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List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Suriname
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Table 1: 371 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 6 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 6 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 383 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 383 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
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   
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