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Fish of Latin America and the Caribbean

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

🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 moreConvict cichlid Striped Central American cichlid popular in home aquariumsCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1867

🇭🇳 Honduras and 3 moreJaguar cichlid Large predatory cichlid from Central American lakesCichlid · 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

🇵🇪 PeruAgassiz's dwarf cichlid Small Amazonian cichlid with colourful males.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 1 moreMidas cichlid Large aggressive cichlid from Central AmericaCichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇳🇮 NicaraguaRed devil cichlid Large aggressive cichlid from Central American lakesCichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreSalvin's cichlid A colourful Central American river fish with a yellow body and red belly.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇻🇪 VenezuelaKeyhole cichlid Small peaceful cichlid from South AmericaCichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreFlag cichlid A South American cichlid from river basins in Brazil and Bolivia.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 BrazilPterophyllum A genus of laterally compressed freshwater cichlids known as angelfish.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1824

🇻🇪 Venezuela and 2 moreAltum angelfish Large freshwater angelfish from the Orinoco Basin.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreGreen terror A large, aggressive South American cichlid kept in aquariums.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 BrazilDiscus Round, colourful cichlids from the Amazon basin.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1840

🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreOscar Large South American cichlid popular in aquariumsCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1831

🇲🇽 Mexico and 4 moreJack Dempsey Aggressive cichlid native to Central AmericaCichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreFiremouth cichlid Central American cichlid with a bright red throatCichlid · Rivers and lakes

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

🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreRam cichlid Small colourful freshwater fish from South AmericaCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1948

🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreBolivian ram A small, peaceful cichlid from the Amazon basin.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇵🇪 Peru and 3 moreFreshwater angelfish Popular aquarium fish from the Amazon BasinCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1823

🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreCockatoo dwarf cichlid Small South American cichlid with colourful malesCichlid · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Convict cichlid: S. Olkowicz - User Hippocampus on pl.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
Jaguar cichlid: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
Peacock bass: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Agassiz's dwarf cichlid: Sychriscar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cichlid: mendel, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
Midas cichlid: No machine-readable author provided. RicciSpeziari~commonswiki assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red devil cichlid: J. Jury, Public domain, source
Salvin's cichlid: Banteo, Public domain, source
Keyhole cichlid: Bartosz Senderek, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Flag cichlid: Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Altum angelfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
Green terror: MidgleyDJ (Dr. David Midgley) at en.wikipedia., CC BY 2.5, source
Discus: Patrick Farrelly, Public domain, source
Oscar: Jón Helgi Jónsson ( Amything ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Jack Dempsey: User:Zhyla (?), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Firemouth cichlid: Doronenko, CC BY 3.0, source
Speckled peacock bass: Wellerson Santana, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ram cichlid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bolivian ram: Corpse89, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cockatoo dwarf cichlid: Redspider, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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