Anguillidae |
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Anguilla rostrata |
American eel |
Ariidae |
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Bagre marinus |
Gafftopsail sea catfish |
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Cathorops arenatus |
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Hexanematichthys assimilis |
Mayan sea catfish |
Batrachoididae |
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Batrachoides gilberti |
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Carcharhinidae |
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Carcharhinus leucas |
Bull shark |
Centrarchidae |
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Micropterus dolomieui |
Smallmouth bass (Introduced) |
Centropomidae |
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Centropomus ensiferus |
Swordspine snook |
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Centropomus parallelus |
Fat snook |
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Centropomus pectinatus |
Tarpon snook |
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Centropomus poeyi |
Mexican snook |
Characidae |
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Astyanax fasciatus |
Banded astyanax, Billum |
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Brycon guatemalensis |
Machaca, Macabil |
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Hyphessobrycon compressus |
Mayan tetra, Billum |
Cichlidae |
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Amphilophus robertsoni |
False firemouth cichlid |
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Archocentrus spilurus |
Blue-eye cichlid |
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Cichlasoma bocourti |
Chisel-tooth cichlid |
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Cichlasoma octofasciatum |
Jack Dempsey |
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Cichlasoma salvini |
Yellow belly cichlid |
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Cichlasoma urophthalmus |
Mexican mojarra, Mayan cichlid |
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Oreochromis
niloticus |
Tilapia (Introduced)
I have been able to confirm this species in Northern Belize.
Possibly the Tilapia's in Belize also include O.
aureus, O.
mossambicus and/or O.
urolepis. There has been very little research into this
subject. An identification
key is available online. |
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Parachromis friedrichsthalii |
Yellowjacket cichlid, Mus
mus |
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Parachromis motaguensis |
False yellowjacket cichlid |
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Petenia splendida |
Bay snook, Blanco |
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Thorichthys affinis |
Yellow meeki |
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Thorichthys aureus |
Blue flash, Golden firemouth
cichlid |
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Thorichthys meeki |
Firemouth cichlid, Panya
gial |
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Vieja godmanni |
Southern checkmark
cichlid |
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Vieja intermedia |
Northern checkmark cichlid |
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Vieja maculicauda |
Blackbelt cichlid |
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Vieja synspila |
Redhead cichlid |
Clupeidae |
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Dorosoma anale |
Mexican river gizzard shad, Longfin
gizzard shad |
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Dorosoma petenense |
Threadfin shad |
Cynoglossidae |
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Symphurus plagiusa |
Blackcheek tonguefish |
Cyprinodontidae |
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Cyprinodon artifrons |
Yucatan pupfish |
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Cyprinodon variegatus
artifrons |
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Floridichthys polyommus |
Ocellated killifish |
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Garmanella pulchra |
Yucatan flagfish |
Eleotridae |
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Dormitator maculatus |
Fat sleeper |
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Eleotris amblyopsis |
Large-scaled spinycheek sleeper |
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Eleotris pisonis |
Spinycheek sleeper |
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Gobiomorus dormitor |
Bigmouth sleeper |
Engraulidae |
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Anchoa belizensis |
Belize anchovy |
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Anchoa parva |
Little anchovy |
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Lycengraulis grossidens |
Atlantic sabretooth anchovy |
Gerreidae |
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Eugerres plumieri |
Striped mojarra |
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Gerres cinereus |
Yellow fin mojarra |
Gobiidae |
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Awaous banana |
River goby |
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Evorthodus lyricus |
Lyre goby |
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Gobioides broussoneti |
Violet goby |
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Gobiosoma yucatanum |
Yucatan goby |
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Lophogobius cyprinoides |
Crested goby |
Haemulidae |
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Pomadasys crocro |
Burro grunt |
Hemiramphidae |
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Hyporhamphus roberti
hildebrandi |
Central American halfbeak |
Heptapteridae |
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Rhamdia guatemalensis |
Guatemalan chulín |
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Rhamdia laticauda |
Filespine chulín |
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Rhamdia typhla |
Cave chulín (Endemic species) |
Ictaluridae |
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Ictalurus furcatus |
Blue catfish |
Lepisosteidae |
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Atractosteus tropicus |
Tropical gar |
Megalopidae |
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Megalops atlanticus |
Tarpon |
Mugilidae |
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Agonostomus monticola |
Mountain mullet |
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Joturus pichardi |
Bobo mullet |
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Mugil gyrans |
Fantail mullet |
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Mugil liza |
Liza |
Poeciliidae |
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Belonesox belizanus |
Topminnow, Pike killifish |
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Carlhubbsia stuarti |
Barred livebearer |
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Gambusia luma |
Sleek mosquitofish |
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Gambusia nicaraguensis |
Nicaraguan mosquitofish |
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Gambusia puncticulata
yucatana |
Yucatan mosquitofish |
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Gambusia sexradiata |
Teardrop mosquito |
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Heterandria bimaculata |
Twospot livebearer |
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Phallichthys fairweatheri |
Picotee livebearer |
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Poecilia mexicana |
Shortfin molly |
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Poecilia orri |
Mangrove molly |
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Poecilia petenensis |
Peten molly |
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Poecilia teresae |
Mountain molly (Endemic species) |
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Xiphophorus hellerii |
Green swordtail |
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Xiphophorus maculatus |
Southern platyfish |
Profundulidae |
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Profundulus guatemalensis |
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Rivulidae |
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Rivulus marmoratus |
Mangrove rivulus |
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Rivulus tenuis |
Dogtooth rivulus |
Sparidae |
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Archosargus probatocephalus |
Sheepshead seabream, Southern
sheeps head |
Synbranchidae |
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Ophisternon aenigmaticum |
Obscure swamp eel |
Syngnathidae |
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Pseudophallus mindii |
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Syngnathus scovelli |
Gulf pipefish |