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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
Rhabdolichops Caviceps
Rhabdolichops caviceps
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhabdolichops Eastwardi
Rhabdolichops eastwardi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhabdolichops Electrogrammus
Rhabdolichops electrogrammus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhabdolichops Stewarti
Rhabdolichops stewarti
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhabdolichops Troscheli
Rhabdolichops troscheli
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhamdella Jenynsii
Rhamdella jenynsii
DD 💧 Freshwater
Rhamdella Longiuscula
Rhamdella longiuscula
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhamdia Foina
Rhamdia foina
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhinobrycon Negrensis
Rhinobrycon negrensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhinodoras Dorbignyi
Rhinodoras dorbignyi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rhynchactis Leptonema
Rhynchactis leptonema
LC 🌊 Marine
Rhytiodus Microlepis
Rhytiodus microlepis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Ribeiroclinus Eigenmanni
Ribeiroclinus eigenmanni
LC 🌊 Marine
Richardson's snaggletooth
Astronesthes richardsoni
LC 🌊 Marine
Ridgehead
Melamphaes typhlops
DD 🌊 Marine
Ridgehead
Poromitra megalops
DD 🌊 Marine
Rimspine searobin
Peristedion thompsoni
LC 🌊 Marine
Rineloricaria Aequalicuspis
Rineloricaria aequalicuspis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rineloricaria Heteroptera
Rineloricaria heteroptera
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rineloricaria Jaraguensis
Rineloricaria jaraguensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rineloricaria Maquinensis
Rineloricaria maquinensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rineloricaria Misionera
Rineloricaria misionera
VU 💧 Freshwater
Rineloricaria Nigricauda
Rineloricaria nigricauda
LC 💧 Freshwater
Ringneck blenny
Parablennius pilicornis
LC 🌊 Marine
Rio anchovy
Anchoa januaria
LC 🌊 Marine
Rio Grande do Sul Dragonfish
Eustomias ignotus
DD 🌊 Marine
Rio Negro Piranha
Serrasalmus gouldingi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rio Negro pygmy anchovy
Amazonsprattus scintilla
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rio pearlfish
Nematolebias whitei
EN 💧 Freshwater
Rio skate
Rioraja agassizii
VU 🌊 Marine
Ripsaw catfish
Oxydoras niger
LC 💧 Freshwater
Ripsiokamonni
Ossancora fimbriata
LC 💧 Freshwater
River hatchetfish
Gasteropelecus sternicla
LC 💧 Freshwater
Riverine Needlefish
Belonion apodion
LC 💧 Freshwater
Road cory
Corydoras baderi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Robust cardinalfish
Epigonus robustus
🌊 Marine
Robust cory
Corydoras robustus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rock beauty
Holacanthus tricolor
LC 🌊 Marine
Rock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis
LC 🌊 Marine
Rock-bacu
Lithodoras dorsalis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Roeboexodon Guyanensis
Roeboexodon guyanensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Roeboides Affinis
Roeboides affinis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Roeboides Biserialis
Roeboides biserialis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Roeboides Myersii
Roeboides myersii
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rosy razorfish
Xyrichtys martinicensis
LC 🌊 Marine
Roudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
LC 🌊 Marine
Rough scad
Trachurus lathami
LC 🌊 Marine
Rough triggerfish
Canthidermis maculata
LC 🌊 Marine
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