Essequibo (L') - List of fishes

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Acarichthys heckelii

Cichlidae

18 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Ancistrus hoplogenys

Loricariidae

12 cm

solitary

omnivorous with alguivorous tendency

Apistogramma steindachneri

Cichlidae

7 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

amazon puffer

Colomesus asellus

7 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Copella arnoldi

Lebiasinidae

5 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

Farlowella reticulata

Loricariidae

15 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

glowlight tetra

Hemigrammus erythrozonus

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus

Loricariidae

13 cm

solitary

omnivorous

sardinita dientudo

Heterocharax macrolepis

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hyphessobrycon rosaceus

Characidae

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hyphessobrycon stictus

Characidae

5 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

kouana

Leporinus fasciatus

25 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

It is rather "shy". It lives in shaded areas or in natural hiding places where it black and yellow lines allow it to hide. It easily acclimate to an aquarium.

Leporinus maculatus

Anostomidae

18 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Myloplus rubripinnis

Serrasalmidae

35 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Nannostomus eques

Lebiasinidae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

thorny catfish

Oxydoras niger

59 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

It also feeds off of feces of other animals. To protect itself, it has sharp bony plates along its sides. It emits sounds reminiscent of grunts. It easily acclimate to the aquarium, but because of its large size, it can become cumbersome.

Peckoltia sabaji

Loricariidae

17 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Raphael catfish

Platydoras costatus

20 cm

gregarious

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Poptella compressa

Characidae

7 cm

gregarious

omnivorous

Pseudanos trimaculatus

Anostomidae

15 cm

gregarious

herbivorous

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum

Pimelodidae

80 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

Like many catfish species, it hunts at night. The female is larger than the male and lays huge amounts of eggs (8 million eggs per kilo). Because of its size and its diet, you should not keep it in a private aquarium.

Pterophyllum leopoldi

Cichlidae

16 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

freshwater angelfish

Pterophyllum scalare

15 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

The stripes of it body allow it to hide. Parents lay their eggs in the vegetation, and provide for their offspring long parental care (custody, ventilation ...). Very popular among aquarists: there are many color varieties obtained through breeding.

Satanoperca leucosticta

Cichlidae

18 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Essequibo (L') - List of fishes

Acarichthys heckelii

Ancistrus hoplogenys

Apistogramma steindachneri

amazon puffer

Copella arnoldi

Farlowella reticulata

glowlight tetra

Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus

sardinita dientudo

Hyphessobrycon rosaceus

Hyphessobrycon stictus

kouana

Leporinus maculatus

Myloplus rubripinnis

Nannostomus eques

thorny catfish

Peckoltia sabaji

Raphael catfish

Poptella compressa

Pseudanos trimaculatus

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum

Pterophyllum leopoldi

freshwater angelfish

Satanoperca leucosticta

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