Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
Doradidae |
Acanthodoras cataphractus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus falcatus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Acestrorhynchidae |
Acestrorhynchus microlepis
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | | | 37.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename River (Rechter and Linker) (Ref. 59052). | |
Achiridae |
Achirus achirus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 37.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Acnodon oligacanthus
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 39031. | |
Cichlidae |
Aequidens paloemeuensis
|
Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 9.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Paloemeu River, Marowijne drainage. | |
Cichlidae |
Aequidens tetramerus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | Kokko (Creole, English), Manja koko (Creole, English) | | 19.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Corantijn, Nickerie, Coppename, Suriname and Marowijne drainages. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus inermis
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Prapali (Creole, English), Prariprari (Sranan) | | 64.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 37098. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus marmoratus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 18.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Ageneiosus ucayalensis
|
Castelnau, 1855 | Fr
| native | | | 35.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Anablepidae |
Anableps anableps
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Anablepidae |
Anableps microlepis
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 32.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides amphoreus
|
(Huber, 1979) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides fransvermeuleni
|
Valdesalici, 2015 | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.05 cm SL female | | South America: currently known only from the type locality, a small stream at an altitude of about 130 m asl belonging to the Nickerie River drainage in western Suriname (Ref. 119428). | No picture yet. |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides lungi
|
(Berkenkamp, 1984) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 7.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Maroni River (Ref. 35237), Coppename (Rechter, Linker and Midden) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Rivulidae |
Anablepsoides stagnatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa spinifer
|
(Valenciennes, 1848) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Krafana (Sranan) | | 24.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | One record from about 16 km up the Suriname River. Collected between 9.15 and 34.77 m depth during an exploratory fishing expedition in 1967; noted as abundant between 9.15 and 21.96 m and fairly common between 25.62 and 34.77 m (Ref. 26912). Also Ref. 13608, 50628. | |
Engraulidae |
Anchovia surinamensis
|
(Bleeker, 1865) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality (Ref. 46206). | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella guianensis
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 11.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella lepidentostole
|
(Fowler, 1911) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 13608. | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoviella manamensis
|
Cervigón, 1982 | Fr
| native | | | 2.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus gymnorhynchus
|
Kner, 1854 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 14.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification of another species in Ouboter & Mol, 1993 (Ref. 39147) (S. Fisch-Muller, pers. comm. 07/03). | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus hoplogenys
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 15.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus leucostictus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| questionable | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Ancistrus temminckii
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Saramacca, Suriname, and Maroni River basins (Ref. 36713). | |
Anostomidae |
Anostomus anostomus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename River (Rechter, Linker and Midden) and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Anostomidae |
Anostomus ternetzi
|
Fernández-Yépez, 1949 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Parodontidae |
Apareiodon gransabana
|
Starnes & Schindler, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 9.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 35189. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Aphyocharacidium melandetum
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | No picture yet. |
Achiridae |
Apionichthys dumerili
|
Kaup, 1858 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 13.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Corantijn River (Ref. 36798). Also Ref. 5217, 49504. | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma ortmanni
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 4.10 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.50 cm female | | Found in the Corantijn drainage (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Apistogramma steindachneri
|
(Regan, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | 6.53 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.00 cm TL female | | Known from the Suriname to the Corantijn systems, chiefly from the lowlands (Ref. 26372). Also recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus albifrons
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 26457. | |
Apteronotidae |
Apteronotus leptorhynchus
|
(Ellis, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 26.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Hemiodontidae |
Argonectes longiceps
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Aspistor quadriscutis
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in coastal rivers (Ref. 39852). | |
Aspredinidae |
Aspredinichthys filamentosus
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 21.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Aspredinidae |
Aspredinichthys tibicen
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 24.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 2037. | |
Aspredinidae |
Aspredo aspredo
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 38.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Astyanax bimaculatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 17.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 12225); also from Rechter, Coppename River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Auchenipterus dentatus
|
Valenciennes, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 22.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Knonw from Corantijn and Suriname rivers (Ref. 37098). | |
Gobiidae |
Awaous flavus
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.62 cm SL female | | Museum: Dieperink, MNHN A.1334 (holotype). Nickerie District, Courantyne (Corantijn) River, side channel near Baviaan I., USNM 226237. Nickerie R., Matappi Creek, USNM 233085 (Ref. 26240). | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Batrochoglanis raninus
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Batrochoglanis villosus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Hemiodontidae |
Bivibranchia bimaculata
|
Vari, 1985 | Fr
| native | | | 12.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Suriname River. Type locality: Rocky pool in the center of Corantijn R. at "Camp Hydro", Nickerie District, ca. 3°42'N, 57°58'W. Also Ref. 38289. | No picture yet. |
Hemiodontidae |
Bivibranchia simulata
|
Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 13.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Brachychalcinus orbicularis
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Adampada Creek, Linker and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 36891. | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus beebei
|
(Schultz, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 37053. | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus brevirostris
|
(Steindachner, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 34.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus
|
(Hopkins, 1991) | Fr
| native | | | 18.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Hypopomidae |
Brachyhypopomus regani
|
Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | Fr
| native | Saprapi (Dutch) | | 15.60 cm TL male/unsexed ;14.10 cm TL female | | | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
|
(Lichtenstein, 1819) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed | | In range Ref. 5217. | |
Pimelodidae |
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | Lalau (Sranan) | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | In range Ref. 5217. | |
Heptapteridae |
Brachyrhamdia heteropleura
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 4.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Coratijn River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon falcatus
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 48.90 cm SL male/unsexed ;49.50 cm SL female | | Recorded from Rechter and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 38504. | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon pesu
|
Müller & Troschel, 1845 | Fr
| native | | | 18.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the boundary between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 38504. | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops affinis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 12225); also from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops caudomaculatus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 12.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana. Also Ref. 4537. | |
Iguanodectidae |
Bryconops melanurus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | | | 13.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 12225); also from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus amaurus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Aspredinidae |
Bunocephalus verrucosus
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr
| native | | | 9.84 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Chilodontidae |
Caenotropus labyrinthicus
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed ;25.30 cm SL female | | Occurs in the upper Rupununi River and the Saramacca River (Ref. 27703). Also Ref. 37477. | |
Chilodontidae |
Caenotropus maculosus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 10.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Corantijn River of western Suriname and the Marowijne River basin (Fleuve Maroni basin) (Ref. 27703). Also Ref. 37477. | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Callichthys callichthys
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Fi
| native | Pantservis (Dutch), Plat-hede kwikwi (Creole, English), Platakop kwikwi (Creole, English), Platahede kwi-kwi (Sranan) | | 21.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Midden, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Overfishing, human-induced habitat modifications and the introduction of the exotic Oreochromis mossambicus pose a serious threat to its survival (Ref. 26554). | |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
(Valenciennes, 1839) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed ;400 cm TL female | | | |
Gasteropelecidae |
Carnegiella strigata
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 3.49 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops arenatus
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus ensiferus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Kartasnoek (Dutch), Snook (English), Ouwe wijfi (Sranan) | | 36.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Collected between 9.15 and 21.96 m depth during an exploratory fishing expedition in 1967; noted as occurring occasionally at this depth range (Ref. 26912). Also Ref. 3713, 5217, 13608. | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus parallelus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Snoek (Dutch), Grabb's snook (English), Snoek (Sranan) | | 72.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Cephalosilurus nigricaudus
|
(Mees, 1974) | Fr
| endemic | | | 35.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Sipaliwini River basin (Ref. 39418). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsidium minutum
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsidium orientale
|
(Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003) | Fr
| native | | | 5.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Saramacca R. basin, on Gros Rosevel Mining concession, ca. 5°07'08.8'N, 55°16'59.4"W, close to mouth of Maykaboeka Creek, Mindrineti Creek, Brokopondo District (Ref. 50838). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Cetopsis aspis
|
Abrahão, Mol & de Pinna, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 7.14 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Cetopsis aspis: Mauritie Creek, a tributary of upper Tempati River, upper Commewijne River basin, Sipaliwini District (Ref. 128465). | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Chaetobranchus flavescens
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | Koemapari (Creole, English), Owroe wefi (Creole, English), Kamara paru (Not specified), Kunapari (Not specified) | | 21.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;26.00 cm TL female | | Known from Corantijn, Saramacca, Suriname drainages. | |
Chalceidae |
Chalceus macrolepidotus
|
Cuvier, 1818 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 12225); also from the Coppename River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 38376. | |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium pellucidum
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Characidium zebra
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 7.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Linker and main Coppename River, and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225, 37059. | |
Characidae |
Charax gibbosus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 14.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in coastal rivers (Ref. 36811). | |
Characidae |
Charax pauciradiatus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 10.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus bleekeri
|
(Boeseman, 1953) | Fr
| native | | | 15.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Marowini basin, Nassau Mountains. | |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus brevior
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Marowijne/Maroni River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus longior
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus surinamensis
|
(Bleeker, 1862) | Fr
| endemic | | | 12.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname River basin (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Chasmocranus tapanahoniensis
|
(Mees, 1967) | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Tapanahoni. | No picture yet. |
Chilodontidae |
Chilodus punctatus
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Cichla ocellaris
|
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Fr
| native | | | 74.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname, Saramacca, Nickerie and Corantijn systems and probably from Marowijne drainage (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 59052. | |
Cichlidae |
Cichlasoma bimaculatum
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | Krobia (Creole, English), Owroe fisi (Creole, English) | | 12.30 cm SL male/unsexed ;30.00 cm TL female | | Found in the Cottica system, Suriname River system from Paramaribo upstream to Gran Kreek and the lower Nickerie and Corantijn River. Also one record from the Lucie River. Also Ref. 5723. | |
Cichlidae |
Cleithracara maronii
|
(Steindachner, 1881) | Fr
| native | | | 7.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the lower parts of the drainages from the Corantijn east to the Marowijne. | |
Tetraodontidae |
Colomesus psittacus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 29.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Collected between 9.15 and 21.96 m depth during an exploratory fishing expedition in 1967; noted as occurring occasionally at this depth range (Ref. 26912). Also Ref. 5217. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella arnoldi
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 3.36 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Lebiasinidae |
Copella carsevennensis
|
(Regan, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras aeneus
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras baderi
|
Geisler, 1969 | Fr
| native | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Marowijne River (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras bicolor
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967 | Fr
| native | | | 3.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Corantijn River system, Sipaliwini River, Nickerie (Ref. 6868). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras boesemani
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Gran Rio, Corantijn (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras bondi
|
Gosline, 1940 | Fr
| native | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras breei
|
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1992 | Fr
| native | | | 3.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Corantijn River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras brevirostris
|
Fraser-Brunner, 1947 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in coastal drainages (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras coppenamensis
|
Nijssen, 1970 | Fr
| native | | | 3.73 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Coppename River in Saramacca (Ref. 26041). Also Ref. 37395. | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras filamentosus
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | 3.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from a shallow affluent of Sisa Creek in Rio Corantijn basin, Nickerie (Ref. 26041). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras geoffroy
|
Lacepède, 1803 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname and Marowijne river systems (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras guianensis
|
Nijssen, 1970 | Fr
| native | | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 4.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Nickerie, Coppename and Saramacca River systems (Ref. 26041). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras heteromorphus
|
Nijssen, 1970 | Fr
| native | | | 5.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Coppename and Nickerie River basin (Ref. 37395). Also recorded from Saramacca River systems (Ref. 26041). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras melanistius
|
Regan, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 5.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras nanus
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname and Maroni River basins (Ref. 37395). Also Ref. 26041. | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras osteocarus
|
Böhlke, 1951 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras oxyrhynchus
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Gojo Creek, a tributary of the Saramacca River (Ref. 26041). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras punctatus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | | | 6.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras sanchesi
|
Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967 | Fr
| native | | | 4.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Saramacca River system (Ref. 26041). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras saramaccensis
|
Nijssen, 1970 | Fr
| native | | | 5.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Saramacca River in Brokopondo (Ref. 26041). | No picture yet. |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras sipaliwini
|
Hoedeman, 1965 | Fr
| native | | | 4.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras spilurus
|
Norman, 1926 | Fr
| native | | | 5.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname River basin (Ref. 37395). | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras surinamensis
|
Nijssen, 1970 | Fr
| native | | | 5.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Coppename River basin (Ref. 37395, 59052). Also Ref. 26041. | |
Callichthyidae |
Corydoras trilineatus
|
Cope, 1872 | Fr
| native | | | 6.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in coastal drainages (Ref. 37395). | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla albopunctata
|
Pellegrin, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 14.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Marowijne River drainage such as Marowijne, Tapanahony, Paloemeu, Oelemari and Lawa rivers. Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla coppenamensis
|
Ploeg, 1987 | Fr
| endemic | | | 17.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper course of Coppename and Saramacca River drainages (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 12251, 36377, 59052. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla lugubris
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 32.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found only in the Corantijn River drainage. | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla multispinosa
|
Pellegrin, 1903 | Fr
| native | | | 22.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Suriname and Marowijne River drainages. Also Ref. 12251, 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla nickeriensis
|
Ploeg, 1987 | Fr
| endemic | | | 19.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Nickerie, Kabalebo, Maratakka and Corantijn Rivers. Also Ref. 12251, 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla saxatilis
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | Booto (Creole, English) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Nickerie, Suriname and Comewijne River drainages and from the Marowijne River drainage downstreams of Tabbetje Hede. | |
Cichlidae |
Crenicichla sipaliwini
|
Ploeg, 1987 | Fr
| endemic | | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Sipaliwini River, upper Corantijn drainage (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Corantijn River system, Sipaliwini River near Sipaliwini airstrip (Ref. 33021). Also Ref. 12251. | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Crenuchus spilurus
|
Günther, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Cteniloricaria maculata
|
(Boeseman, 1971) | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter and Midden) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Found in the Corantijn River basin (Ref. Known from the Oyapock River (36389). Also Ref. 36389. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Cteniloricaria napova
|
Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 12.87 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper Paru de Oeste River (Ref. 90209). | |
Loricariidae |
Cteniloricaria platystoma
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Ctenobrycon spilurus
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gobiidae |
Ctenogobius thoropsis
|
(Pezold & Gilbert, 1987) | Fr, Br
| native | Sperm goby (English) | | 4.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: N Surinam River, FMNH 90554 (holotype of G. thoropsis, 3.7 cm SL, male (Ref. 33570). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Curimata cyprinoides
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 23.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality (Ref. 12225). | |
Curimatidae |
Curimatopsis cryptica
|
Vari, 1982 | Fr
| native | | | 6.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cynodontidae |
Cynodon meionactis
|
Géry, Le Bail & Keith, 1999 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River. Also Ref. 38270. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Cynopotamus essequibensis
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Present in all rivers (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 36811. | No picture yet. |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion acoupa
|
(Lacepède, 1801) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Schelvis (Dutch), Ban-ban (Sranan), Bang bang (Sranan) | | 110 cm TL male/unsexed | | Collected between 9.15 and 21.96 m depth during an exploratory fishing expedition in 1967; noted as scarce at this depth range (Ref. 26912). Also Ref. 5217. | |
Sciaenidae |
Cynoscion steindachneri
|
(Jordan, 1889) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Weti-weti (Sranan) | | 110 cm TL male/unsexed | | C: Refs. 5217, 94562; O: Ref. 94562. | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax biocellatus
|
Vari, Sidlauskas & Le Bail, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 6.92 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Marowijne River/Maroni River system in eastern Suriname (Ref. 90234). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax helleri
|
(Steindachner, 1910) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). Museum: known from the fresh water of Nickerie, Brokopondo, and Marowijne (Ref. 11334). | |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax microcephalus
|
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | Fr
| native | | | 16.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Creek entering Corantijn River, USNM 225306. Corantijn R., USNM 225301. Marowijne R., RMNH 21398. Wane creek, RMNH 18665. Blommestein Reservoir, ZMA 106.815, 106.812 (Ref. 11334). | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax punctatus
|
(Vari & Nijssen, 1986) | Fr
| native | | | 4.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Marowijne River basin (Ref. 38013). Museum: Litani R. near Kawatop Village, upper Marowijne R. system, Marowijne District, 3°11'N, 54°12'W, USNM 275000 (holotype of C. punctata, 2.59 cm SL) (Ref. 11334, 12965). Also Ref. 27925. | No picture yet. |
Curimatidae |
Cyphocharax spilurus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | Maka Fisi (Not specified) | | 10.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 11334, 12225. | |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr
| introduced | | | 120 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Doras carinatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Doradidae |
Doras micropoeus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Dormitator lophocephalus
|
Hoedeman, 1951 | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm male/unsexed | | Type locality, Ditch, some mi. south of Paramaribo (Ref. 46206). | No picture yet. |
Eleotridae |
Dormitator maculatus
|
(Bloch, 1792) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 70.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, MNHN A-1678 (1) and 2631 (1) (syntypes of Eleotris mugiloides) (Ref. 50190). | |
Sternopygidae |
Eigenmannia virescens
|
(Valenciennes, 1836) | Fr
| native | Logo logo (Creole, English), Stonbakoe alabong (Creole, English) | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gymnotidae |
Electrophorus electricus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 250 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Electrophorus electricus (Ref. ). Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052), Saramacca and Nickerie (Ref. 120918). Also Ref. 26457. | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris amblyopsis
|
(Cope, 1871) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 8.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris pisonis
|
(Gmelin, 1789) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Erythrinidae |
Erythrinus erythrinus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | Matoeli (Sranan), Walapa (Sranan) | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Gerreidae |
Eugerres plumieri
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gobiidae |
Evorthodus lyricus
|
(Girard, 1858) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 26340. | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella reticulata
|
Boeseman, 1971 | Fr
| native | | | 15.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Farlowella rugosa
|
Boeseman, 1971 | Fr
| native | | | 21.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Gasteropelecidae |
Gasteropelecus sternicla
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | | | 3.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus brachybranchus
|
Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 13.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Nickerie and middle-lower Corantijn drainages. | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus brokopondo
|
Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 12.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname River drainage. Also Ref. 12251, 36377. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus harreri
|
Gosse, 1976 | Fr
| native | | | 18.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Marowijne River drainage. | |
Cichlidae |
Geophagus surinamensis
|
(Bloch, 1791) | Fr
| native | | | 14.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Saramacca and Suriname Rivers (Ref. 36377). Also found in the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 26372. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Gephyromochlus leopardus
|
(Hoedeman, 1961) | Fr
| native | | | 10.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gerreidae |
Gerres cinereus
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gobiidae |
Gobioides grahamae
|
Palmer & Wheeler, 1955 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 17.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Corantijn River, USNM 226242(Ref. 27974). | |
Eleotridae |
Gobiomorus dormitor
|
Lacepède, 1800 | Fr
| native | | | 90.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Guianacara oelemariensis
|
Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.10 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.13 cm SL female | | Known only from a few localities in the Oelemari River, Marowijne drainage. Also Ref. 12251, 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Guianacara owroewefi
|
Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | Fr
| native | Crobia (Not specified), Krobia (Not specified), Ooroe wefi (Not specified), Ouru muje (Not specified), Ouru wefee (Not specified), Owroe wefi (Not specified), Owroe wiffi (Not specified) | | 10.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main (Ref. 59052)), middle Saramacca, Suriname and Marowijne drainages (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Guianacara sphenozona
|
Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | Fr
| native | Ouru muje (Not specified), Ouruwefee (Not specified) | | 8.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Sipaliwini and middle Corantijn drainages (Ref. 26372, 36377). | |
Loricariidae |
Guyanancistrus brevispinis
|
(Heitmans, Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983) | Fr
| native | | | 14.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Linker and Midden) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 6868, 36713. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis
|
Mol, Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 6.38 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the upper Kumbu Creek in the Brownsberg Nature Park, Brownsberg Mountains, at altitude 200±430 m above mean sea level (Ref. 116863). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Guyanancistrus nassauensis
|
Mol, Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2018 | Fr
| native | | | 6.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from Paramaka Creek and some of its tributaries, Marowijne River Basin in the Nassau Mountains (Ref. 116863). | No picture yet. |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni
|
(Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River (Ref. 59052). | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus anguillaris
|
Hoedeman, 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus carapo
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr
| native | | | 76.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and Midden) River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 42925. Not in Ref. 36692. | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus cataniapo
|
Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Fr
| native | | | 31.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus coropinae
|
Hoedeman, 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 34.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Loricariidae |
Harttia fluminensis
|
Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 15.11 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Coppename River drainage (Ref. 90209). | |
Loricariidae |
Harttia surinamensis
|
Boeseman, 1971 | Fr
| native | | | 18.83 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 36389. | |
Loricariidae |
Harttia tuna
|
Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 17.22 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from upper Paru de Oeste River (Ref. 90209). | |
Loricariidae |
Harttiella crassicauda
|
(Boeseman, 1953) | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Marowijne River basin (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Cetopsidae |
Helogenes marmoratus
|
Günther, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Hemiancistrus macrops
|
(Lütken, 1874) | Fr
| native | | | 9.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hemiancistrus medians
|
(Kner, 1854) | Fr
| native | | | 39.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Hemiancistrus megacephalus
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 12.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36713. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemibrycon surinamensis
|
Géry, 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 9.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, brownscreek, km 114 of the railroad Paramaribo-Dam, Paramaracca river basin (Ref. 85819). Reported from the Suriname River (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus bellottii
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 3.25 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Corantijn River (Ref. 12225). Probably a misidentification. | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus boesemani
|
Géry, 1959 | Fr
| native | | | 3.31 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Suriname River (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 38376. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus falsus
|
Meinken, 1958 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Marowijne and Surinam rivers (Ref. 101436). | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus guyanensis
|
Géry, 1959 | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus lunatus
|
Durbin, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 4.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Corantijn River, near the boundary of Brazil (Ref. 96864). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus ocellifer
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | | | 4.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 101436. | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus rodwayi
|
Durbin, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 5.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Hemigrammus unilineatus
|
(Gill, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 5.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Reported from the Suriname River. Also Ref. 38376. | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus argenteus
|
Pellegrin, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 23.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Main stream of Dalbana Creek, Nickerie District, ca. 04°47'N, 57°29'W (Ref. 26282). | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus huraulti
|
(Géry, 1964) | Fr
| native | | | 11.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Present in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana. | No picture yet. |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus quadrimaculatus
|
Pellegrin, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 13.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 38289. | |
Hemiodontidae |
Hemiodus unimaculatus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | | | 32.90 cm SL male/unsexed ;29.40 cm SL female | | Recorded from the Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Pimelodidae |
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 61.00 cm TL female | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Heptapterus mustelinus
|
(Valenciennes, 1835) | Fr
| native | | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Heros severus
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from the country (Ref. 6466). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr
| native | Stong walapa (Creole, English) | | 28.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 37025. | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias aimara
|
(Valenciennes, 1847) | Fr
| native | Haimara (Not specified) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 57715. | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias curupira
|
Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 29.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Suriname, Nickerie, and Saramacca River basins (Ref. 81195). | No picture yet. |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias macrophthalmus
|
(Pellegrin, 1907) | Fr
| native | Anjoemara (Sranan) | | 100.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Erythrinidae |
Hoplias malabaricus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | Pataka (Sranan) | | 65.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 37025. | |
Callichthyidae |
Hoplosternum littorale
|
(Hancock, 1828) | Fr, Fi, Aq
| native | Pantservis (Dutch), Soke kwi-kwi (Sranan) | | 26.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from near Paramaribo (Ref. 26144). Research on ecology and breeding in captivity being done by University of Suriname. N.V. Cammewijne Shrimp Fish Culture Co. (COMFISH) collect eggs from wild and grow-out in 20 ponds of 0.5 ha each (Ref. 26042). This species is in danger of local extinction (Ref. 26554). Overfishing, human-induced habitat modifications and the introduction of the exotic Oreochromis mossambicus pose a serious threat to its survival (Ref. 26554). Also Ref. 37395. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon copelandi
|
Durbin, 1908 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon georgettae
|
Géry, 1961 | Fr
| native | | | 3.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Corantijn River. Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Hyphessobrycon rosaceus
|
Durbin, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.42 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Nickerie district and the Jenjee Creek, Brokopondo district (Ref. 13676) and Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). Also found in the Suriname River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Anostomidae |
Hypomasticus megalepis
|
(Günther, 1863) | Fr
| native | | | 10.67 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename River (Rechter, Linker and Midden) and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | No picture yet. |
Pimelodidae |
Hypophthalmus edentatus
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr, Br
| native | Kwassi mama (Sranan) | | 57.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Hypophthalmus marginatus
|
Valenciennes, 1840 | Fr
| native | | | 56.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Hypopomidae |
Hypopomus artedi
|
(Kaup, 1856) | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Loricariidae |
Hypoptopoma guianense
|
Boeseman, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, left tributary of Nickerie River, a few km upstream from Stondansie Falls, RMNH 26919 (holotype of Hypoptopoma guianense, 6.15 cm SL) (Ref. 84367). | |
Hypopomidae |
Hypopygus lepturus
|
Hoedeman, 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus coppenamensis
|
Boeseman, 1969 | Fr
| native | | | 12.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Left tributary of Left Coppename River (Ref. 6868); also from Adampada Creek, Rechter, Linker and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus corantijni
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 18.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Sipaliwini River as H. corantijni and in the upper Corantijn River basin as Hypostomus sipaliwini, and from Stondansie Falls, Nickerie River as H. nickeriensis (Ref. 6868, 90186). Also Ref. 36817. | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus crassicauda
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 14.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Sipaliwini River (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus gymnorhynchus
|
(Norman, 1926) | Fr
| native | | | 26.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname River near Brokopondo as Hypostomus occidentalis and in Tapanahoni River as Hypostomus tapanahoniensis (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 36817. | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus macrophthalmus
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 7.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Sipaliwini River (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus micromaculatus
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 18.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Mamadam Falls (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus pagei
|
Armbruster, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 18.92 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Whilhelmina mountains (Ref. 97225). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus paucimaculatus
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Suriname River near Brokopondo (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus plecostomus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 24.98 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus pseudohemiurus
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Kabalebo River, Corantijn River basin (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus saramaccensis
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Feddipratti rapids, middle Saramacca River (Ref. 6868) and Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus surinamensis
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 16.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Suriname River near Brokopondo (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus tenuis
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | | | 19.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found near Paramaribo (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus ventromaculatus
|
Boeseman, 1968 | Fr
| native | Wara wara (Creole, English) | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Suriname River between Afobaka and Brokopondo (Ref. 6868). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Hypostomus watwata
|
Hancock, 1828 | Fr
| native | Zeekwiekwie (Dutch) | | 45.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis minutus
|
(Lütken, 1874) | Fr
| questionable | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Heptapteridae |
Imparfinis pijpersi
|
(Hoedeman, 1961) | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Corantijn River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Trichomycteridae |
Ituglanis amazonicus
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm NG male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River (Ref. 59052). | |
Characidae |
Jupiaba abramoides
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana; also from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Characidae |
Jupiaba meunieri
|
(Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996) | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 27970. | |
Characidae |
Jupiaba pinnata
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 5.82 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 27970. | |
Characidae |
Jupiaba polylepis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 7.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also from 27970. | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Krobia guianensis
|
(Regan, 1905) | Fr
| native | Krobia (English), Ooroe wefi (Not specified), Ouwe wefi (Not specified) | | 12.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main (Ref. 59052)), Suriname, Cottica, Corantijn, Nickerie and Saramacca rivers (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 12251, 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Krobia itanyi
|
(Puyo, 1943) | Fr
| native | | | 12.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Marowijne drainage. Also Ref. 12251, 36377. | |
Rivulidae |
Kryptolebias sepia
|
Vermeulen & Hrbek, 2005 | Fr
| native | | | 6.51 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Tapanahony River drainage in southeast Surinam (Ref. 53862). | |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion agilae
|
(Hoedeman, 1954) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Rivulidae |
Laimosemion frenatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus apollo
|
Sidlauskas, Mol & Vari, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 13.39 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Coppename, Corantijn, and Suriname rivers of western and central
Suriname, which flow from the Guyana Shield into the Atlantic Ocean (Ref. 86822). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus arcus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 13371. | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus desmotes
|
Fowler, 1914 | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus fasciatus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | | | 37.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in the Maroni River which forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname (Ref. 12225); also from the Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 36801. | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus friderici
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | Warakoe (Creole, English) | | 40.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus gossei
|
Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from the Suriname River (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 36801. | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus lebaili
|
Géry & Planquette, 1983 | Fr
| native | | | | | Also Ref. 36801. | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus maculatus
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;20.00 cm TL female | | Present in the Corantijn River (Ref. 12225), Coppename River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus nijsseni
|
Garavello, 1990 | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Suriname and the Nickerie rivers. Also found in Marowijne (= Gran) Creek with sandy bottom, running water, at depth of 1.5 m (Ref. 27925). Type locality, about 27 km south of Village Dam, Sara Creek, Brokopondo district. (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12225, 36801. | |
Anostomidae |
Leporinus pellegrinii
|
Steindachner, 1910 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 36801. | |
Loricariidae |
Lithoxus lithoides
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 8.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Correntyne River basin (Ref. 36713). Recorded from the Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Loricariidae |
Loricaria cataphracta
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr
| native | | | 29.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the mouth of Marowijne River near Galibi (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Loricaria nickeriensis
|
Isbrücker, 1979 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Nickerie River (Ref. 36389). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Loricariichthys maculatus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| native | | | 26.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in ditches at Cultuurtuin, Paramaribo West (Ref. 6868). | |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis batesii
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr, Br
| native | Krafana (Sranan) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Collected between 9.15 and 21.96 m depth during an exploratory fishing expedition in 1967; noted as occurring occasionally at this depth range (Ref. 26912). Also Ref. 5217. | |
Engraulidae |
Lycengraulis grossidens
|
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Krafana (Sranan) | | 23.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Callichthyidae |
Megalechis picta
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr, Fi
| native | Katrina kwikwi (Creole, English) | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Overfishing, human-induced habitat modifications and the introduction of the exotic Oreochromis mossambicus pose a serious threat to its survival (Ref. 26554). | |
Callichthyidae |
Megalechis thoracata
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 15.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Midden, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 26144. | |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium blennioides
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Crenuchidae |
Melanocharacidium dispilomma
|
Buckup, 1993 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in the Tapanahoni river (Ref. 12225), Rechter and main Coppename River, and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 37059. | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Metaloricaria nijsseni
|
(Boeseman, 1976) | Fr
| native | | | 29.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Suriname, Saramacca, Nickerie, and Corantijn River basins (Ref. 36389). Recorded from the Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Metaloricaria paucidens
|
Isbrücker, 1975 | Fr
| native | | | 27.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Marowijne River basin (Ref. 36389). Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River (Ref. 59052). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Metynnis altidorsalis
|
Ahl, 1923 | Fr
| native | | | 11.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Paramaribo. | |
Crenuchidae |
Microcharacidium eleotrioides
|
(Géry, 1960) | Fr
| native | | | 2.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Present in the Corantijn, Coppenamme (Linker and main (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225, 37059. | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Microglanis poecilus
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 6.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Microglanis secundus
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Sipaliwini (Ref. 6868). | |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis lineatus
|
(Kaup, 1856) | Fr
| native | | | 19.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia browni
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 8.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Midden and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia chrysargyrea
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Nickerie District, USNM 226155 (Ref. 46237). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia collettii
|
(Steindachner, 1882) | Fr
| native | | common (usually seen) | 6.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia grandisquamis
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1845) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana. | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia hemigrammoides
|
Géry, 1965 | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Cottica River (Ref. 12225), Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 13676. | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia lepidura
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 10.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia oligolepis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 12225); also from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia simulata
|
(Eigenmann, 1924) | Fr
| native | | | 7.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Moenkhausia surinamensis
|
Géry, 1965 | Fr
| native | | | 10.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Type locality: Brownscreek, between Saramanca and Suriname river systems (Ref. 12225). Also Ref. 598. | No picture yet. |
Polycentridae |
Monocirrhus polyacanthus
|
Heckel, 1840 | Fr
| error | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | This species does not occur in this country. Records may be referring to Polycentrus schomburgkii. | |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br, M
| questionable | Harder (Dutch), Aalder (Dutch), Aarder (Dutch) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Out of distributional range. Occurrence needs verification. | |
Mugilidae |
Mugil liza
|
Valenciennes, 1836 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;69.00 cm TL female | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myleus setiger
|
Müller & Troschel, 1844 | Fr
| native | | | 27.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;28.70 cm SL female | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus planquettei
|
Jégu, Keith & Le Bail, 2003 | Fr
| native | | | 58.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus rubripinnis
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Fr
| native | | | 41.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in Para and Kabaleo rivers (Ref. 12225); also from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus schomburgkii
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| questionable | | | 42.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Myloplus ternetzi
|
(Norman, 1929) | Fr
| native | | | 23.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Ophichthidae |
Myrophis plumbeus
|
(Cope, 1871) | Fr, M
| native | | | 46.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Cichlidae |
Nannacara anomala
|
Regan, 1905 | Fr
| native | | | 5.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Corantijn, Coppename (Ref. 59052), Nickerie, Saramacca, Suriname and Marowijne drainages. Common in lowlands (Ref. 26372). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus beckfordi
|
Günther, 1872 | Fr
| native | | | 6.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of N. beckfordi surinami, Berg en Dal at Suriname River, ZMA 100514a (Ref. 26282). | |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus bifasciatus
|
Hoedeman, 1954 | Fr
| native | | | 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 598. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Nannostomus marginatus
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pristigasteridae |
Odontognathus mucronatus
|
Lacepède, 1800 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Sardien (Dutch), Longjawed herring (English) | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Coppename River near Wilhelmina Mts. (Ref. 188). Collected between 9.14 and 21.96 m depth during an exploratory fishing expedition in 1967; noted as fairly common at this depth range (Ref. 26912). Also Ref. 13608. | |
Carangidae |
Oligoplites palometa
|
(Cuvier, 1832) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Jack (English) | | 49.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Collected between 9.15 and 34.77 m depth during an exploratory fishing expedition in 1967; noted as occurring occasionally at this depth range (Ref. 26912). Also Ref. 3277. | |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
(Peters, 1852) | Fr, Br
| introduced | Tilapia (Sranan) | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reportedly used for aquaculture (Ref. 26042). Known from brackish lagoons in the Bigi Pan area (Ref. 38342). | |
Sciaenidae |
Pachypops fourcroi
|
(Lacepède, 1802) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Linker and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 4537, 36888. | |
Loricariidae |
Paralithoxus pallidimaculatus
|
(Boeseman, 1982) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Suriname River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Loricariidae |
Paralithoxus surinamensis
|
(Boeseman, 1982) | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Gran Rio Rivr basin in the upper Suriname River drainage (Ref. 36713). Recorded from the Coppename River (Rechter, Linker and main) and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Parodontidae |
Parodon guyanensis
|
Géry, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 38267. | |
Loricariidae |
Parotocinclus britskii
|
Boeseman, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Rechter (Ref. 59052) and left tributary of the Coppename River (Ref. 6868). | |
Loricariidae |
Parotocinclus halbothi
|
Lehmann A., Lazzarotto & Reis, 2014 | Fr
| native | | | 1.99 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in tributaries to the upper Marowijne River in southern Suriname (Ref. 95582). | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Peckoltia otali
|
Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 7.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Maroni River basin (Ref. 90183). | |
Pristigasteridae |
Pellona flavipinnis
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 73.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Anostomidae |
Petulanos plicatus
|
(Eigenmann, 1912) | Fr
| native | | | 9.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Matappi Creek, Nickerie District. | No picture yet. |
Anostomidae |
Petulanos spiloclistron
|
(Winterbottom, 1974) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Nickerie River basin (Ref. 36801). | |
Characidae |
Phenacogaster microstictus
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 4.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Phenacogaster wayana
|
Le Bail & Lucena, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 4.68 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Sistema do Rio Corantijn (Ref. 84092). | |
Iguanodectidae |
Piabucus dentatus
|
(Koelreuter, 1763) | Fr
| native | | | 12.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelabditus moli
|
Parisi & Lundberg, 2009 | Fr
| native | | | 14.09 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella cristata
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | Dyaki (Creole, English) | | 34.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter and Midden Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella geryi
|
Hoedeman, 1961 | Fr
| native | | | 10.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Maroni/Marowijne River basin (Ref. 36914). | |
Heptapteridae |
Pimelodella macturki
|
Eigenmann, 1912 | Fr
| native | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Nickerie River basin and eastern coastal drainages (Ref. 36914). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus albofasciatus
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 29.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Sipaliwini River basin (Ref. 6868) and Corantijn River basin (Ref. 36506). | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus blochii
|
Valenciennes, 1840 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 35.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pimelodus ornatus
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr
| native | Katvis (Creole, English) | | 38.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion auratus
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | | | 34.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, near Paramaribo, ANSP 11519 (holotype of Corvina monacantha) (Ref. 36888). | |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion squamosissimus
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Sciaenidae |
Plagioscion surinamensis
|
(Bleeker, 1873) | Fr, Br
| native | Witte koebi (Dutch), Koebi (Sranan), Weti koebi (Sranan), Witi koebi (Sranan), Zoutwatra koebi (Sranan) | | 70.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | C: Refs. 36888, 94570, 90223. | |
Doradidae |
Platydoras costatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | Corome (Not specified) | | 24.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Aspredinidae |
Platystacus cotylephorus
|
Bloch, 1794 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 31.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia parae
|
Eigenmann, 1894 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 3.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female | | Also Ref. 35237. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia vivipara
|
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Fr
| native | | | 7.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Polycentridae |
Polycentrus schomburgkii
|
Müller & Troschel, 1849 | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Poptella brevispina
|
Reis, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 8.82 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225, 36891. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Poptella longipinnis
|
(Popta, 1901) | Fr
| native | | | 6.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Belonidae |
Potamorrhaphis guianensis
|
(Jardine, 1843) | Fr
| native | | | 29.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon boesemani
|
Rosa, Carvalho & Almeida Wanderley, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 41.30 cm WD male/unsexed ;42.70 cm WD female | | Known from the Corantijn river drainage in Sipaliwini and Nickerie districts (Ref. 75012). | No picture yet. |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon histrix
|
(Müller & Henle, 1839) | Fr
| questionable | Liba spari (Creole, English), Spar (Creole, English), Tjoeboela (Creole, English) | | 40.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range according to Ref. 36687. Occurrence reported by Ref. 2037 needs confirmation. | |
Potamotrygonidae |
Potamotrygon orbignyi
|
(Castelnau, 1855) | Fr
| native | Tjoeboela (Dutch), Liba spari (Dutch), Spar (Dutch) | | 35.00 cm WD male/unsexed ;32.50 cm WD female | | Recorded from Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Type locality of P. reticulatus (Ref. 33021). Also Ref. 36687. | |
Pristidae |
Pristis microdon
|
Latham, 1794 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Krarin (Sranan) | | 700 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Pristidae |
Pristis pectinata
|
Latham, 1794 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 760 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pristobrycon striolatus
|
(Steindachner, 1908) | Fr
| native | | | 20.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus
|
Jardine, 1841 | Fr
| native | Alumassee (Not specified), Koonoomatta (Not specified) | | 32.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 598, 12225. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Prosomyleus rhomboidalis
|
(Cuvier, 1818) | Fr
| native | | | 40.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 39031. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudacanthicus fordii
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 23.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudacanthicus serratus
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 32.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus barbatus
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Midden and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 36713. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus corantijniensis
|
De Chambrier & Montoya-Burgos, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 17.88 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus depressus
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 6868, 36713. | |
Loricariidae |
Pseudancistrus kwinti
|
Willink, Mol & Chernoff, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 9.43 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Coppename River (Ref. 83369). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Pseudauchenipterus nodosus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 22.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pseudopimelodidae |
Pseudopimelodus bufonius
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr
| native | | | 24.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Spikridjaki (Sranan), Spirikati (Sranan) | | 105 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Linker, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Belonidae |
Pseudotylosurus microps
|
(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| native | | | 44.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Engraulidae |
Pterengraulis atherinoides
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr, Br
| native | Krafana (Sranan) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5217. | |
Doradidae |
Pterodoras granulosus
|
(Valenciennes, 1821) | Fr
| native | | | 68.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;90.10 cm SL female | | | |
Cichlidae |
Pterophyllum scalare
|
(Schultze, 1823) | Fr
| introduced | | | 10.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cyprinidae |
Puntigrus tetrazona
|
(Bleeker, 1855) | Fr
| introduced | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Serrasalmidae |
Pygopristis denticulata
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr
| native | | | 21.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Suriname River. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina filamentosa
|
Valenciennes, 1847 | Fr
| native | Matoeli (Creole, English) | | 11.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 598. | |
Lebiasinidae |
Pyrrhulina stoli
|
Boeseman, 1953 | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter and Linker) River (Ref. 59052). Type locality: Marowini Basin (Ref. 33021). Also Ref. 37104. | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia quelen
|
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Fr
| native | | | 61.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 27188. | |
Rhamphichthyidae |
Rhamphichthys rostratus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 100.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Present in the Maroni River which forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. | |
Dorosomatidae |
Rhinosardinia amazonica
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 11.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Dorosomatidae |
Rhinosardinia bahiensis
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Haemulidae |
Rhonciscus crocro
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 38.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Loricariidae |
Rineloricaria stewarti
|
(Eigenmann, 1909) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Nickerie, tributary to Sisa creek, about 700 m downstream of crossing of Amotopo to Camp Geology road (Ref. 40941); also from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 36389, 40941. | |
Characidae |
Roeboexodon guyanensis
|
(Puyo, 1948) | Fr
| native | | | 12.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Suriname River. | |
Characidae |
Roeboides affinis
|
(Günther, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Sarotherodon melanotheron
|
Rüppell, 1852 | Fr
| introduced | | | 28.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: ZMB 2807, 86.5 mm SL. | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca jurupari
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 26.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;23.30 cm SL female | | Recorded from the country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Satanoperca leucosticta
|
(Müller & Troschel, 1849) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Stondansi Val area, Nickerie drainage. May be expected to occur in the Corantijn. | |
Ariidae |
Sciades couma
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 97.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Sciades herzbergii
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Spikridjaki (Sranan), Spirikati (Sranan), Wittie kati (Sranan) | | 94.20 cm TL male/unsexed ;62.50 cm TL female | | | |
Characidae |
Scissor macrocephalus
|
Günther, 1864 | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality: ...as all the specimens from the same source were from Surinam, it is probable that this species also comes from that country. | No picture yet. |
Prochilodontidae |
Semaprochilodus varii
|
Castro, 1988 | Fr
| native | | | 28.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Marowijne [=Maroni] River (Ref. 37057). Museum: MZUSP 37177 -37178 (same as type locality, paratypes) (Ref. 27925). | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus eigenmanni
|
Norman, 1929 | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 39031. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus rhombeus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | | | 41.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter and main Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 12225. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Serrasalmus spilopleura
|
Kner, 1858 | Fr, Or
| questionable | | | 26.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Curimatidae |
Steindachnerina varii
|
Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 9.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from the Suriname River (Ref. 12225). | No picture yet. |
Apteronotidae |
Sternarchorhynchus galibi
|
de Santana & Vari, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;16.80 cm TL female | | Type locality, Marowijne District: Lawa River at Stroomafwaarts Rapids near Anapaikekondre, ZMA 109.366 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus galibi, 16.8 cm TL, apparently female). Known from the Lawa River, Marowijne River (= Fleuve Maroni) basin along the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 84053). | No picture yet. |
Sternopygidae |
Sternopygus macrurus
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr
| native | Logo logo (Creole, English) | | 141 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Belonidae |
Strongylura marina
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 111 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3129. | |
Cichlidae |
Symphysodon aequifasciatus
|
Pellegrin, 1904 | Fr
| introduced | | | 13.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Introduced in 1994 by Wattley (Ref. 40602). | |
Synbranchidae |
Synbranchus marmoratus
|
Bloch, 1795 | Fr
| native | | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 35237. | |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia brunnea
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 11.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Suriname and Marowijne-Maroni River basins (Ref. 79512). Recorded from the Compagnia Creek (Ref. 6868). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia concolor
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 7.65 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the headwaters of Coppename River (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 37098. | No picture yet. |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia gyrina
|
(Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) | Fr
| native | | | 4.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Djai Creek (Ref. 6868). | |
Auchenipteridae |
Tatia punctata
|
Mees, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in creeks between Kabel and Lombé (Ref. 6868). | |
Characidae |
Tetragonopterus chalceus
|
Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | Fr
| native | | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | 12.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). Also Ref. 598. | |
Characidae |
Tetragonopterus georgiae
|
(Géry, 1965) | Fr
| native | | | 12.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Coppename (Rechter, Linker, Midden and main) River and Adampada Creek (Ref. 59052). Type locality: middle Mana River, between 'Saut Chien' and 'Saut Topi-topi' (Ref. 12965). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Tetragonopterus rarus
|
(Zarske, Géry & Isbrücker, 2004) | Fr
| native | | | 8.54 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Moenkhausia rara, 'Surinam, Marowijne, rapid in Oelemari (Ulemari) River) (Ref. 124043). Known from Corantijn River basin in western Suriname (Ref. 55780). Also Ref. 87186. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Thayeria ifati
|
Géry, 1959 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 3.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurrence in the country not confirmed by F.C.T. Lima and C. Moreira. | |
Serrasalmidae |
Tometes lebaili
|
Jégu, Keith & Belmont-Jégu, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 51.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Commewine R. (Ref. 47182). | |
Poeciliidae |
Tomeurus gracilis
|
Eigenmann, 1909 | Fr
| native | | | 3.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Auchenipteridae |
Trachelyopterus galeatus
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr
| native | Noja (Creole, English), Noya (Saramaccan) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;23.00 cm TL female | | | |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus brachipomus
|
(Valenciennes, 1850) | Fr
| native | | | 21.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Triportheidae |
Triportheus rotundatus
|
(Jardine, 1841) | Fr
| native | | | 26.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Maroni River which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 12225); also from Rechter, Coppename River (Ref. 59052). | |
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