Guatemala
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Guatemala 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)
Potamarius izabalensis (Ariidae)
Bramocharax baileyi (Characidae)
Bramocharax dorioni (Characidae)
Hyphessobrycon milleri OC (Characidae)
Amphilophus margaritifer (Cichlidae)
Archocentrus spinosissimus (Cichlidae) Spiny Cichlid
Vieja guttulata OC (Cichlidae) Amatitlan Cichlid
Vieja melanurus OC (Cichlidae) Blacktail Vieja
Gymnotus cylindricus OC (Gymnotidae)
Heterandria attenuata (Poeciliidae)
Heterandria cataractae (Poeciliidae) Cataract Twinspot Livebearer
Heterandria dirempta (Poeciliidae) Chajmaic Twinspot Livebearer
Heterandria litoperas (Poeciliidae) Sailfin Twinspot Livebearer
Heterandria obliqua (Poeciliidae) Doloris Twinspot Livebearer
Scolichthys greenwayi OC (Poeciliidae) Big-spot Mosquitofish
Scolichthys iota (Poeciliidae) Iota Livebearer
Xenodexia ctenolepis (Poeciliidae) Grijalva Studfish
Xiphophorus signum (Poeciliidae) Comma Swordtail
Additional endemic freshwater fish species that were described too recently to be 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 20 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 2 species total 22 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Guatemala.
Leptophilypnus guatemalensis (Eleotridae) 2006
Poecilia rositae (Poeciliidae) 2004