Bolivia Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist

Bolivia

Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Bolivia is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.

The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.

OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range ( these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)

Rhytiodus lauzannei (Anostomidae)

Entomocorus benjamini (Auchenipteridae)

Corydoras geryi (Callichthyidae)

Corydoras latus (Callichthyidae) Iridescent Cory

Corydoras mamore (Callichthyidae)

Corydoras pantanalensis (Callichthyidae)

Aphyocharacidium bolivianum (Characidae)

Aphyocharax gracilis (Characidae)

Astyanacinus multidens OC (Characidae)

Astyanax chaparae (Characidae)

Bryconamericus bolivianus (Characidae)

Creagrutus beni (Characidae) Goldstripe Characin

Gephyrocharax chaparae (Characidae) Chapare Gland-characin

Gephyrocharax major OC (Characidae)

Hemibrycon beni (Characidae)

Hemigrammus neptunus (Characidae)

Knodus mizquae (Characidae)

Leptagoniates pi OC (Characidae)

Moenkhausia dorsinuda (Characidae)

Monotocheirodon pearsoni OC (Characidae)

Odontostilbe dierythrura (Characidae)

Odontostilbe microcephala OC (Characidae)

Oligosarcus bolivianus OC (Characidae)

Oligosarcus schindleri (Characidae)

Piabucus caudomaculatus (Characidae)

Prodontocharax howesi (Characidae)

Serrasalmus hollandi OC (Characidae) Holland's Piranha

Tyttobrycon dorsimaculatus (Characidae)

Tyttobrycon spinosus (Characidae)

Apistogramma linkei (Cichlidae)

Apistogramma rubrolineata (Cichlidae)

Bujurquina oenolaemus (Cichlidae)

Characidium bolivianum OC (Crenuchidae)

Characidium heinianum (Crenuchidae)

Characidium schindleri (Crenuchidae)

Orestias albus OC (Cyprinodontidae)

Orestias gilsoni (Cyprinodontidae)

Orestias tchernavini OC (Cyprinodontidae)

Orestias tutini OC (Cyprinodontidae)

Imparfinis cochabambae (Heptapteridae)

Phenacorhamdia boliviana OC (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella boliviana OC (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella chaparae (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella howesi (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella nigrofasciata (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella serrata (Heptapteridae)

Rhamdella rusbyi (Heptapteridae)

Ancistrus megalostomus (Loricariidae)

Ancistrus montanus (Loricariidae)

Hypostomus bolivianus (Loricariidae) Bolivian Sucker Catfish

Hypostomus levis (Loricariidae)

Ixinandria montebelloi (Loricariidae)

Otocinclus mariae OC (Loricariidae)

Pseudohemiodon thorectes (Loricariidae)

Rineloricaria beni (Loricariidae)

Pamphorichthys hasemani OC (Poeciliidae)

Aphyolebias obliquus (Rivulidae)

Rivulus beniensis OC (Rivulidae) Beni Rivulus

Simpsonichthys filamentosus (Rivulidae)

Trigonectes rogoaguae (Rivulidae)

Stenolicmus sarmientoi (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus barbouri OC (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus chaberti (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus duellmani (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus fassli OC (Trichomycteridae)

Tridentopsis pearsoni OC (Trichomycteridae)

Vandellia balzanii (Trichomycteridae)

Additional endemic freshwater fish species that were not included in FishBase 2004 are given below. This list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 67 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 19 species total 86 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Bolivia.

Corydoras albolineatus (Callichthyidae) 2004

Corydoras bilineatus (Callichthyidae) 2002

Corydoras cruziensis (Callichthyidae) 2002

Corydoras isbrueckeri (Callichthyidae) 2004

Corydoras negro (Callichthyidae) 2004

Corydoras noelkempffi (Callichthyidae) 2004

Corydoras paragua (Callichthyidae) 2004

Corydoras paucerna (Callichthyidae) 2004

Bryconacidnus hemigrammus (Characidae)

Knodus longus (Characidae) 2006

Knodus shinahota (Characidae) 2007

Apistogramma erythrura (Cichlidae) 2008