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Fish (561) - Systematic Listing

529 speciess (+ 32 taxa without species)


  Order Family Image English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Conservation status Notes
1 Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae Galápagos Shark () Galápagos Shark Tiburón de las Galápagos Carcharhinus galapagensis
2 Blacktip Reef Shark () Blacktip Reef Shark Tiburón De Arrecife De Punta Negra Carcharhinus melanopterus
3 () Tiburón de Arrecife de Bahamas Carcharhinus perezi
4 () Tiburón Limón Negaprion brevirostris
5 Blue Shark Tiburón Azul Tubarão Azul Prionace glauca
6 White Tipped Reef Shark () White Tipped Reef Shark Tiburón de Arrecife de Punta Blanca Tubarão-de-pontas-brancas-de-recife Triaenodon obesus
7 Sphyrnidae Tiburón Martillo Sphyrna lewini
8 Triakidae School Shark Cazón Galeorhinus galeus
9 Narrownose Smoothhound Gatuzo Mustelus schmitti
10 Chimaeriformes Callorhinchidae Pez Gallo Callorhinchus callorhynchus
11 Pez Elefante Callorhinchus callorynchus
12 Hexanchiformes Hexanchidae Gatopardo Notorynchus cepedianus
13 Lamniformes Alopiidae Pelagic Thresher () Pelagic Thresher Tiburón Zorro Pelágico Alopias pelagicus
14 Lamnidae Great white shark () Great white shark Tiburón Blanco Tubarão-branco Carcharodon carcharias
15 Odontaspididae Sand Tiger Shark () Sand Tiger Shark Tiburón Tigre de Arena Carcharias taurus
16 Myliobatiformes Potamotrygonidae Giant Freshwater Stingray () Giant Freshwater Stingray Raya de Río Potamotrygon brachyura
17 () Potamotrygon falkneri
18 () Chucho de Río Potamotrygon motoro
19 Urotrygonidae Yellow Stingray () Yellow Stingray Raia-de-recife-jamaicana Urobatis jamaicensis
20 Orectolobiformes Ginglymostomatidae Nurse Shark () Nurse Shark Tiburón Nodriza Ginglymostoma cirratum
21 Rhincodontidae Whale Shark () Whale Shark Tiburón Ballena Tubarão-baleia Rhincodon typus
22 Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae () Atlantoraja sp.
23 Rio Skate () Rio Skate Raya Lisa Rioraja agassizii
24 Dasyatidae Southern Stingray () Southern Stingray Raya de Espina Dasyatis americana
25 () Raya Látigo Hypanus americanus
26 Lutz´s Stingray () Lutz´s Stingray Raia-prego Hypanus berthalutzae
27 Longtail Stingray () Longtail Stingray Raya Coluda Hypanus longus
VU
28 Myliobatidae Giant Oceanic Manta Ray () Giant Oceanic Manta Ray Manta Gigante Manta birostris
29 Eagle Ray Chucho Myliobatis goodei
30 Narcinidae Torpedo puelcha
31 Rajidae Yellownose Skate Raya Hocicuda Dipturus chilensis
32 Psammobatis bergi
33 Rajidae sp.
34 Smallnose Fanskate () Smallnose Fanskate Raya Marmorada Sympterygia bonapartii
35 Rhinobatidae Pseudobatos horkelii
36 () Pez Guitarra Rhinobatos sp.
37 Acanthuriformes Siganidae () Siganus puelloides
38 Anguilliformes Congridae Argentine Conger Congrio Congro Conger orbignyanus
39 Muraenidae Chain Moray () Chain Moray Moréia-corrente Echidna catenata
40 Kidako Moray () Kidako Moray Gymnothorax kidako
41 Spotted Moray () Spotted Moray Moréia-pintada Gymnothorax moringa
42 Whitespot Moray () Whitespot Moray Moréia-de-pintas-brancas Muraena pavonina
43 Atheriniformes Atherinidae () Pejerrey Del Mediterraneo Atherina boyeri
44 Atherinopsidae Buenos Aires Silverside () Buenos Aires Silverside Pejerrey Bonaerense Odontesthes bonariensis
45 () Pejerrey Patagónico Odontesthes hatcheri
46 () Cornalito Odontesthes incisa
47 Pygmy Silverside Pejerrey Pigmeo Odontesthes perugiae
48 () Odontesthes sp.
49 Aulopiformes Synodontidae Sand Diver Pez Lagarto Peixe-lagarto-do-raso Synodus intermedius
50 Batrachoidiformes Batrachoididae () Pez Sapo Porichthys porosissimus
51 () Thalassophryne montevidensis
52 Beloniformes Belonidae () Belonidae sp.
53 Keeltail Needlefish () Keeltail Needlefish Peixe-agulha-tropical Platybelone argalus
54 () Pez Pipa Potamorrhaphis eigenmanni
55 () Agujón Verde Agulha Strongylura marina
56 Houndfish () Houndfish Agujón Lisero Zambaio-roliço Tylosurus crocodilus
57 Exocoetidae () Volador Blanquito Cheilopogon melanurus
58 Flyingfish () Flyingfish Pez volador Exocoetus volitans
59 Beryciformes Holocentridae Squirrelfish () Squirrelfish Olho-de-cão Holocentrus adscensionis
60 Longspine Squirrelfish () Longspine Squirrelfish Peixe-esquilo-espinhoso Holocentrus rufus
61 Blackbar Soldierfish () Blackbar Soldierfish Olho-de-vidro Myripristis jacobus
62 Blenniiformes Labrisomidae Noronha Scaly Blenny () Noronha Scaly Blenny Malacoctenus lianae
63 Carangiformes Toxotidae () Toxotes chatareus
64 Characiformes Anostomidae () Peixe-canivete Leporellus trivittatus
65 () Leporellus vittatus
66 () Piau-três-pintas Leporinus friderici
67 Three Dots Boga Boga Leporinus obtusidens
68 () Leporinus striatus
69 Boga Fina Schizodon borellii
70 () Schizodon isognathus
71 Bryconidae Golden Dorado () Golden Dorado Dorado Salminus brasiliensis
72 Characidae Pike characin () Pike characin Dientudo paraguayo Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro
73 Bloodfin Tetra () Bloodfin Tetra Tetra de Aletas Rojas Aphyocharax anisitsi
74 () Colita Roja Douradinho Aphyocharax dentatus
75 Aphyocharax nattereri
76 Aphyocharax sp.
77 () Mojarra Pacusa Astyanax abramis
78 Mojarra Paraguaya Astyanax asuncionensis
79 () Mojarra Chata Matupiry Astyanax eigenmanniorum
80 Banded Astyanax () Banded Astyanax Mojarra Colirroja Astyanax fasciatus
81 () Astyanax lacustris
82 Astyanax rutilus
83 () Astyanax sp.
84 () Piraputanga Brycon hilarii
85 () Pirá Pitá Pirapitanga Brycon orbignyanus
86 Mojarra Bryconamericus exodon
87 Tetra () Tetra Mojarra Bryconamericus iheringii
88 () Mojarrita Plateada Bryconamericus stramineus
89 () Characidae sp.
90 Charax leticiae
91 Dientudito Transparente Charax stenopterus
92 Uruguay tetra () Uruguay tetra Piava Cheirodon interruptus
93 Dientudo Jorobado Cynopotamus argenteus
94 () Lambari Deuterodon langei
95 Dientudo Peixe-cachorro Galeocharax humeralis
96 Naked Characin () Naked Characin Mojarra Desnuda Gymnocharacinus bergii
97 Monjita Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
98 () Lambari-listrado Hollandichthys multifasciatus
99 Buenos Aires Tetra Hyphessobrycon anisitsi
100 Red Minor Tetra () Red Minor Tetra Tetra Rojo Hyphessobrycon eques
101 Hyphessobrycon luetkenii
102 Mojarra Hyphessobrycon meridionalis
103 Hyphessobrycon wajat
104 Mimagoniates inaequalis
105 () Lambari-de-cauda-listrada Moenkhausia bonita
106 () Mojarra Moenkhausia dichroura
107 Gold Line Scissor Tail () Gold Line Scissor Tail Mojarra Cola De Tijera Moenkhausia intermedia
108 () Pacú Mylossoma duriventre
109 Mojarra Odontostilbe microcephala
110 () Pequira Odontostilbe pequira
111 () Dientudo Oligosarcus jenynsii
112 Oligosarcus oligolepis
113 () Pacú Piaractus mesopotamicus
114 () Prionobrama filigera
115 () Mojarra Psalidodon eigenmanniorum
116 Mojarra Psalidodon pampa
117 Mojarra Psalidodon rutilus
118 Mojarra De Velo Pseudocorynopoma doriae
119 Biara () Biara Chafalote Rhaphiodon vulpinus
120 San Pedro Dientudo Roeboides descalvadensis
121 () Dientudo Jorobado Roeboides microlepis
122 Mojarra Curvada Serrapinnus calliurus
123 Mojarrita Serrapinnus kriegi
124 Palometa Pacusa Piranha-doce Serrasalmus spilopleura
125 Relojito Tetragonopterus argenteus
126 Machete Triportheus nematurus
127 Machete Triportheus paranensis
128 Crenuchidae South American Darter () South American Darter Virolito Characidium rachovii
129 Tritolo Characidium zebra
130 Curimatidae () Curimatidae sp.
131 () Sabalito Cyphocharax voga
132 () Sabalito Steindachnerina biornata
133 Toothless Characin () Toothless Characin Sabalito Steindachnerina brevipinna
134 Erythrinidae Golden Trahira () Golden Trahira Tararira Ñata Traira Pixuna Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
135 Wolf Fish () Wolf Fish Tararira Común Traíra Hoplias argentinensis
136 () Trairão Hoplias lacerdae
137 () Hoplias malabaricus
138 Hoplias sp.
139 Gasteropolecidae () Pechito Thoracocharax stellatus
140 Hemiodontidae Darter characine () Darter characine Virolo Apareiodon affinis
141 Prochilodontidae Tarpon Prochiludos () Tarpon Prochiludos Sábalo Común Prochilodus lineatus
142 () Curimbata Prochilodus scrofa
143 Serrasalmidae () Pacú Colossoma paco
144 () Myleus rubripinnis
145 Piraña Roja Pygocentrus nattereri
146 Piraña de Panza Amarilla Serrasalmus maculatus
147 Serrasalmus marginatus
148 Clupeiformes Clupeidae Brazilian Menhaden Lacha Brevoortia aurea
149 River Plate Sprat Anchoita Platanichthys platana
150 Dorosomatidae () Dorosomatidae sp.
151 Scaled Herring () Scaled Herring Sardinha-hispânica Harengula jaguana
152 Engraulidae Atlantic Sabretooth Anchovy () Atlantic Sabretooth Anchovy Anchoíta de Río Lycengraulis grossidens
153 Cypriniformes Cyprinidae () Carpa Asiática Dorada Carassius auratus
154 () Sogyo Ctenopharyngodon idella
155 Common Carp () Common Carp Carpa Europea Cyprinus carpio
156 () Koi Cyprinus rubrofuscus
157 () Cacho Leuciscus idus
158 Pterolebias longipinnis
159 Cyprinodontiformes Anablepidae One Sided Livebearer () One Sided Livebearer Madrecita Barrigudinho Jenynsia lineata
160 () Panzona Jenynsia multidentata
161 () Panzudito Manchado Jenynsia obscura
162 Poeciliidae Ten Spotted Live Bearer () Ten Spotted Live Bearer Madrecita Diez Manchas Cnesterodon decemmaculatus
163 Radda´s Livebearer () Radda´s Livebearer Madrecita del Agua de Radda Cnesterodon raddai
164 () Cnesterodon sp.
165 Western Mosquitofish () Western Mosquitofish Pez Mosquito Gambusia affinis
166 Mosquitofish () Mosquitofish Pez Mosquito Gambusia holbrooki
167 () Guayacón Yucateco Gambusia yucatana
168 () Madrecita Barrigudinho Phalloceros caudimaculatus
169 Sailfin Molly () Sailfin Molly Topote de Velo Negro Poecilia latipinna
170 () Gupí Poecilia reticulata
171 () Poecilia vivipara
172 () Poeciliidae sp.
173 Twospot Livebearer () Twospot Livebearer Guatopote Manchado Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus
174 Rivulidae () Austrolebias alexandri
175 () Austrolebias bellottii
176 () Pez Anual Austrolebias elongatus
177 () Pez Perlado Negro Austrolebias nigripinnis
178 Elopiformes Megalopidae Tarpon () Tarpon Tarpão-do-atlântico Megalops atlanticus
179 Gadiformes Merlucciidae Argentine Hake Merluza Común Merluccius hubbsi
180 Phycidae Brazilian Codling Brótola Abrótea Urophycis brasiliensis
181 Gasterosteiformes Aulostomidae Trumpetfish () Trumpetfish Peixe-trombeta Aulostomus maculatus
182 Syngnathidae Hippocampus patagonicus
183 Longsnout Seahorse () Longsnout Seahorse Cavalo-marinho-de-focinho-longo Hippocampus reidi
184 () Caballito De Mar Hippocampus sp.
185 Deep-bodied Pipefish Caballito De Mar Leptonotus blainvilleanus
186 Gobiiformes Apogonidae Blacktip Cardinalfish () Blacktip Cardinalfish Cardeal-de-viseira-preta Ostorhinchus semilineatus
187 Gymnotiformes Gymnotidae () Anguila Eléctrica Electrophorus electricus
188 () Morena de Camalote Gymnotus carapo
189 () Morena Gymnotus inaequilabiatus
190 () Tuvira Gymnotus pantherinus
191 () Morena Negra Gymnotus sp.
192 Hypopomidae Coludita Brachyhypopomus draco
193 Sternopygidae Eigenmannia sp.
194 Lepisosteiformes Lepisosteidae Florida Gar () Florida Gar Pejelagarto de la Florida Lepisosteus platyrhincus
195 Mugiliformes Mugilidae () Ellochelon vaigiensis
196 Mullet () Mullet Lisa Mugil brasiliensis
197 () Mújol Mugil cephalus
198 White Mullet () White Mullet Tainha-olho-de-fogo Mugil curema
199 Osmeriformes Galaxiidae () Puyen Galaxias maculatus
200 Puyen Grande Galaxias platei
201 Osteoglossiformes Arapaimidae () Piracurú Arapaima gigas
202 Perciformes Acanthuridae Hawaiian Sergeantfish () Hawaiian Sergeantfish Abudefduf abdominalis
203 () Pez Cirujano Cirurgião Acanthurus bahianus
204 Doctorfish () Doctorfish Peixe-cirurgião Acanthurus chirurgus
205 Blue Tang Surgeonfish () Blue Tang Surgeonfish Acanthurus coeruleus
206 White-bar Surgeonfish () White-bar Surgeonfish Acanthurus leucopareius
207 Whitecheek Surgeonfish () Whitecheek Surgeonfish Cirujano Cariblanco Acanthurus nigricans
LC
208 () Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus
209 Orange Band Surgeonfish () Orange Band Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus
210 () Acanthurus tractus
211 () Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus
212 Yellowfin Surgeonfish () Yellowfin Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus
LC
213 () Ctenochaetus striatus
214 Yelloweye Surgeonfish () Yelloweye Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus
215 () Naso brevirostris
216 Unicorn Fish () Unicorn Fish Naso unicornis
217 () Prionurus laticlavius
218 () Zebrasoma scopas
219 Anthiadidae Japanese Anthias () Japanese Anthias Anthias-antena Pseudanthias nobilis
220 Blenniidae Redlip Blenny () Redlip Blenny Blênio-do-coral-caribenho Ophioblennius macclurei
221 () Torito Parablennius pilicornis
222 Bovichthidae Diablillo Cottoperca gobio
223 Callionymidae Mandarinfish () Mandarinfish Pez Mandarín Synchiropus splendidus
224 Carangidae Horse-eye Jack () Horse-eye Jack Caraximbora Caranx latus
225 Black Jack () Black Jack Charéu Caranx lugubris
226 Bluefin Trevally () Bluefin Trevally Caranx melampygus
227 Bar Jack () Bar Jack Xaréu-de-dorso-neon Caranx ruber
228 Bigeye Trevally () Bigeye Trevally Xaréu-de-olho-grande Caranx sexfasciatus
LC
229 Palometa de Mar Parona signata
230 () Scomberoides lysan
231 Longfin Yellowtail () Longfin Yellowtail Seriola rivoliana
LC
232 () Pampo-verdadeiro Trachinotus carolinus
233 Trachinotus marginatus
234 Centrarchidae Rock Bass () Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
235 Black Bass () Black Bass Lobina Micropterus sp.
236 Chaetodontidae Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga
237 Oriental Butterflyfish () Oriental Butterflyfish Peixe-borboleta Oriental Chaetodon auripes
238 Foureye Butterflyfish () Foureye Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus
239 Blue-lined Butterflyfish () Blue-lined Butterflyfish Chaetodon fremblii
240 Racoon Butterflyfish () Racoon Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula
241 Spotfin Butterflyfish () Spotfin Butterflyfish Peixe-borboleta-ocelado Chaetodon ocellatus
242 Four-spotted Butterflyfish () Four-spotted Butterflyfish Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
243 Reef Butterflyfish () Reef Butterflyfish Peixe-borboleta-de-recife Chaetodon sedentarius
244 Banded Butterflyfish () Banded Butterflyfish Pez Mariposa Bandado Peixe-borboleta Listrado Chaetodon striatus
245 Blacknosed Butterflyfish () Blacknosed Butterflyfish Johnrandallia nigrirostris
LC
246 Longsnout Butterflyfish () Longsnout Butterflyfish Peixe-borboleta-crioulo Prognathodes aculeatus
247 Cheilodactylidae Castañeta Nemadactylus bergi
248 Cichlidae Yellow Dwarf Cichlid () Yellow Dwarf Cichlid Ciclido Enano Apistogramma borelli
249 Corumba cichlid () Corumba cichlid Apistograma Apistogramma commbrae
250 () Oscar Astronotus crassipinnis
251 Tiger Oscar () Tiger Oscar Tigre Óscar Astronotus ocellatus
252 Chemeleon Cichlid () Chemeleon Cichlid Chanchita Australoheros facetus
253 () Australoheros tembe
254 () Cichlasoma dimerus
255 Castañeta Cichlasoma facetum
256 () Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense
257 () Cichlidae sp.
258 () Tilapia Pecho Rojo Coptodon rendalli
259 Pike Cichlid () Pike Cichlid Cabeza Amarga Crenicichla lepidota
260 () Cabeza Amarga Crenicichla scottii
261 () Cabeza Amarga Crenicichla semifasciata
262 () Crenicichla tapii
263 Crenicichla tesay
264 Cabeza Amarga Colorado Crenicichla vittata
265 () Cará-cartola Geophagus brasiliensis
266 () Geophagus iporangensis
267 Gymnogeophagus australis
268 () Gymnogeophagus balzanii
269 () Chanchita Castañeta Gymnogeophagus labiatus
270 () Gymnogeophagus meridionalis
271 () Laetacara dorsigera
272 Mayan Cichlid () Mayan Cichlid Mojarra del Sureste Mayaheros urophthalmus
273 Blue Tilapia () Blue Tilapia Tilapia Azul Tilápia-azul Oreochromis aureus
274 Nile Tilapia () Nile Tilapia Tilapia Del Nilo Tilápia-do-nilo Oreochromis niloticus
275 () Tilapia Oreochromis sp.
276 Spotted Tilapia () Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae
277 () Acará-bicudo Satanoperca jurupari
278 Tuba () Tuba Tuba Vieja Tomocichla tuba
279 () Mojarra Paleta Vieja melanurus
280 Cirrhitidae Marbled Hawkfish () Marbled Hawkfish Cirrhitus pinnulatus
281 Echeneidae Live Sharksucker () Live Sharksucker Echeneis naucrates
282 Ephippidae () Enxada Chaetodipterus faber
283 Epinephelidae Coney () Coney Garoupa-vermelha Cephalopholis fulva
284 Pacific Creole-fish () Pacific Creole-fish Sandía Paranthias colonus
LC
285 Creole-fish () Creole-fish Boquinha Paranthias furcifer
286 Gempylidae Thyrsites atun
287 Gerreidae () Eucinostomus melanopterus
288 Yellowfin Mojarra () Yellowfin Mojarra Mojarra Trompetera Gerres cinereus
289 Strongspine Silver-biddy () Strongspine Silver-biddy Gerres longirostris
290 Gobiidae Sandfish () Sandfish Peixe-areia Awaous tajasica
291 () Bathygobius soporator
292 Blue-spotted Mudskipper () Blue-spotted Mudskipper Boleophthalmus boddaerti
293 Bluespotted Mudhopper () Bluespotted Mudhopper Saltarín del Fango Boleophthalmus pectinirostris
294 () Gobio de Vidrio Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
295 Gold-spotted Mudskipper () Gold-spotted Mudskipper Periophthalmus chrysospilos
296 Haemulidae () Anisotremus sp.
297 Black Margate () Black Margate Sargo-de-beiço Anisotremus surinamensis
298 () Anisotremus taeniatus
299 () Salema Anisotremus virginicus
300 Smallmouth Grunt () Smallmouth Grunt Cocoroca-boquinha Brachygenys chrysargyrea