female | | Known from the Rio Apure, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma anomalum
|
Regan, 1903 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish), Charoca (Spanish) | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin, upper Chama, Capazon and Escalante River basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma dorsale
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | 8.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Apuré River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma dupouii
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1945 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Tuy River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma guairense
|
Steindachner, 1881 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 8.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Tuy and Guaire River and Lake Valencia basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma machiquense
|
Fernández-Yépez & Martín Salazar, 1953 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Negro River basin in the Lake Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma milesi
|
Fowler, 1941 | Fr
| native | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 14.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Apuré River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma nudirostre
|
Lütken, 1874 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 12.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Valencia basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma pearsei
|
Eigenmann, 1920 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Valencia and Tuy River basins (Ref. 36713). Recorded from Rio Castano at Maracay (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma sovichthys
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 7.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo, Motatán River and tributaries (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma stannii
|
Lütken, 1874 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 20.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Caribbean coastal drainages: Aroa, Tocuyo, Urama and Yaracuy River basins (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma tachiraense
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Chorrosco (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish), Panche (Spanish) | | 8.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Catatumbo River basin in the Lake Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma vasquezi
|
Lasso & Provenzano, 1998 | Fr
| endemic | | | 18.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco, Caura and Caroni River basins (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma venezuelae
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma yurubiense
|
Ceas & Page, 1996 | Fr
| endemic | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Yaracuy, Urama, and Aroa River basins (Ref. 13086). Also Ref. 36713. | No picture yet. |
Chalceidae |
Chalceus macrolepidotus
|
Cuvier, 1818 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium boavistae
|
Steindachner, 1915 | Fr
| native | | | 5.27 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Río Motatán, 4 km above Motatán, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela, USNM 121407 (holotype of Characidium voladorita) (Ref. 26282). | |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium chupa
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo and Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). | |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium declivirostre
|
Steindachner, 1915 | Fr
| native | | | 7.97 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). Type locality: Río Coquenan, trib. of Río Caroni, Venezuela. | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium longum
|
Taphorn, Montaña & Buckup, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 3.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the tributaries of blackwater rivers Capanaparo, Cinaruco, Caura and Casiquiare in Apure, Bolivar and Amazonas (Ref. 57857). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Charax apurensis
|
Lucena, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 11.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Charax condei
|
(Géry & Knöppel, 1976) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 5.38 cm SL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Charax metae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | 13.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Charax notulatus
|
Lucena, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 6.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the lower Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). Museum: tributary of Río Orinoco, Territorio Federal Delta do Amacuro, MZUSP 28659 (Ref. 27925). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus chimantanus
|
Inger, 1956 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Caroní and Carapo River basins in Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36914). Found in the Rio Abacapa on the west side of Chimanta-tepui (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus longior
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Cheirocerus abuelo
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). Type locality: Río de Los Pájaros, 3 km above Lago Maracaibo, Venezuela, 15 ft. (Ref. 6868, 26282). | |
Characidae |
Cheirodontops geayi
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37055). | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla intermedia
|
Machado-Allison, 1971 | Fr
| native | Pavón (Spanish), Pavón real (Spanish) | | 55.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 28 SL | Recorded from specimens taken from Rio Cinaruco in Apure state, and from the Rio Casiquiare (Rio Cunucuna, Rio Cataniapo), reflecting the fragmented range given by other publications; also from Rio Siapa drainage, including the lower Rio Caura (Ref. 57716). Type locality: Río Casiquiare, Amazonas Territory, Venezuela (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla nigromaculata
|
Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843 | Fr
| native | | | 26.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla ocellaris
|
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Fr, Br
| questionable | Pavón (Spanish) | | 74.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla orinocensis
|
Humboldt, 1821 | Fr
| native | Pavón (Spanish), Marichapa (Spanish), Pavón amarillo (Spanish), Pavón mariposa (Spanish), Pavón tres estrellas (Spanish) | | 61.70 cm SL male/unsexed | 28 SL | Occurs in Río Cinaruco (Río Orinoco drainage of the southern Venezuelan Ilanos) and Río Pasimoni (Río Negro-Amazonas drainage) (Ref. 27531). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla temensis
|
Humboldt, 1821 | Fr
| native | Speckled pavon (English), Pavón (Spanish), Pavón venado (Spanish) | | 99.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 33.5 TL | Occurs in Río Cinaruco (Río Orinoco drainage of the southern Venezuelan llanos) and Río Pasimoni (Río Negro-Amazonas drainage) (Ref. 27531). | |
Cichlidae |
Cichlasoma bimaculatum
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | common (usually seen) | 12.30 cm SL male/unsexed ;30.00 cm TL female | | Known from the Caroni River in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 5723, 26372. | |
Cichlidae |
Cichlasoma orinocense
|
Kullander, 1983 | Fr
| native | Mochoroca (Spanish) | | 10.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Cichlasoma taenia
|
(Bennett, 1831) | Fr
| native | Vieja (Spanish) | | 12.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Capure Island (Ref. 51849). | |
Cichlidae |
Cleithracara maronii
|
(Steindachner, 1881) | Fr
| native | | | 7.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Tetraodontidae |
Colomesus asellus
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 12.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 79673). | |
Tetraodontidae |
Colomesus psittacus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Corrotucho (Spanish) | | 29.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 13608. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Colossoma macropomum
|
(Cuvier, 1816) | Fr, Aq
| native | Cachama negra (Spanish), Cachama (Spanish), Morocoto (Spanish) | | 108 cm TL male/unsexed | 24 TL | | |
Apteronotidae |
Compsaraia compsa
|
(Mago-Leccia, 1994) | Fr
| native | | | 33.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco, Meta, and Apure River basins (Ref. 36886). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella compta
|
(Myers, 1927) | Fr
| native | | | 5.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco basin. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella eigenmanni
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the mouth of the Orinoco river. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella meinkeni
|
Zarske & Géry, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 4.54 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella metae
|
(Eigenmann, 1914) | Fr
| native | Voladorita (Spanish) | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella nattereri
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Cordylancistrus nephelion
|
Provenzano & Milani, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 12.91 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the three tributaries of the Tuy River: the Cagua River, the Mesia River (a tributary of the Guare River) and the Santa Cruz River (a tributary of the Taguaza River). Seems to occur in small rivers of the north slope of Serrania del Interior, Cordillera de La Costa (Ref. 56900). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Cordylancistrus perijae
|
Pérez & Provenzano, 1996 | Fr
| endemic | | | 12.73 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Palmar and Socuy River basins in the Lake Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Cordylancistrus torbesensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish), Panche (Spanish) | | 6.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Torbes River basin in Apure River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras aeneus
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 1672. | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras blochi
|
Nijssen, 1971 | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco drainages (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras boehlkei
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1982 | Fr
| native | | | 2.57 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Caura River basin in the Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 37395). Recorded from the Rio Cuchime, Edo Bolivar (Ref. 26041). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras bondi
|
Gosline, 1940 | Fr
| native | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Yuruari (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras brevirostris
|
Fraser-Brunner, 1947 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras concolor
|
Weitzman, 1961 | Fr
| native | | | 5.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). Recorded from the Rio Parguaza and its tributary at Las Mangas, Estado Bolivar (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras habrosus
|
Weitzman, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). Recorded from the Rio Salinas, a tributary of the Rio Pao Viejo, El Baul, Codajes (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras osteocarus
|
Böhlke, 1951 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in San Fernando de Atabapo (where the Atabapo empties into the Rio Orinoco) (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras septentrionalis
|
Gosline, 1940 | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). Found in the Rio Pina (Rio Guarapiche system) and Rio Guanipa system (Ref. 26041). | |
Characidae |
Corynopoma riisei
|
Gill, 1858 | Fr
| native | Sardinita cachete de espada (Spanish) | | 4.82 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus bolivari
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 5.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Río Orinoco basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus crenatus
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 7.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Tocuyo River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus ephippiatus
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 5.84 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Siapa River, southern tributary of Casiquiare River, upper Negro River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus gyrospilus
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 6.23 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus hildebrandi
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 6.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Maracaibo Lake basin and Gulf of Venezuela (Ref. 38376). Type locality: Río Táchira, 7 km n. of San Antonio, Catatumbo system, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus hysginus
|
Harold, Vari, Machado-Allison & Provenzano, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 5.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in rivers draining into Gulf of Paria, Estados Sucre and Monagas (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus lassoi
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 7.54 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Aroa and Yaracuy River basins, Caribbean versant drainages of north central Venezuela (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus lepidus
|
Vari, Harold, Lasso & Machado-Allison, 1993 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Aroa basin, Sierra de Aroa, Yaracuy (Ref. 26732). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus machadoi
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 4.45 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Caura River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus magoi
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 6.48 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Chaviripa and Parguaza River basins, right bank tributaries to the Orinoco River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus maracaiboensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 2.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lago Maracaibo basin. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus maxillaris
|
(Myers, 1927) | Fr
| native | | | 7.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the upper Río Negro (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus melanzonus
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Cuyuni River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus melasma
|
Vari, Harold & Taphorn, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin and Tuy and Neveri rivers of Caribbean Sea versant (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus paralacus
|
Harold & Vari, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 6.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in southern and southeastern tributaries to Lago Maracaibo (Ref. 28667). Type locality, Río Táchira, Río Catatumbo basin, 7 km north of San Antonio (Ref. 26282). | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus phasma
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Casiquiare canal. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus provenzanoi
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 5.76 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Cataniapo River basin, right bank tributary of the Orinoco River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus runa
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 6.27 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Negro River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus taphorni
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 7.41 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Piedmont streams of north central Venezuela, east of Andean Cordilleras, largely in Orinoco River and Tuy River basins of Caribbean versant (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus veruina
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 4.47 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Cataniapo River basin, east bank tributary of middle Orinoco River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus vexillapinnus
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 5.04 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus xiphos
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 2.77 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Mato River in the Caura River basin, Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus zephyrus
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 3.98 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Negro River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla frenata
|
Gill, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 11.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in northeastern Venezuela (Ref. 36377). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla geayi
|
Pellegrin, 1903 | Fr
| endemic | | | 18.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin, in the Portuguesa River basin (Ref. 36377). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla johanna
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 28.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla saxatilis
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla sveni
|
Ploeg, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla zebrina
|
Montaña, López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 26.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Crenuchus spilurus
|
Günther, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Crossoloricaria venezuelae
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish), Tabla (Spanish) | | 18.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Palmar at the bridge about 70 km SW of Maracaibo (Ref. 6868). | |
Characidae |
Ctenobrycon oliverai
|
Benine, Lopes & Ron, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the rio Orinoco drainage and its main tributary, rio Apure (Ref. 85787). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Ctenobrycon spilurus
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | Bobita (Spanish) | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Gobiidae |
Ctenogobius claytonii
|
(Meek, 1902) | Fr
| native | | | 5.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 2054. | No picture yet. |
Gobiidae |
Ctenogobius shufeldti
|
(Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Ctenolucius hujeta
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | Agujeta (Spanish) | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Zulia: rivers of Lago Maracaibo basin, Río Motatán system, Río Machango, Río Negro, Río Palmar, Lago Tulé, Río Apón, Ciénega del Guanavana, Cienega Gran Eneal, Rio Socuy, Caño 0.75 km E of Sinamaica, Lago de Maracaiba, flooded area 0.8 km NW of intersection of road to Tule and road to Cuatro Bocas at Los Veras, Hacienda El Tigre, Rio Guaco in Distrito Perija, Río Limon, Río Cachiri, and Carrasquero, Centro Agropecuiario "Don Bosco", laguna de cultivo. | |
Curimatidae |
Curimata cerasina
|
Vari, 1984 | Fr
| endemic | Bocochica (Spanish), Bocachico (Spanish) | | 16.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from central and western portions of Río Orinoco drainage basin (Ref. 34109). Also Ref. 26629. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Curimata cyprinoides
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Bocachico (Spanish) | | 23.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the delta region of the Orinoco River (Ref. 12225); Guanipa river - Venado channel and Manamito channel (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 26629. | |
Curimatidae |
Curimata incompta
|
Vari, 1984 | Fr
| endemic | | | 16.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 26629). Also Ref. 34109. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Curimata ocellata
|
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 | Fr
| native | | | 22.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 26629, 38013). Also Ref. 34109. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Curimata roseni
|
Vari, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 19.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 34109) and upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38013). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Curimata vittata
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 19.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 26629, 38013). Also Ref. 34109. | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatella dorsalis
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | Fr
| native | | | 14.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Orinoco (Ref. 28798). | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatella immaculata
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 18.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 28798, 38013). | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatopsis macrolepis
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cynodontidae |
Cynodon gibbus
|
(Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Payara chata (Spanish), Payarín (Spanish) | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | 18.7 TL | | |
Cynodontidae |
Cynodon septenarius
|
Toledo-Piza, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 31.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38270). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Cynopotamus bipunctatus
|
Pellegrin, 1909 | Fr
| native | Dientón (Spanish), Jibao (Spanish) | | 17.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Cynopotamus venezuelae
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 23.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion acoupa
|
(Lacepède, 1801) | Fr, Br, M, Fi, B
| native | Curvina (Spanish) | | 110 cm TL male/unsexed | 53 TL | Known from the Gulf of Venezuela, Maracaibo Lake, the Anzoátegui coast, the Paria Gulf, Orinoco delta and the Guiana region (Ref. 9626). Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Used as bait for Gobioides broussonetti (Ref. 9626). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax abramoides
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 21.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Territorio Federal Amazonas; collected from Rio Negro and Caño Casiquiare and tributaries (Ref. 11334). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax aspilos
|
Vari, 1992 | Fr
| native | Bocachico (Spanish) | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from tributaries to Lago Maracaibo. Museum: Estación Centro Adistramiento Don Bosco, Carrasguero, Zulia, Venezuela, MBUCV V-13286 (holotype of C. aspilos) (Ref. 11334, 26282). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax festivus
|
Vari, 1992 | Fr
| native | | | 16.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Bolivar, Monagas, and Territorio Federal Amazonas (Ref. 11334). Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38013). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax helleri
|
(Steindachner, 1910) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Cuyuni River basin (Ref. 38013). Museum: Bolivar: Caño Guanarapero, between Guassipati and Villa Lola, MBUCV V-10319, V-10131. Caño Caballape, near Tumereno, MBUCV V-10106. Rio Cuyuni, Isla Jacobo, near Raudal de Kinotovaca, USNM 295589, 308903 (Ref. 11334). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax leucostictus
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | Fr
| native | | | 15.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Territorio Federal Amazonas. Museum: Rio Negro, rapids below the mouth of the Rio Casiquiare, approx. 10 km N of San Carlos de Rio Negro, MBUCV V-11364. Caño Darigua, tributary of Rio Negro entering Rio Negro on the left bank, MBUCV V-11238. Headwaters of Rio Atabapo, MBUCV V-7176, V-7175 (Ref. 11334). Also Ref. 38013. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax magdalenae
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | | | 27.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from the Lago de Maracaibo basin (Ref. 26543). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax meniscaprorus
|
Vari, 1992 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Aro River of the Orinoco basin (Ref. 38013). Museum: Río Aro, about 3 km downstream from bridge at Rt. 19, about 85 km from Ciudad Bolívar, MBUCV V-20333; MBUCV V-20334 and USNM 235484 (paratypes) (Ref. 11334). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax multilineatus
|
(Myers, 1927) | Fr
| native | | | 10.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Territorio Federal Amazonas (Ref. 11334). Known from the upper Negro and upper Orinoco rivers (Ref. 38013). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax oenas
|
Vari, 1992 | Fr
| native | | | 4.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in central and eastern portions of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38013). Known from the fresh water of Territorio Federal Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Bolivar, and Guarico states. Museum: Secondary caño off Caño Paloma, 92 nautical miles from the sea buoy, MBUCV V-20336 (holotype, 4.41 cm SL); USNM 235485, MBUCV V-20337 (paratypes) (Ref. 11334). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax spilurus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 10.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the fresh water of Bolivar, Territorio Federal Amazonas, and Guarico (Ref. 11334). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Cyprinodontidae |
Cyprinodon dearborni
|
Meek, 1909 | Fr
| native | Petotica (Spanish) | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr
| introduced | | | 120 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Mugilidae |
Dajaus monticola
|
(Bancroft, 1834) | Fr
| native | | | 36.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 7251, 79012. | |
Loricariidae |
Dekeyseria niveata
|
(La Monte, 1929) | Fr
| endemic | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Dekeyseria pulchra
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| native | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Canal Casiquiare basin (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Dentectus barbarmatus
|
Martín Salazar, Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1982 | Fr
| native | | | 13.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in western Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). Known from Río Salinas, a trib. of the Río Pao Viejo, northeast of El Baul, 9°13'N, 68°07'W, Estado Cojedes (Ref. 6868). | |
Cetopsidae |
Denticetopsis praecox
|
(Ferraris & Brown, 1991) | Fr
| native | | | 5.29 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Negro River basin (Ref. 36486). Type locality, Neblina base camp, Río Mawarinuma, Río Baria drainage, Terr. Fed. Amazonas, s. Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Denticetopsis royeroi
|
Ferraris, 1996 | Fr
| native | | | 1.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Negro River basin (Ref. 36486). Type locality, Caño Chola at crossing of San Carlos de R. Negro to Solano Rd., 1°58'N, 67°00'W, Amazonas (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Denticetopsis sauli
|
Ferraris, 1996 | Fr
| native | | | 2.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found around the mouth of Pamoni River (Ref. 36486). Type locality, outflow stream from series of morichales, ca. 5 km from mouth of Río Pamoni, Amazonas (Ref. 26282). | |
Cichlidae |
Dicrossus filamentosus
|
(Ladiges, 1958) | Fr
| native | | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Sternopygidae |
Distocyclus conirostris
|
(Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 39524) and Orinoco River basin (Ref. 96854). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Dolichancistrus cobrensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish), Panche (Spanish) | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Catatumbo River basin in Lake Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 26543. | |
Doradidae |
Doraops zuloagai
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Sierra malarmo (Spanish), Sierra mariano (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 6868). | |
Doradidae |
Doras carinatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Dormitator maculatus
|
(Bloch, 1792) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 70.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Duopalatinus peruanus
|
Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Dupouyichthys sapito
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Rio Guasare at El Paso, Estado Zulia (Ref. 6868). Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36695). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Duringlanis romani
|
(Mees, 1988) | Fr
| native | | | 3.27 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 37098). | |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia goajira
|
Schultz, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 49.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 39524). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia humboldtii
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | | | 48.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia limbata
|
(Schreiner & Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) | Fr
| native | | | 48.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia nigra
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 47.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio Negro basin and Rio Casiquiare (Ref. 39524). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia sayona
|
Peixoto & Waltz, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of the holotype of Eigenmannia sayona: Río Orinoco basin, río Parguaza, Cedeño (Ref. 128865). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia virescens
|
(Valenciennes, 1836) | Fr
| native | | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 26543). | |
Crenuchidae |
Elachocharax geryi
|
Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978 | Fr
| native | | | 1.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Orinoco river (Ref. 13683). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Elachocharax mitopterus
|
Weitzman, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 1.39 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Caño Chola, Río Negro, Amazonas, about 1°58'N, 67°00'W, MBUCV V-15271 (holotype, 1.38 cm SL) (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 37059. | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Elachocharax pulcher
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 2.21 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Casiquiare, Orinoco and Negro rivers. Museum: Caño de Quiribana, near Caicara, CAS 44250 (originally IU 17676) (holotype, 1.6 cm SL) (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 598. | |
Gymnotidae |
Electrophorus electricus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| questionable | | | 250 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36692). Part of Guiana Shield but needs further confirmation (Ref. 120918). | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris amblyopsis
|
(Cope, 1871) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from numerous rivers on the north coast; also found in brackish waters and laguna de La Restinga, Margarita I., a hypersaline lagoon. | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris pisonis
|
(Gmelin, 1789) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Has been recorded from rivers as well as hypersaline lagoons. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Entomocorus gameroi
|
Mago-Leccia, 1984 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Apure River basin in Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 37098). Type locality, mouth of Rio Apurito in the Apure River, near San Fernando de Apure, Guácico, MBUCV V-13808 (Ref. 6868, 57707). | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Epapterus blohmi
|
Vari, Jewett, Taphorn & Gilbert, 1984 | Fr
| native | | | 8.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Laguna Los Guácimos, Orinoco basin in Guarico (Ref. 6868), other portions of the Rio Orinoco basin and Rio Tuy (Ref. 28844). | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Ernstichthys anduzei
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1953 | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36695). Occurs in Rio Bocono at La Veguita, Estado Barinas (Ref. 6868). | |
Erythrinidae |
Erythrinus erythrinus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | Guabina (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gerreidae |
Eugerres plumieri
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Mojarra (Spanish) | common (usually seen) | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found regularly within littoral lagoons (Ref. 9626). Museum: Lake Maracaibo, USNM 121721 (holotype of Eugerres awlae) (Ref. 33568). | |
Gobiidae |
Evorthodus lyricus
|
(Girard, 1858) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Exallodontus aguanai
|
Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Río Orinoco near Los Castillos, Territorio Federal, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela, 8°32'N, 62°23'W, 20-30 m (Ref. 26282). | |
Loricariidae |
Exastilithoxus fimbriatus
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Caroni and Matacuni River basins in the Orinoco drainage (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella acus
|
(Kner, 1853) | Fr
| native | Agujeta (Spanish), Aguja (Spanish) | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Lake Valencia and Torito River basins (Ref. 36389). Type locality, Caracas (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella curtirostra
|
Myers, 1942 | Fr
| native | Agujeta (Spanish), Aguja (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Kown from the Lake Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella mariaelenae
|
Martín Salazar, 1964 | Fr
| native | Agujeta (Spanish), Aguja (Spanish) | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella martini
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1972 | Fr
| native | | | 19.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella odontotumulus
|
Retzer & Page, 1997 | Fr
| native | | | 17.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Mavaca River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella oxyrryncha
|
(Kner, 1853) | Fr
| native | | | 23.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella taphorni
|
Retzer & Page, 1997 | Fr
| endemic | | | 13.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Torondoy River basin, Maracaibo Lake drainage (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella venezuelensis
|
Martín Salazar, 1964 | Fr
| native | Aguja (Spanish), Agujeta (Spanish) | | 19.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Guaripiche River basin, lower Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella vittata
|
Myers, 1942 | Fr
| native | Agujeta (Spanish), Aguja (Spanish) | | 22.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Fluviphylacidae |
Fluviphylax pygmaeus
|
(Myers & Carvalho, 1955) | Fr
| native | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50894). Also Ref. 27139. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Fonchiiichthys rupestris
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish), Tabla (Spanish) | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lago de Maracaibo basin (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Gasteropelecus sternicla
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 3.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Gelanoglanis nanonocticolus
|
Soares-Porto, Walsh, Nico & Netto, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 2.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Asisa, a blackwater stream draining the southwestern slopes of the Parú massif in northeastern Amazonas State. The Rio Asisa feeds into the whitewater Rio Paru, a major southeastern tributary of the Rio Ventuari, upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 32901). | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Gelanoglanis stroudi
|
Böhlke, 1980 | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Apure and Rio Masparro (Ref. 37098). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus abalios
|
López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orinoco and Casiquiare drainages in Amazonas State (Ref. 52005). | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus dicrozoster
|
López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from black water tributaries of the Orinoco as well as Casiquiare and headwaters of the Rio Negro (Ref. 52005). | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus gottwaldi
|
Schindler & Staeck, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 19.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, lower río Sipapo at the Raudal Caldero, Estado Amazonas, MTD F 30394 (holotype of Geophagus gottwaldi, 19.8 SL, adult male). Appears to be restricted to the upper río Orinoco and its tributaries in southwestern part of the country, collected only in the lower río Sipapo and the lower río Atabapo (Ref. 78437). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus grammepareius
|
Kullander & Taphorn, 1992 | Fr
| endemic | | | 10.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin in the upper Caura and lower Caroní River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Caroní drainage, middle Río Claro in Vuelta El Susto, 7°40'40"N, 63°08'05"W, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Ref. 12965).. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus steindachneri
|
Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | 19.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Lago de Maracaibo basin, only in the upper reaches of the Guasare and Socuy rivers (Ref. 26543). Also found in the Limón River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus taeniopareius
|
Kullander & Royero, 1992 | Fr
| endemic | | | 14.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin in the lower Caura River and along the middle and upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Orinoco, Raudales d Ature, e. shore, 5°36'N, 67°37'W, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela (Ref. 12251). | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus winemilleri
|
López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the lower Casiquiare drainage and headwaters of the Rio Negro in southern Venezuela. | |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 4.19 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the tributary to Magdalena River near Honda. Also known from the Cauca and San Jorge River basins (Ref. 38597). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax valencia
|
Eigenmann, 1920 | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 4.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Valencia Lake tributaries and Guarico River basin (Ref. 38587). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax venezuelae
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 4.14 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the tributaries of Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Río San Juan at the bridge south of Mene Grande, Motatán system, Venezuela (Ref. 26543). | |
Gerreidae |
Gerres cinereus
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Muñama blanca (Spanish) | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Common along continental and insular coasts, especially in protected sandy beaches of oceanic islands (Ref. 9626). No commercial importance (Ref. 9626). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Gilbertolus alatus
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | | | 14.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the basin of Lago Maracaibo. Also Ref. 38270. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Gilbertolus maracaiboensis
|
Schultz, 1943 | Fr
| native | Jibao (Spanish), Muelona (Spanish), Mueluda (Spanish) | | 13.03 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lago Maracaibo basin (Ref. 33012). Type locality: in a caño half mi. west of Sinamaica, Estado de Zulia, Venezuela (holotype) (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 26543, 38270. | |
Heptapteridae |
Gladioglanis machadoi
|
Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989 | Fr
| native | Bagre (Spanish) | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Upper Río Negro, Río Casiquiare and Río Orinoco system. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Glanapteryx anguilla
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 6.14 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Gnathocharax steindachneri
|
Fowler, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). Also Ref. 598. | |
Anostomidae |
Gnathodolus bidens
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | | | Recorded from the Orinoco and Casiquiare rivers (Ref. 36801). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Gobiesocidae |
Gobiesox cephalus
|
Lacepède, 1800 | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36880. | |
Eleotridae |
Gobiomorus dormitor
|
Lacepède, 1800 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 90.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from coastal lagoons in Unare and Píritu. | |
Gobiidae |
Gobiosoma schultzi
|
(Ginsburg, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Lake Maracaibo (Ref. 26938). Type locality: Maracaibo Lake, 7 km south of Maracaibo City (Ref. 46206). | |
Heptapteridae |
Goeldiella eques
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 28.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Eleotridae |
Guavina guavina
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Guavina de mar (Spanish), Guabina de mar (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Guanipa river - Venado channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Cichlidae |
Guianacara cuyunii
|
López-Fernández, Taphorn Baechle & Kullander, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 7.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | Knownn only from the upper Cuyuní River drainage. Most collections come from the roadside near the Anacoco Island on the Cuyuní main channel and from small tributaries, especially the Venamo, Botanamo, and Yuruarí (Ref. 57436). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Guianacara stergiosi
|
López-Fernández, Taphorn Baechle & Kullander, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 7.97 cm SL male/unsexed | | Restricted to clear and blackwater tributaries in the country's part of the Guiana Shield. It is most abundant in the Caroní River drainage, with most samples coming from the Claro and the Paragua rivers. It was found to be apparently absent from the lower Caura drainage (Ref. 57436). | |
Characidae |
Gymnocorymbus bondi
|
(Fowler, 1911) | Fr
| native | Bobita (Spanish) | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Gymnorhamphichthys bogardusae
|
Lundberg, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 86697). | No picture yet. |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Gymnorhamphichthys hypostomus
|
Ellis, 1912 | Fr
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish) | | 21.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni
|
(Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Gymnotichthys hildae
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | 7.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus carapo
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr
| native | | | 76.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 4537. | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus cataniapo
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 31.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus pedanopterus
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 28.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in southern part of Venezuela, including State of Amazonas and south of Apure (Ref. 36692). | No picture yet. |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus stenoleucus
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 14.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Haemomaster venezuelae
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Santa Barbara, Orinoco, Venezuela (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Harttia merevari
|
Provenzano, Machado-Allison, Chernoff, Willink & Petry, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Caura River of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 56912). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Hassar orestis
|
(Steindachner, 1875) | Fr
| native | Sierra barbona (Spanish) | | 29.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cetopsidae |
Helogenes marmoratus
|
Günther, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Upper Río Orinoco and Río Negro. | |
Cetopsidae |
Helogenes uruyensis
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1967 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Río Uruyén, which flows from the southeast of Auyantepui in Guayana. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hemiancistrus guahiborum
|
Werneke, Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 56906). | |
Loricariidae |
Hemiancistrus subviridis
|
Werneke, Sabaj Pérez, Lujan & Armbruster, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 14.95 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in rio the Orinoco upstream of Atures rapids to rio Iguapa, the rio Ventuari, and the rio Casiquiare upstream of the rio Siapa (Ref. 56038). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon jabonero
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 38376. | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon metae
|
Myers, 1930 | Fr
| native | | | 7.97 cm SL male/unsexed ;9.31 cm SL female | | Known from río Orinoco basin and Caribbean coastal basins of Venezuela (Ref. 85819). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus analis
|
Durbin, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Apure River basin, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus barrigonae
|
Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 | Fr
| native | Sardinita dos líneas (Spanish) | | 4.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus elegans
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus lunatus
|
Durbin, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 4.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper río Orinoco and río Caura (Ref. 96864). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus marginatus
|
Ellis, 1911 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus micropterus
|
Meek, 1907 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Los Castillos (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus microstomus
|
Durbin, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus mimus
|
Böhlke, 1955 | Fr
| native | | | 2.83 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus newboldi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1949) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 38376. | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus schmardae
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | | | 5.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus stictus
|
(Durbin, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 4.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus taphorni
|
Benine & Lopes, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 4.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Caura, a tributary of Rio Orinoco (Ref. 72397). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus unilineatus
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 5.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 12225. | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus argenteus
|
Pellegrin, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 23.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rio Orinoco (Ref. 598). Also Ref. 38289. | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus gracilis
|
Günther, 1864 | Fr
| native | | | 16.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus immaculatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 24.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38289). | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus microlepis
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 23.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38289). | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus semitaeniatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38289). | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus thayeria
|
Böhlke, 1955 | Fr
| native | | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 61.00 cm TL female | | Known from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Henonemus triacanthopomus
|
DoNascimiento & Provenzano, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 9.44 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, beach at Caño Macareo, Estado Delta Amacuro, MBUCV-V 29526 (holotype of Henonemus triacanthopomus, 8.2 cm SL). Known from Apure and Arauca Rivers and in Caño Macareo in the Orinoco Delta, but distribution could probably be through the entire middle and lower reaches of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 57442). | |
Cichlidae |
Heros liberifer
|
Staeck & Schindler, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 16.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the basin of the upper and middle Rio Orinoco. Collected from the the following localities: Banjo of Aripao, southeast of Maripa, drainage of the Rio Caura, a tributary of the middle Rio Orinoco; lower Rio Casiquiare near the village of El Niñal at the mouth of the Rio Pasimoni; Laguna Piranha (type locality) on the right bank of the upper Rio Manapiare (tributary to upper Rio Ventuari) a few kilometres downstream from the town of San Juan de Manapiare; lower Rio Atabapo; drainage of the lower Rio Autana; and Pozo Azul some kilometres north of Puerto Ayacucho (Ref. 114589). | |
Cichlidae |
Heros severus
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36377). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Heterocharax leptogrammus
|
Toledo-Piza, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 3.39 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from the Amazonas (Caño Caripo) and Apure (Laguna Larga, río Cinaruco) (Ref. 38319). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Heterocharax macrolepis
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 4.75 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36811, 38319. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Heterocharax virgulatus
|
Toledo-Piza, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 4.14 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). | |
Cichlidae |
Hoplarchus psittacus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 32.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Guabina (Spanish) | | 28.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37025). | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias aimara
|
(Valenciennes, 1847) | Fr
| native | Haimura (Not specified), Aimara (Spanish) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias curupira
|
Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 29.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco, near the río Casiquiare (Ref. 81195). | No picture yet. |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias macrophthalmus
|
(Pellegrin, 1907) | Fr
| native | Aimara (Spanish) | | 100.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37025). | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias malabaricus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | Guabina (Spanish) | | 65.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias teres
|
(Valenciennes, 1847) | Fr
| native | Guavina (Spanish) | | 15.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 37025). | No picture yet. |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Hoplocharax goethei
|
Géry, 1966 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Possibly a misidentification. | |
Aspredinidae |
Hoplomyzon atrizona
|
Myers, 1942 | Fr
| native | | | 2.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36695). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Aspredinidae |
Hoplomyzon cardosoi
|
Carvalho, Reis & Friel, 2017 | Fr
| endemic | | | 1.85 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Hoplomyzon cardosoi: Hacienda San Jose, Caño La Raya tributary to Río Escalante, Colon, Zulia. Endemic to the Maracaibo Basin (Ref. 128006). | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Hoplomyzon papillatus
|
Stewart, 1985 | Fr
| native | | | 1.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Hoplomyzon sexpapilostoma
|
Taphorn & Marrero, 1990 | Fr
| native | | | 3.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36695). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Hoplosternum littorale
|
(Hancock, 1828) | Fr
| native | | | 26.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Hoplosternum magdalenae
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Lago Maracaibo basin (Ref. 26144). | |
Cynodontidae |
Hydrolycus armatus
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | Payara (Spanish) | | 89.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cynodontidae |
Hydrolycus scomberoides
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr
| questionable | Payara (Spanish) | | 117 cm TL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification (occurrence in this country not confirmed by M.Toledo-Piza). Found in the Guri Reservoir (Ref. 50630). | |
Cynodontidae |
Hydrolycus tatauaia
|
Toledo-Piza, Menezes & Santos, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 59.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cynodontidae |
Hydrolycus wallacei
|
Toledo-Piza, Menezes & Santos, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 36.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38270). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypancistrus contradens
|
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Río Orinoco in southern Venezuela (Ref. 57950). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypancistrus debilittera
|
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Río Orinoco in southern Venezuela (Ref. 57950). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypancistrus furunculus
|
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Río Orinoco in southern Venezuela (Ref. 57950). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypancistrus inspector
|
Armbruster, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 12.59 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, río Negro-río Amazonas drainage, río Casiquiare, Dpto. Casiquiare, Amazonas. Known from the upper río Negro drainages, Amazonas (Ref. 41483). Also Ref. 36713. | |
Loricariidae |
Hypancistrus lunaorum
|
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Río Orinoco in southern Venezuela (Ref. 57950). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon albolineatus
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | 2.58 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rio Autana, Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon epicharis
|
Weitzman & Palmer, 1997 | Fr
| native | | | 3.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Cerro de la Neblina, on the southern most border of the country with Brazil. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon fernandezi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1972 | Fr
| native | | | 3.66 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Yaracuy River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 96858. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon hildae
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | 1.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Autana River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon metae
|
Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon otrynus
|
Benine & Lopes, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 3.38 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from tributaries of the río Portuguesa, río Orinoco drainage (Ref. 75593). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon paucilepis
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 2.85 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only in the type locality ( Los Quediches Reservoir) and small adjacent drainages in Lara state, northern Venezuela (Ref. 79635). | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon rheophilus
|
Ohara, Teixeira, Albornoz-Garzón, Mirande & Lima, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 4.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon sovichthys
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 38376). Type locality: Ciénaga del Guanavana, about 10 km north of Sinamaica, Maricaibo basin, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon tuyensis
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 3.13 cm SL male/unsexed | | Konly from the type locality, the Tuy River drainage of northern Venezuela. Its conservation status is probably critical due to influx of domestic sewage that has caused severe eutrophication in the habitat of this species (Ref. 79635). | |
Achiridae |
Hypoclinemus mentalis
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | Lenguado (Spanish) | | 21.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Hypophthalmus edentatus
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 57.50 cm TL male/unsexed | 26 TL | | |
Pimelodidae |
Hypophthalmus fimbriatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 46.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Hypophthalmus marginatus
|
Valenciennes, 1840 | Fr
| native | Bagre paisano (Spanish) | | 56.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in mouth of Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma gulare
|
Cope, 1878 | Fr
| native | | | 13.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36885). | |
Hypopomidae |
Hypopygus lepturus
|
Hoedeman, 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Widespread in the Orinoco River (Ref. 12225). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Hypopygus minissimus
|
de Santana & Crampton, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Hypopygus neblinae
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 12.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Hemiramphidae |
Hyporhamphus brederi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 40614). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus hemicochliodon
|
Armbruster, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 36.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Rio Negro drainage (middle Rio Amazonas drainage) and the upper Rio Orinoco drainage (Ref. 50589). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus hondae
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus maracaiboensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| endemic | | | 28.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 26543. | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus pagei
|
Armbruster, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 18.92 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Aroa, Rio Tocuyo and Rio Yaracuy basins, short rivers that drain directly into the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 50589). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus pospisili
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Rio Palmar near Totuma, about 100 km, southwest of Maracaibo (Ref. 36817). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus rhantos
|
Armbruster, Tansey & Lujan, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 19.58 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus sculpodon
|
Armbruster, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 26.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Rio Negro and the upper Rio Orinoco basins (Ref. 50589). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus taphorni
|
(Lilyestrom, 1984) | Fr
| native | | | 22.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Hypselecara coryphaenoides
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Aguaro River basin and the tributaries of the upper Orinoco River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Hypselecara temporalis
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence of the species in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Iguanodectidae |
Iguanodectes adujai
|
Géry, 1970 | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38383). | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Iguanodectes geisleri
|
Géry, 1970 | Fr
| native | | | 5.52 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38383). | |
Iguanodectidae |
Iguanodectes spilurus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 10.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis nemacheir
|
(Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916) | Fr
| native | Bagrecito (Spanish), Bagresito (Spanish) | | 9.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River and Lake of Maracaibo basins. | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis pristos
|
Mees & Cala, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis pseudonemacheir
|
Mees & Cala, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Loricariidae |
Isorineloricaria acuarius
|
Ray & Armbruster, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 20.84 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Isorineloricaria acuarius, Rio Portuguesa, 3 km northeast of El Barriero, Portuguesa. Currently found only in the Apure River and middle Orinoco rivers and their tributaries; with one specimen caught from the main stem Orinoco River, just downstream of the mouth of the Apure (Ref. 129253). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Isorineloricaria villarsi
|
(Lütken, 1874) | Fr
| native | | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of of Plecostomus villarsi, Caracas. Known from northwestern Venezuela and restricted in Maracaibo basin (Ref. 129253). Also Ref. 6868, 36817. | |
Mugilidae |
Joturus pichardi
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br
| questionable | | | 61.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs further confirmation. | |
Characidae |
Jupiaba abramoides
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River (Ref. 12225). | |
Characidae |
Jupiaba anterior
|
(Eigenmann, 1908) | Fr
| questionable | | | 11.13 cm SL male/unsexed | | Not in Ref. 38376, occurrence needs verification. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Jupiaba scologaster
|
(Weitzman & Vari, 1986) | Fr
| native | | | 3.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Caño Manu, Río Negro, Amazonas, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Knodus meridae
|
Eigenmann, 1911 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Rivulidae |
Kryptolebias marmoratus
|
(Poey, 1880) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Kryptolebias ocellatus
|
(Hensel, 1868) | Fr, Br
| native | Sardinita (Spanish) | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in mouth of Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island and Guanipa river - Venado channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Anostomidae |
Laemolyta fernandezi
|
Myers, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36801). Also Ref. 80799. | |
Anostomidae |
Laemolyta orinocensis
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | | | 16.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36801). | |
Anostomidae |
Laemolyta taeniata
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | Mije (Spanish) | | 28.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 36801). | |
Cichlidae |
Laetacara fulvipinnis
|
Staeck & Schindler, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 7.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in several localities in the drainage of the upper and middle rio Orinoco, the rio Casiquiare and the upper and middle rio Negro (Ref. 58749). | |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion gransabanae
|
(Lasso, Taphorn & Thomerson, 1992) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 26072, 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion lyricauda
|
(Thomerson, Berkenkamp & Taphorn, 1991) | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36579). Found only in Rio Caroni, probably widely distributed in the upper basin: from Arekuna on the Rio Caroni itself, in the vicinity of Canaima on the lower Rio Carrao, and upper Rio Carro tributaries on the other (south) side of Auyantepuy (Ref. 26751). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion nicoi
|
(Thomerson & Taphorn, 1992) | Fr
| native | | | 3.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Orinoco drainage (Ref. 26619). Also Ref. 27139, 36579. | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion sape
|
(Lasso-Alcalá, Taphorn, Lasso & León-Mata, 2006) | Fr
| native | | | | | Knonw from the upper Paragua River, Caroni River drainage of the Guyana Shield (Ref. 57644). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion staecki
|
(Schindler & Valdesalici, 2011) | Fr
| native | | | 2.89 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the type locality, a pond in Rio Negro basin, about 20 km
south of San Carlos de Rio Negro at the village Darigua in Amazonas (Ref. 87326). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion tecminae
|
(Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1992) | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Loricariidae |
Lamontichthys llanero
|
Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984 | Fr
| native | | | 20.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Guanare Viejo River, Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Lamontichthys maracaibero
|
Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984 | Fr
| native | | | 18.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lago de Maracaibo basin (Ref. 26543). | |
Loricariidae |
Lasiancistrus guacharote
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 11.95 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type localities: locality given as Porto Rico, but most likely from the lago Maracaibo basin, MNHN A-9567 (holotype of Hypostomus guacharote, 8.47 cm SL); río Socuy, 3 km above mouth, USNM 121038 (holotype of Lasiancistrus maracaiboensis, 11.95 cm SL); locality given Caracas but could be anywhere in Venezuela, NMW 44200 (holotype of Ancistrus mystacinus, 6.56 cm SL) (Ref. 56920). Also Ref. 6868, 36713. | |
Loricariidae |
Lasiancistrus tentaculatus
|
Armbruster, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 14.76 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 56920). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina provenzanoi
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 12.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Aponwao River basin, Gran Sabana (Ref. 37104). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina taphorni
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Río Caura, Estado Bolóvar (Ref. 85815). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina uruyensis
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1967 | Fr
| native | Carpa criolla (Spanish) | | 14.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Caroni River, western Gran Sabana (Ref. 37104). Type locality: middle Uruyén R., Auyantepui, Guyana highlands, Venezuela (Ref. 33021). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina yepezi
|
Netto-Ferreira, Oyakawa, Zuanon & Nolasco, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 15.29 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper rio Orinoco drainage, upstream of La Esmeralda, Amazonas State (Ref. 88953). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina yuruaniensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Yuruani River basin in Gran Sabana (Ref. 37104). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Leiarius marmoratus
|
(Gill, 1870) | Fr
| native | | | 100.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Leiarius pictus
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 60.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Lepidosirenidae |
Lepidosiren paradoxa
|
Fitzinger, 1837 | Fr
| native | | | 125 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Centrarchidae |
Lepomis gibbosus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| introduced | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Centrarchidae |
Lepomis macrochirus
|
Rafinesque, 1819 | Fr
| introduced | | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Leporacanthicus galaxias
|
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 21.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Ventuari River basin in the upper Orinoco drainage (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Leporacanthicus triactis
|
Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico, 1992 | Fr
| native | | | 24.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36713). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus affinis
|
Günther, 1864 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon basin (Ref. 36801). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus agassizii
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 23.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36801). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus alternus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | | | Also Ref. 36801. | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus arcus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus arimaspi
|
Burns, Frable & Sidlauskas, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 18.95 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found throughout the Río Orinoco drainage, including the ríos Caura, Pamoni, Casiquiare, Manapiare, and Ventuari (Ref. 96504). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus brunneus
|
Myers, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | 25.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Casiquiare, Rio Orinoco and its tributaries, Rio Caura, Rio Carapo and Rio Cinaruco (Ref. 30270). Also Ref. 36801. | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus enyae
|
Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli & Sidlauskas, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality of Leporinus enyae, Amazonas, río Iguapo, ca. 1 hour above the mouth. Known from the southern tributaries of the Orinoco river drainage, including the Ventuari, Parcucito, Atabapo, and Caura rivers; same with Brazil, in the upper Negro River and Casiquiare canal, which connects the Negro and Orinoco rivers (Ref. 119688). | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus friderici
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | Mije (Spanish) | | 40.00 cm SL male/unsexed | 25 TL | Known from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus ortomaculatus
|
Garavello, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 7.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 36801). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus punctatus
|
Garavello, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36801). | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus steyermarki
|
Inger, 1956 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Abácapa River basin (Ref. 36801). Also Ref. 598. | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus y-ophorus
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | | | | |
Crenuchidae |
Leptocharacidium omospilus
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 6.96 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Mawarinuma, Negro, Casiquaire and the Baria rivers (Ref. 13683). Also occurs in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). Also Ref. 37059. | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras cataniai
|
Sabaj Pérez, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 19.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from río Casiquiare (Ref. 56896). | |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras copei
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1968) | Fr
| native | Sierra del capanaparo (Spanish) | | 14.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in a lagoon beside Rio Capanaparo (Ref. 6868). | |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras hasemani
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| native | | | 22.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from rio Orinoco (Ref. 56896). | |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras linnelli
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 23.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper rio Orinoco (rios Ventuari and Mavaca), a tributary of the Casiquiare (rio Siapa) and rio Cuyuni of Essequibo drainage (Ref. 56896). | |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras nelsoni
|
Sabaj Pérez, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 16.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from rio Apure of the Orinoco (Ref. 56896). | |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras praelongus
|
(Myers & Weitzman, 1956) | Fr
| native | | | 18.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Casiquiare and Orinoco drainages (Ref. 56896). | |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras rogersae
|
Sabaj Pérez, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the rio Orinoco from Isla Ratón (near mouth of rio Vichada, northwestern Amazonas) to the delta (Ref. 56896). Probably found only in the main channel of the lower to middle Orinoco and the mouths of its largest tributaries (Ref. 56896). | |
Heptapteridae |
Leptorhamdia marmorata
|
Myers, 1928 | Fr
| native | | | 12.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Negro River basin (Ref. 6868, 36914). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Limatulichthys nasarcus
|
Londoño-Burbano, Lefebvre & Lujan, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 15.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the middle Ventuari and lower Caura rivers, Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 97714). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Limia heterandria
|
Regan, 1913 | Fr
| endemic | | | 3.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;4.00 cm female | | Also Ref. 26130. | |
Loricariidae |
Lithogenes valencia
|
Provenzano, Schaefer, Baskin & Royero-Leon, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 5.12 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Est. Carabobo, Lago de Valencia basin, MBUCV V-30740 (former
MBUCV V-7198; former CAS 28361) (holotype of Lithogenes valencia, 5.12 cm SL, male) (Ref. 83588). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Lithogenes wahari
|
Schaefer & Provenzano, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 7.75 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.72 cm SL female | | Type locality, Amazonas, Caño Päwä, approximately 30 minutes by foot upstream from its mouth into Río Cuao, approximately 30 minutes by boat downstream from Puerto Nuevo, MBUCV-V-33738 (holotype of Lithogenes wahari, 5.72 cm SL, female). Known only from the middle section of the Río Cuao, a clear-water tributary of the Río Sipapo of the Orinoco River basin of southwestern Venezuela (Ref. 83588). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Llanolebias stellifer
|
(Thomerson & Turner, 1973) | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Lonchogenys ilisha
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Loricaria cataphracta
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish) | | 29.50 cm SL male/unsexed | 23 TL | Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Loricariidae |
Loricaria lundbergi
|
Thomas & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 13.81 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the rio Negro system in the rio Mawarinuma in the upper rio Baria drainage, a tributary of the rio Casiquiare (Ref. 79031). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Loricaria simillima
|
Regan, 1904 | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish), Tabla (Spanish) | | 26.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 36389). | |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis batesii
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr, Br
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 17.2 SL | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 50628). Found in Pedernales channel, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 5217. | |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis grossidens
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 23.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island and Mánamo channel - Güinamorena (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 5217, 27363. | |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis limnichthys
|
Schultz, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 12.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 50628). | |
Characidae |
Makunaima guianensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Markiana geayi
|
(Pellegrin, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 10.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | |
Heptapteridae |
Mastiglanis asopos
|
Bockmann, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Apteronotidae |
Megadontognathus cuyuniensis
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 23.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36886. | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Megalechis picta
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from La Pedrita: Caño Uracoa, delta do rio Orinoco (Ref. 26144). | |
Callichthyidae |
Megalechis thoracata
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 15.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Trichomycteridae |
Megalocentor echthrus
|
de Pinna & Britski, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 8.79 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Megalodoras guayoensis
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1968) | Fr
| native | Sierra conchua (Spanish), Sierra gruñona (Spanish) | | 53.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Cano de Guayo, Terr. Delta Amacuro (Ref. 6868). Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37054). | |
Pimelodidae |
Megalonema orixanthum
|
Lundberg & Dahdul, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 11.58 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 79495). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Megalonema platycephalum
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Megalonema psammium
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | | | Occurs in the Maracaibo basin (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium blennioides
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Cuyuni darinage, Estado Bolivar (Ref. 13683). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium compressum
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 3.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Orinoco and Cataniapo rivers. Museum: Backwater of Museum: Río Orinoco, circa 1/2 hour upstream from Isla Temblador, Amazonas, ANSP 161666 (holotype, 3.06 cm SL) (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 37059. | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium depressum
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium dispilomma
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in Rio Cuyuni (Ref. 12225). Also found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium melanopteron
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 7.19 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Caroni, Ventuari and Orinoco rivers (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 37059. | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium pectorale
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 4.36 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Atherinopsidae |
Membras analis
|
(Schultz, 1948) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Membras analis, Lake Maracaibo, 1 km off Pueblo Viejo (Ref. 49563). | |
Cichlidae |
Mesonauta festivus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 12.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Mesonauta insignis
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 12.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Metynnis longipinnis
|
Zarske & Géry, 2008 | Fr
| native | Silverdollar (English) | | 6.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Metynnis orinocensis
|
(Steindachner, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Micracanthicus vandragti
|
Lujan & Armbruster, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 4.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Amazonas State, Orinoco River at Cupaven Island, near the mouth of the Atabapo River, MBUCV-V-32953 (holotype of Micracanthicus vandragti, 4.22 cm SL). Known only from the lower Ventuari River and the Orinoco River near its confluence with the Ventuari (Ref. 87303). | |
Crenuchidae |
Microcharacidium gnomus
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 2.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). Recorded from the Casiquiare, Ventuari, Pozo Azul, Meta and Capanaparo rivers. Museum: Type locality, small stream (Río Orinoco drainage), between Rio Paraiba Grande and Puerto Ayacucho, MBUCV V-21790 (originally USNM 270155, holotype, 2.23 cm SL) (Ref. 13683). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Microcharacidium weitzmani
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 1.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Negro the Orinoco rivers. Museum: A small `caño' (Río Orinoco drainage), 2 km south of Mirabel, between Puerto Ayacucho and Samariapo, Departamento Ature, Territorio Federal del Amazonas, MBUCV V-21796 (holotype, 1.15 cm SL ) (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 37059. | No picture yet. |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Microglanis iheringi
|
Gomes, 1946 | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio Turmero near Turmero, Aragua (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 39418. | |
Rivulidae |
Micromoema xiphophora
|
(Thomerson & Taphorn, 1992) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Orinoco drainage (Ref. 26619). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Eleotridae |
Microphilypnus amazonicus
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| questionable | | | 2.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurernce need confirmation. | No picture yet. |
Eleotridae |
Microphilypnus macrostoma
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| questionable | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | No picture yet. |
Eleotridae |
Microphilypnus ternetzi
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| endemic | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the middle Orinoco River basin (Ref. 50190). | No picture yet. |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis lineatus
|
(Kaup, 1856) | Fr
| native | | | 19.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Microschemobrycon callops
|
Böhlke, 1953 | Fr
| native | | | 3.48 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Microschemobrycon casiquiare
|
Böhlke, 1953 | Fr
| native | | | 3.48 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Casiquiare River basins (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Microsternarchus bilineatus
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37053). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
|
(Myers & Harry, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia chrysargyrea
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | Palometa Aro de Oro (Spanish) | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia collettii
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | Bobita (Spanish) | | 6.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia copei
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | Bobita (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia cotinho
|
Eigenmann, 1908 | Fr
| native | Bobita (Spanish) | | 6.12 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia dichroura
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | Sardinita tijeras (Spanish) | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia intermedia
|
Eigenmann, 1908 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia lepidura
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 10.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia miangi
|
Steindachner, 1915 | Fr
| native | Bobita (Spanish), Curuku (Spanish) | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Caroni River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia mikia
|
Marinho & Langeani, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 7.83 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the rio Parguaza, rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 85074). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia oligolepis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | Bobita (Spanish) | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia pittieri
|
Eigenmann, 1920 | Fr
| endemic | Bobita (Spanish) | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Lake Valencia basin (Ref. 38376). Recorded from the Rio Triquirito (Ref. 13676). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia schultzi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Rio Autana, Rio Orinoco drainage (Ref. 85074). | No picture yet. |
Polycentridae |
Monocirrhus polyacanthus
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50082). | |
Mugilidae |
Mugil liza
|
Valenciennes, 1836 | Fr, Br, M, Fi, Ft
| native | | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;69.00 cm TL female | | Common in Venezuelan estuaries (Ref. 9626). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylesinus schomburgkii
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | Surapira (Spanish) | | | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Myleus setiger
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 27.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;28.70 cm SL female | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus asterias
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Amazonas and Bolivar (Ref. 91324). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus lobatus
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 24.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus rubripinnis
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | Pampano (Spanish), Palometa (Spanish) | | 41.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Amazonas and Bolivar (Ref. 91324). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus schomburgkii
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | Palometa (Spanish), Pampano (Spanish) | | 42.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Amazonas and Bolivar (Ref. 91324). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus torquatus
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | Palometa (Spanish), Pampano (Spanish) | | 29.40 cm SL male/unsexed ;27.90 cm SL female | | Known from Amazonas and Bolivar (Ref. 91324). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylossoma acanthogaster
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | Palometa (Spanish) | | 28.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known ony from the Lago de Maracaibo basin (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 39031, 117280. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylossoma albiscopum
|
(Cope, 1872) | Fr
| native | | | 24.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Orinoco basin, Bolivar and Guárico (Ref. 117280). | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylossoma aureum
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Palometa de rio (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylossoma duriventre
|
(Cuvier, 1818) | Fr
| native | Palometa (Spanish) | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | 17 TL | Known from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). | |
Heptapteridae |
Myoglanis aspredinoides
|
DoNascimiento & Lundberg, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 9.56 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Nannacara quadrispinae
|
Staeck & Schindler, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the drainage of the Orinoco delta in Monagas, eastern Venezuela (Ref. 55920). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Nannoptopoma spectabile
|
(Eigenmann, 1914) | Fr
| native | | | 2.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Bariñas, Bolivar and Portuguesa (Ref. 84367). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus anduzei
|
Fernandez & Weitzman, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 1.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Laguna Provincial, ca. 20 km north of Puerto Ayacucho, Departamento Ature, Amazonas, MZUSP 35433 (Ref. 27925). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus nigrotaeniatus
|
Zarske, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 3.28 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus unifasciatus
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37104). | |
Loricariidae |
Neblinichthys peniculatus
|
Armbruster & Taphorn, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 8.13 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the río Carapo, a tributary of the middle río Paragua (Ref. 93221). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Neblinichthys pilosus
|
Ferraris, Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Negro, Casiquiare, and Baria River basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Neblinichthys roraima
|
Provenzano R., Lasso A. & Ponte, 1995 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Kukenan River basin in upper Caroni drainage (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Neblinichthys yaravi
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| endemic | Yaravi (Spanish) | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Kukenan River basin in the upper Caron River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Nemuroglanis pauciradiatus
|
Ferraris, 1988 | Fr
| native | | | 3.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Negro and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 55662). Also Ref. 36914. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Niobichthys ferrarisi
|
Schaefer & Provenzano, 1998 | Fr
| native | | | 6.98 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known frm the upper Baria River, Negro River basin (Ref. 36885) Museum: Río Baria, Municipio Autónomo Río Negro, Estado Amazonas, MBUCV V-20225 (holotype of N. ferrarisi, 6.98 cm SL, male) (Ref. 30400). | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Notarius bonillai
|
(Miles, 1945) | Fr, Br
| misidentification | | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Presence reported in country (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 3265. | |
Trichomycteridae |
Ochmacanthus alternus
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Cano do Quiribana, Venezuela (Ref. 6868). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Ochmacanthus flabelliferus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Ochmacanthus orinoco
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 4.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Playa Matepalma, Orinoco, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | |
Crenuchidae |
Odontocharacidium aphanes
|
(Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1977) | Fr
| native | | | 1.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37059). Recorded from the Casiquiare river (Ref. 13683). | |
Crenuchidae |
Odontocharacidium varii
|
Queiroz Rodrigues & Netto-Ferreira, 2020 | Fr
| native | | | 1.98 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Odontocharacidium varii, Río Negro Municipality, Río Orinoco, Caño Chola, where it crosses the road from San Carlos de Río Negro to Solano (Ref. 122685). | |
Characidae |
Odontostilbe pao
|
Bührnheim & Malabarba, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 2.93 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only in the type locality río Pao, affluent of the río Chirgua-Guanare system, río Portuguesa, río Apure-Orinoco basin (Ref. 75063). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Odontostilbe pulchra
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 3.72 cm SL male/unsexed ;3.69 cm SL female | | Widely distributed in río Orinoco basin, smaller coastal drainages of Venezuela, Lake Valencia system and the rio Essequibo basin (Ref. 75063). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Odontostilbe splendida
|
Bührnheim & Malabarba, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 3.64 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.16 cm SL female | | Known from the Orinoco and Apure river basins (Ref. 75063). | No picture yet. |
Carangidae |
Oligoplites palometa
|
(Cuvier, 1832) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Zapatero (Spanish) | common (usually seen) | 49.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Common in areas adjacent to the Orinoco, Gulf of Paria, the estuarine zone of Maracaibo Lake and has been recorded from the northeastern coast and the Los Roques archipelago (Ref. 9626). | |
Salmonidae |
Oncorhynchus mykiss
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Aq
| introduced | | | 122 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
(Peters, 1852) | Fr, Br
| introduced | | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Manzanares River and its estuary (Ref. 57447). | |
Doradidae |
Orinocodoras eigenmanni
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | Sierra paeña (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37054). | |
Loricariidae |
Otocinclus vittatus
|
Regan, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 3.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Oxydoras niger
|
(Valenciennes, 1821) | Fr
| native | Bagre sierra (English) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). Occurrence in Orinoco basin tentative, dependent on identification of questionable synonym Oxydoras holdeni; specimens of Oxydoras niger reported from Venezuela pertain to Oxydoras sifontesi (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Oxydoras sifontesi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1968 | Fr
| native | Trompa de cochino (Spanish), Guitarrilla (Spanish), Guitarrilla amarilla (Spanish), Sierra lagunera (Spanish), Sierra negra (Spanish), Sierrita (Spanish) | | 76.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in front of the mouth of the caño San Juan, Delta Amacuro (Ref. 6868). Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 37054). | |
Loricariidae |
Oxyropsis acutirostris
|
Miranda Ribeiro, 1951 | Fr
| native | | | 4.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Sciaenidae |
Pachypops fourcroi
|
(Lacepède, 1802) | Fr
| native | Curvinata (Spanish), Curbinata (Spanish) | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36888). | |
Sciaenidae |
Pachyurus gabrielensis
|
Casatti, 2001 | Fr
| native | Curbinata (Spanish) | | 14.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36888). | |
Sciaenidae |
Pachyurus schomburgkii
|
Günther, 1860 | Fr
| native | Curbinata (Spanish) | | 28.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;28.90 cm SL female | | Known from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 5508). Also Ref. 36888. | |
Loricariidae |
Panaqolus maccus
|
(Schaefer & Stewart, 1993) | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Apuré and Caroni River basins (Ref. 36713). Collected from río Orinoco basin (Ref. 42939). | |
Loricariidae |
Panaque nigrolineatus
|
(Peters, 1877) | Fr
| native | Panaque (Not specified), Acari-da-pedra (Portuguese) | | 43.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Panaque suttonorum
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr, Or
| endemic | Blue-eyed pleco (English), Panaque (Not specified) | | 28.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from western and eastern tributaries of Maracaibo Lake (Ref. 36713). Exported to North America as an aquarium fish (Ref. 4537). | |
Characidae |
Paracheirodon axelrodi
|
(Schultz, 1956) | Fr, Or
| native | | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | 2.51 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Paracheirodon simulans
|
(Géry, 1963) | Fr
| native | | | 2.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the upper Orinoco River basin. | |
Characidae |
Paragoniates alburnus
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Parapristella georgiae
|
Géry, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Aguaro River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Potamotrygonidae |
Paratrygon aiereba
|
(Müller & Henle, 1841) | Fr
| native | Raya (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm WD male/unsexed ;78.00 cm WD female | | Known only in the clear water of the main channel of the Caño Guaritico. Common in the Venezuelan Ilanos (Ref. 27749). | |
Parodontidae |
Parodon apolinari
|
Myers, 1930 | Fr
| native | | | 10.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Parodon guyanensis
|
Géry, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). | |
Parodontidae |
Parodon suborbitalis
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | | | 12.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo and Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). Type locality: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Loricariidae |
Parotocinclus britskii
|
Boeseman, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36885). | |
Loricariidae |
Parotocinclus eppleyi
|
Schaefer & Provenzano, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 2.98 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper and middle portions of the Rio Orinoco (Ref. 26706). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Parotocinclus polyochrus
|
Schaefer, 1988 | Fr
| native | | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Negro River basin (Ref. 36885). Type locality: Rio Mawarinuma tributary, Rio Baria System (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia caenosa
|
Armbruster, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 15.69 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the llanos of Venezuela in rivers draining into the middle Río Orinoco (Ref. 77026). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia lineola
|
Armbruster, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 9.69 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Ventuari (Ref. 77026). | |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia lujani
|
Armbruster, Werneke & Tan, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 7.51 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Peckoltia lujani, Amazonas, río Orinoco at Paso Ganado, 38 km NNW of San Fernando de Atabapo. Known from the Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 99824). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia sabaji
|
Armbruster, 2003 | Fr
| native | | occasional (usually not seen) | 19.77 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from the Amazons, Río Cinaruco - Río Orinoco Dr., Apure and Río Siapa - Río Casiquiare - Río Negro Dr. (Ref. 50590). | |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia vittata
|
(Steindachner, 1881) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Ventuari, Río Orinoco drainage (Ref. 77026). | |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia wernekei
|
Armbruster & Lujan, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality of Peckoltia wernekei: Ventuari River drainage, Amazonas State (Ref. 111081). | No picture yet. |
Pristigasteridae |
Pellona flavipinnis
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, Br
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 73.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 5217. | |
Pimelodidae |
Perrunichthys perruno
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 60.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Sciaenidae |
Petilipinnis grunniens
|
(Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843) | Fr
| native | | | 27.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36888). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Petitella rhodostoma
|
(Ahl, 1924) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Phenacogaster maculoblonga
|
Lucena & Malabarba, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 4.54 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, caño Caballepe, MBUCV-V-30230 (holotype of Phenacogaster maculoblongus, 4.54 cm SL). Known from Alto Rio Cuyuni, sistema do Rio Essequibo e baixo Rio Orinoco (Ref. 84092). | |
Characidae |
Phenacogaster prolata
|
Lucena & Malabarba, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 4.99 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, pequeno afluente do Caño Urami (próximo a Santa Lucia, depto. Río Negro), MBUCV-V 33242 (holotype of Phenacogaster prolatus, 4.99 cm SL). Known from Sistema do Rio Orinoco, Canal Casiquiare e Rio Negro, sistema do Rio Amazonas (Ref. 84092). | |
Heptapteridae |
Phenacorhamdia anisura
|
(Mees, 1987) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río Guarapiche near Maturin, Monagas (holotype of Heptapterus anisurus). Widespread in the Orinoco basin and the only species of Phenacorhamdia found in the Golfo de Paria basin (Guanipa and Tigre rivers) (Ref. 78618). Also Ref. 6868, 36914. | |
Heptapteridae |
Phenacorhamdia provenzanoi
|
DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 6.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Bolívar, Raudal La Raya, 1 km from Río Nichare's mouth, MCNG 34830 (holotype of Phenacorhamdia provenzanoi, 6.65 cm SL). Widely distributed in the Orinoco basin (upper basin of Apure river, Cojedes, Guanare and Cinaruco rivers in the low llanos of Venezuela; in the Amazonas state, in Mavaca and Ocamo rivers, both tributaries of upper Orinoco basin; in the middle section of Orinoco basin, in the south bank tributaries: Suapure, Cuchivero, Caura and Aro rivers (Ref. 78618). | |
Heptapteridae |
Phenacorhamdia taphorni
|
DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Barinas, Obispos, Río La Yuca, N of San José Obrero, MCNG 54508 (holotype of Phenacorhamdia taphorni, 4.15 cm SL). Restricted to the piedmont sections of the Santo Domingo, Masparro and Boconó rivers, which drain the eastern slope of the Andes of Barinas state to the Apure river and is allopatric to its congeneric species (Ref. 78618). | |
Characidae |
Phenagoniates macrolepis
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | | | 135 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Physopyxis ananas
|
Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 2.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina erythrinoides
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | Carpa Criolla (Spanish), Volador (Spanish) | | 16.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in northwestern Venezuela in the Lake Maracaibo Basin and along coast north of the Andes, northeastern Colombia (Ref. 37104). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina pleurotaenia
|
Regan, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Merida, Venezuela (elev. 1600 m) (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina unitaeniata
|
Günther, 1864 | Fr
| native | Carpa criolla (Spanish) | | 14.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Iguanodectidae |
Piabucus dentatus
|
(Koelreuter, 1763) | Fr
| native | | | 12.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Piaractus brachypomus
|
(Cuvier, 1818) | Fr, Fi, Aq
| native | Cachama (Spanish), Morocoto (Spanish) | | 88.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 39031); also from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare, Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172); Pedernales channel and Guanipa river - Venado channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Piaractus orinoquensis
|
Escobar L., Ota, Machado-Allison, Andrade-López, Farias & Hrbek, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality of Piaractus orinoquensis from Laguna La raya, caño Falcón, nearby Camaguan, Guárico; ANSP 163570 (Ref. 120210). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella chagresi
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 15.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the affluents of the Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36880). | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella cruxenti
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| endemic | | | 11.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Autana River basin in the Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868. Type locality: Rio Autana, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella linami
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Río Torbes, 1 km above Táriba, Orinoco system, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella longibarbata
|
Cortés-Hernández, DoNascimiento & Ramírez-Gil, 2020 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality of Pimelodella longibarbata from creek, tributary of Caño Verde, El Amparo, Apure, Venezuela, IAVHP 21920 (Ref. 128936). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella martinezi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1970 | Fr
| endemic | Puyapuya (Spanish) | | 6.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Unare River basin (Ref. 36914). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella odynea
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 10.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Maracaibo basin. | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella tapatapae
|
Eigenmann, 1920 | Fr
| endemic | | | 15.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Tapa Tapa River basin in Lake Valencia drainage (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Mouth of Río Tapa Tapa, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodina flavipinnis
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | Bagre (Spanish) | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena and Guanipa river - Venado channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus albofasciatus
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 29.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus altissimus
|
Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942 | Fr
| native | Bagre cogotúo (Spanish) | | | | Found in Pedernales channel (Ref. 51849). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus blochii
|
Valenciennes, 1840 | Fr, Br
| native | Bagre cogotúo (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus coprophagus
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus grosskopfii
|
Steindachner, 1879 | Fr
| native | | | 38.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus navarroi
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus ornatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 38.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus pictus
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 11.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pinirampus pirinampu
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr, Sp
| native | Barba-chata (Spanish) | | 120 cm TL male/unsexed | | Utilized as a game fish (Ref. 6323). | |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion auratus
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | Curvinata negra (Spanish), Curbinata (Spanish) | | 34.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel and Manamito channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion casattii
|
Aguilera & Rodrigues de Aguilera, 2001 | Fr
| native | Curvinata (Spanish) | | 33.00 cm SL male/unsexed | 27 TL | Known from the Orinoco River near Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar State. Type locality, Río Orinoco, MBUCV-V-29491 (holotype of Plagioscion casattii (Ref. 36888, 44362). Also Ref. 36888. | No picture yet. |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion squamosissimus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | Silver croaker (English), Curvinata (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 26 TL | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island,Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Doradidae |
Platydoras costatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | Sierra rayada (Spanish) | | 24.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Platynematichthys notatus
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | | | 80.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Platysilurus malarmo
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 70.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Lago Maracaibo near the mouth of the Río Concho (Ref. 36506). Also Ref. 26543. | |
Pimelodidae |
Platysilurus mucosus
|
(Vaillant, 1880) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Aspredinidae |
Platystacus cotylephorus
|
Bloch, 1794 | Fr, Br
| native | Riqui-riqui (Spanish) | | 31.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). | |
Pimelodidae |
Platystomatichthys sturio
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36506). | |
Apteronotidae |
Platyurosternarchus macrostoma
|
(Günther, 1870) | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36886). | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia caucana
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr
| native | | | 3.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm NG female | | Found in Lake Maracaibo. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia dauli
|
Meyer & Radda, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 1.70 cm SL male/unsexed ;1.90 cm SL female | | Museum: brook near Miranda, NMW 94540 (holotype, male, 1.7 cm SL) Ref. 42987). Also collected in Chichiriviche and in a ditch near Bachaquero (Ref. 42987). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia koperi
|
Poeser, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Rio Curipe at Higuerote (Ref. 50838). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia reticulata
|
Peters, 1859 | Fr
| native | Guppy (English), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm SL female | | Found in Capure Island (Ref. 51849). Recorded from a diversity of aquatic ecosystems fringing the western slope of the Andes (Ref. 46088), and coastal drainages between the Orinoco delta, Venezuela and the Essequibo River delta, Guyana (Ref. 129076). Also Ref. 33390, 46088. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia sphenops
|
Valenciennes, 1846 | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia vivipara
|
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Fr, Br
| native | Guppy (English), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 7.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in mouth of Pedernales channel, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and Capure Island (Ref. 51849). | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia wandae
|
Poeser, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Hot spring, creek trib. to Rio Mechango, 20 km above bridge, Maracaibo basin (Ref. 50838). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia wingei
|
Poeser, Kempkes & Isbrücker, 2005 | Fr
| native | Endler's guppy (English) | | 2.00 cm SL female | | Known from Campoma- and Buena Vista Lagoons in Carúpano (Ref. 57924). | |
Poeciliidae |
Poeciliopsis gracilis
|
(Heckel, 1848) | Fr
| introduced | | | 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Crenuchidae |
Poecilocharax weitzmani
|
Géry, 1965 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Polycentridae |
Polycentrus schomburgkii
|
Müller & Troschel, 1849 | Fr
| native | Falso pez hoja (Spanish) | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Capure Island (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 50082. | |
Characidae |
Poptella compressa
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 10.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Poptella longipinnis
|
(Popta, 1901) | Fr
| native | | | 6.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36891). | |
Curimatidae |
Potamorhina altamazonica
|
(Cope, 1878) | Fr
| native | | | 27.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Potamorhina laticeps
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 38013). | |
Belonidae |
Potamorrhaphis guianensis
|
(Jardine, 1843) | Fr
| native | | | 29.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Belonidae |
Potamorrhaphis petersi
|
Collette, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 24.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 50279). | No picture yet. |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon histrix
|
(Müller & Henle, 1839) | Fr
| questionable | | | 40.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range according to Ref. 36687. Occurrence reported in Ref. 2037. | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon orbignyi
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | Raya dulceacuícola (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm WD male/unsexed ;32.50 cm WD female | | Found in both white and clear waters; collected in stream-swamps called 'inactive caños' in Caño Guaritico and in floodplain lakes and artificial lagoons. Common in the Venezuelan Ilanos (Ref. 27749). Found also in Pedernales channel, Mánamo channel - Güinamorena, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 28768, 38803. | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon schroederi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1958 | Fr
| native | Raya guacamaya (Spanish) | | 60.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Reported from Rio Apure, Orinoco basin (Ref. 36687). | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon yepezi
|
Castex & Castello, 1970 | Fr
| native | Raya (Spanish) | | 40.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Known from Lago de Maracaibo. Type locality: Río Palmar at bridge, 70 km southwest of Maracaibo, se. Maracaibo Lake region, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). Found in El Tulé, El Congo, Rio Misoa, Bobures (Ref. 38803). | |
Characidae |
Priocharax ariel
|
Weitzman & Vari, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 1.52 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Negro and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36811). Type locality, Caño Manu, tributary of Río Casiquiare, Río Negro, Amazonas (Ref. 28825). Also Ref. 27925. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Pristella maxillaris
|
(Ulrey, 1894) | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Pristidae |
Pristis microdon
|
Latham, 1794 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 700 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pristidae |
Pristis pectinata
|
Latham, 1794 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 760 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pristidae |
Pristis pristis
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | Pez sierra (Spanish) | | 750 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Maracaibo Lake (Ref. 57708). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pristobrycon calmoni
|
(Steindachner, 1908) | Fr
| native | Caribito (Spanish), Caribe (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 598. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pristobrycon careospinus
|
Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992 | Fr
| native | Caribe (Spanish) | | 11.05 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only at the El Loro lagoon, a part of the Atabapo River (Ref. 26694). Also Ref. 39031. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pristobrycon maculipinnis
|
Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992 | Fr
| native | Caribe (Spanish) | | 24.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found so far in blackwater areas of southern Venezuela, in a tributary of the Casiquiare River and a tributary of the Atabapo River (Ref. 26694). Also Ref. 39031. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pristobrycon striolatus
|
(Steindachner, 1908) | Fr
| native | Caribito (Spanish), Jetudo (Spanish) | | 20.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). Type locality: Río San José, Estado Guárico, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus mariae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | Coporo de los Llanos (Spanish), Coporo (Spanish) | | 40.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37057). Recorded from R. Bocono, Portuguesa, Guanare and Apure (Ref. 40172). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus reticulatus
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr, Aq
| native | Bocochico del Maracaibo (Spanish) | | 28.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus
|
Jardine, 1841 | Fr
| native | Bocachica de Guianas (Spanish) | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Prosomyleus rhomboidalis
|
(Cuvier, 1818) | Fr
| native | Palometa (Spanish), Pampano (Spanish) | | 40.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Amazonas (Ref. 91324). | |
Characidae |
Psalidodon fasciatus
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr
| native | Viejita (Spanish) | | 17.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Isla de Guerra, Orinoco. | |
Curimatidae |
Psectrogaster ciliata
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | | | 12.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the eastern portion of the Río Orinoco drainage basin (Ref. 34107). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus coquenani
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 8.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Kukenan River basin in upper Caroni River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus orinoco
|
(Isbrücker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus pectegenitor
|
Lujan, Armbruster & Sabaj Pérez, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 24.16 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the main channel of the Rio Orinoco above Raudales Autures (near mouth of Rio Ventuari) and in the Rio Casiquiare, Amazonas. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus reus
|
Armbruster & Taphorn, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 7.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded only from the type locality in Río Caroní, Bolivar which is now part of the Caruachi Reservoir (Ref. 75198). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus sidereus
|
Armbruster, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 17.56 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Amazonas (Ref. 53269). | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus yekuana
|
Lujan, Armbruster & Sabaj Pérez, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 4.27 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only in the Rio Ventuari immediately above Salto Tencua (Ref. 58451). | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Pseudanos gracilis
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 18.11 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 36801). | |
Anostomidae |
Pseudanos irinae
|
Winterbottom, 1980 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36801). | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Pseudanos varii
|
Birindelli, Lima & Britski, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 21.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Síapa (a tributary of Río Casiquiare, which connects the upper Rio Negro with the upper Río Orinoco) and Río Atabapo (a tributary of the upper Río Orinoco) (Ref. 91907). | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Pseudanos winterbottomi
|
Sidlauskas & Santos, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 15.17 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Orinoco drainage (Ref. 55429). Also Ref. 91907. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Pseudauchenipterus nodosus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 22.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Pseudepapterus gracilis
|
Ferraris & Vari, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 8.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Caura River basin (Ref. 37098). | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Pseudobunocephalus lundbergi
|
Friel, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 2.91 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudohemiodon unillano
|
Rojas-Molina, Provenzano & Ramírez-Gil, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 20.05 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudolithoxus anthrax
|
(Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000) | Fr
| endemic | | | 12.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Orinoco in Estado Amazonas and in the Ríos Caura and Aro of Estado Bolivar. Type locality, Río Orinoco backwater behind sand beach about 0.5 hr upstream from Isla Temblador, Estado Amazonas (Ref. 40437). Also Ref. 36713. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudolithoxus dumus
|
(Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000) | Fr
| native | | | 10.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Río Orinoco and tributaries of southern Venezuela from about Puerto Ayacucho to the Río Casiquiare (Ref. 40437). Also Ref. 36713. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudolithoxus kelsorum
|
Lujan & Birindelli, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudolithoxus nicoi
|
(Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000) | Fr
| native | | | 11.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Casiquiare and upper Río Negro in Estado Amazonas. Type locality, Río Manipitare (Río Siapa drainage), from about 5-8 km upstream from confluence with Río Siapa, Departmento Río Negro, Estado Amazonas, MCNG 37033 (Ref. 40437). Also Ref. 36713. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudolithoxus tigris
|
(Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000) | Fr
| native | | | 9.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Río Orinoco and Río Ventuari. Type locality, Río Orinoco backwater behind sand beach about 0.5 hr upstream from Isla Temblador, Estado Amazonas (Ref. 40437). Also Ref. 36713. | |
Syngnathidae |
Pseudophallus mindii
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Pseudopimelodus bufonius
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 24.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Fraile (Spanish), Rayao (Spanish) | | 105 cm SL male/unsexed | 53 TL | Known from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). Also Ref. 10945. | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma metaense
|
Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 55.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 59362). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense
|
Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 52.42 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 59362). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 130 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon
|
(Myers, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Rio Guarico, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | |
Belonidae |
Pseudotylosurus microps
|
(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| native | | | 44.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 40653). | No picture yet. |
Engraulidae |
Pterengraulis atherinoides
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr, Br
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Reported from the dalta region of the Orinoco River (Ref. 12225). Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 5217. | |
Aspredinidae |
Pterobunocephalus depressus
|
(Haseman, 1911) | Fr
| native | | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Pterodoras rivasi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1950) | Fr
| native | Sierra apureña (Spanish), Sierra cochina (Spanish), Sierra manteca (Spanish) | | 55.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rio Apure (Ref. 6868). Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37054). | |
Rivulidae |
Pterolebias hoignei
|
Thomerson, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Pterolebias zonatus
|
Myers, 1935 | Fr
| endemic | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco basin (Ref. 13284, 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Cichlidae |
Pterophyllum altum
|
Pellegrin, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the tributaries of the upper Orinoco River (Atabapo River) to Puerto Ayacucho (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Atabapo, Río Orinoco, Venezuela (Ref. 12965). | |
Loricariidae |
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
|
(Kner, 1854) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
|
(Hancock, 1828) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 23 | | |
Loricariidae |
Pterygoplichthys zuliaensis
|
Weber, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Ptychocharax rhyacophila
|
Weitzman, Fink, Machado-Allison & Royero L., 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 6.24 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Alto Río Siapa, tributary of the Río Casiquiare, Amazonas (Ref. 26734). Also Ref. 38597. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Pygidianops cuao
|
Schaefer, Provenzano, de Pinna & Baskin, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 2.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Cuao drainage basin (Ref. 56682). Rio Cuao ia clearwater tributary of the Rio Orinoco (Ref. 56682). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Pygidianops magoi
|
Schaefer, Provenzano, de Pinna & Baskin, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the lower Rio Orinoco mainstem between Ciudad Bolivar and Barrancas (Ref. 56682). | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Pygocentrus cariba
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr, Sp
| native | Capaburro (Spanish), Caribe colorado (Spanish), Caribe pinche (Spanish) | | 27.90 cm TL male/unsexed | 18.5 TL | Known from Rio Orinoco basin lowlands (Ref. 27142). Also Ref. 6323, 39031. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pygocentrus nattereri
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | Palometa (Spanish), Caribe boca de locha (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from this country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pygocentrus palometa
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Pygopristis denticulata
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr, Fi
| native | Palometa caribe (Spanish) | | 21.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River (Ref. 39031). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina filamentosa
|
Valenciennes, 1847 | Fr
| native | | | 11.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina lugubris
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | Voladorita (Spanish) | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina semifasciata
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Hypopomidae |
Racenisia fimbriipinna
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 11.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Negro and Orinoco rivers, around San Fernando de Atabapo and San Carlos de Rio Negro (Ref. 37053). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Rachovia brevis
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Rachovia hummelincki
|
de Beaufort, 1940 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Rachovia maculipinnis
|
(Radda, 1964) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Rachovia pyropunctata
|
Taphorn & Thomerson, 1978 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 21739. | |
Rivulidae |
Renova oscari
|
Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Sternopygidae |
Rhabdolichops caviceps
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1968) | Fr
| native | | | 31.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 26457. | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Rhabdolichops eastwardi
|
Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 27.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 26457. | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Rhabdolichops electrogrammus
|
Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 29.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Orinoco Basin (Ref. 9394). Also Ref. 26457. | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Rhabdolichops stewarti
|
Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 20.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39524). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Rhabdolichops troscheli
|
(Kaup, 1856) | Fr
| native | | | 49.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 39524). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Rhabdolichops zareti
|
Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 22.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded only from river channels and lagoons of Orinoco mainstream and Río Apure (Ref. 9394). Also Ref. 26457. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia guasarensis
|
DoNascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 10.68 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Surgencia del Tigre at 2.5 km west of Cerro Yolanda, 10°52'53"N, 72°30'03"W, Río Guasare basin, Sierra de Perijá, Estado Zulia, elev. 200 m (Ref. 54621). | |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia guatemalensis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 25.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia humilis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| endemic | Bagre (Spanish) | | 18.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in rivers around Caracas, along the Caribbean coast (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Caracas, Venezuela (Ref. 6868). | |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia muelleri
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 20.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia quelen
|
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Fr
| native | | | 61.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 26543). | |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Rhamphichthys apurensis
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1968) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality: Río Bucaral, Paso Don Pancho, tributary of Río Apure, Orinoco basin, Venezuela. | No picture yet. |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Rhamphichthys drepanium
|
Triques, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 45.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco Basin in Río Apure, Caño Paloma at its mouth on Río Orinoco and El Almacen (Ref. 35403). | No picture yet. |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Rhamphichthys rostratus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 100.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cynodontidae |
Rhaphiodon vulpinus
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr
| native | Payara-machete (Spanish), Payarín (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Pedernales channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Doradidae |
Rhinodoras gallagheri
|
Sabaj Pérez, Taphorn & Castillo G., 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 14.95 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Río Apure, Río Capanaparo and Río Arauca, all left bank tributaries of the middle Orinoco, in the llanos regions of Apure and Barinas States (Ref. 75166). | |
Doradidae |
Rhinodoras thomersoni
|
Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Dorosomatidae |
Rhinosardinia amazonica
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 11.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Gulf of Paria (Ref. 5217). | |
Dorosomatidae |
Rhinosardinia bahiensis
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Rhinotocinclus discolor
|
Reis & Lehmann, 2022 | Fr
| native | | | 2.51 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Rhinotocinclus discolor from Caño Pasa, tributary of Río Sipapo, 98 km from Puerto Ayacucho airport, Amazonas, Venezuela, MHNLS 26183. Known from creeks of Río Orinoco basin in the State of Amazonas (Ref. 128924). | No picture yet. |
Haemulidae |
Rhonciscus crocro
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Corocoro (Spanish) | | 38.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Caught along continental and insular coasts; has not been encountered around oceanic islands. Found in mouth of Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 5217, 26340. | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Rhyacoglanis annulatus
|
Shibatta & Vari, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 4.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Rhyacoglanis annulatus: Río Orinoco, Raudales de Atures, at Culebra, approximately 7 km S of Puerto Ayacucho (Ref. 128485). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Rhynchodoras castilloi
|
Birindelli, Sabaj Pérez & Taphorn, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 7.98 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the middle to lower Río Apure of the Orinoco basin in the llanos region of Barinas and Apure state (Ref. 72419). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria caracasensis
|
(Bleeker, 1862) | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish), Tabla (Spanish) | | | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria eigenmanni
|
(Pellegrin, 1908) | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish), Tabla (Spanish) | | 10.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria formosa
|
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish), Tabla (Spanish) | | 15.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria magdalenae
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | Paleta (Spanish), Tabla (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus carolinae
|
Vermeulen & Mejia-Vargas, 2020 | Fr
| questionable | | | 2.76 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.50 cm SL female | | Although the creek was on the Colombian side of the border, both species may also live in Venezuela (Ref. 130065). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus flammaecauda
|
Vermeulen & Mejia-Vargas, 2020 | Fr
| questionable | | | 3.55 cm SL male/unsexed | | Although the creek was on the Colombian side of the border, this species may also live in Venezuela (Ref. 130065). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus tomasi
|
Vermeulen, Valdesalici & Garcia-Gil, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 3.73 cm SL male/unsexed ;3.20 cm SL female | | Known only from its type locality, a tributary of the middle Rio Orinoco, south of Puerto Ayacucho in the Amazonas Territories, southwest Venezuela (Ref. 94444). | |
Characidae |
Roeboides affinis
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | Dientudo (Spanish) | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Roeboides araguaito
|
Lucena, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 11.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco river basin (Ref. 57858). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Roeboides dayi
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 12.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from the Orinoco River (Ref. 26543). Probably a msidentification. | |
Characidae |
Roeboides dientonito
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Dientonito (Spanish) | | 6.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río Palmar at the bridge, 70 km southwest of Maracaibo (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Roeboides microlepis
|
(Reinhardt, 1851) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Roeboides myersii
|
Gill, 1870 | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). | |
Characidae |
Roeboides numerosus
|
Lucena, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 6.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Saccoderma melanostigma
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 2.67 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Maracaibo Lake basin (Ref. 37055). Type locality: Río San Juan near bridge, s. of Mene Grande, Motatán system, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Bryconidae |
Salminus hilarii
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | Dorada (Spanish), Saltador (Spanish), Saltadora (Spanish), Sauta (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Bocono river (Ref. 40172). | |
Salmonidae |
Salvelinus fontinalis
|
(Mitchill, 1814) | Fr
| introduced | | | 86.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca acuticeps
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Upper Orinoco (Ref. 122551). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca daemon
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin and Amazon River basin in the upper Negro River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca jurupari
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;23.30 cm SL female | | Recorded from the country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca mapiritensis
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1950) | Fr
| endemic | | | 14.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin along the lower Orinoco River and in rivers north of the lower Orinoco River (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Mapirito al Sur de Maturín, Estado Monagas, Venezuela (Ref. 36377). | |
Anostomidae |
Schizodon corti
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| endemic | | | 40.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from Lago Maracaibo system (Ref. 28837). Also Ref. 36801. | |
Anostomidae |
Schizodon fasciatus
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 12225. | |
Anostomidae |
Schizodon isognathus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| questionable | Tusa (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Apure, Portuguesa, Gunare and Bocono rivers (Ref. 40172). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Schizodon scotorhabdotus
|
Sidlauskas, Garavello & Jellen, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 27.10 cm SL male/unsexed | 28 TL | Known from the Río Orinoco system (Ref. 75767). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Schultzichthys bondi
|
(Myers, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 3.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Río Apuré at San Fernando de Apuré, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Sciades couma
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 97.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Sciades herzbergii
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Bagre (Spanish), Bagre guatero (Spanish) | | 94.20 cm TL male/unsexed ;62.50 cm TL female | | Found in Pedernales channel, mouth of the Pedernales channel - Cotorra Island, Guanipa river - Venado channel, Manamito channel and mouth of Bagre (Ref. 51849). Also Ref. 3265. | |
Doradidae |
Scorpiodoras heckelii
|
(Kner, 1855) | Fr
| native | Sierra gñere (Spanish) | | 16.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Prochilodontidae |
Semaprochilodus kneri
|
(Pellegrin, 1909) | Fr
| native | Bocochico del Orinoco (Spanish) | | 28.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Caicara del Orinoco, Bolivar State (Ref. 55703). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Semaprochilodus laticeps
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | Sapuara del Orinoco (Spanish), Zapoara (Spanish) | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 37057). Type locality: Bolivar, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Characidae |
Serrabrycon magoi
|
Vari, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 3.16 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: drying lagoon NE of the airport of San Carlos de Rio Negro, Departamento Rio Negro, Território Federal Amazonas, MZUSP 28749 (paratypes) (Ref. 27925). | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus altuvei
|
Ramírez, 1965 | Fr
| native | Caribe azul (Spanish) | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus eigenmanni
|
Norman, 1929 | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus elongatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | Caribe pinche (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus gouldingi
|
Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992 | Fr
| native | Caribe negro (Spanish) | | 27.94 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). Occurs in a tributary of the Rio Casiquiare, the Rio Pacimoni (=Pasimoni) and its tributary, the Rio Yatuá (Ref. 26694). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus irritans
|
Peters, 1877 | Fr
| native | Caribe pinche (Spanish) | | 13.80 cm SL male/unsexed | 15.5 TL | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). Type locality: San Fernando Apure, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus manueli
|
(Fernández-Yépez & Ramírez, 1967) | Fr
| native | Caribe parguasero (Spanish), Caribe cachamero (Spanish) | | 36.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). Recorded from Rio Paraguaza (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus medinai
|
Ramírez, 1965 | Fr
| native | Caribe morichalero (Spanish) | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus nalseni
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1969 | Fr
| native | Caribe pintado (Spanish) | | 12.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus neveriensis
|
Machado-Allison, Fink, López Rojas & Rodenas, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in coastal rivers (Ref. 39031). Type locality: Río Querecual, trib. Río Neveri, Querechual, Anzoálegui, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus rhombeus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr, Fi
| native | Caribe pinche (Spanish) | | 41.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 39031). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus spilopleura
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr, Or
| questionable | | | 26.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Gobiidae |
Sicydium montanum
|
Hubbs, 1920 | Fr
| native | | | 1.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Gobiidae |
Sicydium punctatum
|
Perugia, 1896 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 50190. | |
Loricariidae |
Soromonichthys stearleyi
|
Lujan & Armbruster, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 2.97 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Amazonas State, Soromoni Creek, cobble and gravel shoal approximately 30 minutes by boat from the mouth and 11.8 km E of La Esmeralda, MCNG 55347 (holotype of Soromonichthys stearleyi, 2.97 cm SL). Known only from relatively low elevation (ca. 120 m asl) reaches of Soromoni Creek (a clearwater tributary of the upper Orinoco draining the southwestern slope of Mount Duida, a tepui at the western margin of the Guiana Shield with a maximum elevation greater than 2300 meters above sea level) (Ref. 87303). | |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubim cuspicaudus
|
Littmann, Burr & Nass, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 80.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubim elongatus
|
Littmann, Burr, Schmidt & Isern, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubim lima
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | | | 54.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 26543). | |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubimichthys planiceps
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 150 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria lagoichthys
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Tabla (Spanish), Paleta (Spanish) | | 30.59 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria phelpsi
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 33.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Hypopomidae |
Steatogenys duidae
|
(La Monte, 1929) | Fr
| native | | | 20.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Upper Orinoco. | |
Hypopomidae |
Steatogenys elegans
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr
| native | | | 29.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 37053). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Stegophilus septentrionalis
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 4.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Santa Barbra, Orinoco, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina argentea
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 9.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recroded from the Río Orinoco basin of central Venezuela and some of the coastal rivers draining into the Caribbean Sea along the north coast (Ref. 30554). Also Ref. 38013. | |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina bimaculata
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina guentheri
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | Fr
| native | | | 11.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina pupula
|
Vari, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 16.77 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Orinoco basin (Ref. 30554). Also Ref. 38013. | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchella orinoco
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Sternarchella orinoco, Río Orinoco between km 153 and 152 in front of Isla Iguana, Território Delta Amacuro (Ref. 126780). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchella orthos
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36886). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchella sima
|
Starks, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco (Ref. 36886). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchogiton nattereri
|
(Steindachner, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36886). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchogiton porcinum
|
Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Orinoco (Ref. 75769). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchogiton preto
|
de Santana & Crampton, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 21.30 cm SL male/unsexed ;21.70 cm SL female | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 75769). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhamphus muelleri
|
(Steindachner, 1881) | Fr
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish), Machete (Spanish) | | 45.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36886). Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena (Ref. 51849). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus gnomus
|
de Santana & Taphorn, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 15.20 cm TL male/unsexed ;13.35 cm TL female | | Type locality, side channel of the Río Caroni, near the confluence with the Río Claro, MCNG 53963 (holotyep of Sternarchorhynchus gnomus, 13.35 cm TL, female) (Ref. 56955, 84053). The type locality is reported to be now submerged by the waters of the Caruachi Reservoir (Ref. 84053). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus marreroi
|
de Santana & Vari, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 27.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Apure: Río Apure, in front of Isla Apurito, left bank, MBUCV 15806 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus marreroi, 18.2 cm TL, presumably female) (Ref. 84053). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus mendesi
|
de Santana & Vari, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 19.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Monagas: Department of Maturín, Morichal Largo, Río Guanipa, 5 km south of Aguasay, Golfo de Paria drainage, MCNG 29129 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus mendesi, 15.5 cm TL). Known only from the Río San Juan and Río Guanipa basins of north-eastern Venezuela, both of which drain into the Golfo de Paria (Ref. 84053). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus
|
(Steindachner, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 54.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 47.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36886. | |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus roseni
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | Rosen knifefish (English) | | 41.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36886). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus yepezi
|
de Santana & Vari, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 28.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Portuguesa: Río Portuguesa, fort at Nueva Florida, Santa Rosalía, MCNG 44286 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus yepezi, 28 cm TL, sexually dimorphic male). Known from the central portions of the Río Orinoco basin in Venezuela (Ref. 84053). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Sternopygus astrabes
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 23.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco and Casiquiare River basins (Ref. 39524). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Sternopygus macrurus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | | | 141 cm TL male/unsexed | 35 TL | Also Ref. 12225. | |
Sternopygidae |
Sternopygus pejeraton
|
Schultz, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 39524). Also Ref. 26457. | No picture yet. |
Ophichthidae |
Stictorhinus potamius
|
Böhlke & McCosker, 1975 | Fr
| native | | | 34.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the lower Orinoco River (Ref. 58455). | No picture yet. |
Belonidae |
Strongylura marina
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Marao de laguna (Spanish), Marao (Spanish) | | 111 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3129. | |
Loricariidae |
Sturisoma tenuirostre
|
(Steindachner, 1910) | Fr
| native | | | 12.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Sturisomatichthys festivum
|
(Myers, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 16.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lago de Maracaibo basin (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Sturisomatichthys kneri
|
(Ghazzi, 2005) | Fr
| native | | | 23.89 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only in Lago Maracaibo drainage (Ref. 56068). | |
Anostomidae |
Synaptolaemus cingulatus
|
Myers & Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Orinoco River (Ref. 36801). Also Ref. 598. | |
Anostomidae |
Synaptolaemus latofasciatus
|
(Steindachner, 1910) | Fr
| native | | | 9.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Synbranchidae |
Synbranchus marmoratus
|
Bloch, 1795 | Fr
| native | | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Syngnathidae |
Syngnathus scovelli
|
(Evermann & Kendall, 1896) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 18.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia galaxias
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 12.56 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the middle Orinoco River basin (Ref. 79512). Known from L'Apure (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia marthae
|
Vari & Ferraris, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 2.31 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from a small tributary of the Río Caura, a southern tributary of the Río Orinoco basin, Bolivar (Ref. 94484). | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia strigata
|
Soares-Porto, 1995 | Fr
| native | | | 11.68 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Amazon and the Orinoco (Ref. 26667). | |
Doradidae |
Tenellus leporhinus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | Sierra llanera (Spanish) | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Tenellus trimaculatus
|
(Boulenger, 1898) | Fr
| native | | | 11.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Terranatos dolichopterus
|
(Weitzman & Wourms, 1967) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 4537, 27139. | |
Characidae |
Tetragonopterus argenteus
|
Cuvier, 1816 | Fr
| native | | | 11.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from Bolivar: rio Orinoco (Ref. 87186). Also Ref. 124043. | |
Characidae |
Tetragonopterus chalceus
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr
| native | | | 12.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 79891). Also Ref. 12225, 124043. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Tetranematichthys quadrifilis
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Thoracocharax stellatus
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 6.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Thrissobrycon pectinifer
|
Böhlke, 1953 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 3.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Presence of this species in this country is not confrmed (Ref. 38376). Known from this country (Ref. 28768), | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Tometes makue
|
Jégu, Santos & Belmont-Jégu, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 37.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Tomeurus gracilis
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | Guppy (English), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 3.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Guanipa river - Venado channel and Manamito channel (Ref. 51849). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Trachelyopterichthys anduzei
|
Ferraris & Fernandez, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 14.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Laguna de Carida, Rio Orinoco (Ref. 6868). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37098). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Trachelyopterus peloichthys
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Lago de Maracaibo (Ref. 26543). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Trachycorystes trachycorystes
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Trachydoras gepharti
|
Sabaj & Arce H., 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 7.12 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Trachydoras microstomus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | Sierra culata (Spanish) | | 5.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus arleoi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1972) | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Yaracuy River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus bogotensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 9.40 cm male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus celsae
|
Lasso & Provenzano, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Río Kukenán, cabeceras, valle between los tepuyes Roraima and Kukenán, Gran Sabana, 5°06'30"N, 60°49'48"W, Estado Bolívar (Ref. 50838). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus conradi
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus emanueli
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 17.40 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Chama River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Río Chama at Estanques, Mérida State, Venezuela (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus guianense
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 7.70 cm male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus lewi
|
Lasso & Provenzano, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Río Kukenán, cabeceras, valle between los tepuyes Roraima and Kukenán, Gran Sabana, 5°06'30"N, 60°49'48"W, Estado Bolívar (Ref. 50838). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus maracaiboensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 4.37 cm male/unsexed | | Found in San Juan River, tributary to Motatán River, Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus meridae
|
Regan, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 9.90 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Albirregas River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Merida and Rio Albreggas (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus mondolfi
|
(Schultz, 1945) | Fr
| native | | | 6.05 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Tuy River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Quebrado Chacaito near Caracas, Estado de Mirando, Río Tuy system, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus motatanensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 7.10 cm male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River, Motatán drainage, Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus spelaeus
|
DoNascimiento, Villarreal & Provenzano, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 5.41 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Cueva Punto Fijo, en el caserio Punto Fijo, 7.5 km north of Cerro Yolanda, 590 m.s.n.m., cuenca del río Guasare, Edo. Zulia, MBUCV-V-29602 (holotype of Trichomycterus spelaeus, 5.41 cm SL) (Ref. 80466). Known from Punto Fijo Cave, upper Guasare River basin, Sierra de Perijá, northwestern of Venezuela (Ref. 39970, 80466). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Tridensimilis venezuelae
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 2.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Maracaibo basin, Venezuela (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Achiridae |
Trinectes maculatus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus angulatus
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Arenca (Spanish) | | 23.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Mánamo channel - Güinamorena (Ref. 51849). | |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus brachipomus
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 21.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus elongatus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 24.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus orinocensis
|
Malabarba, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 13.45 cm SL male/unsexed | 18.5 TL | Known from the rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 54769). | No picture yet. |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus venezuelensis
|
Malabarba, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 11.86 cm SL male/unsexed | 16.5 TL | Known from the rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 54769). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Typhlobelus guacamaya
|
Schaefer, Provenzano, de Pinna & Baskin, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 2.82 cm SL male/unsexed | | Knonw from Rio Cuao drainage basin (Ref. 56682). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Typhlobelus lundbergi
|
Schaefer, Provenzano, de Pinna & Baskin, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 2.98 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the lower Rio Orinoco near its delta between Ciudad Bolivar and Los Castillos (Ref. 56682). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Uaru fernandezyepezi
|
Stawikowski, 1989 | Fr
| endemic | Run Runá (Spanish) | | 19.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin in the Atabapo River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Utiaritichthys sennaebragai
|
Miranda Ribeiro, 1937 | Fr
| native | | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39031). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Vandellia beccarii
|
Di Caporiacco, 1935 | Fr
| native | | | 5.90 cm NG male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Vandellia sanguinea
|
Eigenmann, 1917 | Fr
| native | | | 8.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). | |
Characidae |
Xenagoniates bondi
|
Myers, 1942 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin and coastal drainages (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Xyliphius kryptos
|
Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36695). | |
Aspredinidae |
Xyliphius lepturus
|
Orcés V., 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 13.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Xyliphius melanopterus
|
Orcés V., 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 14.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Zungaro zungaro
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr
| native | | | 140 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
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