Surinam - List of fishes

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Acaronia nassa

Cichlidae

16 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

Aequidens tetramerus

Cichlidae

14 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

four-eyed

Anableps anableps

25 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

striped headstander

Anostomus anostomus

14 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

red mouth headstander

Anostomus ternetzi

10 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Apistogramma steindachneri

Cichlidae

7 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Chalceus macrolepidotus

Characidae

20 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

It seeks its prey near the surface and sometimes it jumps out of the water. It accommodates well to life in captivity, but it must be maintained in a large aquarium. Also avoid putting in a pond with small fish.

Cichla ocellaris

Cichlidae

50 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Cleithracara maronii

Cichlidae

8 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

amazon puffer

Colomesus asellus

7 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

banded puffer

Colomesus psittacus

25 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Copella arnoldi

Lebiasinidae

5 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

Copella nattereri

Lebiasinidae

4 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

bronze corydoras

Corydoras aeneus

6 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Small barbs located around its mouth enable it to search for food in the sand or mud. It goes regularly at the surface to breathe oxygen from the air. It acclimate easily to aquarium.

Corydoras boesemani

Callichthyidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Corydoras bondi

Callichthyidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Corydoras melanistius

Callichthyidae

5 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Corydoras punctatus

Callichthyidae

4 cm

living in shoals

scavenger

threestripe Corydoras

Corydoras trilineatus

5 cm

gregarious

scavenger

Crenicichla lugubris

Cichlidae

35 cm

solitary

carnivorous

pike cichlid

Crenicichla multispinosa

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Crenicichla saxatilis

Cichlidae

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Gasteropelecus sternicla

Gasteropelecidae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

harrer's earth eater

Geophagus harreri

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Geophagus surinamensis

Cichlidae

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Hemigrammus bellottii

Characidae

2 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hemigrammus lunatus

Characidae

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hemigrammus ocellifer

Characidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

rodway's tetra

Hemigrammus rodwayi

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hemiloricaria fallax

Loricariidae

15 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

Wolffish

Hoplias malabaricus

50 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

Hyphessobrycon rosaceus

Characidae

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

suckermouth catfish

Hypostomus plecostomus

28 cm

gregarious

scavenger

Its mouth, equipped with full lips, allows it to cling to various surfaces. It uses it rough tongue to scrape the algae growing on the rocks ... and on the glass of an aquarium. Warning, it measures a few centimeters when you bought it, but it can grow quickly.

kouana

Leporinus fasciatus

25 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

It is rather "shy". It lives in shaded areas or in natural hiding places where it black and yellow lines allow it to hide. It easily acclimate to an aquarium.

Leporinus friderici

Anostomidae

30 cm

gregarious

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Leporinus nijsseni

Anostomidae

15 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Metynnis altidorsalis

Serrasalmidae

11 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Microcharacidium eleotrioides

Crenuchidae

2 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Micropoecilia picta

Poeciliidae

3 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Myloplus asterias

Serrasalmidae

20 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Myloplus rubripinnis

Serrasalmidae

35 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Myloplus schomburgkii

Serrasalmidae

15 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Nannacara anomala

Cichlidae

6 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous

Golden pencilfish

Nannostomus beckfordi

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Nannostomus marginatus

Lebiasinidae

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Nannostomus unifasciatus

Lebiasinidae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum

Osteoglossidae

70 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Raphael catfish

Platydoras costatus

20 cm

gregarious

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Surinam - List of fishes

Acaronia nassa

Aequidens tetramerus

four-eyed

striped headstander

red mouth headstander

Apistogramma steindachneri

Chalceus macrolepidotus

Cichla ocellaris

Cleithracara maronii

amazon puffer

banded puffer

Copella arnoldi

Copella nattereri

bronze corydoras

Corydoras boesemani

Corydoras bondi

Corydoras melanistius

Corydoras punctatus

threestripe Corydoras

Crenicichla lugubris

pike cichlid

Crenicichla saxatilis

Gasteropelecus sternicla

harrer's earth eater

Geophagus surinamensis

Hemigrammus bellottii

Hemigrammus lunatus

Hemigrammus ocellifer

rodway's tetra

Hemiloricaria fallax

Wolffish

Hyphessobrycon rosaceus

suckermouth catfish

kouana

Leporinus friderici

Leporinus nijsseni

Metynnis altidorsalis

Microcharacidium eleotrioides

Micropoecilia picta

Myloplus asterias

Myloplus rubripinnis

Myloplus schomburgkii

Nannacara anomala

Golden pencilfish

Nannostomus marginatus

Nannostomus unifasciatus

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum

Raphael catfish

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