French Guiana
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in French Guiana 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)
Anostomus brevior OC (Anostomidae)
Leporinus granti OC (Anostomidae) Spotted Leporinus
Arius variolosus (Ariidae)
Corydoras approuaguensis (Callichthyidae)
Astyanax validus (Characidae)
Creagrutus planquettei (Characidae)
Hemigrammus aereus (Characidae)
Hemigrammus guyanensis (Characidae) Red-dot Tetra
Hyphessobrycon roseus (Characidae) Yellow Phantom Tetra
Hyphessobrycon simulatus OC (Characidae) False X-ray Tetra
Jupiaba keithi OC (Characidae)
Jupiaba maroniensis (Characidae)
Moenkhausia inrai (Characidae)
Moenkhausia moisae (Characidae)
Myleus knerii (Characidae)
Odontostilbe gracilis (Characidae)
Thayeria ifati OC (Characidae) Half-striped Penguin Tetra
Chilodus zunevei OC (Chilodontidae)
Nannacara aureocephalus OC (Cichlidae) Golden-head Dwarf Cichlid
Hoplerythrinus gronovii OC (Erythrinidae)
Hoplias patana (Erythrinidae)
Heptapterus tenuis (Heptapteridae)
Pimelodella procera (Heptapteridae)
Guyanancistrus longispinis (Loricariidae)
Guyanancistrus niger (Loricariidae)
Hypostomus nematopterus (Loricariidae)
Hypostomus verres OC (Loricariidae)
Lithoxus boujardi (Loricariidae)
Lithoxus planquettei (Loricariidae) Coco Lithoxus
Lithoxus stocki (Loricariidae)
Rivulus cladophorus (Rivulidae) Marbled Tail Rivulus
Rivulus lungi OC (Rivulidae)
Rivulus xiphidius (Rivulidae) Blue-banded Rivulus
Rhabdolichops jegui (Sternopygidae)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 34 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 6 species total 40 species of freshwater fishes known solely from French Guiana.
Hemigrammus ora (Characidae) 2006
Hyphessobrycon borealis (Characidae) 2006
Odontostilbe littoris (Characidae)
Potamotrygon marinae (Potamotrygonidae) 2006
Rivulus gaucheri (Rivulidae) 2006
Ituglanis nebulosus (Trichomycteridae) 2003