Fish Species of Venezuela

Acoupa weakfish

Cynoscion acoupa

VU 🔄 Diadromous

Atlantic needlefish

Strongylura marina

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Atlantic sabretooth anchovy

Lycengraulis grossidens

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Bay whiff

Citharichthys spilopterus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Broad-striped anchovy

Anchoa hepsetus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Broadband anchovy

Anchoviella lepidentostole

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

LC 🔄 Diadromous 🍽️ ★★★★★

Bull shark

Carcharhinus leucas

VU 🔄 Diadromous

Common sawfish

Pristis pristis

CR 🔄 Diadromous

Common snook

Centropomus undecimalis

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Crucifix sea catfish

Sciades proops

🔄 Diadromous

Darter goby

Ctenogobius boleosoma

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Dog snapper

Lutjanus jocu

DD 🔄 Diadromous

Eucinostomus Melanopterus

Eucinostomus melanopterus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Fat sleeper

Dormitator maculatus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Fat snook

Centropomus parallelus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Goby

Gobioides grahamae

DD 🔄 Diadromous

Guiana longfin herring

Odontognathus mucronatus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Hardhead silverside

Atherinomorus stipes

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Highfin goby

Gobionellus oceanicus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Jenny mojarra

Eucinostomus gula

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Little anchovy

Anchoa parva

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Longtail sole

Apionichthys dumerili

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Lyre goby

Evorthodus lyricus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Maracaibo leatherjacket

Oligoplites palometa

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Mud sleeper

Butis koilomatodon

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Opossum pipefish

Microphis lineatus

🔄 Diadromous

Pemecou sea catfish

Sciades herzbergii

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Pristis Pectinata

Pristis pectinata

CR 🔄 Diadromous

Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

LC 🔄 Diadromous 🍽️ ★★★★★

Roughneck grunt

Haemulopsis corvinaeformis

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Silver mojarra

Eucinostomus argenteus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Slipper sole

Trinectes paulistanus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Smalltooth weakfish

Cynoscion steindachneri

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Spicule anchovy

Anchoa spinifer

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Spinycheek sleeper

Eleotris pisonis

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Striped mojarra

Eugerres plumieri

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Swordspine snook

Centropomus ensiferus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

VU 🔄 Diadromous

Tarpon snook

Centropomus pectinatus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Violet goby

Gobioides broussonnetii

LC 🔄 Diadromous

White mullet

Mugil curema

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Yellow fin mojarra

Gerres cinereus

LC 🔄 Diadromous