Potaro River
Country
Guyana
Region
Potaro-Siparuni
Length
225 km
General direction
NE 83.36°
Starts near
[ 5.275,-59.705 ]
Tributaries
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Fishes of Potaro River
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Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
(cm)
T.
(°C)
(°C)
Bree
ding
ding
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))
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), )
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), )
Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands"
Eigenmann, C.H., 1910 "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America"
Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History"
Eigenmann, C.H., 1910 "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America"
Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History"
12
80
unknown
Brachyglanis phalacra
Eigenmann, 1912
Guyana
Amatuk Falls, Potaro River, Essequibo-Einzug
(Potaro-Siparuni)
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)
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
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))
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)
Eigenmann, 1909
Guyana
Potaro River - Aruataima = Chenapou Falls
(Potaro-Siparuni)
9
60
unknown
Denticetopsis macilenta
Eigenmann, 1912
Guyana
Potaro River-Einzug, Mazaruni River
(Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni)
Eigenmann, 1912
Guyana
Potaro River-Einzug, Mazaruni River
(Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni)
Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands"
Henn, A.W., 1928 "List of types of recent fishes, in the collection of the Carnegie Museum on September 1, 1928"
Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History"
Henn, A.W., 1928 "List of types of recent fishes, in the collection of the Carnegie Museum on September 1, 1928"
Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History"
9
unknown
Helogenes marmoratus
Günther, 1863
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Essequibo River, Amazonas-, Orinoco-, Guayas-Einzg
(Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Pastaza, Madre de Dios, Loreto, Essequibo, Nickerie, Para (SUR), Saramaca, Brokopondo, Marowijne, Cayenne, Amazonas (VEN))
Günther, 1863
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Essequibo River, Amazonas-, Orinoco-, Guayas-Einzg
(Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Pastaza, Madre de Dios, Loreto, Essequibo, Nickerie, Para (SUR), Saramaca, Brokopondo, Marowijne, Cayenne, Amazonas (VEN))
10
unknown
Hypostomus hemiurus
Eigenmann, 1912
Guyana
Potaro River, Mazaruni River, Rupununi River
(Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)

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))
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)
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)

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)

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
Pseudancistrus nigrescens
Eigenmann, 1912
Guyana
oberer Potaro River, Rupununi River
(Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)
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)
Brazil, Guyana
Potaro River, Rupununi River, Rio Uraricoera
(Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima)
20
120
25 - 29
unknown
4
60
25 - 28
unknown
4
60
unknown
Tatia meesi
Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008
Guyana
Potaro River, Waratuk Stromschnellen
(Potaro-Siparuni)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
27 entries found.
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
3, 4, 10, 13, 14
Donald Taphorn
9
15, 16
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
18
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