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List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Guyana
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Table 1: 497 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 12 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 11 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 520 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 520 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Characidae Exodon paradoxus Müller & Troschel, 1844 Fr native   7.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910 Fr native   26.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36389). Also Ref. 6868. 
Loricariidae Farlowella reticulata Boeseman, 1971 Fr native   15.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Farlowella rugosa Boeseman, 1971 Fr native   21.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Gasteropelecidae Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native   3.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Also. Ref. 7020. 
Cichlidae Geophagus brachybranchus Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 Fr native   13.80 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Geophagus crocatus Hauser & López-Fernández, 2013 Fr native   16.61 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Berbice River, above and below the rapids at Itabru Falls (Ref. 95093).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) Fr misidentification   14.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Auchenipteridae Gephyromochlus leopardus (Hoedeman, 1961) Fr native   10.90 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gerreidae Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) Fr, Br, M native   41.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Acestrorhynchidae Gnathocharax steindachneri Fowler, 1913 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 598. 
Gobiidae Gobioides grahamae Palmer & Wheeler, 1955 Fr, Br, M native   17.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Museum: Georgetown, BMNH 1950.5.15.41 (paratype of G. grahamae); BMNH 1959.3.17.161(Ref. 27974). 
Eleotridae Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800 Fr native   90.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Heptapteridae Goeldiella eques (Müller & Troschel, 1849) Fr native   28.90 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Guianacara dacrya Arbour & López-Fernández, 2011 Fr native   11.98 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Potaro-Siparuni (Region 8), Water Dog Falls, Burro Burro River, Essequibo Drainage, UG/CSBD 1666, (ex. ANSP 177130) (holotype of Guianacara dacrya, 7.92 cm SL). Known from south-western and central Guyana, as far north as the Potaro River and as far south as the Yukanopita Falls in the Essequibo River. It is abundant in the Essequibo basin, including the drainages of its main tributaries the Rupununi, Siparuni and Kuyuwini, as well as the Takutu and Ireng drainages in the Branco River basin (Ref. 86674).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Guianacara geayi (Pellegrin, 1902) Fr misidentification   12.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the country (Ref. 12251). Occurrence in the country not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Guianacara sphenozona Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 Fr native   8.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Probably found in the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Loricariidae Guyanancistrus brevispinis (Heitmans, Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983) Fr misidentification   14.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Coppename River (Ref. 27188).Occurrence in this country not confirmed by S. Fisch-Muller; probably a misidentification.  No picture yet.
Characidae Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908 Fr native   7.40 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rhamphichthyidae Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) Fr native   15.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gymnotidae Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758 Fr native   76.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Doradidae Hassar orestis (Steindachner, 1875) Fr native   29.80 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cetopsidae Helogenes marmoratus Günther, 1863 Fr native   7.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 6868. 
Loricariidae Hemiancistrus megacephalus (Günther, 1868) Fr native   12.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Essequibo basin (Ref. 36713).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus analis Durbin, 1909 Fr native   3.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Essequibo and Demerara rivers (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882) Fr misidentification   3.25 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Essequibo and the Potaro rivers (Ref. 12225). Probably a misidentification. 
Characidae Hemigrammus cylindricus Durbin, 1909 Fr native   10.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality, Tumatumari (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909 Fr, Or native   3.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Endemic to the Essequibo River (Ref. 598). 
Characidae Hemigrammus iota Durbin, 1909 Fr native   2.10 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner, 1882) Fr native   4.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 38376. 
Characidae Hemigrammus orthus Durbin, 1909 Fr native   3.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Essequibo River.  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909 Fr native   5.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 598, 38376. 
Characidae Hemigrammus stictus (Durbin, 1909) Fr native   4.30 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Hemigrammus unilineatus (Gill, 1858) Fr native   5.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 38376. 
Loricariidae Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus (Kner, 1853) Fr native   13.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus amazonum (Humboldt, 1821) Fr native   20.50 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus argenteus Pellegrin, 1909 Fr native   23.70 cm SL male/unsexed   
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus atranalis (Fowler, 1940) Fr native   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 38289). 
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus quadrimaculatus Pellegrin, 1909 Fr native   13.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 38289. 
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus semitaeniatus Kner, 1858 Fr, Fi native   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Essequibo River basin (Ref. 38289). 
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus unimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) Fr native  fairly common (chances are about 50%) 32.90 cm SL male/unsexed ;29.40 cm SL female  Reported from the Essequibo and Demerara rivers. 
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   
Trichomycteridae Henonemus taxistigmus (Fowler, 1914) Fr native   9.30 cm NG male/unsexed  Known from the Rio Rupununi (Ref. 6868, 39970).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Heros severus Heckel, 1840 Fr misidentification   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Reported from the country (Ref. 6466). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Acestrorhynchidae Heterocharax macrolepis Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   4.75 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 598, 36811. 
Erythrinidae Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr, Fi native   28.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Erythrinidae Hoplias aimara (Valenciennes, 1847) Fr native   100.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Erythrinidae Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009 Fr native   29.88 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Essequibo and Demerara Rivers (Ref. 81195).  No picture yet.
Erythrinidae Hoplias macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1907) Fr native   100.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
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