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Fish Species of Venezuela
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
1,014
Total Species
64
Threatened
230
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Largescale foureyes
Anableps anableps
LC
💧 Freshwater
Laulao catfish
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Leatherjacket
Oligoplites saurus
LC
🌊 Marine
Lemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris
VU
🌊 Marine
Leporinus Alternus
Leporinus alternus
💧 Freshwater
Leporinus Brunneus
Leporinus brunneus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Leporinus Ortomaculatus
Leporinus ortomaculatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Leporinus Punctatus
Leporinus punctatus
💧 Freshwater
Leptodoras Linnelli
Leptodoras linnelli
LC
💧 Freshwater
Lesser amberjack
Seriola fasciata
LC
🌊 Marine
Lined seahorse
Hippocampus erectus
VU
🌊 Marine
Lipstick leporinus
Leporinus arcus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Little anchovy
Anchoa parva
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Little croaker
Stellifer stellifer
DD
🌊 Marine
Littlescale threadfin
Polydactylus oligodon
LC
🌊 Marine
Live sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
LC
🌊 Marine
Lobetoothed piranha
Pygopristis denticulata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Lonchogenys Ilisha
Lonchogenys ilisha
LC
💧 Freshwater
Long snouted lancetfish
Alepisaurus ferox
LC
🌊 Marine
Longbeard grenadier
Ventrifossa macropogon
LC
🌊 Marine
Longfin scorpionfish
Scorpaena agassizii
LC
🌊 Marine
Longfin yellowtail
Seriola rivoliana
LC
🌊 Marine
Longfinned bullseye
Cookeolus japonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Longfinned disk pacu
Myleus setiger
LC
💧 Freshwater
Longlure frogfish
Antennarius multiocellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Longnose knifefish
Rhamphichthys apurensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Longspine scorpionfish
Pontinus longispinis
LC
🌊 Marine
Longtail knifefish
Sternopygus macrurus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Longtail sole
Apionichthys dumerili
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Lyre goby
Evorthodus lyricus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
macana
Sternarchorhynchus curvirostris
DD
💧 Freshwater
Mangrove rivulus
Kryptolebias marmoratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Maparate
Hypophthalmus marginatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Maracaibo leatherjacket
Oligoplites palometa
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Marble knifefish
Rhamphichthys marmoratus
💧 Freshwater
Marbled grouper
Dermatolepis inermis
DD
🌊 Marine
Marbled hatchetfish
Carnegiella strigata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marbled headstander
Abramites hypselonotus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marbled puffer
Sphoeroides dorsalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Marbled swamp eel
Synbranchus marmoratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Margined tonguefish
Symphurus marginatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Margintail conger
Paraconger caudilimbatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Marked Batfish
Ogcocephalus notatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Marked goby
Ctenogobius stigmaticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Markiana Nigripinnis
Markiana nigripinnis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marlin sucker
Remora osteochir
LC
🌊 Marine
Mastiglanis Asopos
Mastiglanis asopos
LC
💧 Freshwater
Matacaimán
Entomocorus gameroi
LC
💧 Freshwater