Order | Family | Species | Occurrence | FishBase name | Name in Country |
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Clupeiformes | Engraulidae | Anchoa belizensis | native | Belize anchovy | Belize anchovy |
Clupeiformes | Engraulidae | Anchoa parva | native | Little anchovy | |
Anguilliformes | Anguillidae | Anguilla rostrata | native | American eel | American eel |
Eupercaria/misc | Sparidae | Archosargus probatocephalus | native | Sheepshead | Southern sheeps head |
Siluriformes | Ariidae | Ariopsis assimilis | native | Mayan sea catfish | Mayan catfish |
Characiformes | Characidae | Astyanax aeneus | native | Banded tetra | Central tetra |
Characiformes | Characidae | Astyanax bacalarensis | native | ||
Characiformes | Characidae | Astyanax belizianus | native | Belizean tetra | Sardinita beliceña |
Characiformes | Characidae | Astyanax macal | native | Macal tetra | |
Lepisosteiformes | Lepisosteidae | Atractosteus tropicus | native | Tropical gar | |
Gobiiformes | Gobiidae | Awaous banana | native | River goby | River goby |
Siluriformes | Ariidae | Bagre marinus | misidentification | Gafftopsail sea catfish | Gafftopsail catfish |
Batrachoidiformes | Batrachoididae | Batrachoides gilberti | native | Large-eye toadfish | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Belonesox belizanus | native | Top minnow | Pike killifish |
Characiformes | Bryconidae | Brycon guatemalensis | native | Machaca | Macabil |
Carcharhiniformes | Carcharhinidae | Carcharhinus leucas | native | Bull shark | Bull shark |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Carlhubbsia stuarti | native | Barred livebearer | Barred livebearer |
Carangaria/misc | Centropomidae | Centropomus ensiferus | native | Swordspine snook | Swordspine snook |
Carangaria/misc | Centropomidae | Centropomus parallelus | native | Fat snook | Smallscale fat snook |
Carangaria/misc | Centropomidae | Centropomus pectinatus | native | Tarpon snook | Tarpon snook |
Carangaria/misc | Centropomidae | Centropomus poeyi | native | Mexican snook | |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Chuco godmanni | misidentification | Southern checkmark cichlid | Southern checkmark cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Chuco intermedium | native | Northern checkmark cichlid | Northern checkmark cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Cincelichthys bocourti | native | Chisel-tooth cichlid | Chisel-tooth cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Cribroheros robertsoni | native | False firemouth cichlid | False firemouth cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Cryptoheros chetumalensis | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Cryptoheros spilurus | native | Blue-eye cichlid | Blue-eye cichlid |
Gobiiformes | Gobiidae | Ctenogobius claytonii | native | Mexican goby | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Rivulidae | Cynodonichthys tenuis | native | Dogtooth rivulus | Dogtooth rivulus |
Cyprinodontiformes | Cyprinodontidae | Cyprinodon artifrons | native | Yucatan pupfish | Yucatan pupfish |
Mugiliformes | Mugilidae | Dajaus monticola | native | Mountain mullet | Mountain mullet |
Gobiiformes | Eleotridae | Dormitator maculatus | native | Fat sleeper | Fat sleeper |
Clupeiformes | Dorosomatidae | Dorosoma anale | native | Mexican river gizzard shad | Longfin gizzard shad |
Clupeiformes | Dorosomatidae | Dorosoma petenense | native | Threadfin shad | Threadfin shad |
Gobiiformes | Eleotridae | Eleotris amblyopsis | native | Large-scaled spinycheek sleeper | Large-scaled spinycheek sleeper |
Gobiiformes | Eleotridae | Eleotris pisonis | native | Spinycheek sleeper | Small-scaled spinycheek sleeper |
Blenniiformes | Tripterygiidae | Enneanectes quadra | native | Squaretail triplefin | |
Eupercaria/misc | Gerreidae | Eugerres plumieri | native | Striped mojarra | Striped mojarra |
Gobiiformes | Gobiidae | Evorthodus lyricus | native | Lyre goby | Lrye goby |
Cyprinodontiformes | Cyprinodontidae | Floridichthys polyommus | native | Ocellated killifish | Ocellated killifish |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Gambusia luma | native | Sleek mosquitofish | Sleek mosquitofish |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Gambusia nicaraguensis | native | Nicaraguan mosquitofish | Nicaraguan mosquitofish |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Gambusia sexradiata | native | Teardrop mosquito | Teardrop mosquito |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Gambusia yucatana | native | Yucatan gambusia | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Cyprinodontidae | Garmanella pulchra | native | Yucatan flagfish | Orange flagfish |
Eupercaria/misc | Gerreidae | Gerres cinereus | native | Yellow fin mojarra | Yellowfin mojarra |
Gobiiformes | Gobiidae | Gobioides broussonnetii | native | Violet goby | Violet goby |
Gobiiformes | Eleotridae | Gobiomorus dormitor | native | Bigmouth sleeper | Bigmouth sleeper |
Gobiiformes | Gobiidae | Gobiosoma yucatanum | native | Yucatan goby | Yucatan goby |
Characiformes | Characidae | Hyphessobrycon compressus | native | Mayan tetra | Mayan tetra |
Siluriformes | Ictaluridae | Ictalurus meridionalis | native | Southern blue catfish | |
Mugiliformes | Mugilidae | Joturus pichardi | native | Bobo mullet | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Rivulidae | Kryptolebias marmoratus | native | Mangrove rivulus | Mangrove rivulus |
Gobiiformes | Gobiidae | Lophogobius cyprinoides | native | Crested goby | Crested goby |
Clupeiformes | Engraulidae | Lycengraulis grossidens | native | Atlantic sabretooth anchovy | |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Mayaheros urophthalmus | native | Mexican mojarra | Mayan cichlid |
Elopiformes | Megalopidae | Megalops atlanticus | native | Tarpon | Tarpon |
Centrarchiformes | Centrarchidae | Micropterus dolomieu | introduced | Smallmouth bass | |
Mugiliformes | Mugilidae | Mugil liza | native | Lebranche mullet | Liza |
Mugiliformes | Mugilidae | Mugil trichodon | native | Fantail mullet | Fantail mullet |
Synbranchiformes | Synbranchidae | Ophisternon aenigmaticum | native | Obscure swamp eel | Obscure swamp eel |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Parachromis friedrichsthalii | native | Yellowjacket cichlid | Mus mus |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Parachromis motaguensis | misidentification | False yellowjacket cichlid | False yellowjacket cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Petenia splendida | native | Bay snook | Blanco |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Phallichthys fairweatheri | native | Picotee livebearer | Picotee livebearer |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Poecilia kykesis | native | Usumacinta molly | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Poecilia mexicana | native | Shortfin molly | Shortfin molly |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Poecilia orri | native | Mangrove molly | Mangrove molly |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Poecilia teresae | endemic | Mountain molly | Mountain molly |
Cyprinodontiformes | Profundulidae | Profundulus guatemalensis | native | ||
Characiformes | Characidae | Psalidodon fasciatus | native | Banded astyanax | |
Syngnathiformes | Syngnathidae | Pseudophallus mindii | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus | native | Twospot livebearer | Twospot livebearer |
Siluriformes | Heptapteridae | Rhamdia laticauda | native | Filespine chulín | Cave chulín |
Siluriformes | Heptapteridae | Rhamdia quelen | native | South American catfish | Guatemalan chulín |
Eupercaria/misc | Haemulidae | Rhonciscus crocro | native | Burro grunt | Burro grunt |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Rocio octofasciata | native | Jack Dempsey | Jack dempsey |
Pleuronectiformes | Cynoglossidae | Symphurus plagiusa | native | Blackcheek tonguefish | |
Syngnathiformes | Syngnathidae | Syngnathus scovelli | native | Gulf pipefish | Gulf pipefish |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Thorichthys affinis | native | Yellow meeki | |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Thorichthys aureus | native | Blue flash | Golden firemouth cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Thorichthys meeki | native | Firemouth cichlid | Panya gial |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Trichromis salvini | native | Yellow belly cichlid | Yellowbelly cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Vieja maculicauda | native | Blackbelt cichlid | Blackbelt cichlid |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Vieja melanurus | native | Redhead cichlid | Redhead cichlid |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Xiphophorus hellerii | native | Green swordtail | Green swordtail |
Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Xiphophorus maculatus | native | Southern platyfish | Southern platyfish |