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🇻🇪 Fish of Venezuela

19 fish from Venezuela, best known first.

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

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreHoplias aimara A large freshwater predator from South America known for its size and mercury accumulation.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846

🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreX-ray tetra Small translucent South American freshwater fish popular in home aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1894

🇻🇪 VenezuelaDiamond tetra Small Venezuelan freshwater fish with violet finsOther · Rivers and lakes · 1920

🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCardinal tetra Small freshwater fish with a bright red belly and iridescent blue stripe.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1956

🇻🇪 Venezuela and 3 moreBlack ghost knifefish Nocturnal electric fish from South American riversOther · Rivers and lakes · 1766

Photo credits on this page

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

Hoplias aimara: Lars Simonsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
X-ray tetra: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Diamond tetra: SOK, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Cardinal tetra: Unknown author, Attribution, source
Black ghost knifefish: Photo by and (c)2005 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source

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