Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus grosvenori
|
Eigenmann, 1927 | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus osgoodi
|
Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 6.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus pachacuti
|
Eigenmann, 1927 | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus pectinatus
|
Vari & Siebert, 1990 | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus peruanus
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1845) | Fr
| native | Carachita (Spanish) | | 9.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: near Lima (38376). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus phoenicopterus
|
(Cope, 1872) | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus simus
|
(Boulenger, 1898) | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 8.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconamericus thomasi
|
Fowler, 1940 | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Bryconella pallidifrons
|
(Fowler, 1946) | Fr
| native | Mojarrita (Spanish) | | 2.32 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops affinis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | Denton (Spanish) | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. | |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina apoparuana
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from streams between Pucallpa and Tournavista, and lower reaches of the left bank Ucayali tributaries Shahuaya and Amaquiria (Ref. 9088). | |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina cordemadi
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from two localities near Puerto Maldonado, both in tributaries to the R. Madre de Dios. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina eurhinus
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin, in the Madre de Dios drainage (Pilcopata, upper Madre de Dios, Manú, Colorado and Marcapata rivers) (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina hophrys
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin, in the Pachitea and Aguaytía River basins (Ref. 36377). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina huallagae
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin, in the Huallaga River basin at Tarapoto and Tingo María (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina labiosa
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper River Ucayali (near Chinipo River), Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina megalospilus
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.10 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.07 cm SL female | | Known from the Amazon River basin, in the Pachitea and Aguaytía River basins (Ref. 36377). Found in Tournavista and R. Neshuya (Ref. 9088). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina moriorum
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin, in the Carahuayte, Mazám and lower Napo River basins (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina omagua
|
Rican & Ricanova, 2023 | Fr
| native | | | 9.89 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Bujurquina omagua: Amazon River basin, Loreto, Maynas Province, District Las Amazonas, close to Oran village, Quebrada Sabalillo, cabeceras upper locality P18-17 (Ref. 128854). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina ortegai
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377) in the Mayo river near Moyobamba and Rioja (Ref. 9088). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina peregrinabunda
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 10.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin in the lower Ampiyacu River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina robusta
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| native | | | 8.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin, in the Chinipo River basin (upper Ucayali River drainage) (Ref. 36377). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina syspilus
|
(Cope, 1872) | Fr
| endemic | | | 10.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377), from the lower Ucayali, lower Napo, lower Ampiyacu and lower Yavari (Ref. 9088). | |
Cichlidae |
Bujurquina tambopatae
|
Kullander, 1986 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Tambopata River basin (Madre de Dios River drainage) of the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus aleuropsis
|
Cope, 1870 | Fr
| native | | | 9.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus coracoideus
|
(Cope, 1874) | Fr, Or
| native | Sapo cunshi (Spanish), Banjo cat (English) | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). Exported as an aquarium fish (Ref. 9235). 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. |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus verrucosus
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr
| native | | | 9.84 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). | |
Chilodontidae |
Caenotropus labyrinthicus
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed ;25.30 cm SL female | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37477). | |
Callichthyidae |
Callichthys callichthys
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 21.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Calophysus macropterus
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr, Or
| native | Mota (Spanish), Bagre (Spanish), Mota moteada (Spanish), Callophysus catfish (English) | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Ucayali, Marañon, Pacaya, Samiria and Huallaga Rivers. Exported as an aquarium fish (Ref. 9235). | |
Cyprinidae |
Carassius auratus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| introduced | | | 48.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
(Valenciennes, 1839) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Cazón (Spanish), Tiburón (Spanish), Tiburón ñato (Spanish) | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed ;400 cm TL female | | Found in Amazon and Ucayali Rivers (Ref. 79732). Also recorded from Paita (Ref. 96339). Also Ref. 244. | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Carnegiella myersi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| native | Pechito (Spanish) | | 2.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Amazon. | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Carnegiella schereri
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | Fr
| native | Pechito (Spanish) | | 2.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 39056). | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Carnegiella strigata
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr, Or
| native | Pechito jaspeado (Spanish), Pechito (Spanish), Strigata (Spanish) | | 3.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in tributaries of the Amazon system and vicinity of Iquitos; also in the Napo and Mazán Rivers. Exported as an aquarium fish (Ref. 9235). Also Ref. 39056. | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops tuyra
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 33.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Centrodoras brachiatus
|
(Cope, 1872) | Fr
| native | Bagre (Spanish) | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Centromochlus existimatus
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | Pirillo (Spanish) | | 9.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Contamana, rio Ucayali basin; rio Amazonas, Iquitos; and rio Ucayali, Pucallpa (Ref. 39641). Also Ref. 37098. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Centromochlus heckelii
|
(De Filippi, 1853) | Fr
| native | Pirillo (Spanish) | | 13.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Rio Napo (Ref. 6868). | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus nigrescens
|
Günther, 1864 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Róbalo (Spanish) | | 123 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Ceratobranchia binghami
|
Eigenmann, 1927 | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 6.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Ceratobranchia delotaenia
|
Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1990 | Fr
| native | | | 3.79 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Ceratobranchia obtusirostris
|
Eigenmann, 1914 | Fr
| native | Mojarita (Spanish) | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River. Also Ref. 598. | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis candiru
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr
| native | Canero (Spanish) | | 26.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36486). | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis coecutiens
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr
| native | | | 27.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36486). | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis montana
|
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 11.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis oliveirai
|
(Lundberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 1994) | Fr
| native | | | 3.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36486). | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis parma
|
Oliveira, Vari & Ferraris, 2001 | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36486). | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis pearsoni
|
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 11.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |