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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
South American silver croaker
Plagioscion squamosissimus
LC
💧 Freshwater
South American silver porgy
Diplodus argenteus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer
Canthigaster figueiredoi
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern Cut-throat Eel
Histiobranchus australis
DD
🌊 Marine
Southern eagle ray
Myliobatis goodei
VU
🌊 Marine
Southern fintail snipe eel
Avocettina acuticeps
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lanternfish
Lampanyctus australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lanternshark
Etmopterus granulosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lightfish
Ichthyococcus australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern puffer
Sphoeroides nephelus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern red snapper
Lutjanus purpureus
🌊 Marine
Southern sawtail catshark
Galeus mincaronei
VU
🌊 Marine
Southern sleeper shark
Somniosus antarcticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern stingray
Hypanus americanus
NT
🌊 Marine
Southwest Atlantic butterfish
Stromateus brasiliensis
🌊 Marine
Spanish flag
Gonioplectrus hispanus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spanish hogfish
Bodianus rufus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spearfish remora
Remora brachyptera
LC
🌊 Marine
Speckled pavon
Cichla temensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Speckled piranha
Serrasalmus spilopleura
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spectrolebias Reticulatus
Spectrolebias reticulatus
NT
💧 Freshwater
Spicule anchovy
Anchoa spinifer
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Spined pygmy shark
Squaliolus laticaudus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spined whiff
Citharichthys dinoceros
LC
🌊 Marine
Spinner shark
Carcharhinus brevipinna
VU
🌊 Marine
Spiny catfish
Acanthodoras cataphractus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spiny Dwarf Catfish
Scoloplax dolicholophia
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spiny-back eel
Notacanthus sexspinis
🌊 Marine
Spinycheek sleeper
Eleotris pisonis
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Spinycheek soldierfish
Corniger spinosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Splendid alfonsino
Beryx splendens
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotback corydoras
Corydoras blochi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spotback skate
Atlantoraja castelnaui
CR
🌊 Marine
Spotfin burrfish
Chilomycterus reticulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin butterflyfish
Chaetodon ocellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin flounder
Cyclopsetta fimbriata
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin goby
Oxyurichthys stigmalophius
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotfin hogfish
Bodianus pulchellus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotlight lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spottail curimata
Curimatopsis evelynae
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spottail leporinus
Leporinus melanopleura
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spotted Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma piauiensis
DD
💧 Freshwater
Spotted goatfish
Pseudupeneus maculatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spotted headstander
Chilodus punctatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spotted hoplo
Megalechis thoracata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spotted leporinus
Leporinus maculatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spotted metynnis
Metynnis maculatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Spotted moray
Gymnothorax moringa
LC
🌊 Marine