Cuyuni River

Cuyuni River → Mazaruni River (⪪) → Essequibo River (⪪) → Atlantic NE (⪪)

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río Yuruan (⪪)

río Supamo

⊗ río Yuruari

Fishes of Cuyuni River-system
(Without claiming to be exhaustive)

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Auchenipterus demerarae
Eigenmann, 1912

Guyana, Venezuela
Demerara-, Rupununi-, Essequibo-, Cuyuni River = río Cuyuni-Einzug, Wismar; río Botanamo
(Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Bólivar (VEN))

unknown

Balroglanis carolae
Vari & Ferraris, 2013

Guyana
Cuyuni River-Einzug, stromabwärts Kanaima Falls
(Cuyuni-Mazaruni)

Vari, R.P. & Ferraris C.J. Jr., 2013 "Two New Species of the Catfish Genus Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Guiana Shield and a Reevaluation of the Limits of the Genus"
Fishbase

unknown

Doras carinatus
Linnaeus, 1766

Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela
río Lima, Essequibo River, Maroni River-Einzug, Tampok River, Sinnamary River, Burro Burro River, Corantijn River, Sipaliwini River, río Yuruari, río Carapo
(Bolívar (VEN), Sipaliwini)

200

unknown

Haemomaster venezuelae
Myers, 1927

Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Río Orinoco-Einzug, río Caura, río Tomo, Mazaruni River, Cuyuni River
(Amazonas (VEN), Bolívar (VEN) Vichada, Cuyuni-Mazaruni)

unknown

Hypoptopoma guianense
Boeseman, 1974

Guyana; Suriname, Venezuela
Essequibo River-, Rupununi River, Cuyuni River, Stondansi Falls; Nickerie River-Einzug
(Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Sipaliwini, Nickerie, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice)

Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)"
Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution"
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)"

unknown

Hypostomus taphorni
Cochliodon taphorni
Lilyestrom, 1984

Guyana, Venezuela
río Botanmo, río Cuyuni, río Corumo, Mapari River
(Bolívar, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Pomeroon-Supenaam)

150

25 - 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))

150

unknown

Paracanthopoma parva
Giltay, 1935

Bolivia, Brazil, Equador, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Rio Catrymany = rio Catrimani, Essequibo River, Mazaruni River, Cuyuni River
(Roraima, Cuyuni-Mazaruni )

Giltay, L., 1935 "Notes ichthyologiques. X. Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Trichomycteridae"
Schmidt, R.E., 1993 "Relationships and notes on the biology of Paracanthopoma parva (Pisces: Trichomycteridae)"
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)"

unknown

Tatia galaxias
Mees, 1974

Colombia, Venezuela
Caño de Quiribana, río Meta, laguna Mozambique, río Sipapo, río Mavaca, río Atabapo, río Cinaruco, río Apure, río Urbani, río Sipao, río Chaviripa, río Guariquito, río San Bartolo, río Guarapiche
(Amazonas (VEN), Apure, Bolívar (VEN), Guarico, Monagas, Casanare, Vichada)