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Fish of Latin America and the Caribbean

15 fish from Latin America and the Caribbean on EveryFish so far.

🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreTropical gar A small freshwater predator from Central America known for its armored scales and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreMawsonia Extinct giant coelacanth from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1907

🇸🇷 Suriname and 2 moreRedeye piranha A large freshwater fish from South America with a rhombus-shaped body and red eyes.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1766

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

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreWolf fish A predatory freshwater ray-finned fish found across Central and South America.Other · Rivers and lakes

Latin America and the CaribbeanLeporinus South American freshwater fish genus in the Anostomidae familyOther · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇺 CubaCuban gar Large tropical freshwater predator native to western Cuba.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 🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreTiticaca orestias Largest killifish of Lake Titicaca, likely extinct.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 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 moreElectric eel Neotropical freshwater fish capable of generating powerful electric shocks for hunting and defence.Eel · Rivers and lakes · 1766

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreArapaima Giant air-breathing freshwater fish of the AmazonOther · Rivers and lakes · 1822

🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreXiphophorus A genus of small livebearing fish native to Mexico and Central America, known for aquarium use and genetic research.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

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

Photo credits on this page

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

Tropical gar: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mawsonia: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Redeye piranha: Torox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tambaqui: w_endo, CC0, source
Wolf fish: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
Leporinus: Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Cuban gar: Poleta33, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Hoplias aimara: Lars Simonsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Electric eel: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Arapaima: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
Xiphophorus: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Argentinian silverside: CHUCAO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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