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List of Freshwater Fishes for Dominica
Number of freshwater fish species:
16
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 16 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Agonostomus monticola
|
native | Mountain mullet | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla rostrata
|
native | American eel | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous banana
|
native | River goby | |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
native | Bull shark | |
| Perciformes |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus ensiferus
|
native | Swordspine snook | |
| Perciformes |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus parallelus
|
native | Fat snook | |
| Perciformes |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus pectinatus
|
native | Tarpon snook | |
| Gobiesociformes |
Gobiesocidae |
Gobiesox nudus
|
native | Clingfish | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Joturus pichardi
|
native | Bobo mullet | |
| Elopiformes |
Megalopidae |
Megalops atlanticus
|
native | Tarpon | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis brachyurus lineatus
|
native | | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
questionable | Flathead mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil liza
|
native | Liza | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis aureus
|
introduced | Blue tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicydium punctatum
|
native | | Tritri |
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