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Fish Species of Ecuador
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
274
Total Species
6
Threatened
70
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Jumandi climbing catfish
Astroblepus pholeter
NT
💧 Freshwater
Kissing prochilodus
Semaprochilodus insignis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Kite Poptella
Poptella longipinnis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Knobnose whiptail catfish, Pinocchio whiptail catfish
Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Knodus Gamma
Knodus gamma
LC
💧 Freshwater
Knodus Heteresthes
Knodus heteresthes
LC
💧 Freshwater
Kumakuma
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
LC
💧 Freshwater
Lamontichthys Stibaros
Lamontichthys stibaros
LC
💧 Freshwater
Largemouth black bass
Micropterus salmoides
LC
💧 Freshwater
Laulao catfish
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Leopard cory
Corydoras leopardus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Leporinus Ecuadorensis
Leporinus ecuadorensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Leporinus Jatuncochi
Leporinus jatuncochi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Longtail knifefish
Sternopygus macrurus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Loreto tetra
Hyphessobrycon loretoensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
loricaria circular
Pseudohemiodon lamina
LC
💧 Freshwater
macana
Sternarchorhynchus curvirostris
DD
💧 Freshwater
Madalena
Roestes molossus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Magmatail Tetra
Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis
NT
💧 Freshwater
Maparate
Hypophthalmus marginatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marbled hatchetfish
Carnegiella strigata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marbled headstander
Abramites hypselonotus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Megalodoras Uranoscopus
Megalodoras uranoscopus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Megalonema Platycephalum
Megalonema platycephalum
LC
💧 Freshwater
Menezes' Sole
Apionichthys menezesi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Micromyzon Akamai
Micromyzon akamai
LC
💧 Freshwater
mojarita
Creagrutus gracilis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mojarita
Aphyocharax pusillus
LC
💧 Freshwater
mojarita
Xenurobrycon heterodon
LC
💧 Freshwater
mojarita
Creagrutus kunturus
LC
💧 Freshwater
mojarita
Hemibrycon polyodon
LC
💧 Freshwater
Morse Knifefish
Gymnorhamphichthys hypostomus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Moth Whiptail Catfish
Loricaria simillima
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mourning tetra
Brycon pesu
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Otocinclus Huaorani
Otocinclus huaorani
LC
💧 Freshwater
Oxyropsis Wrightiana
Oxyropsis wrightiana
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pacific sleeper
Gobiomorus maculatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Paracanthopoma Parva
Paracanthopoma parva
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pastaza corydoras
Corydoras pastazensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Payara
Hydrolycus scomberoides
LC
💧 Freshwater
Peixe-cigarra
Galeocharax gulo
LC
💧 Freshwater
Peruvian eelgoby
Gobioides peruanus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Peruvian tetra
Hyphessobrycon peruvianus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pike characin
Acestrorhynchus microlepis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pike cichlid
Crenicichla johanna
LC
💧 Freshwater