Freshwater Fish Species in Sao Francisco River [Eastern Brazil]

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Fish Species in Sao Francisco
[No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=61]
Species	Family	Habitat	Length (cm)	Trophic level	Status

Acestrorhynchus britskii

Acestrorhynchidae

benthopelagic

21 TL

3.7

native

Acestrorhynchus lacustris

Acestrorhynchidae

benthopelagic

33 TL

4.6

native

Acinocheirodon melanogramma

Characidae

benthopelagic

5 TL

3.0

native

Apareiodon hasemani

Parodontidae

benthopelagic

9 TL

3.0

native

Apareiodon ibitiensis

Parodontidae

benthopelagic

14 TL

2.9

native

Apareiodon piracicabae

Parodontidae

benthopelagic

14 TL

3.0

native

Brycon nattereri

Characidae

benthopelagic

36 TL

2.7

native

Brycon orthotaenia

Characidae

benthopelagic

41 TL

2.8

native

Bryconamericus stramineus

Characidae

benthopelagic

7 TL

3.0

native

Cephalosilurus fowleri

Pseudopimelodidae

demersal

41 TL

3.0

native

Cetopsorhamdia iheringi

Heptapteridae

demersal

5 TL

3.0

native

Compsura heterura

Characidae

benthopelagic

4 TL

3.0

native

Corydoras difluviatilis

Callichthyidae

demersal

0 TL

0.0

native

Corydoras garbei

Callichthyidae

demersal

6 TL

2.9

native

Franciscodoras marmoratus

Doradidae

demersal

36 TL

3.0

native

Galeocharax gulo

Characidae

benthopelagic

27 TL

3.2

native

Harttia torrenticola

Loricariidae

demersal

10 TL

2.4

native

Hasemania nana

Characidae

pelagic

4 TL

3.0

native

Hemigrammus brevis

Characidae

benthopelagic

4 TL

2.9

native

Hemigrammus gracilis

Characidae

benthopelagic

6 TL

3.0

native

Hemigrammus marginatus

Characidae

benthopelagic

6 TL

3.0

native

Hemiodus gracilis

Hemiodontidae

benthopelagic

20 TL

2.9

native

Hemipsilichthys stephanus

Loricariidae

demersal

12 TL

2.8

native

Hyphessobrycon micropterus

Characidae

benthopelagic

4 TL

3.0

native

Hyphessobrycon santae

Characidae

benthopelagic

5 TL

2.9

native

Hysteronotus megalostomus

Characidae

benthopelagic

6 TL

3.0

native

Imparfinis borodini

Heptapteridae

demersal

12 TL

3.2

native

Imparfinis minutus

Heptapteridae

demersal

15 TL

3.0

native

Kolpotocheirodon theloura

Characidae

pelagic

4 TL

3.0

native

Lophiosilurus alexandri

Pseudopimelodidae

demersal

72 TL

3.6

native

Moenkhausia costae

Characidae

benthopelagic

9 TL

3.0

native

Myleus altipinnis

Characidae

benthopelagic

30 TL

3.3

native

Myleus micans

Characidae

benthopelagic

34 TL

2.7

native

Neoplecostomus franciscoensis

Loricariidae

demersal

10 TL

3.2

native

Oxydoras niger

Doradidae

demersal

122 TL

2.9

native

Pachyurus francisci

Sciaenidae

benthopelagic

28 TL

3.5

endemic

Parodon hilarii

Parodontidae

benthopelagic

16 TL

3.0

native

Phenacogaster franciscoensis

Characidae

benthopelagic

6 TL

3.0

native

Prochilodus argenteus

Prochilodontidae

benthopelagic

54 TL

2.9

native

Psellogrammus kennedyi

Characidae

benthopelagic

9 TL

2.9

native

Pseudauchenipterus flavescens

Auchenipteridae

demersal

19 TL

2.8

native

Pseudocetopsis gobioides

Cetopsidae

demersal

14 TL

3.2

native

Pseudopimelodus charus

Pseudopimelodidae

demersal

25 TL

3.0

native

Pseudotatia parva

Auchenipteridae

demersal

18 TL

3.1

native

Pygocentrus piraya

Characidae

pelagic

42 TL

3.9

endemic

Rhamdiopsis microcephala

Heptapteridae

demersal

17 TL

3.0

native

Rhinelepis aspera

Loricariidae

demersal

33 TL

2.0

native

Rivulus decoratus

Rivulidae

benthopelagic

5 TL

3.2

native

Roeboides xenodon

Characidae

benthopelagic

10 TL

3.6

native

Salminus hilarii

Characidae

benthopelagic

61 TL

2.9

native

Serrapinnus heterodon

Characidae

pelagic

5 TL

3.2

native

Serrapinnus piaba

Characidae

benthopelagic

5 TL

3.0

native

Serrasalmus brandti

Characidae

benthopelagic

26 TL

3.6

endemic

Spatuloricaria nudiventris

Loricariidae

demersal

34 TL

2.0

native

Stegophilus insidiosus

Trichomycteridae

demersal

6 TL

4.5

native

Steindachnerina elegans

Curimatidae

benthopelagic

13 TL

0.0

native

Sternopygus macrurus

Sternopygidae

benthopelagic

141 TL

3.2

native

Stygichthys typhlops

Characidae

pelagic

3 TL

3.0

endemic

Trachelyopterus leopardinus

Auchenipteridae

demersal

18 TL

3.1

native

Trichomycterus concolor

Trichomycteridae

benthopelagic

17 TL

3.2

native

Triportheus guentheri

Characidae

benthopelagic

14 TL

3.0

native

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