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List of Freshwater Fishes for Galapagos Islands
Number of freshwater fish species:
8
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 8 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris picta
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native | Spotted sleeper | |
| Perciformes |
Gerreidae |
Eucinostomus currani
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native | Pacific flagfin mojarra | |
| Perciformes |
Gerreidae |
Gerres cinereus
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native | Yellow fin mojarra | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
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native | Flathead mullet | |
| Ophidiiformes |
Bythitidae |
Ogilbia galapagosensis
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endemic | Galapagos cuskeel | |
| Perciformes |
Carangidae |
Oligoplites saurus
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native | Leatherjack | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
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introduced | Nile tilapia | |
| Beloniformes |
Belonidae |
Strongylura exilis
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native | Californian needlefish | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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