Fish Species of Venezuela

Twinspot bass

Serranus flaviventris

LC 🌊 Marine

Twospot cardinalfish

Apogon pseudomaculatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Twospot flounder

Bothus robinsi

LC 🌊 Marine

Twostripe pencilfish

Nannostomus digrammus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Unicorn leatherjacket filefish

Aluterus monoceros

LC 🌊 Marine

Urophycis Mystacea

Urophycis mystacea

🌊 Marine

Utiaritichthys Sennaebragai

Utiaritichthys sennaebragai

LC 💧 Freshwater

Valenciennes' Whiptail Catfish

Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula

LC 💧 Freshwater

Vampire Tetra

Hydrolycus tatauaia

LC 💧 Freshwater

Vandellia Beccarii

Vandellia beccarii

LC 💧 Freshwater

Venezuela round stingray

Urotrygon venezuelae

EN 🌊 Marine

Vermilion snapper

Rhomboplites aurorubens

VU 🌊 Marine

Vieja

Paralabrax dewegeri

LC 🌊 Marine

Violet goby

Gobioides broussonnetii

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Viper moray

Enchelycore nigricans

LC 🌊 Marine

Wahoo

Acanthocybium solandri

LC 🌊 Marine

Wallace's Payara

Hydrolycus wallacei

LC 💧 Freshwater

Warty dory

Allocyttus verrucosus

LC 🌊 Marine

Web burrfish

Chilomycterus antillarum

LC 🌊 Marine

Wenchman

Pristipomoides aquilonaris

LC 🌊 Marine

West Atlantic Cusk-eel

Dicrolene kanazawai

LC 🌊 Marine

Western Atlantic grenadier

Nezumia atlantica

LC 🌊 Marine

Western Atlantic seabream

Archosargus rhomboidalis

LC 🌊 Marine

Western deepsea cardinalfish

Epigonus occidentalis

LC 🌊 Marine

Western softhead grenadier

Malacocephalus occidentalis

LC 🌊 Marine

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

EN 🌊 Marine

Whalehead dreamer

Lophodolos acanthognathus

LC 🌊 Marine

Whiptail catfish

Farlowella acus

VU 💧 Freshwater

White cory

Corydoras heteromorphus

LC 💧 Freshwater

White grunt

Haemulon plumierii

LC 🌊 Marine

White margate

Haemulon album

DD 🌊 Marine

White mullet

Mugil curema

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Whitefin sharksucker

Echeneis neucratoides

DD 🌊 Marine

Whitemouth croaker

Micropogonias furnieri

LC 🌊 Marine

Whitespot Eartheater

Satanoperca leucosticta

LC 💧 Freshwater

Whitespotted eagle ray

Aetobatus narinari

EN 🌊 Marine

Whitetongue jack

Uraspis helvola

LC 🌊 Marine

Wimple piranha

Catoprion mento

LC 💧 Freshwater

X-ray tetra

Pristella maxillaris

LC 💧 Freshwater

Yahuarachi

Potamorhina altamazonica

LC 💧 Freshwater

Yaya curimata

Cyphocharax helleri

LC 💧 Freshwater

Yellow acara

Aequidens metae

LC 💧 Freshwater

Yellow fin mojarra

Gerres cinereus

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Yellow rabbit characin

Leporellus vittatus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Yellowfin grouper

Mycteroperca venenosa

NT 🌊 Marine

Yellowfin river pellona

Pellona flavipinnis

LC 💧 Freshwater

Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus albacares

LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★

Yellowhead jawfish

Opistognathus aurifrons

LC 🌊 Marine