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List of Freshwater Fishes for Saint Lucia
Number of freshwater fish species:
14
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 14 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
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native | Bull shark | |
| Perciformes |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus ensiferus
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native | Swordspine snook | |
| Perciformes |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus parallelus
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native | Fat snook | |
| Perciformes |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus pectinatus
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native | Tarpon snook | |
| Perciformes |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion acoupa
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native | Acoupa weakfish | |
| Perciformes |
Gerreidae |
Gerres cinereus
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native | Yellow fin mojarra | Hedow |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Joturus pichardi
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native | Bobo mullet | |
| Elopiformes |
Megalopidae |
Megalops atlanticus
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native | Tarpon | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
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questionable | Flathead mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil liza
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native | Liza | |
| Synbranchiformes |
Synbranchidae |
Ophisternon aenigmaticum
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introduced | Obscure swamp eel | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
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introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
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introduced | Nile tilapia | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Rivulidae |
Rivulus cryptocallus
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questionable | | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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