South America · Fish by region

Fish of Amazon Basin

The world's largest river basin — the Rio Negro, Solimões, Madeira, Xingu and Tapajós.

2,626 species across 16 families

The Amazon drainage across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela — including its great tributaries (Negro, Solimões, Madeira, Xingu, Tapajós, Tocantins–Araguaia, Ucayali, Marañón, Putumayo/Içá, Napo, Juruá, Purus, Branco, Guaporé). Placement here is by FEOW ecoregion; a basin-country fish with no matching ecoregion defaults to the Amazon.

2,626 of 2,626 species

Cichlids · 284

Arowanas & Oddballs · 6

Catfish · 180

Corydoras · 180

Gobies & Gudgeons · 8

Gouramis · 2

Killifish · 82

Knifefishes · 181

Livebearers · 45

Piranhas & Pacus · 424

Plecos · 469

Pufferfish · 3

Oddballs & Brackish · 1

Stingrays · 29

Tetras · 729

A fish appears here when its recorded range includes Amazon Basin; wide-ranging species also appear under other regions. Prefer to browse by the water itself? Explore the waters →

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