Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
Anostomidae |
Abramites eques
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| endemic | Bonito (Spanish), Totumito (Spanish) | | 18.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Río Magdalena, NMW 69549 (Ref. 9743). Also Ref. 36801. | |
Anostomidae |
Abramites hypselonotus
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Museum: Río Orteguasa, near Florencia, USNM 120183 (Ref. 9743). | |
Doradidae |
Acanthodoras cataphractus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Acanthodoras spinosissimus
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) | Fr
| native | | | 13.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Cichlidae |
Acarichthys heckelii
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 19.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Acaronia nassa
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Acaronia vultuosa
|
Kullander, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 12.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Loricariidae |
Acestridium colombiense
|
Retzer, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 4.95 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from Rio Inirida (Orinoco basin) in Guainia State (Ref. 54475). This species represents the first record of Acestridium in Colombia (Ref. 54475). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Acestrocephalus anomalus
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr
| native | Cachás (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Magdalena River basin (Ref. 598, 36811). | |
Achiridae |
Achirus mazatlanus
|
(Steindachner, 1869) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 22.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Achiridae |
Achirus novoae
|
Cervigón, 1982 | Fr, Br
| native | Lenguado (Spanish) | | 16.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco basin, including delta (Ref. 36798). | |
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 metae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr, Or
| endemic | | | 12.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta River in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Exported to North America as an aquarium fish (Ref. 4537). | |
Cichlidae |
Aequidens tetramerus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 19.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36377). | |
Doradidae |
Agamyxis pectinifrons
|
(Cope, 1870) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus inermis
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 64.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus pardalis
|
Lütken, 1874 | Fr
| native | Barbul rollera (Spanish), Doncella (Spanish), Fria (Spanish), Gata (Spanish), Niña (Spanish), Señorita (Spanish) | | 63.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus ucayalensis
|
Castelnau, 1855 | Fr
| native | | | 35.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Aspredinidae |
Amaralia hypsiura
|
(Kner, 1855) | Fr
| native | | | 13.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). | |
Doradidae |
Amblydoras gonzalezi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1968) | Fr
| native | | | 9.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Amblydoras monitor
|
(Cope, 1872) | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Ammocryptocharax elegans
|
Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976 | Fr
| native | | | 3.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Caño Muco, USNM 210692 (holotype, 3.25 cm SL) (Ref. 13683). | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides atratus
|
(Garman, 1895) | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides hartii
|
(Boulenger, 1890) | Fr
| questionable | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides limoncochae
|
(Hoedeman, 1962) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides ophiomimus
|
(Huber, 1992) | Fr
| native | | | 8.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides taeniatus
|
(Fowler, 1945) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides tessellatus
|
(Huber, 1992) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | No picture yet. |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa curta
|
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 8.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa parva
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Anchoa (Spanish) | | 9.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa spinifer
|
(Valenciennes, 1848) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 24.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella guianensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 11.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella jamesi
|
(Jordan & Seale, 1926) | Fr
| native | | | 5.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus caucanus
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 5.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known Cauca River basin (Ref. 6868, 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus centrolepis
|
Regan, 1913 | Fr
| endemic | | | 18.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the coastal drainages of the northern Andes, rivers of northern Colombia, Atrato, Baudo and San Juan basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus eustictus
|
(Fowler, 1945) | Fr
| endemic | | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Upper Rio Baudo, Pacific Slope of Colombia at 3000 ft. elevation (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 36713. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus lineolatus
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orteguaza River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus tolima
|
Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 7.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Magdalena River drainage, subdrainage río Prado in Tolima (Ref. 93347). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus triradiatus
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 9.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 119730). | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus vericaucanus
|
Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 7.21 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Cauca River, a tributary to the Magdalena River (Ref. 93347). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Andinoacara biseriatus
|
(Regan, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;12.00 cm TL female | | Known from Atrato, San Juan and Baudó River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality, Rio Condoto (Ref. 12965). | |
Cichlidae |
Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus
|
(Kner, 1863) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 14.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from this country (Ref. 12251). Occurrence of the species in this country not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Andinoacara latifrons
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr, Or
| endemic | Azulejo (Spanish), Azuleja (Spanish), Casasola (Spanish), Mojarra azul (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Magdalena, Atrato, Sinú, and San Juan river basins (Ref. 36377). Exported to North America as an aquarium fish (Ref. 4537). | |
Cichlidae |
Andinoacara pulcher
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | Mojarra azul (Spanish) | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena, Atrato, San Juan, Sinú, San Jorge, Cauca and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 4537. Occurrence of this species in this country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla rostrata
|
(Lesueur, 1817) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 152 cm TL male/unsexed ;122 cm TL female | | | |
Loricariidae |
Aphanotorulus unicolor
|
(Steindachner, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | 13.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Achiridae |
Apionichthys sauli
|
Ramos, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 6.97 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Metica, a tributary of Rio Meta, and from Rio Guarico, Orinoco basin (Ref. 49504). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma agassizii
|
(Steindachner, 1875) | Fr
| native | | | 4.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma alacrina
|
Kullander, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 5.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orteguaza (Amazon basin) and upper Guaviare (Orinoco basin) river drainages (Ref. 52483). | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma bitaeniata
|
Pellegrin, 1936 | Fr
| native | | | 4.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma cacatuoides
|
Hoedeman, 1951 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma caudomaculata
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma cruzi
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 5.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Putumayo and Caquetá River drainages (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma hongsloi
|
Kullander, 1979 | Fr
| native | Viejita (Spanish) | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female | | Known from the Orinoco River basin, in the Vichada and the middle Meta River drainages (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Finca Boca de Guarrojo, Río Guarromo, Vichada, Colombia, 4°07'N, 70°45'W. | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma iniridae
|
Kullander, 1979 | Fr
| endemic | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female | | Known from the Orinoco River basin in the Inírida River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Pueblo Bretania (Yuri Bajo), Caño (Río) Bocón, Guainía, Colombia, 3°39'N, 68°05'W (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma intermedia
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma lineata
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 3.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma macmasteri
|
Kullander, 1979 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female | | Known from the upper Meta River drainage (Guaytiquía and Metica rivers), Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Stream at the foot of Cordillera, Finca La Ponderosa, on road to Restrepo, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, 4°15'N, 73°35'W (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma megaptera
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 5.87 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Ríos Inírida and Mavaca and east of río Atabapo up to the north and the mouth of río Orinoco (Ref. 89991). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma minima
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma nororientalis
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma pedunculata
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma piaroa
|
Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma psammophila
|
Staeck & Schindler, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 2.75 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of the holotype of Apistogramma psammophila: lower Rio Atabapo, close to the mouth of Caño Chamuchina (Ref. 119677). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma viejita
|
Kullander, 1979 | Fr
| endemic | Viejita (Spanish) | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.60 cm female | | Known from the upper Meta River basin of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Caño, affluent of Río Yucao, Meta, Colombia, 4°20'N, 72°09'W (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogrammoides pucallpaensis
|
Meinken, 1965 | Fr
| native | | | 2.70 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.28 cm SL female | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36377). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus albifrons
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Cuchillo caballo (Spanish), Caballo (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus anu
|
de Santana & Vari, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 27.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus cuchillo
|
Schultz, 1949 | Fr
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish) | | 39.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36886). Reported from Colombia, the Catatumbo River (Ref. 26543) and Rio Baudo, Choco (Albert, in press). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
|
de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo, Severi & Mendes, 2004 | Fr
| native | Mayupa negra (Spanish), Mayupa (Spanish) | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena Basin, Rio Bogotá and Rio Luisa (Ref. 50571). Museum: Departamento Cundinamarca, Rio Magdalena Basin, Las Juntas de Apulo, Rio Bogotá along railway between Girardot and Facatativa, CAS 72115 (holotype, male, 30.37 cm SL)(Ref. 50571). Taken accidentally in gill nets, but returned to the water (Ref. 50571). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus galvisi
|
de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo & Crampton, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 18.44 cm TL male/unsexed ;18.98 cm TL female | | Known from the Río Cusiana and from the Ríos Cravo, Pauto and Upia all in the piedmont of the Cordiliera Oriental, Río Meta basin (Ref. 75033). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus jurubidae
|
(Fowler, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 25.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Rio Jurubidá, Nuquí (Ref. 50581). Also Ref. 26457. | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus leptorhynchus
|
(Ellis, 1912) | Fr
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish) | | 26.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the San Juan River (Ref. 26543). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus macrostomus
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 26.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Meta River basin (Ref. 36886). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus magdalenensis
|
(Miles, 1945) | Fr
| native | El original perro (Spanish), Caballo (Spanish), Perrita (Spanish) | | 129 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Magdalena River. Caught in an island in Magdalena River, mouth of La Malena stream and Sogamoso river at Puerto Cayumba, Puerto Wilches (Ref. 85150). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus mariae
|
(Eigenmann & Fisher, 1914) | Fr
| native | | | 27.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena basin (Ref. 50581). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus milesi
|
de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 22.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Cauca River (Ref. 55976). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus rostratus
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 27.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena basin and northern basins Colombia (Ref. 50581). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus spurrellii
|
(Regan, 1914) | Fr
| native | | | 27.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Arapaimidae |
Arapaima gigas
|
(Schinz, 1822) | Fr
| native | | | 450 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50891). | |
Characidae |
Argopleura chocoensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 5.28 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the San Juan River basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Istmina, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Argopleura conventus
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Dique de Cartagena, Departamento Atlantico (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Soplaviento, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Argopleura diquensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 6.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Dique de Cartagena, Departamento Atlantico (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Soplaviento, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Argopleura magdalenensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 6.01 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Girardot, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598. | |
Ariidae |
Ariopsis canteri
|
Acero P., Betancur-R. & Marceniuk, 2017 | Fr, Br, M
| endemic | New Granada sea catfish (English), Chivo cabezón (Spanish) | | 35.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Ariopsis canteri, Magdalena, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Pueblo Viejo. Occurs nin coastal marine and brackish waters, but sometimes entering freswaters (e.g., Atrato, Sinú, Magdalena, and Ranchería rivers) (Ref. 116660). | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Ariopsis seemanni
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 44.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus acostai
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 3.04 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus ardiladuartei
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 7.52 cm SL female | | Known only from its type locality, Río Suratá, Municipio de Suratá, Departamento de Santander (Ref. 116456). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus ardilai
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 10.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper basin of river Lebrija (Ref. 93747). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus bellezaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 10.73 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Municipio La Belleza, Departamento de Santander (Ref. 116456). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus cacharas
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 5.92 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper part of Cáchira River, Magdalena River basin in Municipio
de Cáchira, Departamento de Norte de Santander (Ref. 116456). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus caquetae
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | 8.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Orteguasá, Florencia. | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus chapmani
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 12.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Central Andes. | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus chotae
|
(Regan, 1904) | Fr, Fi
| native | Baboso (Spanish) | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the mountainous regions of the Patía, Cauca, Magdalena and Catatumbo rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus cirratus
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from Quebrada Callizales, Departamento del Tolima (Ref. 116456). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus curitiensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 12.07 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astroblepus curitiensis, Dept. de Santander, Quebrada Curití, Sector Pescaderito, Cuenca río Fonce. Known only from its type locality (Ref. 109963), | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus cyclopus
|
(Humboldt, 1805) | Fr
| native | | | 4.91 cm SL male/unsexed | 5.6 SL | Found in Quindio River upper basin, Alto Cauca. | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus floridablancaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 5.49 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.50 cm SL female | | Type locality of Astroblepus floridablancaensis, Dept. de Santander, quebrada Guayanas, afluente del río Aranzoque. Cuenca alta del río Lebrija, vereda Guayanas, municipio de Floridablanca (Ref. 126792). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus frenatus
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| native | Baboso (Spanish) | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the eastern mountains of the Santander (Magdalena and Catatumbo rivers). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus grixalvii
|
Humboldt, 1805 | Fr, Fi
| native | La Guapucha (Spanish), El Capitan (Spanish), Pez negro (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37058). Known from Central and Eastern Cordillera. Found in Popayan, southwest Colombia. Its range and abundance have declined greatly in recent years (Ref. 6868). | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus guentheri
|
(Boulenger, 1887) | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus heterodon
|
(Regan, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Jimenez, western Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus homodon
|
(Regan, 1904) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Magdalena river. | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus itae
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 6.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Cáchira River, Magdalena river basin (Ref. 93750). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus jimenezae
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 14.12 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astroblepus jimenezae, Dept. de Antioquia, municipio de Urrao, Río Calles, Vereda Calles, cuenca del rio Atrato (Ref. 128914). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus jurubidae
|
Fowler, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus latidens
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the eastern part of Colombian Andes (Ref. 6868). Known from the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus mariae
|
(Fowler, 1919) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus marmoratus
|
(Regan, 1904) | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus martinezi
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 10.52 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astroblepus martinezi, Dept. de Cordoba, municipio de Tierralta, quebrada La Oscurana, afluentedel río Tay, cuenca del alta del río Sinu, 400-680 msnm (Ref. 128914). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus micrescens
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37058). Found in Andes around Bogota (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus mojicai
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 7.19 cm SL female | | Known from Río Telembí, Municipio de Barbacoas, Departamento de Nariño (Ref. 116456). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus nettoferreirai
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 12.13 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Vereda Sailán. Municipio la Belleza, Departamento de Santander (Ref. 116456). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus nicefori
|
Myers, 1932 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Sonson, Antiquia (Ref. 6868). Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus onzagaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 16.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astroblepus onzagaensis, Dept. de Santander, Río Onzaga, Municipio de Onzaga. Known only from its type locality (Ref. 109963), | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus pradai
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 8.34 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astroblepus pradai, Dept. de Satander, Quebrada El Hato, Municipio de Guapotá. Known only from this locality (Ref. 109963). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus putumayoensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 5.46 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from its type locality, río Rumiyaco, afluente del río Mocoa. Municipio de Mocoa, Departamento del Putumayo (Ref. 116456). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus rengifoi
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | Capitán (Spanish) | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato River basin (Ref. 37058). Type locality: Small brook, trib. To Río Atrato on the left side, approx. 6 RS [sic] above town of El Carmen de Atrato, Colombia (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus retropinnus
|
(Regan, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Dagua River and Pacific coastal drainage of Colombia (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus rivasae
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 4.93 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.39 cm SL female | | Type locality of Astroblepus rivasae, Dept. del Chocó, municipio de Yuto, cuenca del río Atrato, Quebrada Doña Josefa. Known only from its type locality (Ref. 119425). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus santanderensis
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus trifasciatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio Dagua. | |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus unifasciatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Dagua River basin and Pacific coastal drainages (Ref. 37058). Found in Caldas (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus ventralis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Pacific coastal drainages and the Dagua River (Ref. 37058). | No picture yet. |
Astroblepidae |
Astroblepus verai
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 5.53 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astroblepus verai, Dept. de Santander, Quebrada del Medio, afluente del río Chucurí, Vereda Chanchón, Municipio de San Vicente de Chucurí (Ref. 109963). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Astronotus mikoljii
|
Lozano, Lasso-Alcalá, Bittencourt, Taphorn, Perez & Farias, 2022 | Fr
| native | | | 24.01 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported in all parts of 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 (Ref. 126783), | |
Cichlidae |
Astronotus ocellatus
|
(Agassiz, 1831) | Fr
| native | | | 45.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Characidae |
Astyanax atratoensis
|
Eigenmann, 1907 | Fr
| native | | | 10.34 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Atrato. | |
Characidae |
Astyanax aurocaudatus
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Rio Cauca. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax bimaculatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 17.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Astyanax caucanus
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in the Cauca River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax embera
|
Ruiz-C., Román-Valencia, Taphorn, Buckup & Ortega, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed ;8.98 cm SL female | | Type locality of Astyanax embera, Nariño Department, Barbacoas Municipality, Patía River Basin (Pacific Coast), Telembí River drainage, in Telembí River at mouth of Yamunde River, 1 km below Barbacoas (Ref. 119406). | |
Characidae |
Astyanax fasslii
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| native | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax filiferus
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 8.46 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376). Type locality: Apulo, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax gisleni
|
Dahl, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax integer
|
Myers, 1930 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Rio Meta. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax magdalenae
|
Eigenmann & Henn, 1916 | Fr
| native | Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Tolomba (Spanish) | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena basin and the San Jorge and Cesar rivers. | |
Characidae |
Astyanax maximus
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Astyanax megaspilura
|
Fowler, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax microlepis
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 12.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Rio Cauca. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax orthodus
|
Eigenmann, 1907 | Fr
| native | | | 10.78 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astyanax orthodus, Department of Chocó, Rio Sucio Municipality, Urabá, Truandó River, lower Atrato River Basin, Caribbean coast (Ref. 119406). | |
Characidae |
Astyanax panamensis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 10.07 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax ruberrimus
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | | | | |
Characidae |
Astyanax stilbe
|
(Cope, 1870) | Fr
| native | | | | | Rio Atrato. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax yariguies
|
(Torres-Mejia, Hernández & Senechal, 2012) | Fr
| native | | | 7.74 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the tributaries of the Río Cascajales, in Río La Colorada basin, Río
Magdalena system in the municipality of El Carmen, Santander (Ref. 91755) | |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella colombiensis
|
(Hubbs, 1920) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Río Telembi, a trib. of Río Patia, Pacific slope of s. Colombia. | No picture yet. |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella milleri
|
(Bussing, 1979) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 5.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Corozal (Ref. 6858). | |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella robbersi
|
(Fowler, 1950) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Totumo Lake, Bolívar state, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Auchenipterus ambyiacus
|
Fowler, 1915 | Fr
| native | | | 24.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus guajira
|
Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | | | | |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus limnaeus
|
Schultz, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Austrofundulus myersi
|
Dahl, 1958 | Fr
| native | | | | | | |
Gobiidae |
Awaous banana
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;24.38 cm SL female | | Known from Chocó, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca and Nariño. | |
Gobiidae |
Awaous flavus
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.62 cm SL female | | Museum: Bolívar: Calamar Cienega, E of Río Magdalena, N of Calamar, CAS 78681; central Río Magdalena, Puerto del Río Cienega (paratypes of A. decimlineatus) (Ref. 26240). Also Ref. 50190. | |
Characidae |
Axelrodia riesei
|
Géry, 1966 | Fr
| native | | | 2.14 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | |
Ariidae |
Bagre pinnimaculatus
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Alguacil (Spanish) | | 95.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36754. | |
Loricariidae |
Baryancistrus beggini
|
Lujan, Arce & Armbruster, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 8.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Batrachoididae |
Batrachoides pacifici
|
(Günther, 1861) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 43.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides
|
(Güntert, 1942) | Fr
| native | Bumblebee catfish (English), Bagre sapo (Spanish), Bagresapo (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Batrochoglanis transmontanus
|
(Regan, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Condoto, Tamana and Durango rivers (Ref. 6868). Type locality: Río San Juan, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Osphronemidae |
Betta splendens
|
Regan, 1910 | Fr
| introduced | | | 6.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Biotodoma wavrini
|
(Gosse, 1963) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Biotoecus dicentrarchus
|
Kullander, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Comisaría Vichada, Caño Alisal, tributary to Rio Bita a few km S Puerto Carreño, ICN-MHN 1400 (holotype of Biotoecus dicentrarchus, 3.84 cm SL, male) (Ref. 86446). Known from the Inírida River of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Characidae |
Boehlkea fredcochui
|
Géry, 1966 | Fr
| native | | | 5.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 85819. | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Boulengerella cuvieri
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 88.00 cm FL male/unsexed | | Known from Amazonas (Leticia, Lagos de Leticia) and Meta (Río Manacacias and Quebrada Venturosa) | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Boulengerella maculata
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 31.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Amazonas (Río Amazonas and Leticia, Lagos de Leticia). | |
Characidae |
Brachychalcinus nummus
|
Böhlke, 1958 | Fr
| native | | | 8.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36891). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus batesi
|
Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;12.10 cm TL female | | Known from the upper rio Negro in Vuapés (Ref. 116763). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus beebei
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus bennetti
|
Sullivan, Zuanon & Cox Fernandes, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 23.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Amazonas drainage in Amazonas (Ref. 94132). | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus brevirostris
|
(Steindachner, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 34.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena River. | 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 flavipomus
|
Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 11.70 cm TL female | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 116763). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus occidentalis
|
(Regan, 1914) | Fr
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish), Mayupita (Spanish) | | 17.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Magdalena, Atrato, and Catatumbo Rivers (Ref. 36685). Also Ref. 46312. | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus
|
(Hopkins, 1991) | Fr
| native | | | 18.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
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
| native | | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma juruense
|
(Boulenger, 1898) | Fr
| questionable | | | 60.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma platynema
|
Boulenger, 1898 | Fr
| native | | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | Dorado (Spanish), Plateado (Spanish) | | 192 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
|
(Britski, 1981) | Fr
| native | | | 60.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon amazonicus
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Bocón (Spanish), Yamú (Spanish) | | 46.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon falcatus
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 48.90 cm SL male/unsexed ;49.50 cm SL female | | | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon fowleri
|
Dahl, 1955 | Fr
| native | Sabaleta (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Sinu River basin (Ref. 38504). | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon henni
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr, Aq
| native | Sabaleta (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504). A 16.93 cm TL specimen (girth 28 cm) caught from Quebrada la Compania, weighed 1.125 kg (G. Kelley, IGFA, pers. comm., 10/2002). | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon labiatus
|
Steindachner, 1879 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38504). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon medemi
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Atrato River basin (Ref. 38504). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon meeki
|
Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon moorei
|
Steindachner, 1878 | Fr, Fi, Sp
| native | Dorada (Spanish), Dorada playera (Spanish), Mueluda (Spanish), Sardinata (Spanish) | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 53.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Rfe. 38504). Also Ref. 598, 7339. | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon oligolepis
|
Regan, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 24.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504). | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon posadae
|
Fowler, 1945 | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504). | No picture yet. |
Bryconidae |
Brycon rubricauda
|
Steindachner, 1879 | Fr
| native | Sabaleta (Spanish), Paloma (Spanish), Sardinata (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38504). A 16.33 cm TL specimen (girth 23.5 cm) was caught in Rio Calderas weighing 0.725 kg (G. Kelley, IGFA, pers. Comm., 10/2002). Also Ref. 598. | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon sinuensis
|
Dahl, 1955 | Fr
| native | Mulata (Spanish), Charúa (Spanish), Dorada (Spanish) | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Sinu River basin (Ref. 38504). | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon whitei
|
Myers & Weitzman, 1960 | Fr
| native | Bocón (Spanish) | | 38.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38504). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus alpha
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| native | Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Tolomba (Spanish) | | 7.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus andresoi
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 7.13 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Departamento de Nariño, Municipio El Tambo, corregimiento de Ricaurte, vereda Los Llanos de Manchabajoy, límites Chacaguí- El Peñol, cuenca alta del río Patia, afluente río Junambú, quebrada San Jóse (Ref. 49955). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus arilepis
|
Román-Valencia, Vanegas-Ríos & Ruiz-C., 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 7.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Santander, Charalá, Pontesuela Creek at the mouth of Coclina Creek in the middle Magdalena river Basin, IUQ 1917 (holotype of Bryconamericus arilepis, 6.88 cm SL, male) (Ref. 83586). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus caldasi
|
Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn B. & García-Alzate, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 7.35 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in La Libertad Creek, middle Cauca River Basin in San José County, Caldas (Ref. 106071). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus carlosi
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 5.66 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Ríos Putumayo and Orteguaza in the upper Amazon basin (Ref. 56110). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus caucanus
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 8.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus cismontanus
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 49957. | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus cristiani
|
Román-Valencia, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 6.86 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus dahli
|
Román-Valencia, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 7.98 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Patía and Mira River basins (Ref. 38376). | |
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 emperador
|
(Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907) | Fr
| native | | | 10.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Baudó, San Juan, Atrato and Pacific coastal drainages (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus foncensis
|
Román-Valencia, Vanegas-Ríos & Ruiz-C., 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Fonce River, Magdalena basin (Ref. 82388). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus galvisi
|
Román-Valencia, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 7.63 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Putumayo River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus guaytarae
|
Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 8.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Patia at the mouth of Rio Guaitara (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus guizae
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality: Departamento de Nariño, Municipio de Ricaurte, vereda Palmar, Alto Río Guiza, quebrada La Chiquita, afluente quebrada Inbi, 300 m del puente vía Ricaurte-Ospina (Ref. 49955). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus huilae
|
Román-Valencia, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 8.56 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Departamento del Huila, Municipio de Guadalupe, vereda Cachimba, Alto Magdalena, Sistema río Suaza, afluente quebrada La Viciosa, quebrada La Sapayera alredador del puente Km 2 vía Guadalupe-Florencia (Ref. 49955). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus icelus
|
Dahl, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Quebrada Guamural, tributary of Río Manso del Sinú (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus ichoensis
|
Román-Valencia, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 3.36 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Atrato River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus loisae
|
Géry, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 7.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Rio Meta. | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus macarenae
|
Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 4.72 cm SL male/unsexed | | Presently known only from the Güejar River basin, Macarene Mountain range, Orinoco system in Meta (Ref. 86277). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus miraensis
|
Fowler, 1945 | Fr
| native | | | 9.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Mira River basin (Ref. 38376). Type locality, Ricaurte on the Río Guebo, Río Mira basin, Nariño Dept., Pacific Slope of sw. Colombia, elev. 3900 ft (Ref. 46206). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus multiradiatus
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 2.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Atrato river. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus peruanus
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1845) | Fr
| questionable | | | 9.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from río Mira cerca de Caunapi, Municipio de Tumaco, Departamento de Nariño (Ref. 49957). Not in Ref. 38376; range extension? | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus plutarcoi
|
Román-Valencia, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 6.94 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Suarez River in the Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 38376). Type locality, Quebrada Santa Rosa, cuenca del río Suárez, río Magdalena system, 6°26'09"N, 73°18'56"W, Depto de Santander, Colombia, 825 m (Ref. 46206). | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus tolimae
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | Pintona (Spanish), Sardina pintada (Spanish), Sardinita pintada (Spanish) | | 11.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 49955. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina mariae
|
(Eigenmann, 1922) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Meta River basin of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Barrigón, Río Meta, Río Orinoco System, Colombia (Ref. 12965). | |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus aleuropsis
|
Cope, 1870 | Fr
| native | | | 9.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus colombianus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 36695). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus knerii
|
Steindachner, 1882 | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). | No picture yet. |
Chilodontidae |
Caenotropus labyrinthicus
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed ;25.30 cm SL female | | Also Ref. 37477. | |
Callichthyidae |
Callichthys callichthys
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 21.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Callichthys fabricioi
|
Román-Valencia, Lehmann A. & Muñoz, 1999 | Fr
| native | Roño (Spanish) | | 12.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Cauca River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Callichthys oibaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the middle Magdalena River basin (Ref. 57906). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Calophysus macropterus
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Caquetaia kraussii
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr, Fi
| native | Mojarra (Spanish), Mojarra amarilla (Spanish) | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge, Cesar, Cauca and Magdalena rivers (Ref. 26543) and Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Cienaga, Río Magdalena, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Caquetaia myersi
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 19.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Putumayo River of the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Rio Dedo, trib. of the Río Orteguaza, near Florencia, Amazon system, Colombia (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cyprinidae |
Carassius auratus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| introduced | | | 48.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
(Valenciennes, 1839) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Sarda (Spanish), Tiburón gris (Spanish) | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed ;400 cm TL female | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 79732). Found also in Malpelo Island (Ref. 41373). | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Carnegiella strigata
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 3.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops fuerthii
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 31.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops manglarensis
|
Marceniuk, 2007 | Fr, Br
| endemic | | | 19.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;19.50 cm SL female | | | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Cathorops mapale
|
Betancur-R. & Acero P., 2005 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 30.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Cathorops tuyra
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 33.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Catoprion mento
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Centrochir crocodili
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr
| native | Matacaimán (Spanish), Cachegua (Spanish) | | 22.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Centrodoras brachiatus
|
(Cope, 1872) | Fr
| native | | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Centromochlus megalops
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Bogota, Colombia, which is probably an error (Ref. 37098). | No picture yet. |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus ensiferus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Robalo (Spanish) | | 36.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3713. | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus nigrescens
|
Günther, 1864 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 123 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in northern Colombia (Ref. 9284). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus parallelus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Robalo (Spanish) | | 72.00 cm TL 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). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsidium pemon
|
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 4.26 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from rio Meta basin of the western portions of the rio Orinoco system (Ref. 56045). | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis amphiloxa
|
(Eigenmann, 1914) | Fr
| native | | | 18.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Patia, upper San Juan and Atrato River basins of western Colombia (Ref. 36486). Type locality, creek near San Lorenzo, Río Patía basin (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis baudoensis
|
(Dahl, 1960) | Fr
| native | | | 18.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Baudó River basin (Ref. 36486). Type locality, Quitasol, Río Baudó, western Colombia (Ref. 33021). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis coecutiens
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr
| native | Bagre ciego (Spanish) | | 27.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis fimbriata
|
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 10.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Truando (Ref. 56045). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis jurubidae
|
(Fowler, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Jurubidá River basin (Ref. 36486). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis motatanensis
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Ciego (Spanish) | | 15.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis othonops
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | Babosa (Spanish), Bobo (Spanish), Ciego (Spanish) | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Río Magdalena and Río Sinu basins (Ref. 36486). Also known from the Cauca River (Ref. 6868). Type locality, Girardot (Ref. 26282). | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis umbrosa
|
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 5.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Cetopsorhamdia boquillae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Cauca River basin in Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
|
Miles, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36914). Found in the upper Rio Cauca (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Cetopsorhamdia nasus
|
Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916 | Fr
| endemic | Bobito (Spanish), Ciego (Spanish) | | 10.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma aburrensis
|
(Posada, 1909) | Fr
| native | Corroncho de Medellín (Spanish) | | | | Questionably found in Cauca River basin. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma alternifasciatum
|
Fowler, 1945 | Fr
| endemic | | | 15.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Caqueta River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma anale
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| endemic | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orteguasa River basin in Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma brevilabiatum
|
Dahl, 1942 | Fr
| endemic | | | 11.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena and Cimitarra 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 Meta River basin (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma fischeri
|
Steindachner, 1879 | Fr
| native | Boca de manteca (Spanish), Cucho (Spanish), Trompilisa (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin in the Pacific versant and from Atrato, Sinú and Magdalena River basins in the Caribbean versant (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma floridablancaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 | Fr
| endemic | | | 10.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Chaetostoma floridablancaensis, Santander Department, stream Aranzoque in the municipality of Floridablanca. It is the first endemic species of Chaetostoma discovered at Santander Department. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma formosae
|
Ballen, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 9.74 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma joropo
|
Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Cusiana River sub-basin, Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 121198). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma lepturum
|
Regan, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | | | 21.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper San Juan River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma leucomelas
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Patia and upper Cauca River basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma marginatum
|
Regan, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 19.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Bogota and San Juan River basins (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma milesi
|
Fowler, 1941 | Fr
| native | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 14.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma niveum
|
Fowler, 1944 | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Jurubida River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma palmeri
|
Regan, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Tamana River basin in San Juan River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma patiae
|
Fowler, 1945 | Fr
| endemic | | | 15.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Patia River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma paucispinis
|
Regan, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma tachiraense
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 8.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma thomsoni
|
Regan, 1904 | Fr
| endemic | | | 15.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Chaetostoma vagum
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | 9.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orteguaza River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Chalceidae |
Chalceus macrolepidotus
|
Cuvier, 1818 | Fr
| native | Rabirrojo (Spanish) | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium brevirostre
|
Pellegrin, 1909 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 3.27 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from this country (Ref. 12468). Occurrence of the species in the country not confirmed (Ref. 37059) | |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium caucanum
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 7.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Cuca River basin (Ref. 37059). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium phoxocephalum
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 9.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Cauca River basin (Ref. 37059). Type locality: Paila, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium sanctjohanni
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 4.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 37059). Type locality, Noanamá, Río San Juan, w. Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium steindachneri
|
Cope, 1878 | Fr
| native | | | 4.12 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). | |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium zebra
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| questionable | | | 7.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from this country (Ref. 12225). Several morphologically similar populations from Colombia may refer to this species. This species was previously listed wrongly as Characidium fasciatum (Ref. 37059). | |
Characidae |
Charax metae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | 13.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus rosae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rio Meta basin (Ref. 6868, 36914). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Cheirocerus abuelo
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Abuelo (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Cheirocerus eques
|
Eigenmann, 1917 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36506). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Cheirocerus goeldii
|
(Steindachner, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | 15.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Chilodontidae |
Chilodus punctatus
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in western Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37477). | |
Cichlidae |
Chocoheros microlepis
|
(Dahl, 1960) | Fr
| endemic | Mojarra rosada (Spanish) | | 18.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Cichlasoma microlepis, Pavarandó, Río Baudo, ICNMHN 95 (Ref. 114771). Known from the Baudo River basin (Ref. 36377). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Chrysobrycon guahibo
|
Vanegas-Ríos, Urbano-Bonilla & Azpelicueta, 2015 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.46 cm SL male/unsexed | | South America: currently known from several small drainages entering the Guaviare River basin, Orinoco River basin, Colombia (Ref. 119432). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Cichla monoculus
|
Agassiz, 1831 | Fr
| native | | | 70.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Leticia (Ref. 57716). Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla ocellaris
|
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Fr, Br
| questionable | | | 74.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla orinocensis
|
Humboldt, 1821 | Fr
| native | Pavón (Spanish) | | 61.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin, in tributaries of the Orinoco River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla temensis
|
Humboldt, 1821 | Fr
| native | | | 99.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River. | |
Cichlidae |
Cichlasoma amazonarum
|
Kullander, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | 13.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Cichlasoma orinocense
|
Kullander, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | 10.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Laguna Mozambique, Río Meta system, Meta, Colombia (Ref. 12965). | |
Cyclopsettidae |
Citharichthys gilberti
|
Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 27.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | In range Ref. 11482. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Colossoma macropomum
|
(Cuvier, 1816) | Fr
| introduced | Gamitana (Spanish), Cachama negra (Spanish) | | 108 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Ciénaga de Santa Marta (10°43'-11°00'N and 74°16'-74°35'W), Magdalena river (Ref. 78646). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copeina guttata
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 7.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37104). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella compta
|
(Myers, 1927) | Fr
| native | | | 5.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco basin. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella metae
|
(Eigenmann, 1914) | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rio Meta. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella nattereri
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella vilmae
|
Géry, 1963 | Fr
| questionable | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Coptodon rendalli
|
(Boulenger, 1897) | Fr, Aq
| introduced | | | 45.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Cordylancistrus daguae
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| endemic | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 9.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Dagua River basin (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from upper Caquetá River basin in upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras aeneus
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras ambiacus
|
Cope, 1872 | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras arcuatus
|
Elwin, 1938 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras axelrodi
|
Rössel, 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 4.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Meta (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras delphax
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Inírida River and upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). Recorded from the Rio Inirida system (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras elegans
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 5.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras esperanzae
|
Castro, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 5.08 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio Meta, Cano Orocue at Orocue (Ref. 26041). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras fowleri
|
Böhlke, 1950 | Fr
| native | | | 6.51 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras gomezi
|
Castro, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 3.74 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lakes of the Isla de Mocagua, Rio Amazonas/Solimoes near Leticia (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras habrosus
|
Weitzman, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras leucomelas
|
Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras loxozonus
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Meta, Lomalinda near Rio Ariari (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras melanotaenia
|
Regan, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 5.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Meta basin (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras melini
|
Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1930 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras metae
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr, Or
| native | | | 4.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 37395). Exported to North America as an aquarium fish (Ref. 4537). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras rabauti
|
La Monte, 1941 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras reynoldsi
|
Myers & Weitzman, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 3.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Caquetá River basin (Ref. 37395). Found in a small caño off the Rio Orteguaza, Caqueta Province (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras septentrionalis
|
Gosline, 1940 | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). Recorded from the Rio Arauca near Arauca (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras simulatus
|
Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970 | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Meta system (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras splendens
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | | | 9.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras trilineatus
|
Cope, 1872 | Fr
| native | | | 6.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Characidae |
Corynopoma riisei
|
Gill, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 4.82 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus affinis
|
Steindachner, 1880 | Fr
| native | | | 7.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Caribbean drainages of Colombia from Rio Magdalena basin west to coastal basins of Chocó Department and the Pacific slope rivers in Rio Baudo and Rio San Juan. Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus amoenus
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | 10.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Amazonian drainage (Ref. 598). Known from Rio Ortuguesa in Florencia, Caqueta (Ref. 26628). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus atratus
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 7.01 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
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 brevipinnis
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from upper Río Cauca, northwestern Colombia (Ref. 28667). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus calai
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the western Meta River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus caucanus
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from upper Río Cauca, northwestern Colombia (Ref. 28667). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus flavescens
|
Vari & Harold, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 9.38 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus guanes
|
Torres-Mejia & Vari, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 7.29 cm SL male/unsexed | | Specimens were collected in the Rio Fonce and one of its tributaries, the Rio Mogoticos, within the Rio Magdalena basin of northwestern Colombia (Ref. 55562) | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus maculosus
|
Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Güejar River, La Macarena mountain range, Orinoco basin (Ref. 84030). | |
Characidae |
Creagrutus magdalenae
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the upper Magdalena river. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus nigrostigmatus
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 2.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the type locality in Caño Pechilín, a small stream draining into the Caribbean Sea in the region west of the mouth of the Río Magdalena. Also reported from Caño Zaragocilla, a site close to the type locality. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus phasma
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Crenicara punctulata
|
(Günther, 1863) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla johanna
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 28.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla reticulata
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 29.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;23.00 cm SL female | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla sveni
|
Ploeg, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Orinoco system, Río Meta, along road Villavicencio-Puerto López, Puerto Gaintán (Ref. 36377). | |
Crenuchidae |
Crenuchus spilurus
|
Günther, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 12225. | |
Loricariidae |
Crossoloricaria cephalaspis
|
Isbrücker, 1979 | Fr
| native | | | 10.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 6868, 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Crossoloricaria variegata
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | Raspacaonia (Spanish), Alcalde (Spanish), Baracalde (Spanish), Cuchilla (Spanish), Varacalde (Spanish) | | 26.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Crossoloricaria venezuelae
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | Pileta (Spanish) | | 18.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the San Juan, Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge and Magdalena rivers. | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Cruciglanis pacifici
|
Ortega-Lara & Lehmann A., 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 11.16 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Dagua River basin, IMCN 2359 (holotype of Cruciglanis pacifici, 9.55 cm SL). Known from San Cipriano River, Dagua River basin; Anchicayá, Aguaclara and Danubio Rivers, Anchicayá River basin, western slope of the Pacific versant, Valle del Cauca Department (Ref. 57850). | No picture yet. |
Gobiidae |
Ctenogobius claytonii
|
(Meek, 1902) | Fr
| native | | | 5.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Ctenoluciidae |
Ctenolucius beani
|
(Fowler, 1907) | Fr
| native | | | 28.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Río Atrato and Río San Juan basins. | |
Ctenoluciidae |
Ctenolucius hujeta
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | Agujeto (Spanish), Aguja (Spanish), Agujeta (Spanish), Agujón (Spanish) | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Bolivar (Soplaviento and Calamar), Tolima (Bernal Creek near Honda and Rio Magdalena, Honda), Cudinamarca (Rio Bogota and Rio Magdalena), Caldas (Rio Purnio, small tributary of Rio Miel, at or near junction of Rios Samana and La Miel near La Dorada), Antioquia (Rio Magdalena), and Cordoba (Rio Sinú basin). Also known from the San Jorge and Cesar rivers and the lower portion of the Cauca river (Ref. 26543). | |
Xenocyprididae |
Ctenopharyngodon idella
|
(Valenciennes, 1844) | Fr
| not established | | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Curimata mivartii
|
Steindachner, 1878 | Fr
| endemic | Cachava (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Vizcana (Spanish) | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge and Sinú River basins (Ref. 38013). Also Ref. 26629, 34109. | |
Curimatidae |
Curimata vittata
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 19.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38013). Also Ref. 34109. | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatella immaculata
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 18.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Puerto Inirida. | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatopsis evelynae
|
Géry, 1964 | Fr, Fi
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38013). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatopsis macrolepis
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr, Fi
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 4537. | |
Chacidae |
Cyanogaster noctivaga
|
Mattox, Britz, Toledo-Piza & Marinho, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 1.74 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco Basin, Cusiana River sub-basin (Ref. 121198). | No picture yet. |
Cynodontidae |
Cynodon gibbus
|
(Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Cynodonichthys boehlkei
|
(Huber & Fels, 1985) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Cynodonichthys elegans
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Cynodonichthys leucurus
|
(Fowler, 1944) | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Cynodonichthys magdalenae
|
(Eigenmann & Henn, 1916) | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 4537, 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Cynodonichthys pacificus
|
(Huber, 1992) | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Cynopotamus atratoensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1907) | Fr
| native | Cachana (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato and Sinu River basins (Ref. 36811). | |
Characidae |
Cynopotamus magdalenae
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | Chachás (Spanish), Chango (Spanish) | | 40.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 36811). | |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion acoupa
|
(Lacepède, 1801) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 110 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax abramoides
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 21.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Rio Guaviare, Cuayare, NRM 26202 (Ref. 11334). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax magdalenae
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr, Fi
| native | Campiniz (Spanish), Corito (Spanish), Madre de Bocochio (Spanish), Viejita (Spanish) | | 27.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Magdalena and Río Atrato basins. Museum: Río Magdalena, USNM 296258 (Ref. 11334). Also Ref. 38013, 78646. | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax nigripinnis
|
Vari, 1992 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 6.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Amazonas, Santa Lucia, AMNH 32947 (Ref. 11334). Occurrence in the country was not confirmed by Vari (Ref. 38013). | No picture yet. |
Cyprinodontidae |
Cyprinodon dearborni
|
Meek, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Aq
| introduced | | | 120 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Batrachoididae |
Daector gerringi
|
(Rendahl, 1941) | Fr
| native | Peje sapo (Spanish) | | 21.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio San Juan at Cabeceras, Chocó District and Rio Baudo drainage at Boca de Pepé. | |
Batrachoididae |
Daector quadrizonatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1922) | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río Truandó, Atrato basin, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Museum: Río Salado about 0.6 km above confluence with Río Truandó, Choco District, USNM 206335. Upper Río Opogadó, Choco District, LACM 32133-1 (male, 180 mm SL). | |
Mugilidae |
Dajaus monticola
|
(Bancroft, 1834) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 36.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 79012. | |
Danionidae |
Danio rerio
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| introduced | | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurrence presumably by escape from an aquarium fish rearing facility (Ref. 1739). | |
Loricariidae |
Dasyloricaria filamentosa
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | Cuchara (Spanish), Alcalde (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish), Pileta (Spanish), Raspacanoa (Spanish), Zapatero (Spanish) | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the San Juan, Atrato, Sinú, Cauca, Magdalena and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Dasyloricaria latiura
|
(Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 35.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Atrato River basin (Ref. 36389). Type locality, Boca de Certegai (Ref. 36389). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Dasyloricaria paucisquama
|
Londoño-Burbano & Reis, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 20.32 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper and middle río Magdalena basin (Ref. 118067). Could be placed under Least Concern (LC) based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories and criteria (IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee, 2014) (Ref. 118067). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Dasyloricaria seminuda
|
(Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) | Fr
| native | Zapatero (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish) | | 18.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Girardot (Ref. 6868). Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Dekeyseria pulchra
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Danionidae |
Devario malabaricus
|
(Jerdon, 1849) | Fr
| introduced | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Dicrossus filamentosus
|
(Ladiges, 1958) | Fr, Or
| native | | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Dicrossus gladicauda
|
Schindler & Staeck, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 4.24 cm SL male/unsexed | | Presently found only in the drainage of the lower río Atabapo. Believed to be exported for the aquarium hobby from the río Reita in the vicinity of the village Cumaribo, a tributary of the río Tomo, a western tributary to the río Orinoco (Ref. 76847). | |
Sternopygidae |
Distocyclus conirostris
|
(Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 39524) and Rio Meta (Ref. 96854). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Dolichancistrus atratoensis
|
(Dahl, 1960) | Fr
| native | Cacucho (Spanish) | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Atrato River basin (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Dolichancistrus carnegiei
|
(Eigenmann, 1916) | Fr
| native | Roncho (Spanish), Barbón (Spanish) | | 17.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Dolichancistrus fuesslii
|
(Steindachner, 1911) | Fr
| native | | | 13.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Dolichancistrus pediculatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1918) | Fr
| endemic | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Dolichancistrus setosus
|
(Boulenger, 1887) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Andes, river basin unknown (Ref. 36713). | |
Doradidae |
Doraops zuloagai
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Mariana (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Dormitator latifrons
|
(Richardson, 1844) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;39.00 cm TL female | | | |
Eleotridae |
Dormitator maculatus
|
(Bloch, 1792) | Fr
| native | | | 70.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Duopalatinus peruanus
|
Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 | Fr
| questionable | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Dupouyichthys sapito
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Sapito (Spanish) | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36695). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Duringlanis altae
|
(Fowler, 1945) | Fr
| native | | | 3.55 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rio Caquetá basin, Morelia (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
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 nigra
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 47.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 39524). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia virescens
|
(Valenciennes, 1836) | Fr
| native | Chucho (Spanish), Mayupa (Spanish), Ratón (Spanish) | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena, lower Cauca, Patía, San Juan, Sinú, Atrato, San Jorge and the Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 39524. | |
Crenuchidae |
Elachocharax geryi
|
Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978 | Fr
| native | | | 1.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Vichada river, a Colombian tributary to the Orinoco river (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 37059. | No picture yet. |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris picta
|
Kner, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris pisonis
|
(Gmelin, 1789) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris tecta
|
Bussing, 1996 | Fr, Br
| native | | scarce (very unlikely) | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Entomocorus gameroi
|
Mago-Leccia, 1984 | Fr
| questionable | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | One lot, UF 33595, taken from the upper Río Meta.apparently belongs to this species. Identification needs further confirmation. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Eremophilus mutisii
|
Humboldt, 1805 | Fr, Fi, Or
| endemic | Capitán (Spanish), Chimbe (Spanish) | common (usually seen) | 30.00 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Bogota region. Probably introduced to Ubaté, Chinquinquirá and Tundama valleys (Ref. 39970). | |
Gerreidae |
Eucinostomus argenteus
|
Baird & Girard, 1855 | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Mojarra (Spanish), Mojarra ley (Spanish) | | 21.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3722, 36754. | |
Gerreidae |
Eucinostomus currani
|
Zahuranec, 1980 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Leiro (Spanish) | | 21.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gerreidae |
Eucinostomus gracilis
|
(Gill, 1862) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Palometa (Spanish) | | 21.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gerreidae |
Eugerres plumieri
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Mojarra (Spanish), Cachirod (Wayuu), Mojarra de salina (Spanish), Mojarra rayada (Spanish) | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 18 FL | Museum: CAS 19814 (Ref. 33568). Also Ref. 5217, 36754, 26938. | |
Pimelodidae |
Exallodontus aguanai
|
Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella colombiensis
|
Retzer & Page, 1997 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River drainage, Meta River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella curtirostra
|
Myers, 1942 | Fr
| misidentification | Lapicero (Spanish), Palito (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 26543). Occurrence in this country not confirmed by C.J. Ferraris; probably a misidentification. | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella gracilis
|
Regan, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 25.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Caqueta River basin, upper Amazon River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella mitoupibo
|
Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Zamudio, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 20.96 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality from holotype Farlowella mitoupibo, Ariaria River, Guaviare River drainage, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 128477). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella nattereri
|
Steindachner, 1910 | Fr
| native | | | 26.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella vittata
|
Myers, 1942 | Fr
| native | | | 22.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella yarigui
|
Ballen & Mojica, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 11.23 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the río Topón, middle río Magdalena Basin in western flank of the Cordillera Oriental (Ref. 94974). | No picture yet. |
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. |
Poeciliidae |
Gambusia lemaitrei
|
Fowler, 1950 | Fr, Br
| endemic | | | 3.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.00 cm female | | Occurs in the Cienega del Totumo marsh where it inhabits Lake Totumo. | No picture yet. |
Gasteropelecidae |
Gasteropelecus maculatus
|
Steindachner, 1879 | Fr
| native | | | 6.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena, lower Cauca, San Jorge, Sinú, and San Juan rivers. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Gelanoglanis stroudi
|
Böhlke, 1980 | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rio Metica, Dpto. Meta (Ref. 6868). Known from the Rio Meta (Ref. 32901). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Genycharax tarpon
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | | | 17.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Rectricted to the upper Rio Cauca. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus pellegrini
|
Regan, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | | | 15.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato, San Juan, and Baudó River basins (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus steindachneri
|
Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1922 | Fr
| native | Mojarra (Spanish), Mula (Spanish) | | 19.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Sinú, San Jorge, Magdalena, Cauca, and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Collected from Rio Magdalena, Colombia near the city of Honda. Found only within the borders of Colombia (Ref. 12251). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus surinamensis
|
(Bloch, 1791) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the country (Ref. 6029). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax caucanus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 5.01 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Cauca River basins (Ref. 38597). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax chocoensis
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 5.16 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper San Juan River basin (Ref. 38597). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax martae
|
Dahl, 1943 | Fr
| native | Brinconcita (Spanish) | | 3.66 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Río Batatal, trib. to Río San Jorge, Río Magdalena system, Munic. of Ayapel, Bolivar Dept., Colombia, elev. ca. 800 m. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax sinuensis
|
Dahl, 1964 | Fr
| native | Brinconita (Spanish) | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Río Sinú system, Deptos Cordoba and Antioquia (Ref. 38587). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Gephyrocharax torresi
|
Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta. Mirande & García Gonzales, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 3.73 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.20 cm SL female | | Found in the two localities of the río Sucio basin, río Cascajales system, río La Colorada basin, río Magdalena basin (Ref. 93810). | No picture yet. |
Gerreidae |
Gerres cinereus
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Mojarra (Spanish), Cachirod (Wayuu), Mojarra blanca (Spanish), Mojarra de salina (Spanish) | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36754. In range Ref. 7251, 3277, 78646. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Gilbertolus alatus
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | Boquiancha (Spanish), Chachás (Spanish) | | 14.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Magdalena. Also Ref. 38270. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Gilbertolus atratoensis
|
Schultz, 1943 | Fr
| endemic | | | 11.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Atrato basin. Also Ref. 38270. | No picture yet. |
Gobiesocidae |
Gobiesox cephalus
|
Lacepède, 1800 | Fr
| native | Chupador (Spanish), Ventosa (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gobiesocidae |
Gobiesox juradoensis
|
Fowler, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Gobiidae |
Gobioides peruanus
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 45.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Gobiomorus dormitor
|
Lacepède, 1800 | Fr
| native | | | 90.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 11344. | |
Eleotridae |
Gobiomorus maculatus
|
(Günther, 1859) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 27.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Grundulus bogotensis
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr
| native | | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Grundulus cochae
|
Román-Valencia, Paepke & Pantoja, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 6.14 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Nariño, Pasto, vereda Romerillo, Laguna de la Cocha ( 1°05'22"N, 77°09'50"W, elev. 2809 m) (Ref. 49958). | |
Characidae |
Gymnocorymbus bondi
|
(Fowler, 1911) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the upper Rio Meta (Ref. 598). Also Ref. 38376. | |
Characidae |
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
|
(Boulenger, 1895) | Fr
| introduced | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Gymnocorymbus thayeri
|
Eigenmann, 1908 | Fr
| native | | | 7.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Gymnorhamphichthys hypostomus
|
Ellis, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 21.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36685). | No picture yet. |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni
|
(Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus ardilai
|
Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Rio de Oro near Bucaramanga in the Rio Magdalena basin (Ref. 54466). | No picture yet. |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus cataniapo
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 31.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus choco
|
Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003 | Fr
| native | Cuchillo (Spanish) | | 26.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Río Baudó drainage and the Río Atrato (Ref. 43716). Type locality: Boca de Pepé, Río Baudó, Chocó Department (Ref. 49716). | No picture yet. |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus henni
|
Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003 | Fr
| native | Mayupa (Spanish) | | 31.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from two rivers on the Pacific slope of Colombia - the Río Calima, Valle de Cauca Department and Río Juradó, Chocó Department (Ref. 49716). Type locality: Creek nr. mouth of Río Calima, Río San Juan drainage, north of Buenaventura, Valle de Cauca Department (Ref. 49716). | No picture yet. |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus tigre
|
Albert & Crampton, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 41.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: in floating macrophytes along north shore of Río Amazonas nr. Leticia (Ref. 49716). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Hassar orestis
|
(Steindachner, 1875) | Fr
| native | | | 29.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurrence uncertain, based on questionable synonym of Hassar ucayalensis (Ref. 37054). | |
Cetopsidae |
Helogenes castaneus
|
(Dahl, 1960) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Río Guaviare and Río Meta drainages of upper Río Orinoco (Ref. 7462). Also Ref. 36486. | |
Helostomatidae |
Helostoma temminckii
|
Cuvier, 1829 | Fr
| introduced | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon antioquiae
|
Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn P., Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Nare River drainage, Magdalena River basin (Ref. 95113). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon boquiae
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 4.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Cauca (Ref. 598). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon brevispini
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 8.99 cm SL male/unsexed | 6.87 SL | Known from the La Venada Creek, Quindío-Santo Domingo River system, upper Cauca (Ref. 83513). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon cairoensis
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 8.54 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Los Ramirez and Italica Creeks in the Risaralda River system, upper Cauca (Ref. 83513). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon cardalensis
|
Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn P., Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 8.68 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Cardal creek, a tributary of the Guatapé River; middle Magdalena River Basin (Ref. 95113). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon carrilloi
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 6.67 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon colombianus
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| native | Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish) | | 10.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Colombian Andes (Ref. 598). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon decurrens
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 5.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rio Magdalena (Ref. 598). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon dentatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 11.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Cauca (Ref. 598). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon fasciatus
|
Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn P., Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 8.32 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Nare River drainage, Magdalena River basin (Ref. 95113). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon guejarensis
|
Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 7.83 cm SL female | | Type locality of the holotype of Hemibrycon guejarensis: Pringamosal Creek, Blanco River system, Guaviare River drainage, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 128867). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon metae
|
Myers, 1930 | Fr
| native | | | 7.97 cm SL male/unsexed ;9.31 cm SL female | | Type locality, Guaiacaramo, río Orinoco basin, río Meta drainage, at junction of río Guavio and río Upía, CAS 123727 (holotype of Hemibrycon metae, 7.72 cm SL, female) (Ref. 85819). Found in the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon microformaa
|
Román-Valencia & Ruiz-C., 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 3.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato river basin in northwestern Colombia (Ref. 58761). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon paez
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 9.38 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the drainages of the Río La Plata, upper Río Magdalena Basin (Ref. 83529). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon palomae
|
Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 8.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the La Paloma and La Siria Creek, Roble River drainage in the Quindío state, upper Cauca, Magdalena River system (Ref. 85101). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon quindos
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 5.18 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Tinaja creek of the Río Quindío Basin, upper Cauca in Salento, Quindío (Ref. 83529). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon rafaelensis
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from San Rafael Creek and Apia River in the Risaralda River system, upper Cauca River (Ref. 77138). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon raqueliae
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 9.94 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río La Miel basin, middle Río Magdalena (Ref. 83529). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon sanjuanensis
|
Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn & García-Alzate, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 8.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper San Juan River Basin, Tatamá River drainage (Ref. 98056). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon santamartae
|
Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., García-Alzate & Taphorn, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | | | | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon sierraensis
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2015 | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.21 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon velox
|
Dahl, 1964 | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Sinu River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon virolinica
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 9.82 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Virolin creek in Santander (Ref. 83529). | |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon yacopiae
|
Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 8.89 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin in Yacopi, Cundinamarca (Ref. 83529). | |
Doradidae |
Hemidoras morrisi
|
Eigenmann, 1925 | Fr
| native | | | 14.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Hemidoras stenopeltis
|
(Kner, 1855) | Fr
| native | | | 19.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Hemidoras stuebelii
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | | | 15.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Eleotridae |
Hemieleotris latifasciata
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Hemieleotris levis
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 4.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Pacific coast of Colombia, from Buenaventura north to the Baudó River (Ref. 50190). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus barrigonae
|
Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 4.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River (Ref. 38376). Type locality, Barrigona, Rio Meta (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus lunatus
|
Durbin, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 4.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 96864). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus marginatus
|
Ellis, 1911 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Rio Meta (Ref. 598). | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus mimus
|
Böhlke, 1955 | Fr
| native | | | 2.83 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus rubrostriatus
|
Zarske, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 4.86 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality. | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus thayeria
|
Böhlke, 1955 | Fr
| native | | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Rio Negro. | No picture yet. |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus vorderwinkleri
|
(Géry, 1964) | Fr
| native | | | 16.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 61.00 cm TL female | | | |
Cichlidae |
Heroina isonycterina
|
Kullander, 1996 | Fr
| native | | | 10.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). Found in Rio Caquetá and Rio Orteguaza drainages (Ref. 26648). | |
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 a lagoon, 1 km upriver from Puerto Inirida, Guainia (Ref. 38319). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Heterocharax macrolepis
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 4.75 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias curupira
|
Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 29.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | First record reported from the Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 117026). | No picture yet. |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias malabaricus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr, Fi
| native | Dientón (Spanish), Bululu (Spanish), Calabrote (Spanish), Dentón (Spanish), Dormilón (Spanish), Guabina (Spanish), Mocho (Spanish), Moncholo (Spanish), Perraloca (Spanish), Perro (Spanish), Rivolo (Spanish) | | 65.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Common in Columbia river basins except the high Cauca river and torrent zones. | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias microlepis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 36.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Hoplosternum littorale
|
(Hancock, 1828) | Fr
| native | | | 26.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Hoplosternum magdalenae
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr, Or
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena and Sinu River system. Exported to North America as an aquarium fish. | |
Callichthyidae |
Hoplosternum punctatum
|
Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 | Fr
| native | | | 7.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Atrato basin (Ref. 26144). | |
Cynodontidae |
Hydrolycus armatus
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | | | 89.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cynodontidae |
Hydrolycus scomberoides
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 117 cm TL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification (occurrence in this country not confirmed by M.Toledo-Piza). | |
Cynodontidae |
Hydrolycus tatauaia
|
Toledo-Piza, Menezes & Santos, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 59.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon acaciae
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Prada-Pedreros, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 2.86 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Hyphessobrycon acaciae, Meta, Puerto López, Morichal del Estero (Ref. 118102). Known from the upper Orinoco River basin in the Orinoquia region (Ref. 85795). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon amaronensis
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 2.74 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Caño Amaron, tributary of Río Putumayo, Puerto Leguizamo, Putumayo, IUQ 2286 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon amaronensis, 2.65 cm SL, male). Known from Amaron and Tucunare creeks and other small tributaries of the Río Putumayo in Municipio Puerto Leguizamo, Departamento Amazonia (Ref. 84248). | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon bentosi
|
Durbin, 1908 | Fr
| native | | | 4.32 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 118102). | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon chocoensis
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 3.96 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon columbianus
|
Zarske & Géry, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Darien, small stream ca. 6 km downstream from Acandi, entry of the Rio Acandi, Darien, Atlantic coast (Ref. 46206). | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon condotensis
|
Regan, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon diancistrus
|
Weitzman, 1977 | Fr
| native | | | 3.72 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.50 cm SL female | | Museum: Río Vichada, Vichada, MZUSP 13179 - 13180 (Ref. 27925). Also Ref. 38376. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon epicharis
|
Weitzman & Palmer, 1997 | Fr
| native | | | 3.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr, Or
| native | | | 6.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon fernandezi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1972 | Fr
| native | | | 3.66 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus
|
(Ulrey, 1894) | Fr
| native | | | 3.56 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon klausanni
|
García-Alzate, Urbano-Bonilla & Taphorn, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 2.84 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Hyphessobrycon klausanni, Colombia, Meta, Mapiripán County, upper Guaviare River drainage, Caño Claro (Ref. 118102). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon mavro
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Prada-Pedreros, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 3.43 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin in the Orinoquia region (Ref. 85795). Also Ref. 118102. | 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). Also Ref. 598, 118102. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon natagaima
|
García-Alzate, Taphorn, Roman-Valencia & Villa-Navarro, 2015 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon niger
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Prada-Pedreros, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 2.76 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Orinoco River basin in the Orinoquia region (Ref. 85795). Also Ref. 118102. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon ocasoensis
|
García-Alzate & Román-Valencia, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 4.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, río Roble, afluente río La Vieja, 100 m abajo del puente peatonal Playa Azul, reserva natural "Monte del Ocaso", Quimbaya, Quindío, IUQ 1635 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon ocasoensis, 4.403 cm Sl, male) (Ref. 80362). Also Ref. 84248. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon oritoensis
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 4.28 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Orito, Putumayo, Quebrada La Palma, finca La Palma, Vereda Calimonte, IUQ 1574 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon oritoensis, 2.463 cm SL). Known only from the Orito River, Putumayo drainage in Amazonía (Ref. 76880). Also Ref. 84248. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon otrynus
|
Benine & Lopes, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 3.38 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon panamensis
|
Durbin, 1908 | Fr
| native | | | 4.41 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Río Magdalena (Ref. 13676). . Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon poecilioides
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 6.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rio Cauca. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon proteus
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish) | | 7.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Atrato, Sinú, and lower portions of Magdalena River basins (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon rheophilus
|
Ohara, Teixeira, Albornoz-Garzón, Mirande & Lima, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 4.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon saizi
|
Géry, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 2.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 118102. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon sebastiani
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 4.64 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the middle section of the San Juan River drainage (Ref. 83523). | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon sweglesi
|
(Géry, 1961) | Fr
| native | | | 3.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Río Muco and Río Meta of the Río Orinoco basin. Also Ref. 30277, 118102. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon taguae
|
García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 3.05 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, creek about two km from Puerto Leguizamo on road to La Tagua, Puerto Leguizamo, Putumayo, IUQ 2288 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon taguae, 2.35 cm SL, male). Known from Amaron and Tucunare creeks, and other small tributaries of the Río Putumayo in the Tagua-Puerto Leguizamo sector, and tributary of river Irinida upper Amazon River (Ref. 84248). | |
Achiridae |
Hypoclinemus mentalis
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | Lenguado (Spanish) | | 21.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Xenocyprididae |
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
|
(Richardson, 1845) | Fr
| not established | | | 146 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma bianale
|
Aquino & Schaefer, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 5.37 cm TL female | | Amazonas, Amazon River at 2 to 3 miles upstream from Leticia, FMNH 105077 (holotype of Hypoptopoma bianale, 5.37 cm SL, female) (Ref. 84367). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma brevirostratum
|
Aquino & Schaefer, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 5.06 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Rio Amazonas, 1 mi. upstream from Leticia, FMNH 105076 (holotype of Hypoptopoma brevirostratum, 3.4 cm SL, female) (Ref. 84367). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma gulare
|
Cope, 1878 | Fr
| native | | | 13.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma machadoi
|
Aquino & Schaefer, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 6.96 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known for the Rio Orinoco basin in Venezuela, including the Rio Meta drainage (Ref. 84367) | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma psilogaster
|
Fowler, 1915 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 36885). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma steindachneri
|
Boulenger, 1895 | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known in the Amazon River (Ref. 36885); Leticia (Ref. 84367). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma thoracatum
|
Günther, 1868 | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 36885). | |
Hypopomidae |
Hypopygus neblinae
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 12.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Meta River basin (Ref. 37053). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus annectens
|
(Regan, 1904) | Fr
| native | | | 28.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Patia basin (Ref. 36713). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus argus
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 11.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Villavicencio, Río Meta basin, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus holostictus
|
(Regan, 1913) | Fr
| endemic | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus hondae
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | Coroncoro (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish), Cucha (Spanish), Cucho (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena river basin (Ref. 26543). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus kopeyaka
|
Carvalho, Lima & Zawadzki, 2010 | Fr
| questionable | | | 22.61 cm SL male/unsexed | | According to Tuyuka fishermen, the species also occurs at the upper rio Tiquié into Departamento Vaupés in Colombia, but no specimens are available from the latter area (Ref. 83896). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus niceforoi
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 13.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Río Orteguasa, Florencia, Caquetá Dept., Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus oculeus
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 21.69 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio Orteguasa, Florencia (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus plecostomoides
|
(Eigenmann, 1922) | Fr
| native | | | 25.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Quebrada Cramalote, Villavicencio (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus varimaculosus
|
(Fowler, 1945) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Caqueta drainage, Morelia (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus wilsoni
|
(Eigenmann, 1918) | Fr
| endemic | | | 32.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Truando River basin in the Atrato River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Cichlidae |
Hypselecara temporalis
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon river drainage (Ref. 36377). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Ichthyoelephas longirostris
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | Besugo (Spanish), Besote (Spanish), Getudo (Spanish), Hocicón (Spanish), Jetón (Spanish), Moreno (Spanish), Pataló (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Cauca-Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37057). Also Ref. 598. | |
Iguanodectidae |
Iguanodectes spilurus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 10.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pristigasteridae |
Ilisha amazonica
|
(Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) | Fr
| native | | | 19.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50628). | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis microps
|
Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916 | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Río Negro at Villavicencio, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis nemacheir
|
(Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916) | Fr
| native | | | 9.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, Atrato, Patía, Sinú, San Juan and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Type locality: Girardot, Colombia (Ref. 26282). .Also Ref. 6868. | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis pseudonemacheir
|
Mees & Cala, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis spurrellii
|
(Regan, 1913) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Rio Condoto, San Juan basin, Colombia (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis timana
|
Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 7.67 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis usmai
|
Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 10.25 cm male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Isorineloricaria tenuicauda
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| endemic | Bebechicha (Spanish), Cacucho (Spanish), Choque (Spanish), Coroncoro perro (Spanish), Coroto (Spanish), Ramirez (Spanish), Rascón (Spanish), Raspacanoa (Spanish) | | 45.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type localities of Plecostomus tenuicauda, Río Magdalena, it is restricted to this river and of Plecostomus winzi, Honda, in Ref. 36817 (Ref. 129253). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Isorineloricaria villarsi
|
(Lütken, 1874) | Fr
| native | | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in extreme eastern part of this country (Ref. 129253). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Ituglanis guayaberensis
|
(Dahl, 1960) | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm NG male/unsexed | | Known from the Guayabero River basin, Orinoco drainage (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Ituglanis metae
|
(Eigenmann, 1917) | Fr
| native | | | 7.80 cm NG male/unsexed | | Type locality: Barrigona, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 39970. | |
Mugilidae |
Joturus pichardi
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 61.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3791, 9321. | |
Characidae |
Jupiaba asymmetrica
|
(Eigenmann, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Knodus caquetae
|
Fowler, 1945 | Fr
| native | | | 6.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon and Caquetá River basins (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Knodus hypopterus
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 6.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Upper Amazon River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Knodus orteguasae
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in Caqueta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Kronoheros umbrifer
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 47.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato and Magdalena River drainages (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 7335. | |
Cichlidae |
Laetacara dorsigera
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion altivelis
|
(Huber, 1992) | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion corpulentus
|
(Thomerson & Taphorn, 1993) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.35 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion leticia
|
Valdesalici, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 2.10 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.31 cm SL female | | Type locality of Laimosemion leticia, Dept of Amazonas, swamp area near Leticia at km 13-14 , Rio Tacana drainage, Rio Amazonas basin. Known from the Upper Rio Amazonas basin and thus far limited to a small area north of Leticia, southern Colombia (Ref. 130532). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Lasiancistrus caucanus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | Cacucho (Spanish), Corronchito (Spanish), Corronchito (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish) | | 23.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type localities: Cartago, FMNH 56034 (holotype of Lasiancistrus caucanus; upper río Jaredo, Pacific Slope, FMNH 56036 (holotype of Hemiancistrus mayoloi, 9.27 cm SL); Known from Cauca River basin; as Hemiancistrus mayoloi in San Juan River basin; as Lasiancistrus volcanensis in Volcán River basin in Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868, 26543. | |
Loricariidae |
Lasiancistrus guacharote
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | Corroncho (Spanish) | | 11.95 cm TL male/unsexed | | Reported from río Orinoco drainage (probably introduced in the collection site, a town connected with aquarium export business) and río Negro just downstream from main Villavicencio-Puerto Lopez highway at La Balsa, E side of river (Ref. 56920). | |
Loricariidae |
Lasiancistrus schomburgkii
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 14.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Caquetá River basin in upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868, 56920. | |
Loricariidae |
Lasiancistrus tentaculatus
|
Armbruster, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 14.76 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 56920). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina chocoensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 14.86 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina chucuriensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from northern Colombia, between Magdalena River and the Andes (Ref. 37104). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina colombia
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 | Fr
| native | Lomo de Oro (Spanish), Coruba (Spanish), Guabina (Spanish) | | 16.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Quebrada El Higuerón, afluent of Río Sinú, Tierralta, Departamento de Córdoba, CAR190 (holotype of Lebiasina colombia, 16.3 cm TL) (Ref. 83638). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina floridablancaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in northeastern Colombia, between Magdalena River and the Andes. (Ref. 37104). Type locality, El Gaque, tributary to Río Aranzoque, Dept. Santander, Author collection 15-04-01 (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina multimaculata
|
Boulenger, 1911 | Fr
| native | Candela (Spanish), Guabina (Spanish), Saltona (Spanish) | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina narinensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Quebrada Angostura, vía Tumaco-Pasto, Dept. Nariño (Ref. 46206). | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Lebiasina ortegai
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 | Fr
| native | Guabina (Spanish) | | 10.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, tributary of Río Las Cañas, Río Cauca System, Florida, Valle del
Cauca, IMCN4200 (holotype of Lebiasina ortegai, 10.4 cm TL) (Ref. 83637). | 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 | | | |
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 boehlkei
|
Garavello, 1988 | Fr
| native | | | 15.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Río Meta system, small stream flowing generally to S, in Hacienda Humacita, into Lago Mozambique, MZUSP 28061(Ref. 27925). Also Ref. 36801. | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus jamesi
|
Garman, 1929 | Fr
| native | | | 15.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 96869). | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus niceforoi
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | 12.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orteguasa River basin (Ref. 36801). Also Ref. 598. | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus striatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus subniger
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Orteguasa River basin (Ref. 36801). Type locality : Río Orteguasa, Florencia, Caquetá Dept., Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus y-ophorus
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Rio Meta, Orinoco system (Ref. 36801). | |
Loricariidae |
Leptoancistrus cordobensis
|
Dahl, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 3.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Upper Sinú River basin, and upper San Jorge River basin in Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 36713). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras juruensis
|
Boulenger, 1898 | Fr
| native | | | 28.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Leptodoras nelsoni
|
Sabaj Pérez, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 16.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco in rio Guaviare and upper Meta (Ref. 56896). | |
Loricariidae |
Leptotocinclus ctenistus
|
Delapieve, Lehmann A & Reis, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 3.06 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Dorosomatidae |
Lile stolifera
|
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 15.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Limatulichthys griseus
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 23.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Lonchogenys ilisha
|
Myers, 1927 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Negro River basin (Ref. 36811). | No picture yet. |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis batesii
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis grossidens
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Sabaleta (Spanish) | | 23.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Trichomycteridae |
Malacoglanis gelatinosus
|
Myers & Weitzman, 1966 | Fr
| native | | | 1.99 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Caquetá River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Río Orteguaza, above junction with R. Caquetá, Caquetá Prov., e. Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Megalechis picta
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Megalechis thoracata
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 15.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Anostomidae |
Megaleporinus muyscorum
|
(Steindachner, 1900) | Fr, Fi
| native | | | 44.00 cm male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Magdalena and Rio Atrato (Ref. 598, 36801). | |
Doradidae |
Megalodoras uranoscopus
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) | Fr
| native | | | 53.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;60.00 cm SL female | | | |
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 | Ballito (Spanish), Ballo (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Megalonema psammium
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Megalonema xanthum
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | | | 15.93 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 79495). Also Ref. 6868, 36506. | |
Atherinopsidae |
Membras analis
|
(Schultz, 1948) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Tinícalo lagunar (Spanish) | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the northern coast of Colombia (Ref. 49563). Also Ref. 13251. | |
Atherinopsidae |
Membras argentea
|
(Schultz, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 4.24 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Mesoheros atromaculatus
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| endemic | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Atrato, San Juan, and Baudó River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Tado, Río San Juan, Chocó, Colombia (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Mesoheros gephyrus
|
(Eigenmann, 1922) | Fr
| endemic | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Pacific slope in Dagua and San Juan rivers (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Dagua at Córdova, Colombia (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Mesoheros ornatus
|
(Regan, 1905) | Fr
| native | | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Patia Basin in southwestern Colombia (Ref. 12251). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Mesonauta egregius
|
Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin in the Meta and Vichada River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Mouth of Río Guarrojo, laguna no. 1 on Finca Boca de Guarrojo, Rio Vichada drainage, Departamento Vichada, ICN-MHN 1686 (holotype of Mesonauta egregius, 5.72 cm Sl, female) (Ref. 36377, 86444). | |
Cichlidae |
Mesonauta insignis
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 12.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Mesonauta mirificus
|
Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 9.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Characidae |
Microgenys minuta
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Upper Cauca. | No picture yet. |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Microglanis secundus
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from Catatumbo River basin (Ref. 39418) but there is no evidence that this is present in this region. Misidentification of Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides (Ref. 123647:76,79). | |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis lineatus
|
(Kaup, 1856) | Fr
| native | | | 19.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Centrarchidae |
Micropterus salmoides
|
(Lacepède, 1802) | Fr
| introduced | | | 97.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
|
(Myers & Harry, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia collettii
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | | | 6.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia eigenmanni
|
Géry, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 5.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Río Meta (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia metae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | 7.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Barrigón, Río Meta, Orinoco System (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia orteguasae
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | 7.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Río Orteguasa, Florencia, Caquetá. | 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 cephalus
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Mugilidae |
Mugil liza
|
Valenciennes, 1836 | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Lebranche (Spanish), Guasiki (Wayuu), Soco (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;69.00 cm TL female | | | |
Mugilidae |
Mugil trichodon
|
Poey, 1875 | Fr
| native | | | 46.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the lower parts of rivers in Colombia (Ref. 30499). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus rubripinnis
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | Gancho rojo (Spanish), Garopa (Spanish) | | 41.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus schomburgkii
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr, Fi
| misidentification | | | 42.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from this country (Ref. 4537, 91324). Occurrence in this country not confirmed (Ref. 39031). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylossoma albiscopum
|
(Cope, 1872) | Fr
| native | | | 24.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Amazonas basin (Amazonas) and Rio Meta basin (Meta) (Ref. 117280). | No picture yet. |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylossoma aureum
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Garopita (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Amazonas basin, Amazonas (Ref. 117280). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Mylossoma duriventre
|
(Cuvier, 1818) | Fr
| native | Garopa (Spanish) | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Nannoptopoma spectabile
|
(Eigenmann, 1914) | Fr
| native | | | 2.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Quebrada Cramalote, 4°07'N, 73°36'W, Dpto. Meta, Villavicencio, CAS 33806 (holotype of Otocinclus spectabilis, 2.25 cm SL, female) (Ref. 84367). Known from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36885). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Nannoptopoma sternoptychum
|
Schaefer, 1996 | Fr
| native | | | 3.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazons (Ref. 84367). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus marginatus
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus marilynae
|
Weitzman & Cobb, 1975 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Nanocheirodon insignis
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr
| native | Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Tolomba (Spanish) | | 2.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena, Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge, Cauca and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Recorded from Maracaibo Lake (Ref. 37055). | |
Doradidae |
Nemadoras cristinae
|
Sabaj Pérez, Arce H., Sousa & Birindelli, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 12.39 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Meta (Orinoco drainage) (Ref. 96153). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Nemadoras elongatus
|
(Boulenger, 1898) | Fr
| native | | | 16.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Nemadoras hemipeltis
|
(Eigenmann, 1925) | Fr
| native | | | 16.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Nemadoras humeralis
|
(Kner, 1855) | Fr
| native | | | 16.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Characidae |
Nematobrycon lacortei
|
Weitzman & Fink, 1971 | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Nematobrycon palmeri
|
Eigenmann, 1911 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the San Juan and Atrato rivers (Ref. 598). | |
Heptapteridae |
Nemuroglanis mariai
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the western portion of the Orinoco River system, in the Guaviare and Meta River basins (Ref. 55662). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Neoheterandria elegans
|
Henn, 1916 | Fr
| endemic | | | 2.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;2.50 cm female | | Known from the Rio Truando, a tributary of the Rio Atrato. | |
Ariidae |
Notarius bonillai
|
(Miles, 1945) | Fr, Br, Fi
| endemic | Bagre cazón (Spanish), Bagre (Spanish), Bagre chivo (Spanish), Cazón (Spanish), Chivo cabezón (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from from the Atrato and Magdalena rivers (Ref. 89868). Collected from the mouth of the Río Atrato during the rainy season, indicating it may also stand low salinities (Ref. 89868). Also Ref. 3265, 5217, 12255. | |
Ariidae |
Notarius cookei
|
(Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 42.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 58022. | |
Crenuchidae |
Odontocharacidium aphanes
|
(Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1977) | Fr
| native | | | 1.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37059). Recorded from the Loreto Yacu river drainage at small creeks (Ref. 13683). | |
Characidae |
Odontostilbe euspilurus
|
(Fowler, 1945) | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper río Caquetá basin (Ref. 57085). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Odontostilbe fugitiva
|
Cope, 1870 | Fr
| native | | | 4.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37055). | 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 Rio Orinoco and Rio Meta basins (Ref. 75063). | No picture yet. |
Carangidae |
Oligoplites palometa
|
(Cuvier, 1832) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Meona (Spanish), Sietecueros palometa (Spanish) | | 49.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cyprinidae |
Oliotius oligolepis
|
(Bleeker, 1853) | Fr
| introduced | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Salmonidae |
Oncorhynchus mykiss
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Fi, Aq
| introduced | | | 122 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
(Peters, 1852) | Fr, Br
| introduced | | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3, 13364, 97395. | |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis niloticus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Fi, Aq
| introduced | | | 60.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Ciénaga de Santa Marta (10°43'-11°00'N and 74°16'-74°35'W), Magdalena river (Ref. 78646). | |
Osphronemidae |
Osphronemus goramy
|
Lacepède, 1801 | Fr
| introduced | | | 70.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Ossancora punctata
|
(Kner, 1855) | Fr
| native | | | 11.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Osteoglossidae |
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
|
(Cuvier, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 90.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Otocinclus batmani
|
Lehmann A., 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 3.67 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the type locality, a small stream tributary to the Río Puré (Ref. 75892). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Otocinclus huaorani
|
Schaefer, 1997 | Fr
| native | | | 3.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Otocinclus vittatus
|
Regan, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 3.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Oxydoras niger
|
(Valenciennes, 1821) | Fr
| native | | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Oxydoras sifontesi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 76.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 37054). | |
Loricariidae |
Oxyropsis acutirostris
|
Miranda Ribeiro, 1951 | Fr
| native | | | 4.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from Guainía State, Río Inirida (Ref. 43109). | |
Loricariidae |
Oxyropsis carinata
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | | | 7.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36885). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Oxyropsis wrightiana
|
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 | Fr
| native | | | 5.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36885). | No picture yet. |
Sciaenidae |
Pachyurus schomburgkii
|
Günther, 1860 | Fr, Br
| questionable | | | 28.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;28.90 cm SL female | | Some specimens encountered in the Sinú estuary in 1966 and in Zaragocilla in 1965 possibly belong to this species (Ref. 5518). | |
Loricariidae |
Panaque cochliodon
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| endemic | Casasola (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish), Corroncorro (Spanish), Guacarote (Spanish) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Cauca and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 36713). Recorded maximum length and weight of a captive individual from the middle course of Magdalena River in Colombia, 45 cm SL and 1.45 kg, respectively (A.F. Echeverri (pers.comm. 04/09). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Panaque nigrolineatus
|
(Peters, 1877) | Fr
| native | | | 43.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Paracheirodon axelrodi
|
(Schultz, 1956) | Fr, Or
| native | | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | 2.51 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Paracheirodon innesi
|
(Myers, 1936) | Fr
| native | | | 2.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Paracheirodon simulans
|
(Géry, 1963) | Fr
| native | | | 2.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Parapristella georgiae
|
Géry, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Meta River (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Parastremma album
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | Blanca (Spanish) | | 9.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Sandó River basin in Pacific versant of Colombia.(Ref. 38501). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Parastremma pulchrum
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | Sardina (Spanish) | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio San Juan (Ref. 598). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Parastremma sadina
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| endemic | Sardina (Spanish) | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Restricted to western Colombia (Ref. 598). | No picture yet. |
Potamotrygonidae |
Paratrygon orinocensis
|
Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & Carvalho, 2021 | Fr
| native | | | 58.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Paratrygon orinocensis, Vichada, Puerto Carreño, río Orinoco, locality of Piedra casa Bojonawi. Endemic to the Orinoco basin with specimens taken from the Apure, Bita and Orinoco rivers (Ref. 125391). | No picture yet. |
Potamotrygonidae |
Paratrygon parvaspina
|
Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & Carvalho, 2021 | Fr
| native | | | 54.30 cm WD male/unsexed | | Type locality of Paratrygon parvaspina, State of Vichada, Municipality of Puerto Carreño, río Bita (Ref. 125391). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Paravandellia phaneronema
|
(Miles, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 2.81 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Río Cauca, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | |
Parodontidae |
Parodon alfonsoi
|
Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 10.34 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Parodon apolinari
|
Myers, 1930 | Fr
| native | | | 10.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). Recorded from the Rio Guavio (Ref. 38191). | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Parodon atratoensis
|
Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 10.75 cm male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Parodon caliensis
|
Boulenger, 1895 | Fr
| native | Rollizo (Spanish), Mazorca (Spanish) | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Cauca River basin (Ref. 38267). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Parodon magdalenensis
|
Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 13.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Parodon pongoensis
|
(Allen, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 10.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River tributaries (Ref. 38267). | |
Parodontidae |
Parodon suborbitalis
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | Cochinito (Spanish), Corunta (Spanish), Marranito (Spanish), Mazorca (Spanish), Tuso (Spanish) | | 12.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). Found in the Atrato, San Jorge, Magdalena, and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Museum: Rio Salado, USNM 231552 (56.0-56.7 mm SL) (Ref. 13118). | |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia bachi
|
(Boulenger, 1898) | Fr
| native | | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found throughout the upper Amazon and its tributaries. A single specimen collected from the Río Meta system near Villavicencio seems questionable since no other specimens have been collected in the Orinoco basin (Ref. 77026). | |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia lineola
|
Armbruster, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 9.69 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Iniridá (Ref. 77026). | |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia lujani
|
Armbruster, Werneke & Tan, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 7.51 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from río Meta - río Orinoco drainage (Ref. 99824). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia vittata
|
(Steindachner, 1881) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | One collection of what appears to be this species was recorded from the upper Río Guaviare (Ref. 777026). | |
Pristigasteridae |
Pellona castelnaeana
|
Valenciennes, 1847 | Fr
| native | | | 80.00 cm FL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50591). | |
Pristigasteridae |
Pellona flavipinnis
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 73.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 12225). | |
Pimelodidae |
Perrunichthys perruno
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Jeta de perro (Spanish), Perruno (Spanish) | | 60.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Cyprinidae |
Pethia conchonius
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| introduced | | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cyprinidae |
Pethia gelius
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| introduced | | | 5.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cyprinidae |
Pethia nigrofasciata
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| introduced | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.70 cm TL female | | | |
Characidae |
Petitella bleheri
|
(Géry & Mahnert, 1986) | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Río Meta basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Heptapteridae |
Phenacorhamdia macarenensis
|
Dahl, 1961 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Guaviare River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Caño Lozada, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
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 lyra
|
Cope, 1872 | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina astrigata
|
Regan, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the southern Colombia west of the Andes (Ref. 37104). Possibly found in the Rio Meta (Ref. 598). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina erythrinoides
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | | | 16.40 cm SL male/unsexed | 7 SL | | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina festae
|
Boulenger, 1899 | Fr
| native | Saltona (Spanish), Candela (Spanish) | | 13.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina panamensis
|
Gill, 1877 | Fr
| native | Candela (Spanish), Saltona (Spanish) | | 14.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Piabucina pleurotaenia
|
Regan, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena river basin. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Piaractus brachypomus
|
(Cuvier, 1818) | Fr
| native | Paco (Spanish), Cachama blanca (Spanish) | | 88.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella chagresi
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 15.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella conquetaensis
|
Ahl, 1925 | Fr
| endemic | | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Caquetá River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Río Coquetá, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella eutaenia
|
Regan, 1913 | Fr
| endemic | | | 14.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36914). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella figueroai
|
Dahl, 1961 | Fr
| endemic | Barbilla (Spanish) | | 9.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Guaviare River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality, Caño Lozada, approx. 17 kilometers above its junction with Guayabero River (Ref. 36914). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella longibarbata
|
Cortés-Hernández, DoNascimiento & Ramírez-Gil, 2020 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the western Orinoco river basin (Ref. 128936). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella macrocephala
|
(Miles, 1943) | Fr
| endemic | Chiriri (Spanish), Chirriri (Spanish), Micudo (Spanish) | | 2.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Cauca River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Río Cauca, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 68680. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella metae
|
Eigenmann, 1917 | Fr
| endemic | Barbilla (Spanish) | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Meta River basin (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella odynea
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Bagrecito (Spanish) | | 10.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Cucuta, Colombia. | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella pallida
|
Dahl, 1961 | Fr
| endemic | Barbilla (Spanish) | | 9.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Guaviare River basin. Type locality, Caño Lozada, about 500 meters above its junction with Guayabero River (Ref. 36914). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella reyesi
|
Dahl, 1964 | Fr
| endemic | Casimiro (Spanish) | | 9.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Sinú River basin (Ref. 36914). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodina flavipinnis
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus altissimus
|
Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942 | Fr
| questionable | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus blochii
|
Valenciennes, 1840 | Fr
| native | Nicuro (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus coprophagus
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Mierderito (Spanish) | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus garciabarrigai
|
Dahl, 1961 | Fr
| endemic | | | | | Known from Guayabero River basin in Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36506). Type locality: Deep pool in Caño Lozada, ca. 11 km above its junction with Río Guayabero, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus grosskopfii
|
Steindachner, 1879 | Fr
| native | | | 38.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus navarroi
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | Rampuche (Spanish) | | 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 | | Also Ref. 2060. | |
Pimelodidae |
Pinirampus pirinampu
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 120 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion squamosissimus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | Corvina (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion surinamensis
|
(Bleeker, 1873) | Fr
| native | | | 70.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36888). C: Refs. 36888, 94565, 94566; O: 94565. | |
Doradidae |
Platydoras costatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 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 | Malarmo (Spanish) | | 70.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Pimelodidae |
Platysilurus mucosus
|
(Vaillant, 1880) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia caucana
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr
| native | Piponcita (Spanish), Pipona (Spanish) | | 3.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm NG female | | Known from Cauca (Ref. 26130), Magdalena, Sinú, San Jorge and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 42987. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia gillii
|
(Kner, 1863) | Fr
| questionable | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;10.50 cm TL female | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia latipinna
|
(Lesueur, 1821) | Fr, Br
| introduced | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;10.00 cm TL female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia mechthildae
|
Meyer, Etzel & Bork, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, 6 km upstream of the mouth of Río Acandi, near Acandi (Ref. 50838). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia orri
|
Fowler, 1943 | Fr
| native | | | 5.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Islas de Providencia. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia reticulata
|
Peters, 1859 | Fr
| introduced | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm SL female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia sphenops
|
Valenciennes, 1846 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 1739. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia velifera
|
(Regan, 1914) | Fr, Br
| introduced | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poeciliopsis turrubarensis
|
(Meek, 1912) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;8.00 cm female | | Known from the Rio Dagua. | |
Crenuchidae |
Poecilocharax weitzmani
|
Géry, 1965 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
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 | Manamana (Spanish) | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Potamorhina latior
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 24.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (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 constellata
|
(Vaillant, 1880) | Fr
| native | | | 62.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36687). Also Ref. 38803. | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon magdalenae
|
(Duméril, 1865) | Fr
| native | Raya (Spanish), Raya de rio (Spanish) | | 35.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge, and Atrato river basins. Apparently absent in the Sinú river basin. Ascends river tributaries such as Tibu, the Sardinata, and the Zulia. Type locality: Río Magdalena, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Found in San Cristóbal and La Dorada (Ref. 38803). | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon motoro
|
(Müller & Henle, 1841) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Found in extreme southern Colombia, particularly in the Arara River (Ref. 35539); within 100km of Leticia (Ref. 38803). | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon orbignyi
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm WD male/unsexed ;32.50 cm WD female | | Type locality of Potamotrygon roulini, Orinoco Basin (Ref. 123811). | |
Poeciliidae |
Priapichthys caliensis
|
(Eigenmann & Henn, 1916) | Fr
| native | | | 2.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Cali (Ref. 50838). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Priapichthys chocoensis
|
(Henn, 1916) | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm TL male/unsexed ;4.50 cm TL female | | Type locality: Río Calima, Chocó (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Priapichthys nigroventralis
|
(Eigenmann & Henn, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 3.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 50894). Type locality: Río San Juan at Itsmina (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Priocharax pygmaeus
|
Weitzman & Vari, 1987 | Fr
| native | | | 1.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from tributaries of Rio Amazonas (Ref. 28825). Also Ref. 36811. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Prionobrama filigera
|
(Cope, 1870) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Pristella ariporo
|
Conde-Saldaña, Albornoz-Garzón, García-Melo, Villa-Navarro, Mirande & Lima, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 2.97 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Pristella ariporo: Mani, La Porfia, Rio Ariporo (Ref. 128489). | No picture yet. |
Pristigasteridae |
Pristigaster cayana
|
Cuvier, 1829 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 14.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50591). | |
Pristidae |
Pristis microdon
|
Latham, 1794 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 700 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pristidae |
Pristis pectinata
|
Latham, 1794 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Pez espada (Spanish), Espadachin (Spanish), Pez sierra (Spanish) | | 760 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Atrato basin in the Atrato and Quito Rivers (Ref. 57708). | |
Pristidae |
Pristis pristis
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Pez sierra (Spanish) | | 750 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Magdalena River, San Juan River and Atrato River (Ref. 57708). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus magdalenae
|
Steindachner, 1879 | Fr, Fi
| endemic | Bocachico (Spanish) | | 51.00 cm SL male/unsexed | 24.5 SL | Known from Atrato, Sinú, and Cauca-Magdalena River basins (Ref. 37057). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus mariae
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | 40.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Orinoco river (Ref. 598, 37057). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus nigricans
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr
| native | | | 48.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;52.50 cm SL female | 18.7 SL | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 37057). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus reticulatus
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr, Aq
| native | Bocachico (Spanish) | | 28.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 37057). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Characidae |
Protocheirodon pi
|
(Vari, 1978) | Fr
| native | | | 3.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Psalidodon fasciatus
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr, Fi
| native | Tolomba (Spanish), Cola amarilla (Spanish), Colirroja (Spanish), Golosa (Spanish), Juguetona (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish) | | 17.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in all areas of the Magdalena River system except in fast moving waters; the Sinú, Pechilín, Buritaca, and other rivers flowing from the Sierra Nevada to the sea or to the Ciénaga Grande of Santa Maria, Colombia (Ref. 5518). Also known from the San Jorge, Atrato, San Juan and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). | |
Curimatidae |
Psectrogaster ciliata
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | | | 12.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Río Guaviare (Ref. 34107). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Psectrogaster rutiloides
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 17.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 38013). | |
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. |
Anostomidae |
Pseudanos winterbottomi
|
Sidlauskas & Santos, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 15.17 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Orinoco drainage (Ref. 55429). Also Ref. 91907. | |
Aspredinidae |
Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus
|
(Mees, 1989) | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). | |
Aspredinidae |
Pseudobunocephalus lundbergi
|
Friel, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 2.91 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Pseudochalceus kyburzi
|
Schultz, 1966 | Fr
| native | | | 7.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Pseudochalceus longianalis
|
Géry, 1972 | Fr
| native | | | 7.85 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Pseudocurimata lineopunctata
|
(Boulenger, 1911) | Fr
| native | | | 11.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio San Juan, Rio Dagua and upper portions of Rio Atrato systems. | |
Curimatidae |
Pseudocurimata patiae
|
(Eigenmann, 1914) | Fr
| endemic | | | 12.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Rio Patia basin (Ref. 13243). Also Ref. 38013. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudohemiodon unillano
|
Rojas-Molina, Provenzano & Ramírez-Gil, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 20.05 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Pseudohemiodon unillano: Orinoco River basin, Guayuriba River, tributary to the upper Meta River, vía Puerto López, near Villavicencio (Ref. 128488). | |
Syngnathidae |
Pseudophallus starksii
|
(Jordan & Culver, 1895) | Fr
| native | | | 17.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Pseudopimelodus bufonius
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 24.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Pseudopimelodus schultzi
|
(Dahl, 1955) | Fr
| endemic | | | 20.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 39418). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 105 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum
|
Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 100.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River drainage, including Cauca River (Ref. 59362). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma metaense
|
Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 55.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 59362). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma punctifer
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr, Thr
| native | | | | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 117026). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 130 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Pseudopoecilia austrocolumbiana
|
Radda, 1987 | Fr
| endemic | | | 2.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known only from two brooks: one flows into the Rio Guelmambi, a tributary of the Rio Telembi Patia system; and a creek that empties into the Rio Guiza, a tributary of the Rio Mira, a river near the border with Ecuador.. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Pterobrycon landoni
|
Eigenmann, 1913 | Fr
| endemic | | | 2.51 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the middle and upper Atrato River basin (Ref. 38597). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Pterodoras granulosus
|
(Valenciennes, 1821) | Fr
| native | | | 68.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;90.10 cm SL female | | | |
Doradidae |
Pterodoras rivasi
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1950) | Fr
| native | | | 55.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37054). | |
Cichlidae |
Pterophyllum altum
|
Pellegrin, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Pterophyllum scalare
|
(Schultze, 1823) | Fr
| native | | | 10.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Loricariidae |
Pterygoplichthys undecimalis
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | Choque (Spanish), Cacucho (Spanish), Coroncoro negro (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish), Rascón (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge, and lower Sinú rivers (Ref. 26543). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pterygoplichthys weberi
|
Armbruster & Page, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 19.69 cm SL male/unsexed | | Tpe locality of Pterygoplichthys weberi, Caquetá, Florencia, Río Caqueta drainage, Laguna El Vaticano. Known from the upper Rio Amazonas drainage (Ref. 75871). | |
Cyprinidae |
Puntigrus tetrazona
|
(Bleeker, 1855) | Fr
| introduced | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cyprinidae |
Puntius titteya
|
Deraniyagala, 1929 | Fr
| introduced | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pygocentrus cariba
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr
| native | Piraña (Spanish) | | 27.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Orinoco River Basin. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pygocentrus nattereri
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | Piraña (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 39031). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina lugubris
|
Eigenmann, 1922 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Meta River basin. | No picture yet. |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina obermulleri
|
Myers, 1926 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37104). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina semifasciata
|
Steindachner, 1876 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Rachovia brevis
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. | |
Rivulidae |
Rachovia hummelincki
|
de Beaufort, 1940 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River 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. | |
Danionidae |
Rasbora trilineata
|
Steindachner, 1870 | Fr
| introduced | | | 13.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Rhadinoloricaria laani
|
(Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1988) | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco drainage, Meta River basin (Ref. 36389). Known from Rio Metica, Rio Negrito and La Argelia (Ref. 27116). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Rhadinoloricaria listrorhinos
|
(Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1988) | Fr
| native | | | 13.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Orinoco drainage, Metica River basin (Ref. 36389). Also Ref. 27116. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia argentina
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality: Río Magdalena near Chilloa, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia guatemalensis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 25.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Sympatric with Rhamdia saijaensis in Cajambre and San Juan Rivers (Pacific drainage, but R. guatemalensis is more abundant and has a wide altitudinal distribution (ranging from sea level to approximately 1000 m) and the main channel of rivers and streams, either with turbid waters and high sediment loads or with transparent waters and few nutrients (Ref. 108688). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia laukidi
|
Bleeker, 1858 | Fr
| native | | | 33.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia quelen
|
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Fr
| native | Capitanejo (Spanish) | | 61.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, Sinú, San Jorge, San Juan and Atrato rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 36880. | |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia saijaensis
|
Rendahl, 1941 | Fr
| native | | | 18.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from Chocó and Valle del Cauca (Ref. 108688). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia velifer
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality: Río Magadalena (Ref. 6868, 26282). | No picture yet. |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Rhamphichthys drepanium
|
Triques, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 45.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Negro (Ref. 35403). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Rhinodoras gallagheri
|
Sabaj Pérez, Taphorn & Castillo G., 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 14.95 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Aguas de Limón (alternatively mapped in the headwaters of the Río Cinaruco and the Río Capanaparo, both left bank tributaries of the middle Orinoco) in Arauca Department (Ref. 75166). | |
Doradidae |
Rhinodoras thomersoni
|
Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984 | Fr
| native | Mariano (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Rhinotocinclus variola
|
(Lehmann A., Schvambach & Reis, 2015) | Fr
| native | | | 2.93 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in one locality in the Quebrada Tacana, a small creek tributary to the rio Amazonas about 6.5 km by the road from Leticia to Tarapacá, Amazonas Department, southern Colombia (Ref. 100824). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Rhizosomichthys totae
|
(Miles, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 13.80 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Tota basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Lago de Tota, Boyacá, e. Cordillera, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Haemulidae |
Rhonciscus bayanus
|
(Jordan & Evermann, 1898) | Fr
| native | | | 51.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Haemulidae |
Rhonciscus crocro
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 38.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria formosa
|
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 | Fr
| native | | | 15.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria jurupari
|
Londoño-Burbano & Urbano-Bonilla, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality of Rineloricaria jurupari from Unilla River drainage, tributary to the upper Vaupés River subbasin, Amazon basin, Caño La Tigra, Calamar, Guaviare Department, Colombia (Ref. 128731). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria magdalenae
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | Alcalde (Spanish), Pileta (Spanish), Raspacanoa (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm male/unsexed | | Found in Sinú and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria sneiderni
|
(Fowler, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Jurubidá River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus azurescens
|
Vermeulen, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 5.66 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus carolinae
|
Vermeulen & Mejia-Vargas, 2020 | Fr
| native | | | 2.76 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.50 cm SL female | | Type locality of Rivulus carolinae, Alto Rio Negro, Guainía dpt., La
Guadalupe, small creek and surroundings about 10 minutes’ walk south-southwest in the forest starting where airstrip ends (Ref. 130065). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus flammaecauda
|
Vermeulen & Mejia-Vargas, 2020 | Fr
| native | | | 3.55 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Rivulus flammaecauda, Alto Rio Negro, La Guadalupe, small creek and surroundings about 10 minutes’ walk south-southwest in the forest starting where the airstrip ends (Ref. 130065). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus pivijay
|
Vermeulen, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 4.81 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus ribesrubrum
|
Vermeulen, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 5.59 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus xi
|
Vermeulen, 2013 | Fr
| native | | | 5.79 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found only in the type locality, a mountain creek at 588 meters altitude under primary forest canopy, clear medium-fast running water, stony cascading profile, no aquatic vegetation, temperature 24 °C at 18.55 hours, pH 5.8 (Ref. 95022). | |
Characidae |
Roeboides araguaito
|
Lucena, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 11.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Roeboides dayi
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | | | 12.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from the Sinú, San Jorge, Cauca, Magdalena and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 36811. | |
Characidae |
Roeboides occidentalis
|
Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Roestes ogilviei
|
(Fowler, 1914) | Fr
| questionable | | | 18.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Saccoderma hastata
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37055). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Saccoderma robusta
|
Dahl, 1955 | Fr
| endemic | | | | | Known only from Sinu River basin (Ref. 598, 37055). | No picture yet. |
Parodontidae |
Saccodon dariensis
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | Fr
| native | Dormilón (Spanish), Mazorco (Spanish), Rayado (Spanish), Torpedo (Spanish) | | 16.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 38267). Museum: Rio Salado, USNM uncat., 76.5 mm SL (Ref. 13118). | |
Bryconidae |
Salminus affinis
|
Steindachner, 1880 | Fr
| native | Dorada (Spanish), Picuda (Spanish), Rubia (Spanish), Rubio (Spanish) | | 46.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | An 80 cm TL fish was caught by angling from Rio Nare of the Magdalena basin (A. Linares, pers. comm., 11/02). | |
Bryconidae |
Salminus hilarii
|
Valenciennes, 1850 | Fr
| native | Dorado (Spanish) | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Salmonidae |
Salmo trutta
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr
| not established | | | 140 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Salmonidae |
Salvelinus fontinalis
|
(Mitchill, 1814) | Fr
| not established | | | 86.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca acuticeps
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Negro (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 (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca jurupari
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;23.30 cm SL female | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Anostomidae |
Schizodon scotorhabdotus
|
Sidlauskas, Garavello & Jellen, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 27.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Orinoco system (Ref. 75767). Occurs as far west as Quebrada Venturosa in Río Meta drainage in central Colombia (Ref. 75767). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Schultzichthys gracilis
|
Dahl, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 2.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Guayabero River, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Schultzites axelrodi
|
Géry, 1964 | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Meta. | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Sciades couma
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 97.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Sciades dowii
|
(Gill, 1863) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 90.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 11482. | |
Ariidae |
Sciades herzbergii
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Chivo de mar (Spanish), Shucuyo (Wayuu), Bagre (Spanish), Bagre blanco (Spanish) | | 94.20 cm TL male/unsexed ;62.50 cm TL female | | Also Ref. 3265., 13251 | |
Prochilodontidae |
Semaprochilodus insignis
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;29.50 cm SL female | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37057). | |
Prochilodontidae |
Semaprochilodus laticeps
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 37057). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus maculatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | Piraña (Spanish) | | 26.40 cm TL male/unsexed ;34.50 cm TL female | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus rhombeus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Piraña negra (Spanish) | | 41.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gobiidae |
Sicydium hildebrandi
|
Eigenmann, 1918 | Fr
| endemic | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Dagua River basin (Ref. 50190). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubim cuspicaudus
|
Littmann, Burr & Nass, 2000 | Fr
| native | Antioqueno (Spanish), Trans-Andean shovelnose catfish (English), Bagre blanco (Spanish), Bagre pobre (Spanish), Blanquillo (Spanish), Cucharo (Spanish), Gallego (Spanish), hocico de paleton (Spanish) | | 80.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Colombia, Depto. De Tolima, Río Magdalena drainage, at Puerto Soplaviento, FMNH 56223 (holotype of Sorubim cuspicaudus,
32.7 cm SL) (Ref. 57983). | |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubim elongatus
|
Littmann, Burr, Schmidt & Isern, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubim lima
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | Paletón (Spanish), Blanquillo (Spanish) | | 54.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge and Magdalena rivers (Ref. 26543). | |
Pimelodidae |
Sorubimichthys planiceps
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 150 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria atratoensis
|
Schultz, 1944 | Fr
| native | | | 34.04 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Atrato Riber basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria caquetae
|
(Fowler, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 37.00 cm male/unsexed | | Found in the Ortequasa River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria curvispina
|
(Dahl, 1942) | Fr
| native | Bigutudo (Spanish) | | 40.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Batatal, trib. to Río San Jorge, Río Magdalena system, Bolivar Dept., Colombia (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria euacanthagenys
|
Isbrücker, 1979 | Fr
| native | | | 52.00 cm male/unsexed | | Found in the Caquetá River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria fimbriata
|
(Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) | Fr
| native | Cucho pitero (Spanish), Zapatero (Spanish) | | 8.41 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River and Boca de Certegai (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria gymnogaster
|
(Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) | Fr
| native | Alcalde (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish), Zapatero (Spanish) | | 370 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Spatuloricaria terracanticum
|
Londoño-Burbano, Urbano-Bonilla, Rojas-Molina, Ramírez-Gil & Prada-Pedreros, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 28.56 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality Spatuloricaria terracanticum, Casanare, Sabanalarga, Up´ıa River, tributary to the upper Meta River, Orinoco basin (Ref. 119417). | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Steatogenys elegans
|
(Steindachner, 1880) | Fr
| native | | | 29.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 37053). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina argentea
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 9.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recroded from the Río Orinoco basin of eastern Colombia (Ref. 30554). | |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina atratoensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Atrato drainage basin (Ref. 30554). Also Ref. 38013. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina bimaculata
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr
| native | | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina dobula
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 16.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon basin. | |
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 schotti
|
(Steindachner, 1868) | Fr
| questionable | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | A single juvenile specimen was found inhabiting the río Meta in Colombia, suggesting that this species may have a wider range than originally known (Ref. 126780). | |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus
|
(Steindachner, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 54.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Collected from Río Orinoco basin, Río Meta (Ref. 84053). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus roseni
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 41.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
|
(Humboldt, 1805) | Fr
| native | | | 81.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 39524). Also Ref. 26457. | |
Sternopygidae |
Sternopygus macrurus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | | | 141 cm TL male/unsexed | | Practically found in all large basins. (Ref. 26543). | |
Belonidae |
Strongylura exilis
|
(Girard, 1854) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 91.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Belonidae |
Strongylura fluviatilis
|
(Regan, 1903) | Fr
| native | | | 51.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Belonidae |
Strongylura marina
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 111 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3129. | |
Loricariidae |
Sturisoma caquetae
|
(Fowler, 1945) | Fr
| native | | | 19.30 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Caquetá River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Sturisomatichthys aureum
|
(Steindachner, 1900) | Fr
| native | Palito (Spanish) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Magdalena, San Jorge and Cesar River basins (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | Baracalde (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish) | | 18.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 36389). | |
Loricariidae |
Sturisomatichthys panamense
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | Fr
| native | Pitero (Spanish), Alcalde (Spanish), Chuzo (Spanish), Palito (Spanish) | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Sturisomatichthys tamanae
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 22.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the San Juan River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Symphysodon aequifasciatus
|
Pellegrin, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 13.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Synbranchidae |
Synbranchus marmoratus
|
Bloch, 1795 | Fr
| native | Anguila (Spanish) | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in lowland areas. | |
Tanichthyidae |
Tanichthys albonubes
|
Lin, 1932 | Fr
| introduced | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Appeared in Colombia through escapes from an aquarium rearing facility. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia dunni
|
(Fowler, 1945) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Amazon River and the Caquetá River drainage in Cauca mountains Morelia at 1950 m above sea level (Ref. 79512). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia galaxias
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 12.56 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Meta drainage (Ref. 79512). | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia gyrina
|
(Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 4.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 79512). | |
Doradidae |
Tenellus leporhinus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 96153). | |
Doradidae |
Tenellus ternetzi
|
(Eigenmann, 1925) | Fr
| native | | | 12.86 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Tenellus trimaculatus
|
(Boulenger, 1898) | Fr
| native | | | 11.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Tetragonopterus argenteus
|
Cuvier, 1816 | Fr
| native | | | 11.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Orinoco basin (Río Guaviare) and Río Meta (Río Negrito) (Ref. 124043). | |
Characidae |
Tetragonopterus daguae
|
(Eigenmann, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
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 | | | |
Cichlidae |
Thorichthys meeki
|
Brind, 1918 | Fr
| introduced | | | 17.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Trachelyopterus fisheri
|
(Eigenmann, 1916) | Fr
| native | | | 28.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Sucio River (Ref. 6868). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Trachelyopterus insignis
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | Chivo (Spanish), Rengue (Spanish) | | 22.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rio Magdalena (Ref. 6868, 26543). | |
Doradidae |
Trachydoras microstomus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 5.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Trachydoras nattereri
|
(Steindachner, 1881) | Fr
| native | | | 12.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Doradidae |
Trachydoras steindachneri
|
(Perugia, 1897) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Osphronemidae |
Trichogaster fasciata
|
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Fr
| introduced | | | 12.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Osphronemidae |
Trichogaster labiosa
|
Day, 1877 | Fr
| introduced | | | 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Osphronemidae |
Trichogaster lalius
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| introduced | | | 9.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus arhuaco
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 7.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Río Guatapuri, Chemesquemena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, cuenca del río Magdalena, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus ballesterosi
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Sinú River basin (Ref. 87661). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus banneaui
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Correntes perto de Honda, Colombia (Ref. 6868). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus bogotensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 9.40 cm male/unsexed | | Type locality: Chapinero, near Bogotá, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus cachiraensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 10.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río Galvánes, upper course of the Río Cáchira, Municipio Cáchira, Departamento de, Norte de Santander, CAR125 (holotype of Trichomycterus cachiraensis, 8.31 cm TL) (Ref. 83636). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus caliensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 5.30 cm male/unsexed | 9.2 SL | Known from the Calima River basin (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus chapmani
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 11.80 cm male/unsexed | | Type locality: Upper valley of the Cauca, Boquia (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 39970. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus donascimientoi
|
Castellanos-Morales, 2018 | Fr
| endemic | lauchas (Spanish) | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality from Trichomycterus donascimientoi, cueva de Gedania, Magdalena River sustem. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus dorsostriatum
|
(Eigenmann, 1917) | Fr
| native | | | 7.70 cm male/unsexed | | Found in river drainages in Villavicencio (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Villavicencio, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus garciamarquezi
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 3.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Río Tucurinca, parte baja, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, municipio de Tucurinca, Departamento del Magdalena (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus gorgona
|
Fernández & Schaefer, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 6.36 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from a stream on Gorgona Island, presently isolated 56 km from shore (Ref. 55665). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus kankuamo
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 5.92 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Arroyo Blanco, Eco-Parque 'Los Besotes', Municipio de Valledupar, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus latidens
|
(Eigenmann, 1917) | Fr
| native | | | 5.30 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Calima River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus latistriatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1917) | Fr
| native | | | 4.60 cm male/unsexed | | Type locality: Santander, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus maldonadoi
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the upper Sinú River basin (Ref. 87661). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus manaurensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 6.19 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Río Manaure, parte baja, Serranía del Perijá, Cuenca del río Magdalena, municipio de Manaure, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus migrans
|
(Dahl, 1960) | Fr
| native | | | 4.20 cm NG male/unsexed | | Known from the Guayabero River, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus montesi
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 11.08 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Quebrada del Cinco, afluente del río Manaure, parte alta, Serranía del Perijá, Cuenca del río Magdalena, municipio de Manaure, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus nietoi
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 15.78 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from quebrada Kemakumake, tributario del río Guachaca, Sierra Nevada de Sanata Marta, Departamento del Magdalena (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus nigromaculatus
|
Boulenger, 1887 | Fr
| native | | | 16.50 cm male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus ocanaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 5.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río Teja, afluente del río Algodonal, cuenca alto del río Catatumbo, municipio de Ocaña, Departamento de Norte de Santander (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus regani
|
(Eigenmann, 1917) | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus retropinnis
|
Regan, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: St. Augustin, Andes of Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus romeroi
|
(Fowler, 1941) | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm NG male/unsexed | | Known from the Honda River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus rosablanca
|
Mesa S., Lasso, Ochoa & DoNascimiento, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 10.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Trichomycterus rosablanca, Santander, El Peñón, Las Sardinas Cave, Las Sardinas Creek, tributary of Horta River, Carare River drainage, Magdalena River basin. It is known known exclusively from this stream tributary, draining the caves Las Sardinas and Caracol, in the upper Carare River drainage, corresponding to the middle Magdalena River basin (Ref. 119411). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus ruitoquensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Río Riofrío, sector "La Clausen", tributary to río de Oro, cuennca alta del río Lebrija, sistema río Magdalena, Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Santander, Colombia, elevation 1000 meters (Ref. 87661). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus sandovali
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus santanderensis
|
Castellanos-Morales, 2007 | Fr
| native | | | 10.07 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus sketi
|
Castellanos-Morales, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 6.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Departamento de Santander, Municipio La Paz, vereda Casas Blancas, Cueva del Indio, CAC-CDMB 104 (holotype of Trichomycterus sketi, 6.15 cm SL) (Ref. 87778). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus spectrum
|
DoNascimiento & Prada-Pedreros, 2020 | Fr
| native | | | 13.19 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Trichomycterus spectrum from Hato Nuevo, cueva de Alejo, río Ranchería basin, Guajira, Colombia, MPUJ 4190 at a depth of 947 m. It is mainly found in Alejo cave, drained by the Arroyo Los Pozones, a tributary of the río Ranchería basin, which empties into the Caribbean Sea, on the north-eastern coast of Colombia (Ref. 128935). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus spilosoma
|
(Regan, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm male/unsexed | | Known from Sipi and Tamana River basins (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Rio San Juan, Colombia (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus steindachneri
|
DoNascimiento, Prada-Pedreros & Guerrero-Kommritz, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 14.35 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the quebrada El Charco, a tributary of quebrada Santa Bárbara, which drains the east flank of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombian Andes, to empties into río El Palmar of the río Meta drainage, río Orinoco basin (Ref. 102659). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus stellatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1918) | Fr
| native | | | 7.80 cm male/unsexed | | Type locality: Quebrada Sarjento, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus straminius
|
(Eigenmann, 1917) | Fr
| native | | | 6.70 cm male/unsexed | | Type locality: Santander, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). Also Ref. 39970. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus striatus
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 8.40 cm male/unsexed | | | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus torcoromaensis
|
Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 | Fr
| native | | | 6.37 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Quebrada Torcoroma, parte alta, cuenca del río Magdalena, Municipio de Ocaña, Departamento de Norte de Santander (Ref. 115924). | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus transandianus
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| native | | | 6.10 cm male/unsexed | | Known from the Combeima River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus uisae
|
Castellanos-Morales, 2008 | Fr
| native | Trepador (Spanish) | | 7.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus unicolor
|
(Regan, 1913) | Fr
| native | | | 8.50 cm male/unsexed | | Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Rio Condoto, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Trichomycteridae |
Trichomycterus venulosus
|
(Steindachner, 1915) | Fr
| native | | | 12.50 cm male/unsexed | | Type locality: Paramo de Cruz verde, E. Cordillere, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 39970. | No picture yet. |
Osphronemidae |
Trichopodus leerii
|
(Bleeker, 1852) | Fr
| introduced | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Osphronemidae |
Trichopodus microlepis
|
(Günther, 1861) | Fr
| introduced | | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Osphronemidae |
Trichopodus pectoralis
|
Regan, 1910 | Fr, Fi
| introduced | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Established in the Magdalena (Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta) (10°43'-11°00'N and 74°16'-74°35'W) (Ref. 78646) and Orinoco watersheds. Widespread in fish rearing facilities and has presumably escaped into local waters. Also Ref. 13364. | |
Osphronemidae |
Trichopodus trichopterus
|
(Pallas, 1770) | Fr
| introduced | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Achiridae |
Trinectes fluviatilis
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Lenguado (Spanish) | | 5.00 cm male/unsexed | | | |
Achiridae |
Trinectes hubbsbollinger
|
Duplain, Chapleau & Munroe, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 7.04 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from upper Río San Juan and Río Condoto near Andagoya (Ref. 91752). | No picture yet. |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus magdalenae
|
(Steindachner, 1878) | Fr
| native | | | 36.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Tyttocharax metae
|
Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 1.86 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the río Güejar system in Meta State, La Macarena Mountains, Orinoco basin (Ref. 91745). | 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 cirrhosa
|
Valenciennes, 1846 | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon 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). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus hellerii
|
Heckel, 1848 | Fr, Br
| introduced | | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;16.00 cm TL female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus maculatus
|
(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| introduced | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm TL female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus variatus
|
(Meek, 1904) | Fr
| introduced | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Aspredinidae |
Xyliphius lepturus
|
Orcés V., 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 13.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Xyliphius magdalenae
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36695). | |
Pimelodidae |
Zungaro zungaro
|
(Humboldt, 1821) | Fr
| native | Bagresapo (Spanish) | | 140 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Magdalena river basin (Ref. 26543). | |
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