Panama
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Panama 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)
Arius cookei (Ariidae)
Cathorops hypophthalmus (Ariidae) Gloomy Sea Catfish
Astroblepus pirrensis (Astroblepidae)
Trachelyopterus amblops (Auchenipteridae)
Astyanax kompi (Characidae)
Brycon argenteus (Characidae)
Brycon chagrensis (Characidae)
Brycon obscurus (Characidae)
Brycon petrosus (Characidae)
Brycon striatulus OC (Characidae)
Bryconamericus bayano (Characidae)
Bryconamericus cascajalensis (Characidae)
Bryconamericus zeteki (Characidae)
Compsura gorgonae (Characidae)
Gephyrocharax atracaudatus (Characidae)
Gephyrocharax intermedius OC (Characidae)
Gephyrocharax whaleri (Characidae)
Hemibrycon dariensis OC (Characidae)
Odontostilbe mitoptera (Characidae)
Pseudocheirodon arnoldi OC (Characidae) Black-base Tetra
Roeboides carti (Characidae)
Roeboides guatemalensis OC (Characidae)
Amphilophus calobrensis OC (Cichlidae) Redspot Cichlid
Archocentrus altoflavus (Cichlidae)
Archocentrus nanoluteus (Cichlidae) Dwarf Yellow Cichlid
Archocentrus panamensis (Cichlidae) Panama Cichlid
Geophagus crassilabris OC (Cichlidae) Panamanian Eartheater
Vieja tuyrense (Cichlidae) Tuyra Cichlid
Characidium marshi OC (Crenuchidae)
Erotelis shropshirei (Eleotridae)
Leptophilypnus fluviatilis (Eleotridae)
Leptophilypnus mindii (Eleotridae)
Gymnotus panamensis (Gymnotidae)
Heptapterus panamensis (Heptapteridae)
Ancistrus chagresi (Loricariidae)
Ancistrus spinosus (Loricariidae)
Dasyloricaria capetensis (Loricariidae)
Dasyloricaria tuyrensis (Loricariidae)
Hemiancistrus aspidolepis (Loricariidae)
Lasiancistrus planiceps (Loricariidae)
Leptoancistrus canensis OC (Loricariidae)
Rineloricaria altipinnis (Loricariidae)
Sturisoma dariense (Loricariidae)
Sturisomatichthys citurensis OC (Loricariidae)
Pimelodus punctatus OC (Pimelodidae)
Brachyrhaphis episcopi OC (Poeciliidae) Bishop
Brachyrhaphis hessfeldi (Poeciliidae)
Brachyrhaphis punctifer (Poeciliidae)
Brachyrhaphis roswithae (Poeciliidae)
Diphyacantha darienensis (Poeciliidae)
Neoheterandria cana (Poeciliidae) Cana Teddy
Neoheterandria tridentiger (Poeciliidae) Toothy Teddy
Priapichthys puetzi (Poeciliidae)
Rivulus birkhahni (Rivulidae)
Rivulus brunneus (Rivulidae) Brown Rivulus
Rivulus chucunaque (Rivulidae) Chucunaque Rivulus
Rivulus frommi (Rivulidae) Fromm's Rivulus
Rivulus kuelpmanni (Rivulidae)
Rivulus monikae (Rivulidae) Monika's Rivulus
Rivulus montium (Rivulidae)
Rivulus villwocki (Rivulidae)
Rivulus wassmanni (Rivulidae)
Rivulus weberi (Rivulidae) Ladder Rivulus
Trichomycterus septentrionale (Trichomycteridae)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 64 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 2 species total 66 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Panama.
Amatitlania kanna (Cichlidae) 2007
Tomocichla asfraci (Cichlidae) 2002