French Guiana - List of fishes

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Leporinus nijsseni

Anostomidae

15 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Microcharacidium eleotrioides

Crenuchidae

2 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Micropoecilia picta

Poeciliidae

3 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Myloplus rubripinnis

Serrasalmidae

35 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Golden pencilfish

Nannostomus beckfordi

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Nannostomus eques

Lebiasinidae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum

Osteoglossidae

70 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Bloch's catfish

Pimelodus blochii

20 cm

gregarious

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Raphael catfish

Platydoras costatus

20 cm

gregarious

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

guppy

Poecilia reticulata

3 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

The male is much smaller and more colorful than the female. It is an ovoviviparous species, the male fertilizes it partner through its anal fin which forms a kind of gutter. It is the most popular aquarium fish, there are many varieties.

Poecilia vivipara

Poeciliidae

4 cm

gregarious

omnivorous

Polycentrus schomburgkii

Polycentridae

6 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Potamotrygon orbignyi

Potamotrygonidae

35 cm

solitary

carnivorous

x-ray tetra

Pristella maxillaris

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum

Pimelodidae

80 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

Like many catfish species, it hunts at night. The female is larger than the male and lays huge amounts of eggs (8 million eggs per kilo). Because of its size and its diet, you should not keep it in a private aquarium.

freshwater angelfish

Pterophyllum scalare

15 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

The stripes of it body allow it to hide. Parents lay their eggs in the vegetation, and provide for their offspring long parental care (custody, ventilation ...). Very popular among aquarists: there are many color varieties obtained through breeding.

Satanoperca jurupari

Cichlidae

18 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

silver prochilodus

Semaprochilodus taeniurus

30 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Serrasalmus rhombeus

Serrasalmidae

40 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Sorubim lima

Pimelodidae

38 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

It is a nocturnal hunter. It lives in the bottom of the rivers, where it remains upright to hide among the reeds. It fits well in a large aquarium. But we must avoid leaving it with small fish that it could eat.

Thayeria ifati

Characidae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

French Guiana - List of fishes

Leporinus nijsseni

Microcharacidium eleotrioides

Micropoecilia picta

Myloplus rubripinnis

Golden pencilfish

Nannostomus eques

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum

Bloch's catfish

Raphael catfish

guppy

Poecilia vivipara

Polycentrus schomburgkii

Potamotrygon orbignyi

x-ray tetra

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum

freshwater angelfish

Satanoperca jurupari

silver prochilodus

Serrasalmus rhombeus

Sorubim lima

Thayeria ifati

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