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Fishes at the National Zoo
Found in Amazonia and the Invertebrate Exhibit

Phylum Pisces

Class Chondrichtyes

Order Rajiformes

Family Potamotrygonidae

Potamotrygon castexi
Freshwater stingray
Potamotrygon humerosa
Freshwater stingray
Potamotrygon sp
Freshwater stingray
Potamotrygon leopoldi
Black ray

Order Psteoglossiformes

Family Osteoglossidae

Arapaima gigas
Arapaima

Order Characiformes

Family Curimatidae

Chilodus (unk. Species)
Headstander
Semaprochilodus theraponura
Flagtail prochilodus

Family Characidae

Anostomus ternetzi
Ternetz's anostomus
Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus
Mexican cavefish
Hemigrammus bleheri
Rummynose tetra
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Lemon tetra
Leporinus affinus
Banded leporinus
Leporinus arcus
Lipstick leporinus
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Cardinal tetra

Family Serrasalmidae

Catoprion mento
Wimple piranha
Colossoma macropomum
Black pacu
Metynnis (unk species)
Silver dollar
Metynnis maculatus
Red-bellied pacu
Mleus rubripinnis
Red hook
Serrasalmus nattereri
Red-bellied piranha

Order Siluriformes

Family Aspredinidae

Bunocephalus coracoides
Two-colored banjo catfish

Family Doradidae

Pseudodoras niger
Sawtooth catfish
Agamyxis pectinifrons
Ppotted rafael catfish
Platydoras costatus
Red-striped rafael

Family Pimelodidae

Microglanis iheringi
Bumble-bee catfish
Perrunichthys perruno
Chocolate catfish
Phractocephalus hemiliopterus
Redtail catfish
Pimelodus albofasciatus
White striped catfish
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
Tiger shovelnose catfish
Pseudoplatystoma (unk species)
Pseudoplatystoma
Sorubim lima
Shovelnose catfish

Family Callichthyidae

Corydoras julii
Julii catfish
Corydoras latus
Corydoras
Corydoras reticulatus
Network catfish
Corydoras schwartzi
Schwartz's corydoras
Dianema urostriata
Flagtail catfish

Family Loricariidae

Hypostomus plecostomus
Plecostomus
Hypostomus (unk species)
Gold nugget pleco
Panaque nigrolineatus
Royal plecostomus
Peckoltia vittata
Bandfin suckermouth catfish
Pseudacanthicus leopardus
Spiny suckermouth catfish
Pseudacanthicus spinosus
Pseudacanthicus
Pterygoplichthys punctatus
Spotted sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys sp
Pterygoplichthys

Order Gymnotiformes

Family Apteronotidae

Apteronotus albifrons
Black ghost knifefish

Family Rhamphichthyidae

Steatogenes elegans
Mottled knifefish

Order Perciformes

Family Chaetodontidae

Chaetodon sp
Cichlidae
Aequidens portalegrensis
Port cichlid
Aequidens rivulatus
Green terror
Cichlasoma tetracanthus
Cuban cichlid
Cichlasoma severum
Severum
Geophagus jurupari
Demonfish

Family Pomacentridae

Amphiprion frenatus
Tomato clown fish
Amphiprion ocellaris
False clown fish

Family Tripterygiidae

Unnamed genus and species
Bigmouth triplefin

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