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| Fish Species in Uruguay | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=62] | |||||
| 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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