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List of Freshwater Fishes for El Salvador

Number of freshwater fish species: 45

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

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Family Scientific Name FB Name Name Status
Achiridae Achirus mazatlanus Mazatlan sole   native
Mugilidae Agonostomus monticola Mountain mullet   native
Cichlidae Amphilophus macracanthus Blackthroat cichlid   native
Anablepidae Anableps dowei Pacific foureyed fish   native
Engraulidae Anchoa curta Short anchovy   native
Cichlidae Archocentrus nigrofasciatus Convict cichlid  Burro native
Atherinopsidae Atherinella argentea Moon silverside   native
Atherinopsidae Atherinella guija   native
Gobiidae Awaous banana River goby   native
Batrachoididae Batrachoides waltersi Walter's toadfish   native
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark   native
Ariidae Cathorops fuerthii Congo sea catfish   native
Ariidae Cathorops steindachneri Steindachner's sea catfish   native
Centropomidae Centropomus nigrescens Black snook   native
Cichlidae Cichlasoma trimaculatum Three spot cichlid   native
Paralichthyidae Citharichthys gilberti Bigmouth sanddab   native
Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio carpio Common carp   introduced
Eleotridae Dormitator latifrons Pacific fat sleeper   native
Gerreidae Eucinostomus currani Pacific flagfin mojarra   native
Gerreidae Eucinostomus gracilis Graceful mojarra   native
Gobiidae Gobioides peruanus Peruvian eelgoby   native
Ariidae Hexanematichthys seemanni Tete sea catfish   native
Mugilidae Joturus pichardi Bobo mullet   native
Kuhliidae Kuhlia mugil Barred flagtail   native
Centrarchidae Lepomis macrochirus Bluegill   introduced
Clupeidae Lile stolifera Pacific piquitinga   native
Centrarchidae Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass   introduced
Mugilidae Mugil cephalus Flathead mullet   native
Mugilidae Mugil curema White mullet   native
Ariidae Notarius biffi   native
Carangidae Oligoplites saurus Leatherjack   native
Cichlidae Oreochromis aureus Blue tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis mossambicus Mozambique tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus niloticus Nile tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis urolepis hornorum Wami tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Parachromis managuensis Guapote tigre   introduced
Cichlidae Parachromis motaguensis False yellowjacket cichlid  Guapote native
Poeciliidae Poecilia marcellinoi   native
Poeciliidae Poecilia salvatoris   native
Haemulidae Pomadasys bayanus Purplemouth grunt   native
Profundulidae Profundulus guatemalensis   native
Syngnathidae Pseudophallus starksii   native
Characidae Roeboides bouchellei Crystal tetra   native
Belonidae Strongylura exilis Californian needlefish   native
Cichlidae Tilapia rendalli Redbreast tilapia   introduced
Page created by Jen, 21.10.03 last modified by Eli, 17.11.04


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The copy for fish.mongabay.com was written in 1994-1995. Therefore some information such as scientific names may be out of date. For this, I apologize. Feel free to send corrections to me.