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Venezuelan fish Taxonomy
  This list contains some of the fish which we have cought in our many fishing trips to some Venezuelan rivers and dams.

 
Order Family Subfamily Scientific name
Characiformes Anostomidae Abramites hypselonotus
Laemolyta orinocensis
Leporinus fasciatus
Leporinus friderici
Leporinus octofasciatus
Leporinus pearsoni
Leporinus striatus
Characiformes Characidae Characidiinae Ammocryptocharax elegans
Ammocryptocharax minutus
Charax condei
Charax pauciradiatus
Characiformes Characidae Glandulocaudinae Mimagoniates microlepis
Characiformes Characidae Incertae sedis Astyanax venezuelae
Exodon paradoxus
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Moenkhausia dichroura
Moenkhausia pittieri
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Paracheirodon simulans
Paragoniates alburnus
Phenagoniates macrolepis
Triportheus rotundatus
Characiformes Characidae Serrasalminae Catoprion mento
Metynnis argenteus
Metynnis hypsauchen
Metynnis luna
Myleus schomburgkii
Myloplus rubripinnis
Mylossoma duriventre
Pristobrycon maculipinnis
Pristobrycon striolatus
Pygocentrus cariba
Serrasalmus eigenmanni
Serrasalmus elongatus
Serrasalmus rhombeus
Characiformes Characidae Tetragonopterinae Tetragonopterus argenteus
Characiformes Chilodontidae Chilodus punctatus
Characiformes Ctenoluciidae Boulengerella cuvieri
Boulengerella lateristriga
Boulengerella maculata
Ctenolucius beani
Characiformes Cynodontidae Cynodontinae Hydrolycus armatus
Hydrolycus scomberoides
Characiformes Gasteropelecidae Carnegiella  strigata
Carnegiella marthae
Thoracocharax stellatus
Characiformes Erythrinidae Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
Hoplias aimara
Hoplias macrophthalmus
Hoplias malabaricus
Characiformes Hemiodontidae Hemiodontinae Hemiodus gracilis
Hemiodus immaculatus
Hemiodus orthonops
Characiformes Lebiasinidae Lebiasininae Lebiasina bimaculata
Characiformes Lebiasinidae  Pyrrhulininae Nannostomus eques
Nannostomus unifasciatus
Characiformes Prochilodontidae Semaprochilodus insignis
Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Poeciliinae Poecilia reticulata
Cyprinodontiformes Rivulidae Austrofundulus limnaeus
Rachovia pyropunctata
Gymnotiformes Apteronotidae Adontosternarchus devenanzii
Apteronotus albifrons
Apteronotus leptorhynchus
Gymnotiformes Gymnotidae Gymnotus carapo
Gymnotiformes Rhamphichthyidae Rhamphichthys apurensis
Rhamphichthys marmoratus
Rhamphichthys rostratus
Gymnotiformes Sternopygidae Distocyclus goajira
Eigenmannia virescens
Sternopygus dariensis
Osteoglossiformes Osteoglossidae Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Perciformes Cichlidae Astronotinae Astronotus ocellatus
Chaetobranchus flavescens
Perciformes Cichlidae Cichlasomatinae Aequidens pallidus
Aequidens pulcher
Aequidens tetramerus
Caquetaia kraussii
Cichlasoma bimaculatum
Heros efasciatus (appendiculatus)
Heros severus
Hoplarchus psittacus