Freshwater Fish Species in Uruguay River [Uruguay] 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.mongabay use one of the following links:Mongabay.com | Tropical Freshwater Fish | Biotope aquaria | Country Index | Index of Ecosystems All Content Below is Copyright Fishbase.org
Fish Species in Uruguay
Species
Family
Habitat
Length (cm)
Trophic level
Status
Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro
Acestrorhynchidae
benthopelagic
30 TL
3.8
native
Astyanax ojiara
Characidae
benthopelagic
10 TL
2.9
native
Bunocephalus doriae
Aspredinidae
demersal
10 TL
2.6
native
Bunocephalus iheringii
Aspredinidae
demersal
8 TL
2.7
native
Catathyridium jenynsii
Achiridae
demersal
17 TL
3.4
native
Catathyridium lorentzii
Achiridae
demersal
17 TL
3.4
native
Characidium occidentale
Crenuchidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.0
native
Characidium rachovii
Crenuchidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.0
native
Characidium serrano
Crenuchidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
3.0
native
Characidium tenue
Crenuchidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
3.0
native
Charax stenopterus
Characidae
benthopelagic
12 TL
3.9
native
Cheirodon ibicuhiensis
Characidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.2
native
Crenicichla lepidota
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
22 TL
3.6
native
Crenicichla scottii
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
21 TL
3.2
native
Crenicichla vittata
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
32 TL
3.1
native
Cynopotamus argenteus
Characidae
benthopelagic
26 TL
3.9
native
Cyphocharax platanus
Curimatidae
benthopelagic
17 TL
2.7
native
Gymnogeophagus balzanii
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
15 TL
3.0
native
Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
15 TL
3.0
native
Hemipsilichthys hystrix
Loricariidae
benthopelagic
0 TL
native
Hemipsilichthys vestigipinnis
Loricariidae
demersal
12 TL
2.8
native
Heptapterus mustelinus
Heptapteridae
demersal
9 TL
3.0
native
Heterocheirodon yatai
Characidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.2
native
Hisonotus ringueleti
Loricariidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
2.0
native
Hoplosternum littorale
Callichthyidae
demersal
20 TL
2.7
native
Hyphessobrycon anisitsi
Characidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.0
native
Hyphessobrycon luetkenii
Characidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
3.0
native
Hyphessobrycon uruguayensis
Characidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
2.9
native
Hypobrycon leptorhynchus
Characidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.0
native
Hypobrycon maromba
Characidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.0
native
Jenynsia eirmostigma
Anablepidae
benthopelagic
9 TL
3.2
native
Jenynsia onca
Anablepidae
pelagic
4 TL
native
Loricariichthys anus
Loricariidae
demersal
26 TL
2.8
native
Loricariichthys melanocheilus
Loricariidae
demersal
26 TL
2.8
native
Macropsobrycon uruguayanae
Characidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Microglanis cottoides
Pseudopimelodidae
demersal
7 TL
3.0
native
Microglanis eurystoma
Pseudopimelodidae
demersal
10 TL
3.2
native
Odontesthes humensis
Atherinidae
benthopelagic
29 TL
2.5
native
Odontesthes orientalis
Atherinidae
benthopelagic
29 TL
2.5
native
Oligosarcus brevioris
Characidae
benthopelagic
21 TL
3.5
native
Oligosarcus oligolepis
Characidae
pelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Parastegophilus maculatus
Trichomycteridae
benthopelagic
6 TL
4.5
native
Paravandellia oxyptera
Trichomycteridae
benthopelagic
4 TL
2.9
native
Piaractus mesopotamicus
Characidae
demersal
50 TL
2.0
native
Pimelodus absconditus
Pimelodidae
benthopelagic
19 TL
3.5
native
Potamotrygon brachyura
Potamotrygonidae
benthopelagic
99 TL
3.6
native
Potamotrygon motoro
Potamotrygonidae
benthopelagic
99 TL
3.6
native
Pseudocetopsis gobioides
Cetopsidae
demersal
14 TL
3.2
native
Pseudohemiodon devincenzii
Loricariidae
demersal
18 TL
2.1
native
Pseudopimelodus mangurus
Pseudopimelodidae
demersal
43 TL
3.0
native
Rhamdella longiuscula
Heptapteridae
demersal
23 TL
3.3
native
Rhaphiodon vulpinus
Cynodontidae
pelagic
69 TL
2.9
native
Rivulus punctatus
Rivulidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Roeboides prognathus
Characidae
benthopelagic
18 TL
4.1
native
Salminus brasiliensis
Characidae
benthopelagic
122 TL
4.1
native
Serrapinnus calliurus
Characidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Steindachnerina biornata
Curimatidae
benthopelagic
9 TL
2.1
native
Steindachnerina brevipinna
Curimatidae
benthopelagic
14 TL
2.7
native
Tatia boemia
Auchenipteridae
benthopelagic
9 TL
3.2
native
Thoracocharax stellatus
Gasteropelecidae
pelagic
8 TL
3.1
native
Trachelyopterus teaguei
Auchenipteridae
demersal
24 TL
3.1
native
Triportheus paranensis
Characidae
benthopelagic
20 TL
3.1
native
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