South/Central American fish (fresh water)

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Demonknight

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WOW...did I open a can of worms here, I know there are more fish than people down there but I wanted a basic list of fish that one normally can find for a aquarium at a LFS. Simple right? :rolleyes: yeah...
*The Loricariidae or Suckermouth Armored Catfish Family has over 600 members found in Central and South America.
:shocked!:

So...what I propose is to start a list here and ask everyone if they care to add to it to send me a PM, and I will just edit the following list as I go.

Oh yes, so far the best info resource I have found is http://fish.mongabay.com/characinae.htm
 
aequidens diadema - Diadem Cichlid

aguaronichthys torosus - jello band or bolt cat

platystomatichthys sturio - fox fish or sturgeon cat

apteronotus albifrons - black ghost knifes

polypterus ornatipinnis - ornate bicher

erthrinus sp. red - wolf fish

heros appendiculatus - orange necktie severums

aequidens pulcher - blue acara

Apistogramma eunotus - Blue Cheek Apisto (Dwarf Cichlid)

Mikrogeophagus ramirizi (Bolivian red rams)

Exodon paradoxus - bucktooth tetra

pterophyllum scalare - scalare angels

merodontotus tigrinus - tigrinus cat

Ancistrus temminckii - bristlenose plecos
(Ancistrus, Chaetostoma, Farlowella, Hypancistrus, Hypoptopoma, Hypostomus, Otocinclus, Panaque,
Peckoltia, Pterygoplichthys, Rineloricaria, Scobinancistrus, and Sturisoma)
*The Loricariidae or Suckermouth Armored Catfish Family has over 600 members found in Central and South America.

Chromobotia macracanthus - Clown loaches

phractocephalus hemioliopterus - red tail cats

Symphysodon aequifaciatus aequifaciatus - Green Discus
(Other Discus species- S. aequifaciatus axelrodi , S. aequifaciatus haraldi , and S. discus)

Uaru amphiacanthoides - Chocolate Cichlid
(Severum ( Heros severus ), Parrot Cichlid ( Hoplarchus psittacus ), Discus ( Symphysodon ), Uaru fernandezyepezi)

Pterophyllum altum - Orinoco Angel
Angelfish ( P. scalare) )

Acestrorhynchus falcatus - Freshwater Barracuda
 
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