Fish of Colombia - Systematic List - EcoRegistros

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Colombia

Fish 56 - Systematic Listing

(55 speciess + 1 form with special treatment that are not is considered at the species level)

Number of records: 68

Last update: 07/04/2026 15:40:16

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Provinces / departments

Amazonas

Antioquia

Arauca

Atlántico

Bogotá

Bolívar

Boyacá

Caldas

Caquetá

Casanare

Cauca

Cesar

Chocó

Córdoba

Cundinamarca

Guainía

Guaviare

Huila

La Guajira

Magdalena

Meta

Nariño

Norte de Santander

Putumayo

Quind

Quindío

Risaralda

San Andrés y Providencia

Santander

Sucre

Tolima

Valle del Cauca

Vaupés

Vichada

Belonging

Group

English Common Name

Scientific Name

Spanish Common Name

Portuguese Common Name

Family

Order

TOP 10 Ranking species

1) Glauco Oliveira 43 2) Hugo Caverzasi 17 3) Andres Espindola 2 4) Jairo Alberto García Giraldo 1 4) Adrian Braidotti 1

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TOP 10 Ranking of records

1) Glauco Oliveira 46 2) Hugo Caverzasi 18 3) Andres Espindola 2 4) Jairo Alberto García Giraldo 1 4) Adrian Braidotti 1

Order

Family

English Common Name

Spanish Common Name

Portuguese Common Name

Scientific Name

Belonging

Records

Chance of observation

Conservation status

Notes

1

Myliobatiformes

Yellow Stingray

Raia-de-recife-jamaicana

Urobatis jamaicensis

Native

1

III

2

Hypanus americanus

Native

1

III

3

Moréia-pintada

Gymnothorax moringa

Native

1

III

4

Zambaio-roliço

Tylosurus crocodilus

Native

2

IV

5

Longspine Squirrelfish

Peixe-esquilo-espinhoso

Holocentrus rufus

Native

1

III

6

Blackbar Soldierfish

Myripristis jacobus

Native

1

III

7

Gasterosteiformes

Aulostomus maculatus

Native

1

III

8

Longsnout Seahorse

Cavalo-marinho-de-focinho-longo

Hippocampus reidi

Native

1

III

9

Peixe-cirurgião

Acanthurus chirurgus

Native

1

III

10

Blue Tang Surgeonfish

Acanthurus coeruleus

Native

2

IV

11

Acanthurus tractus

Native

2

IV

12

Blênio-do-coral-caribenho

Ophioblennius macclurei

Native

1

III

13

Xaréu-de-dorso-neon

Native

1

III

14

Foureye Butterflyfish

Chaetodon capistratus

Native

1

III

15

Reef Butterflyfish

Peixe-borboleta-de-recife

Chaetodon sedentarius

Native

1

III

16

Banded Butterflyfish

Pez Mariposa Bandado

Peixe-borboleta Listrado

Chaetodon striatus

Native

1

III

17

Longsnout Butterflyfish

Peixe-borboleta-crioulo

Prognathodes aculeatus

Native

1

III

18

Yellowfin Mojarra

Mojarra Trompetera

Gerres cinereus

Native

1

III

19

Haemulon aurolineatum

Native

1

III

20

Sailor´s Grunt

Native

1

III

21

Native

1

III

22

Preguiçosa-amarela

Kyphosus vaigiensis

Native

1

III

23

Spanish Hogfish

Native

2

IV

24

Thalassoma bifasciatum

Native

2

IV

25

Schoolmaster Snapper

Lutjanus apodus

Native

1

III

26

Lutjanus griseus

Native

2

IV

27

Lutjanus synagris

Native

2

IV

28

Yellow Goatfish

Trilha-da-martinica

Mulloidichthys martinicus

Native

1

III

29

Pseudupeneus maculatus

Native

1

III

30

Pez Ángel Reina

Holacanthus ciliaris

Native

1

III

31

Holacanthus tricolor

Native

1

III

32

Pomacanthus arcuatus

Native

1

III

33

Pomacanthus paru

Native

1

III

34

Castanheta-das-rochas

Abudefduf saxatilis

Native

3

V

35

Abudefduf taurus

Native

1

III

36

Native

2

IV

37

Castanheta-parda

Azurina multilineata

Native

1

III

38

Stegastes leucostictus

Native

2

IV

39

Bicolor Damselfish

Donzela-bicolor-do-atlântico

Stegastes partitus

Native

1

III

40

Stegastes planifrons

Native

1

III

41

Rainbow Parrotfish

Scarus guacamaia

Not listed

1

III

42

Native

2

IV

43

Redband Parrotfish

Peixe-papagaio-crioulo

Sparisoma aurofrenatum

Native

1

III

44

Redfin Parrotfish

Sparisoma rubripinne

Native

1

III

45

Sparisoma viride

Native

1

III

46

Garoupa-coralina-caribenha

Cephalopholis cruentata

Native

1

III

47

Hamlet-listrado

Hypoplectrus puella

Native

1

III

48

Hypoplectrus unicolor

Native

1

III

49

Serrano-arlequim

Serranus tigrinus

Native

1

III

50

Sphyraena barracuda

Native

1

III

51

Not listed

1

III

52

Scorpaeniformes

Peixe-leão-vermelho

Pterois volitans

Exotic

1

III

53

Tetraodontiformes

Longspined Porcupinefish

Peixe-balão-de-espinhos-longos

Diodon holocanthus

Native

1

III

54

Scribbled Leatherjacket Filefish

Aluterus scriptus

Native

1

III

55

Honeycomb Cowfish

Baiacu-de-chifre

Acanthostracion polygonium

Native

1

III

56

Lactophrys triqueter

Native

1

III

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