Colombia Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist

Colombia

Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Colombia 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)

Abramites eques OC (Anostomidae)

Leporinus boehlkei (Anostomidae)

Leporinus muyscorum (Anostomidae)

Leporinus niceforoi OC (Anostomidae)

Leporinus subniger OC (Anostomidae)

Apteronotus eschmeyeri (Apteronotidae)

Apteronotus jurubidae (Apteronotidae)

Apteronotus macrostomus (Apteronotidae)

Apteronotus magdalenensis (Apteronotidae)

Apteronotus mariae (Apteronotidae)

Apteronotus spurrellii (Apteronotidae)

Arius neogranatensis (Ariidae)

Hexanematichthys bonillai (Ariidae) New Granada Sea Catfish

Bunocephalus colombianus (Aspredinidae)

Xyliphius magdalenae (Aspredinidae)

Astroblepus caquetae (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus chapmani (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus cirratus (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus frenatus OC (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus grixalvii OC (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus guentheri OC (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus heterodon (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus homodon (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus jurubidae (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus latidens (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus mariae (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus marmoratus (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus micrescens (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus nicefori (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus rengifoi (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus retropinnus (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus santanderensis OC (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus trifasciatus OC (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus unifasciatus (Astroblepidae)

Astroblepus ventralis (Astroblepidae)

Atherinella colombiensis (Atherinopsidae)

Atherinella robbersi (Atherinopsidae)

Membras argentea (Atherinopsidae)

Centromochlus altae OC (Auchenipteridae)

Centromochlus megalops (Auchenipteridae)

Tatia dunni (Auchenipteridae)

Trachelyopterus fisheri (Auchenipteridae) Driftwood Catfish

Trachelyopterus insignis (Auchenipteridae)

Daector gerringi (Batrachoididae)

Daector quadrizonatus (Batrachoididae)

Callichthys fabricioi (Callichthyidae)

Corydoras axelrodi (Callichthyidae) Pink Cory

Corydoras delphax (Callichthyidae) False Blochi Catfish

Corydoras esperanzae (Callichthyidae)

Corydoras gomezi (Callichthyidae)

Corydoras loxozonus (Callichthyidae) Slant-bar Cory

Corydoras melanotaenia (Callichthyidae) Green Gold Catfish

Corydoras metae (Callichthyidae) Bandit Cory

Corydoras reynoldsi (Callichthyidae) Bumblebee Cory

Corydoras simulatus (Callichthyidae) Olga Cory

Helogenes castaneus (Cetopsidae)

Pseudocetopsis baudoensis (Cetopsidae)

Pseudocetopsis jurubidae (Cetopsidae)

Pseudocetopsis othonops OC (Cetopsidae)

Acestrocephalus anomalus (Characidae)

Argopleura chocoensis (Characidae)

Argopleura conventus (Characidae)

Argopleura diquensis (Characidae)

Argopleura magdalenensis (Characidae)

Astyanax atratoensis OC (Characidae)

Astyanax caucanus (Characidae)

Astyanax daguae OC (Characidae) Plain-tailed Astyanax

Astyanax filiferus (Characidae)

Astyanax gisleni (Characidae)

Astyanax integer OC (Characidae)

Astyanax magdalenae OC (Characidae)

Astyanax megaspilura (Characidae)

Astyanax microlepis OC (Characidae)

Astyanax orthodus OC (Characidae)

Axelrodia riesei (Characidae) Ruby Tetra

Brycon fowleri (Characidae)

Brycon henni (Characidae)

Brycon labiatus (Characidae)

Brycon medemi (Characidae)

Brycon meeki (Characidae)

Brycon moorei OC (Characidae)

Brycon rubricauda (Characidae)

Brycon sinuensis (Characidae)

Bryconamericus andresoi (Characidae)

Bryconamericus baudoensis (Characidae)

Bryconamericus beta OC (Characidae)

Bryconamericus caucanus OC (Characidae)

Bryconamericus cristiani (Characidae)

Bryconamericus dahli (Characidae)

Bryconamericus galvisi (Characidae)

Bryconamericus guaytarae OC (Characidae)

Bryconamericus guizae (Characidae)

Bryconamericus huilae (Characidae)

Bryconamericus icelus (Characidae)

Bryconamericus ichoensis (Characidae)

Bryconamericus loisae (Characidae)

Bryconamericus miraensis (Characidae)

Bryconamericus multiradiatus (Characidae)

Bryconamericus ortholepis (Characidae)

Bryconamericus plutarcoi (Characidae)

Bryconamericus scopiferus OC (Characidae) Rust-brown Tetra

Carlastyanax aurocaudatus (Characidae) Goldentail Astyanax

Creagrutus atratus (Characidae)

Creagrutus brevipinnis (Characidae)

Creagrutus calai (Characidae)

Creagrutus caucanus (Characidae)

Creagrutus magdalenae (Characidae)

Creagrutus nigrostigmatus (Characidae)

Cynopotamus atratoensis (Characidae)

Cynopotamus magdalenae OC (Characidae)

Genycharax tarpon (Characidae)

Gephyrocharax caucanus (Characidae) Arrowhead Tetra

Gephyrocharax chocoensis (Characidae)

Gephyrocharax martae (Characidae)

Gephyrocharax sinuensis (Characidae)

Grundulus bogotensis (Characidae)

Grundulus cochae (Characidae)

Hemibrycon boquiae (Characidae)

Hemibrycon carrilloi (Characidae)

Hemibrycon colombianus (Characidae)

Hemibrycon decurrens (Characidae)

Hemibrycon dentatus OC (Characidae)

Hemibrycon metae OC (Characidae)

Hemibrycon tolimae (Characidae)

Hemibrycon velox (Characidae)

Hyphessobrycon columbianus (Characidae)

Hyphessobrycon condotensis (Characidae)

Hyphessobrycon poecilioides (Characidae)

Hyphessobrycon proteus (Characidae)

Hyphessobrycon saizi (Characidae)

Hyphessobrycon sweglesi (Characidae) Red Phantom Tetra

Knodus caquetae OC (Characidae)

Knodus hypopterus (Characidae)

Knodus orteguasae (Characidae)

Lobodeuterodon euspilurus (Characidae)

Microgenys minuta (Characidae)

Moenkhausia eigenmanni (Characidae)

Moenkhausia metae (Characidae)

Moenkhausia orteguasae (Characidae)

Nanocheirodon insignis OC (Characidae)

Nematobrycon lacortei (Characidae) Rainbow Tetra

Nematobrycon palmeri (Characidae) Emperor Tetra

Parapristella georgiae OC (Characidae)

Parastremma album (Characidae)

Parastremma pulchrum (Characidae)

Parastremma sadina (Characidae)

Priocharax pygmaeus (Characidae)

Pseudochalceus kyburzi (Characidae)

Pterobrycon landoni (Characidae) Atrato Wing Scale Tetra

Saccoderma hastatus (Characidae)

Saccoderma robusta (Characidae)

Schultzites axelrodi (Characidae) Axelrod's Moenkhausia

Triportheus magdalenae (Characidae)

Aequidens biseriatus (Cichlidae) Choco Aequidens

Aequidens latifrons OC (Cichlidae) Platinum Acara

Aequidens metae OC (Cichlidae) Yellow Acara

Apistogramma iniridae OC (Cichlidae) Threadfinned Dwarf Cichlid

Apistogramma macmasteri (Cichlidae) Macmaster's Dwarf Cichlid

Apistogramma viejita OC (Cichlidae) Viejita Dwarf Cichlid

Bujurquina mariae OC (Cichlidae) Redtop Green Cichlid

Cichlasoma atromaculatum OC (Cichlidae)

Cichlasoma gephyrum (Cichlidae)

Cichlasoma microlepis (Cichlidae)

Geophagus pellegrini (Cichlidae) Yellowhump Eartheater

Mesonauta egregius OC (Cichlidae) Colombian Flag Cichlid

Characidium caucanum (Crenuchidae)

Characidium phoxocephalum (Crenuchidae)

Characidium sanctjohanni (Crenuchidae)

Curimata mivartii (Curimatidae)

Pseudocurimata patiae OC (Curimatidae)

Steindachnerina atratoensis OC (Curimatidae)

Gilbertolus atratoensis (Cynodontidae)

Centrochir crocodili (Doradidae)

Gobiesox juradoensis OC (Gobiesocidae)

Sicydium hildebrandi (Gobiidae)

Gymnotus choco (Gymnotidae)

Gymnotus henni (Gymnotidae)

Cetopsorhamdia boquillae (Heptapteridae)

Cetopsorhamdia nasus OC (Heptapteridae)

Chasmocranus rosae (Heptapteridae)

Imparfinis microps (Heptapteridae)

Imparfinis spurrellii (Heptapteridae)

Phenacorhamdia macarenensis (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella conquetaensis (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella figueroai (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella macrocephala (Heptapteridae)

Pimelodella metae OC (Heptapteridae) Rio Meta Pimelodella

Pimelodella pallida (Heptapteridae)

Rhamdia argentina (Heptapteridae)

Rhamdia velifer (Heptapteridae)

Lebiasina chucuriensis (Lebiasinidae)

Lebiasina floridablancaensis (Lebiasinidae)

Lebiasina multimaculata (Lebiasinidae) Multi-spotted Lebiasina

Lebiasina narinensis (Lebiasinidae)

Ancistrus caucanus (Loricariidae)

Ancistrus centrolepis (Loricariidae)

Ancistrus eustictus (Loricariidae)

Ancistrus lineolatus (Loricariidae) Big-spot Bristlenose

Apistoloricaria laani (Loricariidae)

Apistoloricaria listrorhinos (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma aburrensis (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma alternifasciatum (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma anale (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma brevilabiatum (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma lepturum (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma leucomelas (Loricariidae) Magdalena Tiger Chaetostoma

Chaetostoma niveum (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma palmeri (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma patiae (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma paucispinis (Loricariidae)

Chaetostoma thomsoni OC (Loricariidae) Bulldog Catfish

Chaetostoma vagum (Loricariidae)

Cordylancistrus daguae (Loricariidae)

Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus (Loricariidae)

Crossoloricaria cephalaspis (Loricariidae)

Dasyloricaria seminuda (Loricariidae)

Dolichancistrus atratoensis (Loricariidae)

Dolichancistrus carnegiei (Loricariidae)

Dolichancistrus fuesslii (Loricariidae)

Dolichancistrus pediculatus (Loricariidae)

Dolichancistrus setosus (Loricariidae)

Farlowella colombiensis (Loricariidae)

Farlowella gracilis (Loricariidae) Mottled Twig Catfish

Hemiancistrus holostictus (Loricariidae)

Hemiancistrus wilsoni (Loricariidae)

Hypostomus argus (Loricariidae)

Hypostomus niceforoi (Loricariidae)

Hypostomus oculeus OC (Loricariidae)

Hypostomus plecostomoides OC (Loricariidae)

Hypostomus winzi (Loricariidae)

Lasiancistrus caquetae (Loricariidae)

Lasiancistrus caucanus OC (Loricariidae)

Lasiancistrus mayoloi (Loricariidae)

Lasiancistrus volcanensis (Loricariidae)

Nannoptopoma spectabile OC (Loricariidae)

Panaque cochliodon OC (Loricariidae) Blueeyed Pleco

Pterygoplichthys undecimalis (Loricariidae)

Rineloricaria sneiderni (Loricariidae)

Spatuloricaria atratoensis (Loricariidae)

Spatuloricaria caquetae (Loricariidae)

Spatuloricaria curvispina (Loricariidae)

Spatuloricaria euacanthagenys (Loricariidae)

Spatuloricaria gymnogaster OC (Loricariidae)

Squaliforma tenuicauda OC (Loricariidae)

Sturisoma aureum (Loricariidae) Golden Whiptail

Sturisomatichthys caquetae (Loricariidae)

Sturisomatichthys leightoni (Loricariidae) Dwarf Royal Twig Catfish

Sturisomatichthys tamanae (Loricariidae)

Parodon caliensis (Parodontidae) Barred Darter Tetra

Megalonema xanthum OC (Pimelodidae)

Pimelodus garciabarrigai (Pimelodidae)

Alloheterandria caliensis (Poeciliidae) Cali Flasher

Alloheterandria nigroventralis (Poeciliidae) Black-finned Flasher

Diphyacantha chocoensis (Poeciliidae) Choco Flasher

Gambusia lemaitrei (Poeciliidae) Totuma Mosquitofish

Neoheterandria elegans (Poeciliidae) Tiger Teddy

Pseudopoecilia austrocolumbiana (Poeciliidae) Southern Flasher

Potamotrygon magdalenae OC (Potamotrygonidae) Magdalena River Stingray

Ichthyoelephas longirostris (Prochilodontidae)

Prochilodus magdalenae (Prochilodontidae)

Pseudopimelodus schultzi (Pseudopimelodidae) Schultz's Bumblebee Catfish

Rivulus altivelis (Rivulidae)

Rivulus boehlkei (Rivulidae)

Rivulus corpulentus (Rivulidae)

Rivulus elegans OC (Rivulidae) Elegant Rivulus

Rivulus leucurus (Rivulidae)

Rivulus magdalenae OC (Rivulidae) Magdalena Rivulus

Rivulus pacificus (Rivulidae)

Rivulus taeniatus OC (Rivulidae) Striped Rivulus

Rivulus tessellatus (Rivulidae)

Eremophilus mutisii (Trichomycteridae)

Ituglanis guayaberensis (Trichomycteridae)

Ituglanis metae OC (Trichomycteridae)

Malacoglanis gelatinosus (Trichomycteridae)

Paravandellia phaneronema (Trichomycteridae)

Schultzichthys gracilis (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus banneaui OC (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus caliense OC (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus chapmani (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus dorsostriatus (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus latidens (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus latistriatus (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus migrans (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus nigromaculatus (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus regani (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus retropinnis (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus romeroi (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus spilosoma (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus stellatus (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus straminius (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus transandianum (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus unicolor (Trichomycteridae)

Trichomycterus venulosus (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 293 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 29 species total 322 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Colombia.

Apionichthys sauli (Achiridae) 2003

Apteronotus galvisi (Apteronotidae) 2007

Apteronotus milesi (Apteronotidae) 2005

Callichthys oibaensis (Callichthyidae) 2006

Cetopsis fimbriata (Cetopsidae) 2005

Cetopsis umbrosa (Cetopsidae) 2005

Astyanax fasslii (Characidae)

Bryconamericus arilepis (Characidae) 2008

Creagrutus guanes (Characidae) 2005

Hemibrycon microformaa (Characidae) 2007

Hemibrycon rafaelense (Characidae) 2008

Hyphessobrycon ocasoensis (Characidae) 2008