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List of Freshwater Fishes for US Virgin Islands
Number of freshwater fish species:
13
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 13 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla rostrata
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native | American eel | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Carassius auratus auratus
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introduced | Goldfish | |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
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native | Bull shark | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Cichla ocellaris
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introduced | Peacock cichlid | |
| Perciformes |
Centrarchidae |
Lepomis macrochirus
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introduced | Bluegill | |
| Perciformes |
Centrarchidae |
Lepomis microlophus
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introduced | Redear sunfish | |
| Elopiformes |
Megalopidae |
Megalops atlanticus
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native | Tarpon | |
| Perciformes |
Centrarchidae |
Micropterus salmoides
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introduced | Largemouth bass | |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Triakidae |
Mustelus canis
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native | Dusky smooth-hound | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
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introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
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introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia reticulata
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native | Guppy | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Pseudophallus mindii
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native | | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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