Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
Achiridae |
Achirus mazatlanus
|
(Steindachner, 1869) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 22.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Alfaro huberi
|
(Fowler, 1923) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;7.00 cm female | | | |
Cichlidae |
Amatitlania nigrofasciata
|
(Günther, 1867) | Fr
| native | Serica (Spanish) | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Lake Amatitlán (apparently not Lake Atitlán), BMNH 1865.4.19.76 (lectotype of Amatitlania nigrofasciata, 6.4 cm SL). Known from the Pacific slope, Rio Suchiate; from the Atlantic slope in Río Jutiapa (Ref. 74403). Also Ref. 6466, 1739. | |
Cichlidae |
Amphilophus trimaculatus
|
(Günther, 1867) | Fr
| native | | | 36.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;25.00 cm TL female | | Also Ref. 1739. | |
Anablepidae |
Anableps dowii
|
Gill, 1861 | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;34.00 cm TL female | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa belizensis
|
(Thomerson & Greenfield, 1975) | Fr
| native | | | 5.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported from Rio Dulce and Lake Yzabel (Ref. 189). | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa curta
|
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 8.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Engraulidae |
Anchoa parva
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 9.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla rostrata
|
(Lesueur, 1817) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 152 cm TL male/unsexed ;122 cm TL female | | | |
Sciaenidae |
Aplodinotus grunniens
|
Rafinesque, 1819 | Fr
| native | | common (usually seen) | 95.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Usumacinta River (Ref. 36888). | |
Ariidae |
Ariopsis assimilis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 35.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 58022. | |
Ariidae |
Ariopsis seemanni
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 44.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Astatheros macracanthus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Rio Motagua. Known also from the Rio Lempa to the Rio Paz. Also Ref. 12251. | |
Characidae |
Astyanax aeneus
|
(Günther, 1860) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;12.00 cm SL female | | | |
Characidae |
Astyanax bacalarensis
|
Schmitter-Soto, 2017 | Fr
| native | | | 9.48 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Mopán (Ref. 118583). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax baileyi
|
(Rosen, 1972) | Fr
| native | | | 6.85 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Usumacinta River basin (Ref. 38376). | |
Characidae |
Astyanax belizianus
|
(Bocourt, 1868) | Fr
| native | | | | | Range to south to tributaries of Lake Izabal (Ref. 118583). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax brevimanus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | | | Reported from south and east to Quiché and Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax cubilhuitz
|
Schmitter-Soto, 2017 | Fr
| native | Cubilhuitz tetra (Spanish), Sardinita del Cubilhuitz (Spanish) | | 5.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Río Dolores, a stream near Cubilhuitz isolated by a subterranean segment, Alta Verapaz (Ref. 118583). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax dorioni
|
(Rosen, 1970) | Fr
| native | | | 19.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Usumacinta River basin (Ref. 38376). | No picture yet. |
Characidae |
Astyanax petenensis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | Petén tetra (English), Sardinita del Petén (Spanish) | | 10.85 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Astyanax petenensis, Lake Petén (Ref. 118583). | No picture yet. |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella argentea
|
Chernoff, 1986 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 11.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella guatemalensis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 9.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | Ranges eastward to Salína de Acapán (Ref. 9273). | |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella guija
|
(Hildebrand, 1925) | Fr
| native | | | | | Occurrence in country (Dyer, pers. comm). | No picture yet. |
Atherinopsidae |
Atherinella meeki
|
(Miller, 1907) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, Río Montagua, east coast of Guatemala (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Lepisosteidae |
Atractosteus tropicus
|
Gill, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 125 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Gobiidae |
Awaous banana
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;24.38 cm SL female | | Known from Escuintla, Santa Rosa, Izabal and Zacapa. | |
Batrachoididae |
Batrachoides goldmani
|
Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902 | Fr
| native | | | 21.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from El Petén and Alta Verapaz (Ref. 30719). | |
Batrachoididae |
Batrachoides waltersi
|
Collette & Russo, 1981 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 29.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Belonesox belizanus
|
Kner, 1860 | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;15.00 cm TL female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Brachyrhaphis hartwegi
|
Rosen & Bailey, 1963 | Fr
| native | | | 3.50 cm TL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female | | | |
Bryconidae |
Brycon guatemalensis
|
Regan, 1908 | Fr
| native | | | 59.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Grijalva River (Ref. 6858). | |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
(Valenciennes, 1839) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 360 cm TL male/unsexed ;400 cm TL female | | Found in Lake Ysabel. | |
Poeciliidae |
Carlhubbsia kidderi
|
(Hubbs, 1936) | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm female | | Found in Alta Vera Paz. | |
Poeciliidae |
Carlhubbsia stuarti
|
Rosen & Bailey, 1959 | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.50 cm female | | Known from the Rio Polochic system and Lake Izabal. Also Ref. 42936. | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops aguadulce
|
(Meek, 1904) | Fr
| native | | | 22.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Izabal Lake (Ref. 58032). Materials examined from the río Usumacinta and Izabal Lake basins, formerly considered as Cathorops aguadulce, are treated as Cathorops kailolae by Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008 (Ref. 75004). | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Cathorops fuerthii
|
(Steindachner, 1876) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 31.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops kailolae
|
Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008 | Fr
| native | Kailola's sea catfish (English), Bagre de Kailola (Spanish) | | 25.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from lago Izabal basin and rio Usumacinta basin (Ref. 75004). | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops melanopus
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 23.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Motagua (Ref. 6868, 75004). | |
Ariidae |
Cathorops steindachneri
|
(Gilbert & Starks, 1904) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 36.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus ensiferus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 36.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus nigrescens
|
Günther, 1864 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 123 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus parallelus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 72.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Centropomidae |
Centropomus pectinatus
|
Poey, 1860 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 56.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Chiapaheros grammodes
|
(Taylor & Miller, 1980) | Fr
| native | | | 20.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Lagartero, Huehuetenango. Also Ref. 7335, 36377. | |
Cichlidae |
Chuco godmanni
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Polochic River basin (Ref. 36377). Restricted to the upper reaches of the Lake Izabal basin, in the Rio Polochic, Rio Cahabon, and Rio Dulce and their tributaries (Ref. 7335). Also Ref. 42936. | |
Cichlidae |
Chuco intermedium
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Rio Moho and Lake Peten (Ref. 7335). Reported from the Usumacinta drainage (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Chuco microphthalmus
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Rio Motagua basin including Lago Amatitlan. | |
Cichlidae |
Cincelichthys bocourti
|
(Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lago de Izabal and the lower Rio Polochic. Also Ref. 42936. | |
Cichlidae |
Cincelichthys pearsei
|
(Hubbs, 1936) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
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. |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis aureus
|
(Steindachner, 1864) | Fr, Br, Aq
| introduced | | | 45.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
(Peters, 1852) | Fr, Br, Aq
| introduced | | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Widespread, cultivated in ponds and established in natural waters (Ref. 97395). | |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis niloticus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br, Aq
| introduced | | | 60.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Oscura heterospila
|
(Hubbs, 1936) | Fr
| native | | | 24.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Restricted to the lower and middle reaches of the Rio Usumacinta basin. Also Ref. 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Parachromis friedrichsthalii
|
(Heckel, 1840) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 28.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Lago Peten and Laguna Cahabon. Also Ref. 4537. | |
Cichlidae |
Parachromis loisellei
|
(Bussing, 1989) | Fr
| native | Guapote amarillo (Spanish) | | 18.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lago de Izabal and the Rio Dulce. | |
Cichlidae |
Parachromis managuensis
|
(Günther, 1867) | Fr, Aq
| introduced | | | 55.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Parachromis motaguensis
|
(Günther, 1867) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurrence seems questionable. Recorded in the Rio Motagua basin and the Rio Naranjo (Ref. 7335, 12251, 36377). However, this species has been reported to be native to the Amazon basin and to have been introduced to Guatemala (Ref. 1739). Has established in aquaculture through unassisted reproduction and has not established in the wild (Ref. 1739). However, Ref. 7335 and 12251 state Guatemala and Honduras as native range. | |
Cichlidae |
Petenia splendida
|
Günther, 1862 | Fr
| native | | | 50.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Usumacinta basin and the Lago Peten basin. Also Ref. 12251, 36377. | |
Poeciliidae |
Phallichthys amates
|
(Miller, 1907) | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm TL female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Phallichthys fairweatheri
|
Rosen & Bailey, 1959 | Fr
| native | | | 3.75 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.50 cm female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia butleri
|
Jordan, 1889 | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;8.00 cm TL female | | | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia gillii
|
(Kner, 1863) | Fr
| questionable | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;10.50 cm TL female | | Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia kykesis
|
Poeser, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;10.00 cm SL female | | Type locality of Known from Lake Peten (Ref. 50894). | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia mexicana
|
Steindachner, 1863 | Fr
| native | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 42936. | |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia petenensis
|
Günther, 1866 | Fr
| endemic | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;12.00 cm TL female | | Type locality of Poecilia petenensis, Lake Péten; lectotype BMNH 1864,1.26.377 (Ref. 84929). Also Ref. 35631, 42987. | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia rositae
|
Meyer, Schneider, Radda, Wilde & Schartl, 2004 | Fr
| native | | | 5.02 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Río Cahabón system (Ref. 75917). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Poeciliopsis gracilis
|
(Heckel, 1848) | Fr
| native | | | 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Poeciliopsis pleurospilus
|
(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| native | | | 5.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Lake of Dueñas (Ref. 54621). | No picture yet. |
Ariidae |
Potamarius izabalensis
|
Hubbs & Miller, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 44.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Izabal Lake and possibly the Polochic River (Ref. 39852). Also Ref. 6868. | |
Ariidae |
Potamarius usumacintae
|
Betancur-R. & Willink, 2007 | Fr
| native | Usumacinta sea catfish (English), Mâchoiron Usumacinta (French), Bagre Usumacinta (Spanish) | | 59.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Petén, Río San Pedro at junction with springfed lagoon at El Paso de Caballo, Río Usumacinta basin, UMMZ 248165 (ex 143461) (holotype of Potamarius usumacintae, 42.2 cm SL). Most specimens were collected from Río San Pedro and Río de la Pasión (Ref. 75770). | No picture yet. |
Pristidae |
Pristis pectinata
|
Latham, 1794 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Pez sierra (Spanish) | | 760 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Lake Izabal-Dulce River basin (Ref. 57708). | |
Pristidae |
Pristis pristis
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(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Pez sierra (Spanish) | | 750 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Lake Izabal and Dulce River (Ref. 57708). | |
Profundulidae |
Profundulus guatemalensis
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(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Profundulidae |
Profundulus punctatus
|
(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Characidae |
Psalidodon fasciatus
|
(Cuvier, 1819) | Fr
| native | | | 17.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Syngnathidae |
Pseudophallus mindii
|
(Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Fr
| native | | | 16.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Syngnathidae |
Pseudophallus starksii
|
(Jordan & Culver, 1895) | Fr
| native | | | 17.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Pseudoxiphophorus anzuetoi
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(Rosen & Bailey, 1979) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;7.00 cm TL female | | Known from the Motagua River basin in Departments of El Progreso, Zacapa, Chiquimula and Izabal; and Lempa River basin in the Departments of Chiquimula and Jutiapa (Ref. 50894). Type locality: Río Achuelo, south side of Gualán, Río Motagua drainage, Zacapa, Guatemala (Ref. 26282). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus
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(Heckel, 1848) | Fr
| native | | | 7.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;15.00 cm female | | Known from Alta Verapaz. | |
Poeciliidae |
Pseudoxiphophorus cataractae
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(Rosen, 1979) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;6.50 cm female | | Known from the Arroyo Sachicha, an upper course of the Rio Senizo that empties into Rio Salinas. | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Pseudoxiphophorus diremptus
|
(Rosen, 1979) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.40 cm TL male/unsexed ;7.00 cm female | | Known only from the Rio Chajamaic in Alta Verapaz. | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Pseudoxiphophorus litoperas
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(Rosen & Bailey, 1979) | Fr
| endemic | | | 5.80 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.00 cm female | | Known from the Polochic River basin, including both Polochic River and Cahabón River as far as streams flowing into Izabal Lake in Alta Verapaz and Izaba (Ref. 50894). | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Pseudoxiphophorus obliquus
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(Rosen, 1979) | Fr
| endemic | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;6.50 cm female | | Knownf rom the Usumacinta River basin: Dolores River system, with a subterranean connection to Salinas River in Department Alta Vera Paz; and Ramón River system, with a subterranean connection to Ixcan River - Lacantún River (Ref. 50894). | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia guatemalensis
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 25.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia laticauda
|
(Kner, 1858) | Fr
| native | | | 29.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Lake Amatitlan and Río Montagua (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 36914. | |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia parryi
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Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 | Fr
| native | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Heptapteridae |
Rhamdia quelen
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(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Fr
| native | | | 61.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Río Dan Geronimo, Guatemala (Ref. 6868). | |
Cichlidae |
Rheoheros lentiginosus
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(Steindachner, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper tributaries of the Rio Usumacinta system (Ref. 7335). Also Ref. 36377. | |
Haemulidae |
Rhonciscus bayanus
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(Jordan & Evermann, 1898) | Fr
| native | | | 51.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Haemulidae |
Rhonciscus crocro
|
(Cuvier, 1830) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 38.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Rocio octofasciata
|
(Regan, 1903) | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Lago Peten basin. | |
Cichlidae |
Rocio spinosissima
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(Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902) | Fr
| endemic | | | 11.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper river system of the Rio Polochic (Ref. 7335). Found in the Lake Izabal basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Characidae |
Roeboides bouchellei
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Fowler, 1923 | Fr
| native | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from lago Atascatempa (Ref. 26633). Also Ref. 36811. | |
Characidae |
Roeboides guatemalensis
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(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 13.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Probably a misidentification. | |
Poeciliidae |
Scolichthys greenwayi
|
Rosen, 1967 | Fr
| endemic | | | 3.50 cm TL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female | | Known from the upper courses of the Rio Chixoy and the Rio Salinas system in Alta Verapaz. | |
Poeciliidae |
Scolichthys iota
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Rosen, 1967 | Fr
| endemic | | | 2.50 cm TL male/unsexed ;3.50 cm female | | Found in the Rio Chajmaic in Alta Verapaz. | No picture yet. |
Gobiidae |
Sicydium multipunctatum
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Regan, 1906 | Fr
| native | | | | | | No picture yet. |
Belonidae |
Strongylura exilis
|
(Girard, 1854) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 91.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Belonidae |
Strongylura hubbsi
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Collette, 1974 | Fr
| native | | | 49.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality, Río de la Pasión immediately above mouth of Arroyo de Petexbatúm at Sayaxché, El Petén, UMMZ 194998 (holotype, 30.4 cm SL male) (Ref. 30949). Also Ref. 50279. | |
Synbranchidae |
Synbranchus marmoratus
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Bloch, 1795 | Fr
| native | | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Theraps irregularis
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Günther, 1862 | Fr
| native | | | 19.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the upper reaches of the Lago Izabal basin in the Rio Polochic and the Rio Dulce and their tributareis. Recorded from the Rio Cienega. Also Ref. 42936. | |
Cichlidae |
Thorichthys affinis
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 14.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Usumacinta River basin (Ref. 36377). Reported from the Lago Peten basin (Ref. 7335). | |
Cichlidae |
Thorichthys aureus
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Restricted to the Lago de Izabal basin including the Rio Motagua and Rio Sarstoon. Also Ref. 12251, 42936. | |
Cichlidae |
Thorichthys meeki
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Brind, 1918 | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 1739, 4537, 12251. | |
Cichlidae |
Thorichthys pasionis
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(Rivas, 1962) | Fr
| native | | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Usumacinta River drainage (Ref. 36377). Recorded from Riachuelo Machaquila and Rio de la Pasion (Ref. 7335). | |
Profundulidae |
Tlaloc candalarius
|
(Hubbs, 1924) | Fr
| native | | | 8.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Profundulidae |
Tlaloc labialis
|
(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| native | | | 11.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | | |
Cichlidae |
Trichromis salvini
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Sulphur River near Puerto Barrios. Also Ref. 1739. | |
Cichlidae |
Vieja bifasciata
|
(Steindachner, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rio Usumacinta basin. | |
Cichlidae |
Vieja breidohri
|
(Werner & Stawikowski, 1987) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 16.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Lagartero, Huehuetenango. Also Ref. 12251. Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). | |
Cichlidae |
Vieja guttulata
|
(Günther, 1864) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Lago Amatitlan. | |
Cichlidae |
Vieja maculicauda
|
(Regan, 1905) | Fr, Br, Aq
| native | | | 25.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Lago de Izabal and Rio Sarstoon (Ref. 7335). Also found in the Usumacinta River drainage (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 4537. | |
Cichlidae |
Vieja melanurus
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr
| native | | | 35.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Usumacinta River drainage, De la Pasión and Lake Petén basins (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 4537, 7335. | |
Cichlidae |
Wajpamheros nourissati
|
(Allgayer, 1989) | Fr
| native | | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Usumacinta River basin (Ref. 36377). | |
Poeciliidae |
Xenodexia ctenolepis
|
Hubbs, 1950 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;4.50 cm female | | Found in Rio Xalbal and Rio Chixoy in el Quiche and Alta Verapaz. | No picture yet. |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus alvarezi
|
Rosen, 1960 | Fr
| native | | | 7.50 cm female | | Found in Huehuetenango, El Quiche and Alta Veracruz (Ref. 26130); also in Alta Verapaz, la Candelaria-Yalicar (Ref. 42936). | |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus hellerii
|
Heckel, 1848 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 14.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;16.00 cm TL female | | | |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus maculatus
|
(Günther, 1866) | Fr
| native | | | 4.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm TL female | | Occurrence needs confirmation (Ref. 1739). | |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus mayae
|
Meyer & Schartl, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 7.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lake Izabal and Rio Polochic, Rio Dulce and Rio Motagua drainages (Ref. 42936). | |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus signum
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Rosen & Kallman, 1969 | Fr
| endemic | | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Chajmaic as well as in the Rio de la Pasion basin in Alta Verapaz (Ref. 26130). Also Ref. 42936. | |
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