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Fish of Latin America and the Caribbean

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

🇧🇷 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

🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreBlue leopard corydoras Small peaceful armoured catfish from South AmericaCatfish · 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

🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreOtocinclus Small South American armored catfishes known for algae eating and air breathing.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 BrazilZebra pleco Striped catfish from the Rio XinguCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1991

Latin America and the CaribbeanBanjo catfish A South American family of scaleless, benthic catfish with a distinctive banjo-shaped body.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇴 Bolivia and 4 moreRipsaw catfish Large thorny catfish native to South American rivers.Catfish · 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 moreTiger shovelnose catfish Large striped South American river catfishCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1862

🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 morePygmy corydoras A tiny armored catfish from South America kept in community aquariums.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1966

🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreAncistrus A genus of small, nocturnal freshwater catfish native to South America and Panama.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePanda corydoras Small armoured catfish with distinctive black eye patchesCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1971

Latin America and the CaribbeanCorydoras catfish Small armoured freshwater catfish from South AmericaCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1803

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
Blue leopard corydoras: NiKo at German Wikipedia, Public domain, source
Amazon sailfin catfish: Richwales at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
Otocinclus: CHUCAO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Zebra pleco: Birger A, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Banjo catfish: 5snake5, CC0, source
Ripsaw catfish: Tino Strauss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Piraíba: Carl H. Eigenmann / Barton Appler Bean, Public domain, source
Tiger shovelnose catfish: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Pygmy corydoras: Birger A, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ancistrus: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Panda corydoras: Chronotopian, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Corydoras catfish: Matthew Mannell, Public domain, source

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