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Fish Species of Brazil
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
2,136
Total Species
159
Threatened
352
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Wara wara
Hypostomus ventromaculatus
💧 Freshwater
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Whale catfish
Cetopsis parma
DD
💧 Freshwater
whiptail loricaria
Rineloricaria parva
LC
💧 Freshwater
White cloud mountain minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
DD
💧 Freshwater
Whitebarred catfish
Agamyxis pectinifrons
LC
💧 Freshwater
Wimple piranha
Catoprion mento
LC
💧 Freshwater
Wood Tatia
Tatia boemia
LC
💧 Freshwater
X-ray tetra
Pristella maxillaris
LC
💧 Freshwater
Xenurobrycon Macropus
Xenurobrycon macropus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Xenurobrycon Polyancistrus
Xenurobrycon polyancistrus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Xingu corydoras
Corydoras xinguensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yahuarachi
Potamorhina latior
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yahuarachi
Potamorhina altamazonica
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yahuarachi
Potamorhina pristigaster
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yaya curimata
Cyphocharax helleri
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow cory
Corydoras flaveolus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow rabbit characin
Leporellus vittatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow tetra
Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow-dotted Pleco
Hypostomus microstomus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow-jaw Tetra
Hyphessobrycon agulha
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellowfin river pellona
Pellona flavipinnis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Zamurito
Calophysus macropterus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Zebra catfish
Brachyplatystoma juruense
LC
💧 Freshwater
Zebra pleco
Hypancistrus zebra
CR
💧 Freshwater
Zigzag Pyrrhulina
Pyrrhulina zigzag
LC
💧 Freshwater