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The following is a tentative list of the 395 fish species documented for Paraguay based on the Guyra Paraguay Faunal Database and changes proposed by ichthyologist Hector Vera Alcaraz whom we thank for his support and professional advice.
- Heptapteridae Catfish Fauna Paraguay
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- Potamotrygonidae
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- Fauna Paraguay Birds Image Gallery
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- Fauna Paraguay Mammals Image Gallery
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- Fauna Paraguay Invertebrate Image Gallery
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- Fauna Paraguay Wildlife
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- Fauna Paraguay Fish Image Gallery
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- Heptapteridae Catfish Fauna Paraguay
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The Paraguay River ecoregion has high species richness with about 350 fish species, including more than 80 endemics. About 80% of the fish species in the river are characiforms (tetras and allies) and siluriforms (catfish). Several of these migrate up the Paraguay River to spawn, including Prochilodus lineatus and Pseudoplatystoma corruscans.
List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Paraguay. (landlocked) Table 1: 264 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced); Table 2: 12 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Freshwater Fish Species in Paraguay River [South America] The tables below were generated from Fishbase.org - A project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity.
Apr 19, 2017 · A total of 307 fish species were confirmed and listed, four of which are categorized as threatened, and including four introduced exotic species. Two thirds of the species belong to the...
Feb 17, 2015 · Known from minor rivers in the coastal states of São Paolo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, plus some tributaries of the rio Paraná basin in Paraguay. Type locality is ‘Paranaguá, 25°32’S, 48°36’W, Paraná, Brazil’. Comment » | Category: Armoured Catfishes, Siluriformes.
Apr 17, 2022 · Fish community composition resembled that of previously-reported fish communities from the Paraguay River drainage, with characiforms and siluriforms comprising the majority of the species (57.1% and 31.4%, respectively).