Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
Loricariidae |
Corymbophanes andersoni
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 8.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Aruataima Falls, upper Potaro (Ref. 6868). All known specimens are from Chenapou (formerly Aruataima) Falls, a large cataract on the upper Potaro River (37093). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Corymbophanes kaiei
|
Armbruster & Sabaj Pérez, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Creagrutus melanzonus
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Crab Falls, Essequibo R. (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Crenicara punctulata
|
(Günther, 1863) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River drainage (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla albopunctata
|
Pellegrin, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 14.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Demerara River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla alta
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla johanna
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 28.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla lugubris
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 32.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Essequibo River drainage (Ref. 26372) and Branco River (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla macrophthalma
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the country (Ref. 12251). Occurrence in the country not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla reticulata
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 29.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;23.00 cm SL female | | Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla saxatilis
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla strigata
|
Günther, 1862 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla vaillanti
|
Pellegrin, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 12.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla wallacii
|
Regan, 1905 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 12251. | |
Crenuchidae |
Crenuchus spilurus
|
Günther, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 4537, 37059. | |
Characidae |
Ctenobrycon spilurus
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the canals of ricefields near the Mana River (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 38376. | |
Xenocyprididae |
Ctenopharyngodon idella
|
(Valenciennes, 1844) | Fr
| introduced | | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | Reportedly used for aquaculture (Ref. 26042). | |
Curimatidae |
Curimata cyprinoides
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 23.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Curimatidae |
Curimata roseni
|
Vari, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 19.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 34109. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Curimata vittata
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 19.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 38013). | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatella alburnus
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | | | 18.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rupununi (Ref. 28798). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Curimatella immaculata
|
(Fernández-Yépez, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 18.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Rupununi River of the Essequibo River system (Ref. 28798, 38013). | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatopsis cryptica
|
Vari, 1982 | Fr
| native | | | 6.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Stream 2 km east of Lake Amucu, Rupununi Dist., ca. 3°43'N, 59°25'W (Ref. 12965). | |
Cynodontidae |
Cynodon gibbus
|
(Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | | | 32.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cynodontidae |
Cynodon septenarius
|
Toledo-Piza, 2000 | Fr
| native | | | 31.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Cynopotamus essequibensis
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Corantijn River (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 36811. | No picture yet. |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion acoupa
|
(Lacepède, 1801) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Grey snapper (English), Blacktail basher (English), Snapper bashaw (English), White bashaw (English) | | 110 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion steindachneri
|
(Jordan, 1889) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 110 cm TL male/unsexed | | C: Refs. 5217, 26819, 94486, 94561. | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax festivus
|
Vari, 1992 | Fr
| native | | | 16.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 38013). Museum: Essequibo: lower Potaro River, Tumatumari, USNM 66141, 30785. Rockstone, AMNH 7118 (Ref. 11334). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax helleri
|
(Steindachner, 1910) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Essequibo, BMNH 1864.1.21:71 (paralectotype of C. spilurus, a misidentification). Yarakita Creek, AMNH 14280, 14437. Santo Rosa, AMNH 14441. Barama River, Waini River system, UMMZ 216028 (Ref. 11334). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax microcephalus
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | Fr
| native | | | 16.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Essequibo River, Rockstone, AMNH 14438 (Ref. 11334). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax spilurus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | Cuticuru (Not specified) | | 10.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Essequibo and Mazaruni-Potaro rivers (Ref. 11334) and Cuyuni River (Ref. 38013). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Cetopsidae |
Denticetopsis iwokrama
|
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 4.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Siparuni River (Ref. 56045). | |
Cetopsidae |
Denticetopsis macilenta
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 6.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36486). Type locality: Creek below Potaro Landing, Guyana (Ref. 26282). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Derhamia hoffmannorum
|
Géry & Zarske, 2002 | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.14 cm SL male/unsexed | | Endemic to the upper Mazaruni River, sand bank at the confluent of the Kamarang and Mazaruni rivers, NW part of Guyana north of Roraima, MTD F26491 (holotype, 6.14 cm SL, male) (Ref. 47610). | |
Characidae |
Deuterodon mutator
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Deuterodon potaroensis
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Potaro River basin (Ref. 48602). Type locality: Potaro R. at Amatuk Cataract, Guyana (Ref. 40966). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Distocyclus conirostris
|
(Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Essequibo River (Ref. 96854). | No picture yet. |
Doradidae |
Doras carinatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Doras micropoeus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lama stop-off and Wisnar in the Demerara River (Ref. 6868). | |
Eleotridae |
Dormitator maculatus
|
(Bloch, 1792) | Fr
| native | | | 70.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia macrops
|
(Boulenger, 1897) | Fr
| native | | | 25.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia nigra
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 47.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rupununi River basin (Ref. 39524). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia virescens
|
(Valenciennes, 1836) | Fr
| native | | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | 13 TL | Also Ref. 26457. | |
Gymnotidae |
Electrophorus electricus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 250 cm SL male/unsexed | | Collected from Essequibo, Corantijn, Cuyuni and Kuribrong rivers (Ref. 120918). | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris amblyopsis
|
(Cope, 1871) | Fr
| native | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris pisonis
|
(Gmelin, 1789) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Erythrinidae |
Erythrinus erythrinus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gerreidae |
Eucinostomus argenteus
|
Baird & Girard, 1855 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 21.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Gerreidae |
Eugerres plumieri
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |