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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

🇲🇽 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

🇸🇷 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

Latin America and the CaribbeanSouth American lungfish Air-breathing fish from South American swampsAncient · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇺 CubaCuban gar Large tropical freshwater predator native to western Cuba.Other · 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

🇲🇽 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

🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreLargescale four-eyes Surface-dwelling fish with split eyes for dual vision.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇵🇦 Panama and 1 moreGlass knifefish Translucent electric fish from South American riversOther · Rivers and lakes

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

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

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

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreCandiru A tiny parasitic catfish from the Amazon that feeds on blood.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇻🇪 Venezuela and 4 moreGuppy Small tropical livebearer known for bright male colours and rapid reproduction.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1859

🇻🇪 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.

Convict cichlid: S. Olkowicz - User Hippocampus on pl.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
Tropical gar: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Redeye piranha: Torox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
South American lungfish: François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau, Public domain, source
Cuban gar: Poleta33, 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
Xiphophorus: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Largescale four-eyes: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0, source
Glass knifefish: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cichlid: mendel, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
Green terror: MidgleyDJ (Dr. David Midgley) at en.wikipedia., CC BY 2.5, source
Ram cichlid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Candiru: Ivan Sazima & Jansen Zuanon, CC BY 4.0, source
Guppy: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Black ghost knifefish: Photo by and (c)2005 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source

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