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🇧🇷 Fish of Brazil

69 fish from Brazil, best known first.

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Fish places in Brazil

The Amazon at Manaus 2

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

🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 moreArgentinian silverside A large, adaptable silverside native to South America.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreGolden dorado A large predatory freshwater fish native to South America known for its golden colour.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 morePeacock bass Large predatory cichlids from South American rivers known for sport fishing and invasive impact.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

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

🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreButterfly peacock bass Large South American cichlid prized for sport fishingCichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 BrazilPiraíba A massive Amazonian catfish known for its long barbels and role as an apex predator.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreRedtail catfish A large South American catfish known for its red tail and popularity in the aquarium trade.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Redtail catfish: George Chernilevsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Peacock bass: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Golden dorado: David Morimoto (treez44est), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
Argentinian silverside: CHUCAO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Speckled peacock bass: Wellerson Santana, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Butterfly peacock bass: Karelj, Public domain, source
Piraíba: Carl H. Eigenmann / Barton Appler Bean, Public domain, source

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