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List of Freshwater Fishes for Dominican Republic

Number of freshwater fish species: 53

The tables below were generated from Fishbase.org - A project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All links below take you to pages on the fishbase.org site.
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Family Scientific Name FB Name Name Status
Mugilidae Agonostomus monticola Mountain mullet   native
Engraulidae Anchoa parva Little anchovy   native
Anguillidae Anguilla rostrata American eel   native
Cyprinidae Aristichthys nobilis Bighead carp   not established
Gobiidae Awaous banana River goby   native
Osphronemidae Betta bellica Slim betta   introduced
Osphronemidae Betta splendens Siamese fighting fish   introduced
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark   native
Centropomidae Centropomus ensiferus Swordspine snook  Quéquere native
Centropomidae Centropomus parallelus Fat snook  Quéquere native
Centropomidae Centropomus pectinatus Tarpon snook  Quéquere native
Cichlidae Cichla ocellaris Peacock cichlid   introduced
Characidae Colossoma macropomum Tambaqui   introduced
Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon bondi Hispaniola pupfish   native
Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon higuey   endemic
Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon nichollsi   endemic
Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio carpio Common carp   introduced
Gerreidae Eugerres plumieri Striped mojarra   native
Poeciliidae Gambusia dominicensis Dominican gambusia   native
Poeciliidae Gambusia hispaniolae Hispaniolan gambusia   native
Gerreidae Gerres cinereus Yellow fin mojarra  Mojarra native
Cyprinidae Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Silver carp   introduced
Ictaluridae Ictalurus punctatus Channel catfish   introduced
Mugilidae Joturus pichardi Bobo mullet   native
Centrarchidae Lepomis auritus Redbreast sunfish   introduced
Poeciliidae Limia dominicensis Tiburon Peninsula limia   native
Poeciliidae Limia melanonotata Blackbanded limia   native
Poeciliidae Limia perugiae Perugia's limia   endemic
Poeciliidae Limia sulphurophila Sulfur limia   endemic
Poeciliidae Limia tridens   native
Poeciliidae Limia versicolor Varicolored limia   endemic
Poeciliidae Limia yaguajali Yaguajal limia   native
Poeciliidae Limia zonata Striped limia   endemic
Megalopidae Megalops atlanticus Tarpon  Sábalo native
Centrarchidae Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass   introduced
Mugilidae Mugil cephalus Flathead mullet  Lisa questionable
Mugilidae Mugil liza Liza   native
Cichlidae Nandopsis haitiensis Haitian cichlid   native
Cichlidae Nandopsis vombergae   native
Salmonidae Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis aureus Blue tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis mossambicus Mozambique tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus niloticus Nile tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis urolepis hornorum Wami tilapia   introduced
Poeciliidae Poecilia elegans Elegant molly   endemic
Poeciliidae Poecilia hispaniolana Hispaniola molly   native
Poeciliidae Poecilia nicholsi   native
Haemulidae Pomadasys crocro Burro grunt  Bocayate native
Rivulidae Rivulus roloffi Hispaniolan rivulus   endemic
Gobiidae Sicydium buscki   native
Gobiidae Sicydium gilberti   native
Cichlidae Tilapia rendalli Redbreast tilapia   introduced
Osphronemidae Trichogaster trichopterus Three spot gourami   introduced
Page created by Jen, 21.10.03 last modified by Eli, 17.11.04


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Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2006

The copy for fish.mongabay.com was written in 1994-1995. Therefore some information such as scientific names may be out of date. For this, I apologize. Feel free to send corrections to me.