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🇧🇷 Fish of Brazil

57 fish from Brazil, best known first.

Reef or sea River or lake Fishing harbour Fish market Aquarium or research City

Fish places in Brazil

The Amazon at Manaus 2

🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreTambaqui A large freshwater fish from South America known for its heavy body and seed-eating habits.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 BrazilBanded leporinus A striped freshwater fish from the Amazon kept in home tanks and occasionally caught by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArapaima Large freshwater fish from the Amazon basin known for its size and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreRed-bellied Pacu A large South American freshwater fish related to piranhas, farmed for food and kept in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreRed lionfish Venomous coral reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific and invasive in the Atlantic.Reef fish · Coral reefs · 1758

🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreSpeckled peacock bass A large South American cichlid prized for sport and food.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreAmazon sailfin catfish A large freshwater armored catfish from South America, often kept in aquariums and known as an invasive pest elsewhere.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇴 Bolivia and 4 moreRipsaw catfish Large thorny catfish native to South American rivers.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreTiger shovelnose catfish Large striped South American river catfishCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1862

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Tambaqui: w_endo, CC0, source
Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
Arapaima: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red-bellied Pacu: Omnitarian, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red lionfish: Photo by Jens Petersen , Edited by User:Olegiwit (cloned in part of fi, CC BY 2.5, source
Speckled peacock bass: Wellerson Santana, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Amazon sailfin catfish: Richwales at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
Ripsaw catfish: Tino Strauss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tiger shovelnose catfish: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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