Potaro River → Essequibo River (⪪) → Atlantic NE (⪪)

Country

Guyana

Region

Potaro-Siparuni

Length

225 km

General direction

NE 83.36°

Starts near

 

 

[ 5.275,-59.705 ]

Tributaries
(Without claiming to be exhaustive):

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Chenapou Creek (⪪)

[ 4.974,-59.580 ]

 

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˜[ 5.325,-59.254 ]

 

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Kuribrong River (⪪)

[ 5.410,-59.154 ]

Flows in

≽

 

[ 5.369,-58.898 ]

Fishes of Potaro River
(Without claiming to be exhaustive)

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Auchenipterus brevior
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Guyana
Potaro River-Einzug bei Tumatumari
(Potaro-Siparuni)

9

60

 

unknown

Batrochoglanis villosus
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela
Kumaka, Potaro Landing, rio Nhamundá, Demerara River, Essequibo River, río Orinoco-, río Apuré, Amazonas-Einzug, rio Xingu, Wismar
(Amazonas, Apuré, Pará (BRA))

15

100

26 - 29

unknown

Brachyglanis frenata
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela
Amatuk, Essequibo River-, rio Negro-, rio Urubu-, río Orinoco-Einzug
(Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Pataro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guainía, Vichada, Arauca, Amazonas (VEN), Bolívar (VEN), Guárico, Anzoátegui, Monagas, Delta Amacuro, Amazonas (BRA), )

12

80

 

unknown

Brachyglanis phalacra
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Guyana
Amatuk Falls, Potaro River, Essequibo-Einzug
(Potaro-Siparuni)

9

60

 

unknown

Cephalosilurus albomarginatus
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Guyana
Tukeit Falls, Potaro River-, Essequibo River-Einzug
(Potaro-Siparuni)

12

80

 

unknown

Chasmocranus brevior
Eigenmann, 1912
 
French Guyana, Guyana, Suriname
Waratuk, Mana-, Potaro- und Maroni-Einzug

10

60

 

unknown

Chasmocranus longior
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Amatuk Falls, Potaro River, rio Xingu, rio Negro
(Amazonas, Pará (BRA))

20

120

 

unknown

Corymbophanes andersoni
Eigenmann, 1909
 
Guyana
Potaro River - Aruataima = Chenapou Falls
(Potaro-Siparuni)

9

60

 

unknown

Hypostomus hemiurus
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Guyana
Potaro River, Mazaruni River, Rupununi River
(Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)

25

120

23 - 29

unknown

Leptodoras linnelli
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Río Mavaca, río Siapa, brazo Casiquare oberer río Orinoco, Potaro River, Essequibo River, Demerara River, Araguari River, Tumatumari, Rockstone, Crab Falls, linke Zuflüsse des unteren Amazonas, rio Uatumã, rio Tacutu, rio Demini
(Amapá, Roraima, Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA))

27

150

 

unknown

Lithogenes villosus
Eigenmann, 1909
 
Guyana
Oberer Potaro River, nahe den Aruataima = Chenapou Falls
(Potaro-Siparuni)

4

60

25 - 29

unknown

Lithoxus lithoides
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
Potaro River, Essequibo River, Corantijn River
(Upper Demerara-Berbice, Potaro-Siparuni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, East Berbice-Corentyne, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Sipaliwini,Nickerie)

9

60

23 - 27

unknown

Myoglanis potaroensis
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Guyana
Tukeit Falls, Potaro-, Essequibo River-Einzug
(Potaro-, Upper Takutu-Upper Esssequibo, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara)

12

80

 

unknown

Neblinichthys sp. "Guyana"

 
Guyana
Potaro River-Einzug?
(Potaro-Siparuni)

9

60

24 - 28

unknown

Oxyropsis sp. "Potaro River"

 
Guyana
Potaro River
(Potaro-Siparuni)

6

60

24 - 28

unknown

Pseudancistrus nigrescens
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Guyana
oberer Potaro River, Rupununi River
(Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)

20

120

25 - 29

unknown

Pseudancistrus cf. nigrescens "L 299"

 
Brazil, Guyana
Potaro River, Rupununi River, Rio Uraricoera
(Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima)

20

120

25 - 29

unknown

Rhinotocinclus collinsae
Schmidt & Ferraris, 1985
 
Guyana
Essequibo River
(Cuyuni-Mazaruni)

4

60

25 - 28

unknown

Rhinotocinclus hardmani
Lehmann, Lujan & Reis, 2022
 
Guyana
Kuribrong River
(Potaro-Siparuni)

4

60

 

unknown

Tatia meesi
Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008
 
Guyana
Potaro River, Waratuk Stromschnellen
(Potaro-Siparuni)

7

60

 

unknown

Tenellus leporhinus
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Potaro River, río Orinoco, río Branco, Essequibo River, río Manapiare, río Tomo, río Ventuari, río Caura, rio Trombetas, rio Tapajós, rio Tocantins, rio Xingu
(Potaro-Siparuni, Amazonas (VEN), Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Bolívar (VEN), Vichada)

25

150

25 - 29

unknown

Trichomycterus conradi
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Guyana
Potaro River-Einzug, Amatuk Falls, Waratuk Falls
(Potaro-Siparuni)

8

60

 

unknown

Trichomycterus guianensis
Eigenmann, 1909
 
Guyana, Venezuela
Potaro River, Aruataima Falls, Cueva de Guácharo im embalse El Guamo-Einzug
(Potaro-Siparuni, Monagas)

8

60

 

unknown

Tympanopleura piperatus
Eigenmann, 1912
 
Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Peru
Potaro River, Essequibo River, Rupununi River, Crab Falls, rio Solimões, rio Negro, Amazonas
(Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Amazonas)

6

80

 

unknown

24  entries found.

Many thanks to

for the pictures

The Field Museum - Michael W. Littmann (CC BY-NC 4.0)

1

Collins, Ribeiro, Machado, Hrbek & Farias (CC BY 4.0)

2

Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)

3, 4, 9, 12, 13

The Field Museum (CC BY-NC 4.0)

5

The Field Museum (CC BY-NC 4.0)

6

Field Museum of Natural History (CC BY-NC 4.0)

7

Donald Taphorn

8

Field Museum of Natural History (CC BY-NC 4.0)

10

11

R.E. Reis & P.A. Lehmann (CC BY 4.0)

14, 15

L.M. Sarmento-Soares & R.F. Martins-Pinheiro (CC BY-NC 4.0)

16

José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)

17

The Field Museum - Michael W. Littmann (CC BY-NC 4.0)

18

Walsh, Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel (CC BY-NC 4.0)

20

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