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List of Freshwater Fishes for Curaçao Island
Number of freshwater fish species:
20
The tables below were generated from Fishbase.org - A project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All links below take you to pages on the fishbase.org site.
Tropical Freshwater Fish | Biotope aquaria | Country Index
Record number 1 to 20 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Agonostomus monticola
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native | Mountain mullet | |
| Clupeiformes |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa spinifer
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native | Spicule anchovy | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla rostrata
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native | American eel | |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
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native | Bull shark | |
| Perciformes |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus ensiferus
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native | Swordspine snook | |
| Perciformes |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion acoupa
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native | Acoupa weakfish | |
| Perciformes |
Gerreidae |
Eucinostomus argenteus
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native | Silver mojarra | |
| Perciformes |
Gerreidae |
Eugerres plumieri
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native | Striped mojarra | |
| Perciformes |
Gerreidae |
Gerres cinereus
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native | Yellow fin mojarra | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Joturus pichardi
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native | Bobo mullet | |
| Clupeiformes |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis grossidens
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native | Atlantic sabretooth anchovy | |
| Elopiformes |
Megalopidae |
Megalops atlanticus
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native | Tarpon | |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinopsidae |
Membras analis
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native | Backwaters silverside | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil liza
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native | Liza | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia sphenops
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native | Molly | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia vandepolli
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endemic | | |
| Perciformes |
Haemulidae |
Pomadasys crocro
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native | Burro grunt | |
| Pristiformes |
Pristidae |
Pristis microdon
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native | Largetooth sawfish | |
| Pristiformes |
Pristidae |
Pristis pectinata
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native | Smalltooth sawfish | |
| Beloniformes |
Belonidae |
Strongylura marina
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native | Atlantic needlefish | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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