South America · Fish by region
Fish of Andes & Pacific Slope
The high Andean lakes and the Pacific-draining rivers from Colombia to Chile.
179 species across 9 families
The high-Andean drainages (Lake Titicaca and the altiplano) and the short, steep rivers draining the Pacific slope from Colombia and Ecuador (Guayas, Esmeraldas) through Peru to central Chile. Placed by FEOW ecoregion; Chile defaults here.
179 of 179 species
Cichlids · 14
- Andinoacara blombergi
- Andinoacara latifrons
- Andinoacara rivulatus · Green terror
- Andinoacara sapayensis
- Andinoacara stalsbergi · Silver saum
- Caquetaia kraussii · Mojarra amarilla
- Chocoheros microlepis · Mojarra rosada
- Geophagus pellegrini
- Kronoheros umbrifer · Umbee cichlid
- Kronoheros umbriferus · Umbee cichlid
- Mesoheros atromaculatus
- Mesoheros festae · Red Terror
- Mesoheros gephyrus
- Mesoheros ornatus
Catfish · 3
- Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii · Dorado catfish
- Microglanis berbixae
- Xyliphius lepturus · Shark banjo catfish
Gobies & Gudgeons · 1
- Eleotris picta · Spotted sleeper
Killifish · 3
- Anablepsoides hartii · Hart's rivulus
- Anablepsoides monticola
- Laimosemion frenatum
Knifefishes · 7
- Apteronotus aguaruna
- Apteronotus jurubidae
- Apteronotus spurrellii
- Brachyhypopomus occidentalis · Bluntnose knifefish
- Gymnotus esmeraldas
- Sternarchorhynchus montanus · Montanus tube-snouted ghost knifefish
- Sternopygus dariensis
Livebearers · 7
- Jenynsia alternimaculata · Lipeo livebearer
- Poecilia caucana · Cauca molly
- Poeciliopsis turrubarensis · Turrubarés toothcarp
- Priapichthys caliensis · Cali toothcarp
- Priapichthys nigroventralis · Blackfinned toothcarp
- Pseudopoecilia festae · Festa toothcarp
- Pseudopoecilia fria · Fria toothcarp
Piranhas & Pacus · 21
- Brycon alburnus · Dama
- Brycon atrocaudatus
- Brycon dentex
- Brycon henni · Sabaleta
- Brycon meeki
- Brycon oligolepis
- Brycon posadae
- Chalceus flavicolis
- Characidium chancoense
- Characidium purpuratum
- Characidium sanctjohanni
- Chilobrycon deuterodon
- Hoplias microlepis · Small-scaled trahira
- Ichthyoelephas humeralis · Bocachico
- Leporinus ecuadorensis · Ecuador leporinus
- Pseudocurimata boehlkei · Dica
- Pseudocurimata boulengeri
- Pseudocurimata lineopunctata
- Pseudocurimata troschelii · Boquiche
- Saccodon wagneri
- Steindachnerina atratoensis
Plecos · 29
- Ancistrus amaris
- Ancistrus clementinae
- Ancistrus eustictus
- Ancistrus montanus · Mountain Bristlenose
- Ancistrus stigmaticus · Spot-fin Bristlenose
- Ancistrus tamboensis · Tambo Bristlenose
- Chaetostoma aburrense
- Chaetostoma bifurcum · Two-spine Rubbernose Pleco
- Chaetostoma fischeri · Fischer's Rubbernose Pleco
- Chaetostoma formosae · Striped bulldog pleco
- Chaetostoma lexa
- Chaetostoma marginatum · Rubbernose Pleco
- Chaetostoma microps · Rubbernose Pleco
- Chaetostoma palmeri · Palmer's Rubbernose Pleco
- Chaetostoma patiae · Patia Rubber Pleco
- Cordylancistrus daguae
- Cordylancistrus setosus
- Cordylancistrus tayrona
- Dolichancistrus fuesslii
- Hemiancistrus furtivus
- Hemiancistrus hammarlundi
- Hemiancistrus landoni · Carachama
- Hypostomus annectens · Guacuco
- Hypostomus holostictus
- Hypostomus robinii · Teta
- Isorineloricaria spinosissima · Zucchini Pleco
- Panaque suttonorum · Venezuelan Blue-eye Panaque
- Rineloricaria jubata
- Transancistrus aequinoctialis · Equatorial Rubbernose Pleco
Tetras · 94
- Acrobrycon ipanquianus · Sapphire Tetra
- Acrobrycon starnesi
- Astyanax daguae
- Astyanax gandhiae
- Astyanax gisleni
- Astyanax tarpon · Tarpon Tetra
- Bryconacidnus hemigrammus · Pearson's Characin
- Bryconacidnus paipayensis
- Bryconamericus arilepis
- Bryconamericus bucayensis
- Bryconamericus caucanus
- Bryconamericus cristiani
- Bryconamericus dahli
- Bryconamericus ecuadorensis
- Bryconamericus galvisi
- Bryconamericus guizae
- Bryconamericus huilae
- Bryconamericus loisae · Branquinha
- Bryconamericus miraensis
- Carnegiella schereri · Dwarf Hatchetfish
- Ceratobranchia joanae
- Ceratobranchia obtusirostris
- Cheirodon galusdae
- Cheirodon pisciculus · Chilean Tetra
- Creagrutus amoenus
- Creagrutus atratus
- Creagrutus calai
- Creagrutus changae
- Creagrutus ephippiatus
- Creagrutus flavescens
- Creagrutus gracilis · mojarita
- Creagrutus guanes
- Creagrutus gyrospilus
- Creagrutus muelleri
- Creagrutus peruanus · mojarita
- Creagrutus yanatili
- Eretmobrycon brevirostris
- Eretmobrycon emperador · Emperor Tetra
- Eretmobrycon festae
- Eretmobrycon gonzalezoi
- Eretmobrycon guaytarae
- Eretmobrycon peruanus · Peruvian Tetra
- Eretmobrycon scleroparius
- Gasteropelecus maculatus · Spotted hatchetfish
- Gephyrocharax caucanus
- Gephyrocharax major
- Grundulus quitoensis
- Hemibrycon boquiae
- Hemibrycon cairoensis
- Hemibrycon colombianus · Colombian Hemibrycon
- Hemibrycon dariensis · Darien Tetra
- Hemibrycon guejarensis
- Hemibrycon helleri
- Hemibrycon huambonicus
- Hemibrycon inambari
- Hemibrycon mikrostiktos
- Hemibrycon raqueliae
- Hemibrycon sanjuanensis
- Hemibrycon santamartae
- Hemibrycon sierraensis
- Hemibrycon tridens · Jumping Tetra
- Hemibrycon virolinica
- Hemigrammus eigenmanni
- Hyphessobrycon chocoensis
- Hyphessobrycon condotensis
- Hyphessobrycon ecuadorensis · Ecuador Tetra
- Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis · Ecuador Tetra
- Hyphessobrycon panamensis · Panama Tetra
- Iotabrycon praecox · Premature Tetra
- Knodus meridae
- Knodus transandeanus
- Landonia latidens
- Lebiasina ardilai
- Lebiasina astrigata
- Lebiasina bimaculata · Twospot Lebiasina
- Lebiasina chocoensis
- Lebiasina chucuriensis · sardina
- Lebiasina festae · Festa's Lebiasina
- Lebiasina floridablancaensis
- Lebiasina melanoguttata · Black-spotted Lebiasina
- Lebiasina multimaculata
- Lebiasina ortegai
- Lebiasina panamensis · Panama Lebiasina
- Microgenys weyrauchi
- Nematobrycon lacortei · Rainbow Tetra
- Oligosarcus schindleri · Schindler's Toothy
- Pseudochalceus kyburzi · Kyburz Tetra
- Pseudochalceus lineatus · Lined Tetra
- Pseudochalceus longianalis
- Rhoadsia altipinna · Highfin Rhoadsia
- Rhoadsia minor · Rainbow Characin
- Roeboides occidentalis · Western Characin
- Scopaeocharax rhinodus · mojarita
- Tyttocharax metae
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