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Table 1: 371 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 6 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 6 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 383 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 383 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Erythrinidae Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) Fr native  Pataka (Sranan)  65.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 37025. 
Callichthyidae Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) Fr, Fi, Aq native  Pantservis (Dutch), Soke kwi-kwi (Sranan)  26.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from near Paramaribo (Ref. 26144). Research on ecology and breeding in captivity being done by University of Suriname. N.V. Cammewijne Shrimp Fish Culture Co. (COMFISH) collect eggs from wild and grow-out in 20 ponds of 0.5 ha each (Ref. 26042). This species is in danger of local extinction (Ref. 26554). Overfishing, human-induced habitat modifications and the introduction of the exotic Oreochromis mossambicus pose a serious threat to its survival (Ref. 26554). Also Ref. 37395. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon copelandi Durbin, 1908 Fr native   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon georgettae Géry, 1961 Fr native   3.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Corantijn River. Also Ref. 598. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon rosaceus Durbin, 1909 Fr native   3.42 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Nickerie district and the Jenjee Creek, Brokopondo district (Ref. 13676) and Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). Also found in the Suriname River basin (Ref. 38376). 
Anostomidae Hypomasticus megalepis (Günther, 1863) Fr native   10.67 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Coppename River (Rechter, Linker and Midden) and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Hypophthalmus edentatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 Fr, Br native  Kwassi mama (Sranan)  57.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Hypophthalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1840 Fr native   56.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Hypopomidae Hypopomus artedi (Kaup, 1856) Fr native   50.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. 
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma guianense Boeseman, 1974 Fr native   6.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, left tributary of Nickerie River, a few km upstream from Stondansie Falls, RMNH 26919 (holotype of Hypoptopoma guianense, 6.15 cm SL) (Ref. 84367). 
Hypopomidae Hypopygus lepturus Hoedeman, 1962 Fr native   10.00 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus coppenamensis Boeseman, 1969 Fr native   12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Left tributary of Left Coppename River (Ref. 6868); also from Adampada Creek, Rechter, Linker and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). 
Loricariidae Hypostomus corantijni Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   18.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Sipaliwini River as H. corantijni and in the upper Corantijn River basin as Hypostomus sipaliwini, and from Stondansie Falls, Nickerie River as H. nickeriensis (Ref. 6868, 90186). Also Ref. 36817. 
Loricariidae Hypostomus crassicauda Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   14.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Sipaliwini River (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus gymnorhynchus (Norman, 1926) Fr native   26.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Suriname River near Brokopondo as Hypostomus occidentalis and in Tapanahoni River as Hypostomus tapanahoniensis (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 36817. 
Loricariidae Hypostomus macrophthalmus Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   7.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Sipaliwini River (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus micromaculatus Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   18.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mamadam Falls (Ref. 6868). 
Loricariidae Hypostomus pagei Armbruster, 2003 Fr native   18.92 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Whilhelmina mountains (Ref. 97225).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus paucimaculatus Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   12.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Suriname River near Brokopondo (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr, Br native   24.98 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Hypostomus pseudohemiurus Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   6.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Kabalebo River, Corantijn River basin (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus saramaccensis Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   11.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Feddipratti rapids, middle Saramacca River (Ref. 6868) and Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus surinamensis Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   16.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Suriname River near Brokopondo (Ref. 6868). 
Loricariidae Hypostomus tenuis Boeseman, 1968 Fr native   19.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found near Paramaribo (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus ventromaculatus Boeseman, 1968 Fr native  Wara wara (Creole, English)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Suriname River between Afobaka and Brokopondo (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus watwata Hancock, 1828 Fr native  Zeekwiekwie (Dutch)  45.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Heptapteridae Imparfinis minutus (Lütken, 1874) Fr questionable   12.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. 
Heptapteridae Imparfinis pijpersi (Hoedeman, 1961) Fr endemic   9.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Corantijn River basin (Ref. 36914). 
Trichomycteridae Ituglanis amazonicus (Steindachner, 1882) Fr native   7.50 cm NG male/unsexed  Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River (Ref. 59052). 
Characidae Jupiaba abramoides (Eigenmann, 1909) Fr native   12.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana; also from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. 
Characidae Jupiaba meunieri (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996) Fr native   9.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 27970. 
Characidae Jupiaba pinnata (Eigenmann, 1909) Fr native   5.82 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 27970. 
Characidae Jupiaba polylepis (Günther, 1864) Fr native   7.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also from 27970.  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Krobia guianensis (Regan, 1905) Fr native  Krobia (English), Ooroe wefi (Not specified), Ouwe wefi (Not specified)  12.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main (Ref. 59052)), Suriname, Cottica, Corantijn, Nickerie and Saramacca rivers (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 12251, 36377. 
Cichlidae Krobia itanyi (Puyo, 1943) Fr native   12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Marowijne drainage. Also Ref. 12251, 36377. 
Rivulidae Kryptolebias sepia Vermeulen & Hrbek, 2005 Fr native   6.51 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Tapanahony River drainage in southeast Surinam (Ref. 53862). 
Rivulidae Laimosemion agilae (Hoedeman, 1954) Fr native   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Laimosemion frenatus (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Anostomidae Leporinus apollo Sidlauskas, Mol & Vari, 2011 Fr native   13.39 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Coppename, Corantijn, and Suriname rivers of western and central Suriname, which flow from the Guyana Shield into the Atlantic Ocean (Ref. 86822). 
Anostomidae Leporinus arcus Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   40.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 13371. 
Anostomidae Leporinus desmotes Fowler, 1914 Fr native   22.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Anostomidae Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794) Fr native   37.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Present in the Maroni River which forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname (Ref. 12225); also from the Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 36801. 
Anostomidae Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) Fr native  Warakoe (Creole, English)  40.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. 
Anostomidae Leporinus gossei Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 Fr native   25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Reported from the Suriname River (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 36801.  No picture yet.
Anostomidae Leporinus lebaili Géry & Planquette, 1983 Fr native    Also Ref. 36801.  No picture yet.
Anostomidae Leporinus maculatus Müller & Troschel, 1844 Fr native   18.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;20.00 cm TL female  Present in the Corantijn River (Ref. 12225), Coppename River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). 
Anostomidae Leporinus nijsseni Garavello, 1990 Fr native   17.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Suriname and the Nickerie rivers. Also found in Marowijne (= Gran) Creek with sandy bottom, running water, at depth of 1.5 m (Ref. 27925). Type locality, about 27 km south of Village Dam, Sara Creek, Brokopondo district. (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12225, 36801. 
Anostomidae Leporinus pellegrinii Steindachner, 1910 Fr native   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 36801. 
Loricariidae Lithoxus lithoides Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   8.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Correntyne River basin (Ref. 36713). Recorded from the Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). 
Loricariidae Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758 Fr native   29.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the mouth of Marowijne River near Galibi (Ref. 6868). 
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