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Characins, piranhas & tetras of Suriname

252 species · 126 profiles

Redeye PiranhaRedeye PiranhaSerrasalmus rhombeusmanyapirenCommon WolffishCommon WolffishHoplias malabaricuspatakaThreespot LeporinusThreespot LeporinusLeporinus fridericiPencilfishPencilfishPyrrhulina filamentosaScaly JupiabaJupiaba polylepisTwospot AstyanaxTwospot AstyanaxAstyanax bimaculatusGiant WolffishGiant WolffishHoplias aimaraanyumaraGold Wolf FishGold Wolf FishHoplerythrinus unitaeniatuswarapaBanded leporinusBanded leporinusLeporinus fasciatusGlass Phantom TetraMoenkhausia hemigrammoidesTailspot TetraTailspot TetraBryconops caudomaculatusSalmon DiscusSalmon DiscusBrachychalcinus orbicularisSoldier JupiabaSoldier JupiabaJupiaba keithiRed Tail CachorroRed Tail CachorroAcestrorhynchus falcatusPink-tailed ChalceusPink-tailed ChalceusChalceus macrolepidotusFeatherfin tetraFeatherfin tetraHemigrammus unilineatusSailfin CharacinSailfin CharacinCrenuchus spilurusSlender PacuSlender PacuAcnodon oligacanthusMeunier's JupiabaMeunier's JupiabaJupiaba meunieriCommon HatchetfishCommon HatchetfishGasteropelecus sterniclaPalescales TetraPalescales TetraMoenkhausia grandisquamisBottom CharacinBottom CharacinParodon guyanensisBlacktail BryconBlacktail BryconBrycon falcatusSpotted LeporinusSpotted LeporinusLeporinus maculatusFalse silver tetraTetragonopterus chalceusTetraHemigrammus boesemaniBarred HemiodusBarred HemiodusHemiodus quadrimaculatusGolden TetraGolden TetraHemigrammus rodwayiFalse X-ray TetraFalse X-ray TetraHyphessobrycon simulatusYellow Phantom TetraYellow Phantom TetraHyphessobrycon roseusGosse's LeporinusGosse's LeporinusLeporinus gosseiMarbled HatchetfishMarbled HatchetfishCarnegiella strigataYellow Tail CachorroYellow Tail CachorroAcestrorhynchus microlepisHemiodus unimaculatusHemiodus unimaculatusBrazilian PoptellaPoptella brevispinaLepidura TetraLepidura TetraMoenkhausia lepiduraX-ray TetraX-ray TetraPristella maxillarisRedhook PacuRedhook PacuMyloplus rubripinnisZebra DarterZebra DarterCharacidium zebraStriped HeadstanderStriped HeadstanderAnostomus anostomusKite PoptellaKite PoptellaPoptella longipinnisBlack WolffishBlack WolffishHoplias curupiraSplash TetraSplash TetraCopella arnoldiPinche PiranhaPinche PiranhaSerrasalmus eigenmanniHemiodus argenteusHemiodus argenteusBlackear PayaraCynodon meionactisGuyana AstyanaxGuyana AstyanaxBryconamericus guyanensisLobetoothed PiranhaLobetoothed PiranhaPygopristis denticulataGlass TetraGlass TetraMoenkhausia oligolepisBryconops melanurusBryconops melanurusOrangefin TetraOrangefin TetraBryconops affinisMyloplus rhomboidalisMyloplus rhomboidalisPinkish TetraPinkish TetraMoenkhausia collettiiCurimata cyprinoidesCurimata cyprinoidesGlass HeadstanderGlass HeadstanderCharax gibbosusRed WolffishRed WolffishErythrinus erythrinusWhiteside pencilfishNannostomus bifasciatusRosy TetraRosy TetraHyphessobrycon rosaceusTetraTetraJupiaba pinnataAlumasseeAlumasseeProchilodus rubrotaeniatusHead and Tail Light TetraHead and Tail Light TetraHemigrammus ocelliferDwarf CurimataCyphocharax microcephalusGolden Glowlight TetraGolden Glowlight TetraHemigrammus bellottiiGiant trahiraGiant trahiraHoplias macrophthalmusMourning TetraMourning TetraBrycon pesuDwarf PencilfishDwarf PencilfishNannostomus marginatusGoldline ScissortailGoldline ScissortailMoenkhausia intermediaBeckford PencilfishNannostomus beckfordiCopella carsevennensisCopella carsevennensisGlass CharacinGlass CharacinCharax pauciradiatusMinor TetraMinor TetraHyphessobrycon minorSilver TetraSilver TetraCtenobrycon spilurusRoeboides affinisRoeboides affinisTetraPhenacogaster microstictusSchizodon fasciatusSchizodon fasciatusGlass tetraGlass tetraPhenacogaster wayanaPackooMyleus pacuRed-spotted CopeinaCopella eigenmanniPirambebaPirambebaSerrasalmus humeralisTinyspotted HeadstanderTinyspotted HeadstanderChilodus zuneveiSpeckled PiranhaSpeckled PiranhaSerrasalmus spilopleuraDarter characinDarter characinCharacidium fasciatumFlame tail tetraAphyocharax erythrurusCopeland's TetraCopeland's TetraHyphessobrycon copelandiPiabuco tetraPiabucus dentatusShinyscaled CurimataCurimatopsis macrolepisMyleus setigerMyleus setigerPiraya PiranhaPiraya PiranhaPygocentrus pirayaBlackline tetraBlackline tetraHyphessobrycon scholzeiAgassiz's PayaraAgassiz's PayaraCynodon gibbusFalse black tetraFalse black tetraGymnocorymbus thayeriBandtail tetraBandtail tetraMoenkhausia dichrouraDollar TetraDollar TetraTetragonopterus argenteusSilver TetraSilver TetraGymnocorymbus bondiGlowlight TetraGlowlight TetraHemigrammus erythrozonusAcestrorhynchus heterolepisAcestrorhynchus heterolepisPearl headstanderPearl headstanderChilodus punctatusFlag tetraFlag tetraHyphessobrycon heterorhabdusBrown's TetraBrown's TetraMoenkhausia browniBlack Caudal Peduncle TetraBlack Caudal Peduncle TetraMoenkhausia cotinhoBanded AstyanaxBanded AstyanaxAstyanax fasciatusOpaline BryconOpaline BryconBrycon opalinusHead-and-tail-light FishHead-and-tail-light FishHemigrammus falsusSpotted MetynnisSpotted MetynnisMetynnis maculatusDisk PacuDisk PacuMyloplus schomburgkiiBlackstripe pencilfishBlackstripe pencilfishNannostomus harrisoniRedbelly PiranhaRedbelly PiranhaPygocentrus nattereriFlagtail ProchilodusFlagtail ProchilodusSemaprochilodus insignisBucktooth TetraBucktooth TetraExodon paradoxusSilver HatchetfishGasteropelecus levisOrnate TetraOrnate TetraHyphessobrycon bentosiDawn tetraDawn tetraHyphessobrycon eosLeporinus acutidensLeporinus acutidensBogaBogaLeporinus obtusidensPlain MetynnisPlain MetynnisMetynnis hypsauchenCeros TetraCeros TetraMoenkhausia cerosOrangetip TetraOrangetip TetraMoenkhausia copeiTwo-striped PencilfishNannostomus digrammusBrown PencilfishBrown PencilfishNannostomus equesBlack prochilodusBlack prochilodusProchilodus nigricansNetted prochilodNetted prochilodProchilodus reticulatusIpanema ProchilodIpanema ProchilodProchilodus vimboidesSpotted PiranhaSpotted PiranhaSerrasalmus marginatusSawtooth PirambebaSawtooth PirambebaSerrasalmus serrulatusStichonodon insignisStichonodon insignisSpotfin HatchetfishSpotfin HatchetfishThoracocharax stellatus

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Recorded in Suriname, but there is not enough reliable information yet for a full profile.

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