Cuba Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist

Cuba

Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Cuba 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)

IN = introduced elsewhere

Alepidomus evermanni (Atherinidae) Black Metallic Livebearer

Lucifuga dentata OC (Bythitidae)

Lucifuga simile (Bythitidae)

Lucifuga subterranea OC (Bythitidae) Cuban Cavefish

Lucifuga teresinarum (Bythitidae)

Cichlasoma ramsdeni (Cichlidae) Joturo

Nandopsis tetracanthus OC (Cichlidae) Biajaca

Cubanichthys cubensis (Cyprinodontidae) Cuban Killifish

Dormitator cubanus (Eleotridae)

Atractosteus tristoechus OC (Lepisosteidae) Cuban Gar

Gambusia punctata OC (Poeciliidae) Cuban Gambusia

Girardinus creolus (Poeciliidae) Creole Topminnow