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List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Guatemala
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Table 1: 168 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 1 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 2 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 171 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 171 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Cyclopsettidae Citharichthys gilberti Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 Fr, Br, M native   27.90 cm TL male/unsexed  In range Ref. 11482. 
Cichlidae Cribroheros longimanus (Günther, 1867) Fr native  Viejito (Spanish), Red breast cichlid (English), Viejitos (Spanish)  13.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Rio Nahualte. 
Cichlidae Cribroheros robertsoni (Regan, 1905) Fr native   19.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Lago Peten basin. 
Cichlidae Cryptoheros cutteri (Fowler, 1932) Fr native   11.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Ríos Achuelo, Matasano, and others (Ref. 74403). 
Cichlidae Cryptoheros spilurus (Günther, 1862) Fr native   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;8.00 cm TL female  Known from Rio Polochic and Rio Sarstoon. Also Ref. 1672, 36377 
Gobiidae Ctenogobius claytonii (Meek, 1902) Fr native   5.80 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Rivulidae Cynodonichthys godmani (Regan, 1907) Fr native     
Rivulidae Cynodonichthys tenuis Meek, 1904 Fr native   6.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 Fr, Aq introduced   120 cm TL male/unsexed   
Mugilidae Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) Fr, Br native   36.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844) Fr, Br, M native   41.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;39.00 cm TL female   
Eleotridae Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792) Fr native   70.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Dorosomatidae Dorosoma anale Meek, 1904 Fr native   23.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Usumacinta River basin (Ref. 58459). 
Dorosomatidae Dorosoma petenense (Günther, 1867) Fr, Br, M native   33.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 93252. 
Eleotridae Eleotris picta Kner, 1863 Fr native   44.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Eleotris pisonis (Gmelin, 1789) Fr native   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gerreidae Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec, 1980 Fr, Br, M native   21.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gerreidae Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill, 1862) Fr, Br, M native   21.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gerreidae Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) Fr native   24.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in northern Guatemala (Ref. 93806). Museum: AMNH 25367; UMMZ 189964, 143689 (Ref. 33568). 
Gerreidae Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier, 1830) Fr, Br, M native   40.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Poeciliidae Gambusia luma Rosen & Bailey, 1963 Fr, Br native   4.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.00 cm female  Also Ref. 42936. 
Poeciliidae Gambusia nicaraguensis Günther, 1866 Fr, Br native   3.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.08 cm SL female   
Poeciliidae Gambusia sexradiata Hubbs, 1936 Fr, Br native   2.60 cm SL male/unsexed ;3.51 cm SL female  Recorded from the Rio Usumacinta drainage. 
Poeciliidae Gambusia yucatana Regan, 1914 Fr native   5.50 cm TL male/unsexed ;8.00 cm TL female  Known from the Lake Peten. 
Gerreidae Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) Fr, Br, M native   41.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800 Fr native   90.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Gobiomorus maculatus (Günther, 1859) Fr, Br native   27.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gymnotidae Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758 Fr native   76.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gymnotidae Gymnotus cylindricus La Monte, 1935 Fr native    Found in the Motagua River basin (Ref. 36692). 
Gymnotidae Gymnotus maculosus Albert & Miller, 1995 Fr native    Type locality: diversion of channel from María Linda, 14°04'N, 90°37'W, ca. 20 km east of Escuintla, Depto. Santa Rosa, Guatemala (Ref. 26282). 
Poeciliidae Heterandria attenuata Rosen & Bailey, 1979 Fr endemic   6.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.00 cm female  Known only from the Rio Candelaria in Alta Verapaz where it lives in an isolated section of river hardly 10 km long (Ref. 26130).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon milleri Durbin, 1908 Fr native   2.92 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Zacapa, Los Amates in the Rio Motagua drainage.  No picture yet.
Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus mexicanus Álvarez, 1959 Fr native   17.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in freshwater streams and lagoons of the Usumacinta River drainage in Petén (Ref. 40614). 
Ictaluridae Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864) Fr native   73.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Usumacinta basin (Ref. 87780).  No picture yet.
Catostomidae Ictiobus meridionalis (Günther, 1868) Fr native     
Mugilidae Joturus pichardi Poey, 1860 Fr, Br native   61.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 3791, 50865. 
Cichlidae Kihnichthys ufermanni (Allgayer, 2002) Fr native   25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Usumacinta River basin (Ref. 36377).  No picture yet.
Kuhliidae Kuhlia mugil (Forster, 1801) Fr, Br, M native   40.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Centrarchidae Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr introduced   40.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Leptophilypnus guatemalensis Thacker & Pezold, 2006 Fr native   3.66 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the inland rivers in the Usumacinta watershed that drains into the Gulf of Mexico west of the Yucatan Peninsula. Type locality, Rio Ixcan drainage, 2400 m elevation, about 300 m below outfall from underground, Rio San Ramon, Huehuetenango, UMMZ 245081 (ex 197087), 3.66 cm SL, male) (Ref. 57711).  No picture yet.
Dorosomatidae Lile stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Fr, Br, M native   15.90 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Mayaheros trispilus (Hubbs, 1935) Fr native    Known from Petén (Ref. 36377).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862) Fr, Br native   39.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 1739. 
Syngnathidae Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) Fr native   19.40 cm SL male/unsexed   
Centrarchidae Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) Fr introduced   97.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Destroyed local fish species; present in Lakes Atitlan and Calderas (Ref. 1739). One of the factors which led to the extinction of the Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas), an endemic species (Ref. 79869). 
Mugilidae Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Fr, Br, M native   100.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Mugilidae Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 Fr, Br, M native   91.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Carangidae Oligoplites palometa (Cuvier, 1832) Fr, Br, M native   49.70 cm TL male/unsexed   
Carangidae Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Fr, Br, M native   35.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Synbranchidae Ophisternon aenigmaticum Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 Fr native   80.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Atlantic slope.  No picture yet.
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