Ireng River

Ireng River → rio Takutu (⪪) → rio Branco (⪪) → rio Negro (⪪) → Amazonas (⪪) → Atlantic NE (⪪)

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⊗ Pirara River (⪪)

⊗ Circle W Creek

Sukwabi Creek (⪪)

⊙⊗ Sukwabi Creek

⊙ Sukwabi Creek

⊗ Takaika Creek

⊗ Tumong Creek

⊗ Yuora River

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

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Ancistrus saudades
Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019

Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Rupununi River, Yuora River, Sauriwau River, Moco-Moco creek, Kumu creek, Takaika Creek, Tumong Creek, Orinduik Falls
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima, Bolívar (VEN))

Souza, L.S. de; Taphorn, D.C. & Armbruster, J.W., 2019 "Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species"
A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M."

100

unknown

Hypostomus macushi (L 303)
Cochliodon macushi (L 303)
Armbruster & Souza, 2005

Brazil, Guyana
Rupununi River, Simoni River, Ireng River, Takutu River, rio Nhamundá
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima, Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA))

150

25 - 29

unknown

Loricaria cuffyi
Londoño‐Burbano, Urbano‐Bonilla, Thomas, 2020

Guyana, Venezuela
Ireng River, río Manapiare, río Ventuari, Oberer Essequibo River-, oberer rio Negro-, oberer río Orinoco-Einzug
(Amazonas (VEN), Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)
IUCN: least concern

Londoño‐Burbano, A.; Urbano‐Bonilla, A. & Thomas, M.R., 2020 "Loricaria cuffyi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species of loricariin catfish from the Guiana Shield" (abstract)

150

unknown

Mastiglanis sp. aff. asopos

Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Rio Purús, rio Cristalino-, rio Bacajái, rio Madeira-Einzug, Essequibo-River, Burro Burro River, Ireng River, Rupununi River, Mazaruni River, río Orinoco, río Sipapo, río Ventuari, río Manapiare
(Amazonas (BRA), Mato Grosso, Pará (BRA), Rondônia, Potaro-Siparuni, Alto Demerara-Berbice, Alto Takutu-Alto Essequibo, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Bolívar (VEN), Amazonas (VEN))

Faustino-Fuster, D.R. & Ortega, H., 2020 "A new species of Mastiglanis Bockmann 1994 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Amazon River basin, Peru " (abstract)

unknown

Nannoxyropsis ephippia
Aquino & Pérez, 2016

Guyana
Burro Burro, Rupununi, Yuora, Ireng, Takutu, Essequibo-, Branco-Einzug
(Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima)

Aquino, A.E.& Pérez, M.H.S. , 2016 "Oxyropsis ephippia, a New Hypoptopomatine Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Guyana"
Delapieve, M.L.S.; Lehmann, P. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)"

unknown

Paralithoxus bovallii
Regan, 1906

Guyana
Katt River
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)
IUCN: least concern

24 - 27

unknown

Peckoltia braueri (L 305)
Eigenmann, 1912

Brazil, Guyana
rio Takutu = rio Itacutu, Ireng River = Maú River, Pirara River, rio Branco
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima)

Peckoltia braueri / Hemiancistrus braueri, Eigenmann, Type, 120 mm. Berlin Museum

25 - 29

unknown

Pimelodella cristata
Müller & Troschel, 1848

Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Venezuela
Ireng River = Río Mahu, Takutu River, río Cusiana
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima, Casanare)
IUCN: least concern

300

unknown

Platydoras hancockii
Valenciennes, 1840

Brasilien, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Demerara River, rio Negro, rio Branco, rio Uraricoera lago Carurarra, río Tomo, Rupununi River, Simoni River, Pirara River, Takutu River, Kuyuwini River, caño Caripo, río Manapiare, caño Guapa Sucia, río Ventuari
(Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN), Roraima, Vichada)

120

23 - 30

unknown

Rhadinoloricaria sp. "Rio Ireng"

Brazil, Guyana
Rio Ireng = Ireng River
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima)

100

24 - 28

unknown

Rhinodoras armbrusteri
Sabaj, Taphorn & Castillo G., 2008

Brazil, Guyana
Takutu River, Rupununi River, Ireng River
(Roraima, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)

Sabaj, M.H.; Taphorn, D.C. & Castillo G., O.E., 2008 "Two New Species of Thicklip Thornycats, Genus Rhinodoras (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae)"
PCF

unknown

Rineloricaria stewarti
Hemiloricaria stewarti
Eigenmann, 1909

French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
Chipoo Creek, Ireng-River-Einzug, Küstengewässer der Guyana-Staaten

22 - 26

unknown

Sturisoma monopelte
Fowler, 1914

Brazil, Guyana
Rupununi River, Mapari River, Sauriwau River, Yuora River, rio Uraricoera, rio Branco
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Pomeroon-Supenaam)

120

25 - 28

unknown

Yaluwak primus
Lujan, Armbruster, Werneke, Teixeira & Lovejoy, 2019

Guiana
Sukwabi Creek, Wotowanda Falls, Andu Falls, Uluk Tuwuk Falls
(Potaro-Siparuni)

Lujan, N.K.; Armbruster, J.W.; Werneke, D.C.; Teixeira, T.F. & Lavejoy, N.R., 2019 "Phylogeny and biogeography of the Brazilian–Guiana Shield endemic Corymbophanes clade of armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) "

100

unknown

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Many thanks to

for the pictures

MissWels

The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London (CC BY 4.0)

Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)

3, 4

José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)