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SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY • NUMBER 437

Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Peru

Hernán Ortega and Richard P. Vari

SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS

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1986

ABSTRACT

Ortega, Hernán, and Richard P. Vari. Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Peru. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 437, 25 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, 1986.—Listed here are 736 species of native and introduced fishes of 301 genera for the freshwaters of Peru. Eighty-five percent of the species inhabit the Amazonian drainages of the eastern portion of the country, 5.3% of the ichthyofauna occurs in the Lago Titicaca drainage basin of the Andean altiplano, 2.8% of the fishes are found in high-altitude Andean rivers, and only 5% of the species live in the widely separated rivers of the xeric Pacific coastal slope. Introduced species constitute 1.8% of the fauna and are largely utilized in fish culture. The number of species cited for the fresh waters of Peru has increased 31.5% since the last checklist by Fowler (1945a), and species described since that compilation represent 18.7% of the ichthyofauna.

RESUMEN

Se presenta una lista sistemática anotada que comprende 736 especies de peces nativos e introducidos que habitan las aguas continentales del Perú. El 85% de las especies habitan la región oriental del pais que corresponde a la red de drenaje del Río Amazonas; un 5.3% ocurre en la cuenca del Lago Titicaca; el 2.8% en diferentes cuerpos de agua de los Andes y solamente el 5% de las especies viven en los rios de la costa que conforman la extensa cuenca del Oceáno Pacífico. Las especies introducidas constituyen el 1.8% y son utilizadas principalmente en piscicultura.

Las especies descritas desde el último catálogo (Fowler, 1945a) representan el 18.7%, pero, las registradas para la ictiofauna peruana desde ese entonces alcazan el 31.5%.

La mayor parte de la información proviene de una revisión bibliográfica basada en el Zoological Record (hasta 1981) y en publicaciones periódicas (inclusive de 1985); otra considerable parte, del examen directo de material biológico colectado desde 1971 y depositado en diferentes colecciones ictiológicas, siendo las principales: AMNH, MZUSP, USM, y USNM.

La clasificación en la lista está de acuerdo a Lauder y Liem (1983) con las familias reconocidas por Greenwood et al. (1966) con las modificaciones de Lauder y Liem (1983) y Parenti (1982) para Osteoglossiformes y Cyprinodontiformes respectivamente.

En la lista las categorias superiores están ordenadas filogenéticamente, los géneros y las especies son listados alfabéticamente dentro de las familias. A continuación del género y especie se menciona el autor y año de la descripción; la cuenca de drenaje que habita en el pais; el nombre común que se conoce y la referencia bibliográfica que indica su registro para el Perú. En otros casos se refiere el Museo donde esta depositado el material biológico o si consiste en una comunicación personal de alguno de los especialistas que actualmente se encuentra investigando diferentes grupos taxonómicos de la ictiofauna continental sudamericana.

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1. Fishes, Fresh-water—Peru. 2. Fishes—Peru. I. Vari, Richard P. II. Title. III. Series.

QL1.S54 no. 437 510s [597.092′985] 86-600237 [QL632.P5]

Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Peru

Hernán Ortega and Richard P. Vari

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Hernán Ortega, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 11434, Lima 14, Peru; and Richard P. Vari, Division of Fishes, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560.

Introduction

The soaring mountains, numerous extensive intercordilleran valleys, broad expanses of the Amazonian rainforest to the east of the Andes, and xeric regions along the Pacific coast give Peru what is probably the greatest diversity of habitats of any country in South America. Amazonian Peru also has both numerous white water rivers carrying heavy sediment loads from the Andes, and acidic blackwater rivers originating in and draining the lowland rain forests. Differences in the chemistry and primary productivity of these water types are reflected to varying degrees in the composition of the associated fish communities. The large number of niches resulting from the diversity of such geological and ecological features is compounded in Amazonian Peru as a consequence of the contributions to the ichthyofauna by the headwaters of a number of the major tributaries of the Amazon River. In the north and central portions of Peru these include three large systems, the Río Napo, Río Marañon and Río Ucayali, which together constitute one of the major drainage complexes of the entire Amazon basin. The eastern portions of the country are partially drained by short upper segments of the Rio Purus and Rio Jurua, while the southeastern region of the Peru encompasses a large portion of the Río Madre de Dios, one of the major tributaries of the Rio Madeira (Figure 1). Although the headwaters of these rivers often are very short distances from each other in Peru, their junctions lie thousands of river kilometers downstream in Brazil. Those great distances, associated physical barriers such as rapids, and differences in water chemistry are reflected in the significantly different ichthyofaunas of the various basins. These factors and others result in a remarkably rich fresh-water ichthyofauna.

The very geological factors that contribute to this species diversity also have made it very difficult to effectively survey the Peruvian fauna. A variety of expeditions have sampled the ichthyofauna of Peru since the early part of the nineteenth century (see Eigenmann and Allen (1942:18–21) for an historical account), but numerous, often large, rivers remain effectively uncollected, and no region of the country has been adequately surveyed. The continuing description of many new fish species from all areas of Peru clearly testifies to the need for further sampling of and research on the Peruvian freshwater fish community. Equally importantly, numerous species previously described from elsewhere in Neotropical fresh waters are steadily being found within the boundaries of the country, particularly in the Amazon basin. This lack of knowledge about the composition of the freshwater fish fauna is primarily an outgrowth of the geographic and ecological spottiness of collecting efforts to date, compounded by the pervasive need for thorough revisionary studies of all components of the South American fish fauna that was emphasized by Böhlke, Weitzman, and Menezes (1978).

FIGURE 1.—Map of Peru showing major river systems and three main drainage regions cited in text: Lago Titicaca basin (TI) in the southeast, Pacific slope drainages (PA) in the west, and the tributaries of the Amazon (AM) in the east. (AN, used in the List, applies to highland lake and river systems that do not form a discrete region; thus borders are not indicated on this map.) Approximate boundaries between the regions are indicated by dotted lines.

The most recent compilations of the freshwater fishes of Peru are over four decades old (Eigenmann and Allen, 1942; Fowler, 1945a) and nearly one-fifth of the species recognized in this checklist have been described since that time. Furthermore, a number of revisionary studies that have appeared in the intervening decades have added numerous species to the known fauna of the country, have synonymized a variety of nominal forms recognized as distinct in earlier listings, and have corrected at least some of the previous erroneous citations of species as elements of the Peruvian freshwater fish community. The extent of these changes is partially reflected by the fact that the number of freshwater fish species cited from Peru in this checklist is 31.5% larger than the total presented by Fowler (1945a). These large-scale modifications have made apparent the need for the updated listing of the Peruvian freshwater fish fauna.

We recognize that numerous systematic problems at all taxonomic levels characterize many of the major components of the ichthyofauna. At the same time, we also realize that many of the questions are unfortunately unlikely to be resolved in the near or even somewhat distant future. The lack of recent critical review of most fish groups in the fauna means that some of the species included in the checklist on the basis of literature records may represent erroneous citations of other already described species, or may alternatively represent currently unrecognized synonyms. Similarly, we fully expect that numerous undescribed species will eventually be found within the limits of the country, and that many already described species not known presently from Peru will progressively be discovered to occur within its boundaries. The morass of such problems cannot, however, be addressed within the scope of this work.

METHODS.—The magnitude of the Peruvian freshwater fish fauna in conjunction with the limited number of researchers who have revised or are revising components of that community means that a variety of taxa have not been dealt with critically since Fowler's compilations (1945a,b, 1948–1954). In such instances the reader will be referred back to those publications for a more detailed listing of references to the occurrence of the species in question in Peru. Publications subsequent to Fowler (1945a) that describe new species from localities in Peru or cite species previously described from elsewhere in the Neotropics as components of the Peruvian freshwater fish fauna are noted in the text and listed in the “Literature Cited” section. The list is derived from information in the Zoological Record through 1981, Fowler's compilations (1945a,b, 1948–1954), diverse publications that have appeared since that time, and material collected in various regions of Peru by the senior author since 1971. Those collecting efforts have revealed a number of species not recorded in the literature as elements of the Peruvian ichthyofauna. A series of researchers have generously assisted us in refining the checklist for the groups of their expertise on the basis of ongoing research. These are Stanley H. Weitzman (Characidae, Gasteropelecidae, and Lebiasinidae), Marilyn J. Weitzman (Lebiasinidae), Lynne R. Parenti (Cyprinodontidae), Sven O. Kullander (Cichlidae), Francisco Mago-Leccia (Gymnotoidei), Gareth J. Nelson (Engraulididae), Han Nijssen and Isaäc J. Isbrücker (Loricariidae and Callichthyidae), Ricardo Rosa (Potamotrygonidae), and Wayne C. Starnes (Parodontidae). In a number of instances the citation of species as elements of the Peruvian freshwater ichthyofauna is based on personal communications from one of those researchers. The listing of Peruvian species of the family Curimatidae represents the results of ongoing studies by the junior author.

The classification in the following checklist is largely that of Lauder and Liem (1983), with the families recognized being those of Greenwood et al. (1966) as modified by Mago-Leccia (1978), Parenti (1982), and Lauder and Liem (1983) for the Gymnotoidei, Cyprinidontiformes, and Osteoglossiformes, respectively. Author citations of species described in the publications of Spix and Agassiz follow the recommendations of Whitehead and Myers (1971). Spellings of family names are in accordance with the suggestions of Steyskal (1980).

TABLE 1.—Number of genera and species in the families of freshwater fishes known to occur in Peru.

Family | Genera | Species
Potamotrygonidae |     2 |     3
Lepidosirenidae |     1 |     1
Osteoglossidae |     1 |     1
Arapaimidae |     1 |     1
Clupeidae |     3 |     4
Engraulididae |     3 |     6
Salmonidae |     1 |     1
Cyprinidae |     5 |     5
Characidae |   67 |  178
Gasteropelecidae |     3 |     6
Cynodontidae |     3 |     4
Hemiodontidae |     5 |     8
Erythrinidae |     3 |     4
Ctenoluciidae |     1 |     2
Lebiasinidae |     6 |   19
Parodontidae |     3 |     3
Prochilodontidae |     3 |     8
Curimatidae |     6 |   30
Anostomidae |     8 |   19
Chilodontidae |     1 |     1
Gymnotidae |     1 |     2
Electrophoridae |     1 |     1
Apteronotidae |     7 |   17
Sternopygidae |     4 |     5
Hypopomidae |     3 |     4
Rhamphichthyidae |     1 |     1
Ariidae |     2 |     2
Doradidae |   17 |   33
Auchenipteridae |     8 |   13
Ageneiosidae |     2 |     4
Aspredinidae |     4 |     7
Pimelodidae |   27 |   60
Hypophthalmidae |     1 |     2
Cetopsidae |     3 |     4
Trichomycteridae |     8 |   24
Helogenidae |     1 |     1
Callichthyidae |     6 |   20
Loricariidae |   31 |   89
Astroblepidae |     1 |   15
Scoloplacidae |     1 |     1
Atherinidae |     1 |     2
Belonidae |     2 |     3
Cyprinodontidae |     1 |   40
Rivulidae |     2 |   14
Poecilidae |     2 |     2
Synbranchidae |     1 |     2
Mugilidae |     1 |     2
Sciaenidae |     2 |     3
Nandidae |     1 |     1
Cichlidae |   21 |   45
Eleotrididae |     3 |     3
Gobiidae |     2 |     2
Gerreidae |     2 |     2
Anabantidae |     1 |     1
Soleidae |     3 |     4
Tetraodontidae |     1 |     1
   Total |  301 |  736

In the checklist, higher taxa are ordered approximately phylogenetically when data on such relationships are available, and genera and species are listed alphabetically within families. We agree with the many recent authors (e.g., Fink and Weitzman, 1974; Weitzman and Fink, 1983; Menezes, in Sazima, 1983; Géry, 1984; Weitzman and Fink, 1985) who have questioned the phylogenetic validity of many of the subfamilies presently recognized within the family Characidae. Subfamilial limits within the other elements of the Neotropical freshwater fish fauna have also been shown not to reflect natural lineages (e.g., Vari, 1982, 1984 for Curimatidae) or are equally questionable. As a consequence of such present uncertainty and the associated likelihood of significant changes in subfamilial limits in the future, we have elected not to use ranks below the family level in the checklist.

For each species the generic and species names are followed first by the author(s) and then by the drainage basin in which the taxon occurs. Four primary groupings of drainage basins are recognized (Figure 1). Amazon (AM) includes all rivers in the Amazon basin regardless of whether they are components of the large northern Rio Amazonas system or the less extensive eastern and southern rivers that are tributaries of the Río Purus, Río Yuruá (= Juruá), or Rio Madeira drainages. Pacific (PA) encompasses the variety of largely independent rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean along the western coast of Peru. The Lago Titicaca basin (TI) includes the lake itself and the rivers flowing into that basin. Andean (AN) applies to the high-altitude systems of lakes and rivers. These drainages do not constitute a discrete subregion of the country, but rather are scattered along the length of the Andes. Introduced species (IN) are simply listed without any attempt to delimit the region(s) in which the species occurs in Peru. The purpose or source of the introduction is listed when known. Following the distribution information is the local name of the species when available. The semicolon is followed by the basis for the inclusion of the species in the listing. In instances where species were most recently recorded for Peru in compilations by Fowler (1945a,b, 1948–1954), cross reference is made to the appropriate Fowler paper. Those compilations cite the earlier publications reporting the species in question from Peru. In those cases where a species has been cited as an element of the fauna of Peru in a publication subsequent to Fowler's listings, the more recent paper is listed, with the complete reference to the paper provided in the “Literature Cited” section. As noted above, some material collected by the senior author has shown that species otherwise not recorded for Peru are components of the ichthyofauna of that country. In the checklist the depository of the voucher material of such species is given after the common name.

ABBREVIATIONS.—The following abbreviations for institutions and collections are used:

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History, New York

MZUSP

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo

USM

Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima

USNM

collections of the former United States National Museum, deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Insititution, Washington, D.C.

ZMA

Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.—We would like to thank Heraldo A. Britski, IsaäcJ. Isbrücker, Sven O. Kullander, Gerardo Lamas, Francisco Mago Leccia, Gareth J. Nelson, Han Nijssen, Lynne R. Parenti, Patrick de Rham, Ricardo Rosa, Wayne C. Starnes, Marilyn J. Weitzman, and Stanley H. Weitzman for advice and comments on various parts of the listing. Research and field studies associated with the preparation of the list were partially supported by the I.E.S.P. Neotropical Lowland Research Program of the Smithsonian Institution. Collecting by the senior author since 1971 has been made possible by grants from the Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Lima, Peru. Research facilities were provided by the Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura and the Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. The Cousteau Society made it possible for the senior author to collect in September 1982 from aboard the Calypso along the Rio Amazonas from Iquitos to the Brazilian border. This paper was improved by the comments and suggestions of Dr. Stanley H. Weitzman, Mr. Gordon J. Howes, Mr. Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., and an anonymous reviewer.

List of Freshwater Fishes of Peru

ELASMOBRANCHIOMORPHI

POTAMOTRYGONIDAE

Paratrygon aieraba (Müller and Henle, 1841), AM, Raya amazónica; R. Rosa, pers. comm.

Potamotrygon castexi Castello and Yagalkowski, 1969, AM, Raya amazónica; R. Rosa, pers. comm.

Potamotrygon motoro (Naterrer, 1841), AM, Raya amazónica; R. Rosa, pers. comm.

OSTEICHTHYES

DIPNOI

LEPIDOSIRENIDAE

Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1837, AM, Pez pulmonado; Fowler, 1948:11.

ACTINOPTERYGII

OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA

OSTEOGLOSSIDAE

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Vandelli, 1829, AM, Arahuana; Kanazawa, 1966:164.

ARAPAIMIDAE

Arapaima gigas (Cuvier, 1829), AM, Paiche; Lüling, 1963:42.

CLUPEOMORPHA

CLUPEIDAE

Pellona altamazonica Cope, 1872, AM, Sardina; Fowler, 1948:15.

Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847, AM, Sardina; Whitehead, 1973:71.

Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829, AM, Pechito; Whitehead, 1973:85.

Pseudochirocentrodon amazonicus Ribeiro, 1920, AM; Fowler, 1948:16.

ENGRAULIDIDAE

Anchoviella alleni (Myers, 1940), AM, Anchoveta; Fowler, 1948:18; AMNH.

Anchoviella carrikeri (Fowler, 1941), AM, Anchoveta; AMNH.

Anchoviella guianensis (Eigenmann, 1912), AM, Anchoveta; USM, AMNH.

Anchoviella jamesi (Jordan and Seale, 1926), AM, Anchoveta; AMNII.

Cetengraulis juruensis Boulenger, 1898, AM, Anchoveta; Fowler, 1945a:28.

Lycengraulis batesii (Günther, 1868), AM, Anchoveta; Whitehead, 1973:166.

SALMONIFORMES

SALMONIDAE

Salmo gairdneri Richardson, 1836, IN, Trucha arco iris; utilized in fish culture.

OSTARIOPHYSI

CYPRINIFORMES

CYPRINIDAE

Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1844), IN, Carpa cabezona; utilized in fish culture.

Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758), IN, Pez dorado; aquarium fish.

Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844), IN, Carpa forrajera; utilized in fish culture.

Cyprinus carpro Linnaeus, 1758, IN, Carpa comun; utilized in fish culture.

Hypopthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844), IN, Carpa plateada; utilized in fish culture.

CHARACIFORMES

CHARACIDAE

Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes, 1977, AM, Mojara; Menezes, 1977:186.

Acestrorhynchus altus Menezes, 1969, AM, Peje zorro; Menezes, 1969:52.

Acestrorhynchus falcatus (Bloch, 1794), AM, Peje zorro; Menezes and Géry, 1983:592.

Acestrorhynchus falcirostris (Cuvier, 1819), AM, Peje zorro; Menezes, 1969:59.

Acestrorhynchus heterolepis (Cope, 1878), AM, Peje zorro; Menezes, 1969:75.

Acestrorhynchus lacustris (Reinhardt, 1874), AM, Peje zorro; Menezes, 1969:50.

Acestrorhynchus microlepis (Schomburgk, 1841), AM, Pejezorro; Menezes, 1969:62.

Acrobrycon ipanquianus (Cope, 1878), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1945a:147.

Agoniates ladigesi Géry, 1963, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1962a:265.

Aphyocharax alburnus (Günther, 1869), AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:20.

Aphyocharax nattereri (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:173.

Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:20.

Astyanax abramis (Jenyns, 1842), AM, Mojara; Böhlke, 1958a:7.

Astyanax asymmetricus Eigenmann, 1908, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:37.

Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:6.

Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:46.

Astyanax festae (Boulenger, 1898), PA; Chirichigno, 1963:21.

Astyanax kennedyi Géry, 1964, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964b:28.

Astyanax longior (Cope, 1878), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:53.

Astyanax maximus (Steindachner, 1875), AM, Mojara; Böhlke, 1958a:4.

Axelrodia fowleri Géry, 1965, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1965:33.

Axelrodia stigmatias (Fowler, 1913), AM, Majorita; Géry, 1964b:55.

Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:63.

Boehlkea fredcochui Géry, 1966, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1966:212.

Brachychalcinus copei (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1950:366.

Brachychalcinus guianensis Boeseman, 1952, AM, Mojara; MZUSP.

Brachychalcinus nummus Böhlke, 1958, AM, Mojara; USM.

Brycon alburnus (Günther, 1859), PA; USM.

Brycon atrocaudatus (Kner and Steindachner, 1863), PA, Cascafe; Chirichigno, 1963:20, Howes, 1982:9.

Brycon capito Cope, 1872, AM, Sábalo; Fowler, 1945a:149.

Brycon cephalus (Günther, 1869), AM, Sábalo; Fowler, 1945a:149.

Brycon dentex Günther, 1860, PA; Chirichigno, 1963:21.

Brycon erythropterum (Cope, 1872), AM, Sábalo cola roja; Howes, 1982:25.

Brycon melanopterus (Cope, 1872), AM, Sábalo cola negra; Howes, 1982:34.

Brycon pesu Müller and Troschel, 1845, AM, Sabalito; USM, USNM.

Brycon stolzmanni Steindachner, 1879, PA, Sábalo; Howes, 1982:44.

Brycon stubelii Steindachner, 1882, AM, Sábalo; Howes, 1982:45.

Bryconacidnus paipayensis (Pearson, 1929), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:108.

Bryconacidnus ellisi (Pearson, 1924), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1945a:146.

Bryconamericus alfredae Eigenmann, 1927, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:66.

Bryconamericus brevirostris (Günther, 1859), PA; Chirichigno, 1963:23.

Bryconamericus caucanus Eigenmann, 1913, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:67.

Bryconamericus diaphanus (Cope, 1878), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:70.

Bryconamericus grosvenori Eigenmann, 1927, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:70.

Bryconamericus osgoodi Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:75.

Bryconamericus pachacuti Eigenmann, 1927, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:75.

Bryconamericus peruanus (Müller and Troschel, 1845), AM, Carachita; Géry and de Rham, 1981:10.

Bryconamericus phoenicopterus (Cope, 1872), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:76.

Bryconamericus simus (Boulenger, 1898), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1945a:144.

Bryconamericus thomasi Fowler, 1940, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:78.

Byrconella pallidifrons (Fowler, 1946), AM, Mojarita; S. H. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Ceratobranchia binghami Eigenmann, 1927, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:81.

Ceratobranchia obtusirostris Eigenmann, 1914, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:81.

Chalceus erythrurus Cope, 1870, AM, Sardina; Fowler. 1945a:132.

Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1817, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1950:364.

Characidium etheostoma Cope, 1872, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1950:255.

Characidium fasciatum Reinhardt, 1866, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1977:118.

Characidium steindachneri Cope, 1878, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1950:257.

Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758), AM, Denton; Fowler, 1950:306.

Charax pauciradiatus (Günther, 1864), AM, Denton; Fowler, 1950:308.

Cheirodon fugitiva (Cope, 1870), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:18.

Cheirodon luelingi Géry, 1964, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:19.

Cheirodon ortegai Vari and Géry, 1980, AM, Mojarita; Vari and Géry, 1980:76.

Cheirodon piaba Lütken, 1874, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:182.

Chilobrycon deuterodon Géry and de Rham, 1981, PA; Géry and de Rham, 1981:7.

Clupeacharax anchoveoides Pearson, 1924, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1950:353.

Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818), AM, Gamitana; Machado-Allison, 1982:43.

Creagrutus beni Eigenmann, 1911, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:83.

Creagrutus cochui Géry, 1964, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964b:56.

Creagrutus peruanus (Steindachner, 1875), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1945a:148.

Crenuchus spilurus Günther, 1863, AM, Mojara; USM.

Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus (Cope, 1870), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:7.

Cynopotamus amazonus (Günther, 1868), AM, Denton; Menezes, 1976:28.

Elachocharax pulcher Myers, 1927, AM, Mojarita; S.H. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Engraulisoma taeniatum Castro, 1981, AM, Mojara; S. H. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Galeocharax gulo (Cope, 1870), AM, Denton; Menezes, 1976:44.

Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1977:454.

Hemibrycon helleri Eigenmann, 1927, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:97.

Hemibrycon huambonicus (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:98.

Hemibrycon jelskii (Steindachner, 1875), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:98.

Hemibrycon polyodon (Günther, 1864), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1962b:66.

Hemibrycon tridens Eigenmann, 1922, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1962b:66.

Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964b:32.

Hemigrammus luelingi Géry, 1964, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:7.

Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:9.

Hemigrammus marginatus Ellis, 1911, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964b:32.

Hemigrammus megaceps Fowler, 1945, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:104.

Hemigrammus micropterus boesemani (Géry, 1959), AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964b:32.

Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:7.

Hemigrammus pulcher Ladiges, 1938, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:7.

Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964b:32.

Hemigrammus schmardae (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:109.

Hemigrammus unilineatus Gill, 1858, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:7.

Holoshestes heterodon Eigenmann, 1915, AM, Mojarita; USM.

Hyphessobrycon agulha Fowler, 1913, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1977:471.

Hyphessobrycon bentosi Durbin, 1908, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1965:42.

Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma (Fowler, 1943), AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1972:7.

Hyphessobrycon gracilior Géry, 1964, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:12.

Hyphessobrycon loretoensis Ladiges, 1938, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:124.

Hyphessobrycon minimus Durbin, 1909, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964b:53.

Hyphessobrycon peruvianus Ladiges, 1938, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:128.

Hyphessobrycon robustulus (Cope, 1870), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:130.

Hyphessobrycon tenuis Géry, 1964, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:10.

Hysteronotus hesperus Böhlke, 1958, AM, Mojara; USM.

Hysteronotus myersi Weitzman and Thomerson, 1970, AM, Mojara; Weitzman and Thomerson, 1970:139.

Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther, 1864), AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1970:417.

Knodus breviceps (Eigenmann, 1908), AM, Mojarita; Pearson, 1937:91.

Knodus megalops Myers, 1929, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:73.

Knodus moenkhausii (Eigenmann and Kennedy, 1903), AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964b:55.

Leptagoniates steindachneri Boulenger, 1887, AM, Mojara; Vari, 1978:187.

Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller and Troschel, 1844), AM, Palometa; Fowler, 1945a:168.

Metynnis luna Cope, 1878, AM, Palometa; Fowler, 1945a:168.

Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1860), AM, Palometa; USM.

Microgenys lativirgatus Pearson, 1927, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1977:398.

Microgenys weyrauchii Fowler, 1945, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:137 (possibly a synonym of Bryconacidnus ellisi, Géry, 1977:398).

Moenkhausia atahualpiana (Fowler, 1906), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:137.

Moenkhausia ceros Eigenmann, 1908, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:4.

Moenkhausia chrysargyrea (Günther, 1864), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:5.

Moenkhausia colletti (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:4.

Moenkhausia cotinho Eigenmann, 1908, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:4.

Moenkhausia comma Eigenmann, 1908, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:142.

Moenkhausia crisnejas Pearson, 1929, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:145.

Moenkhausia dichroura (Kner, 1858), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:4.

Moenkhausia lepidura (Kner, 1859), AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:4.

Moenkhausia melogramma Eigenmann, 1908, AM, Mojara: Fowler, 1948:153.

Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther, 1864), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:153.

Moenkhausia ovalis (Günther, 1868), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:155.

Moenkhausia robertsi Géry, 1964, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964b:21.

Moenkhausia simulata Eigenmann and Pearson, 1929, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:157.

Moralesia tectifera (Cope, 1870), AM, Denton; Fowler, 1950:315.

Myleus levis (Eigenmann and McAtee, 1907), AM, Palometa; Fowler, 1945a:170.

Myleus rubripinnis (Müller and Troschel, 1845), AM, Palometa; Fowler, 1945a:170.

Myleus setiger Müller and Troschel, 1845, AM, Palometa; Fowler, 1945a:168.

Mylossoma aureum (Spix, 1829), AM, Palometa; Fowler, 1945a:168.

Mylossoma duriventris (Cuvier, 1818), AM, Palometa; Lüling, 1975:54.

Othonocheirodus eigenmanni Myers, 1927, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1945a:134.

Oxybrycon parvulus Géry, 1964, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1964a:16.

Paracheirodon innesi (Myers, 1936), AM, Mojarita; Weitzman and Fink, 1983:390.

Paragoniates alburnus Steindachner, 1876, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1945a:155.

Parecbasis cyclolepis Eigenmann, 1914, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:200.

Petitella georgiae Géry and Boutiere, 1964, AM, Mojarita; Géry, 1964a:15.

Phenacogaster megalostictus Eigenmann, 1909, AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:160.

Phenacogaster pectinatus (Cope, 1870), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:160.

Piabucus dentatus (Koelreuter, 1761), AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1945a:155.

Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818), AM, Paco; Machado-Allison, 1982:48.

Poptella orbicularis (Valenciennes, 1849), AM, Palometa; Géry, 1964a:21.

Prionobrama filigera (Cope, 1870), AM, Mojarita; Fowler, 1948:201.

Prodontocharax alleni Böhlke, 1953, AM, Mojarita; Böhlke, 1953:661.

Prodontocharax melanotus Pearson, 1924, AM, Mojarita; Böhlke, 1953:660.

Rhoadsia altipinna Fowler, 1911, PA; Géry and de Rham, 1981:10.

Roeboides affinis (Günther, 1868), AM, Denton; Fowler, 1950:316.

Roeboides bicornis Cope, 1870, AM, Denton; Fowler, 1950:317.

Roeboides myersii Gill, 1870, AM, Denton; Géry, 1964a:31.

Salminus affinis Steindachner, 1880, AM, Sábalo macho; Fowler, 1945a:164.

Salminus hilarii Valenciennes, 1849, AM, Sábalo; Fowler, 1945a:164.

Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes, 1849, AM, Sábalo; Fowler, 1950:304.

Scopaeocharax atopodus (Böhlke, 1958), AM, Mojarita; Weitzman and Fink, 1985:107.

Scopaeocharax rhinodus (Böhlke, 1958), AM, Mojarita; Weitzman and Fink, 1985:107,108.

Serrasalmus elongatus Kner, 1860, AM, Paña; Fowler, 1950:380.

Serrasalmus humeralis Valenciennes, 1849, AM, Paña; Géry, 1963:607.

Serrasalmus nattereri Kner, 1860, AM, Paña; Géry, 1964a:25.

Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766), AM, Paña; Géry, 1964a:25.

Serrasalmus sanchezi Géry, 1964, AM, Paña; Géry, 1964a:27.

Serrasalmus serrulatus Valenciennes, 1849, AM, Paña; Géry and Mahnert, 1984:172.

Serrasalmus spilopleura Kner, 1860, AM, Paña; Géry, 1964a:27.

Stethaprion chryseum Cope, 1872, AM, Palometa; Fowler, 1950:370.

Stethaprion erythrops Cope, 1870, AM, Palometa; Géry, 1964a:21.

Tetragonopterus argenteus Cuvier, 1817, AM, Mojara; Géry and Mahnert, 1984:178.

Tetragonopterus chalceus Spix, 1829, AM, Mojara; Fowler, 1948:166.

Thayeria boehlkei Weitzman, 1957, AM, Mojara; Géry, 1977:415.

Thayeria obliqua Eigenmann, 1908, AM, Mojara; USM.

Triportheus albus (Cope, 1872), AM, Sardina; Géry and Mahnert, 1984:176.

Triportheus angulatus (Spix, 1829), AM, Sardina; Lüling, 1975:46.

Triportheus culter (Cope, 1872), AM, Sardina; Fowler, 1950:354.

Triportheus elongatus (Günther, 1864), AM, Sardina; Géry, 1964a:4.

Triportheus rotundatus (Schomburgk, 1841), AM, Sardina; Fowler, 1950:358.

Tyttocharax cochui (Ladiges, 1950), AM, Mojarita; S.H. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Xenurobrycon heterodon Weitzman and Fink, 1985, AM, Mojarita; Weitzman and Fink, 1985:88.

GASTEROPELECIDAE

Carnegiella schereri Fernández-Yépez, 1958, AM, Pechito; S.H. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Carnegiella myersii Fernández-Yépez, 1958, AM, Pechito; Weitzman, 1960:230.

Carnegiella strigata (Günther, 1864), AM, Pechito; Weitzman, 1960:231.

Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758), AM, Pechito; Weitzman, 1960:223.

Thoracocharax securis (Filippi, 1853), AM, Pechito; Weitzman, 1960:222.

Thoracocharax stellatus (Kner, 1860), AM, Pechito; Weitzman, 1960:221.

CYNODONTIDAE

Cynodon gibbus (Agassiz, 1829), AM, Chambira; Fowler, 1950:330.

Hydrolycus pectoralis (Günther, 1866), AM; Chambira; Fowler, 1950:330.

Hydrolycus scomberoides (Cuvier, 1817), AM, Chambira; Fowler, 1950:331.

Rhaphiodon vulpinus Spix, 1829, AM, Chambira; Fowler, 1950:332.

HEMIODONTIDAE

Anodus elongatus Spix, 1829, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:274; USM.

Eigenmannina melanopogon (Cope, 1878), AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:277; USM.

Hemiodopsis fowleri (Steindachner, 1908), AM, Julilla; Géry, 1977:194.

Hemiodopsis gracilis (Günther, 1864), AM, Julilla; Géry, 1977:194.

Hemiodopsis microlepis (Kner, 1859), AM, Julilla; Géry, 1977:195.

Hemiodus amazona (Humboldt, 1806), AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:268.

Pterohemiodus atrianalis Fowler, 1940, AM, Julilla; Géry, 1977:198.

Pterohemiodus luelingi Géry, 1962, AM, Julilla; Géry, 1961:332.

ERYTHRINIDAE

Erythrinus erythrinus (Schneider, 1801), AM, Shuyo; Fowler, 1950:360.

Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Spix, 1829), AM, Shuyo; Lüling, 1975:73.

Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794), AM, Fasaco; Lüling, 1979:182.

Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864), PA; Chirichigno, 1963:23.

CTENOLUCIIDAE

Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes, 1849), AM, Picudo; Géry and Mahnert, 1984:171.

Boulengerella lucia (Cuvier, 1817), AM, Picudo; USM.

LEBIASINIDAE

Copeina guttata (Steindachner, 1875), AM, Urquisho; Géry, 1977:142.

Copeina osgoodi Eigenmann, 1922, AM, Urquisho; Fowler, 1950:344.

Copella metae Eigenmann, 1914, AM, Urquisho; USNM.

Copella nigrofasciata (Meinken, 1952), AM, Urquisho; USM, USNM.

Lebiasina bimaculata Valenciennes, 1846, PA, Guavina; Géry and de Rham, 1981:10.

Nannostomus digrammus Fowler, 1913, AM, Pez lápiz; S.H. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Nannostomus eques Steindachner, 1876, AM, Pez lápiz; Weitzman, 1966:47.

Nannostomus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876, AM, Pez lápiz; Weitzman, 1966:31.

Piabucina elongata Boulenger, 1887, AM, Urquisho; USM.

Pyrrhulina australis Eigenmann and Kennedy, 1903, AM, Urquisho; M. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Pyrrhulina beni Pearson, 1924, AM, Urquisho; Géry, 1964a:32.

Pyrrhulina brevis Steindachner, 1875, AM, Urquisho; de Rham and Kullander, 1983:101.

Pyrrhulina eleanorae Fowler, 1940, AM, Urquisho; Géry, 1972:31.

Pyrrhulina laeta (Cope, 1872), AM, Urquisho; Géry, 1977:139.

Pyrrhulina melanostoma (Cope, 1878), AM, Urquisho; Fowler, 1948:348.

Pyrrhulina obermulleri Myers, 1926, AM, Urquisho; Fowler, 1945a: 130.

Pyrrhulina semifasciata Steindachner, 1875, AM, Urquisho; M. Weitzman, pers. comm.

Pyrrhulina spilota Weitzman, 1960, AM, Urquisho; USM, USNM.

Pyrrhulina vittata Regan, 1912, AM, Urquisho; Géry, 1977:142.

PARODONTIDAE

Apareiodon pongoensis Allen, 1942, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:265.

Parodon buckleyi Boulenger, 1887, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:265.

Saccodon wagneri (Kner and Steindachner, 1863), PA; Géry and de Rham, 1981:10.

PROCHILODONTIDAE

Ichthyoelephas humeralis (Günther, 1859), AM, Boquichico; Fowler, 1945a:124.

Prochilodus caudifasciatus Starks, 1906, AM, Boquichico; Fowler, 1950:217.

Prochilodus cephalotes Cope, 1878, AM, Boquichico; Fowler, 1950:217.

Prochilodus nigricans Agassiz, 1829, AM, Boquichico; Lüling, 1975:48.

Prochilodus ortonianus Cope, 1878, AM, Boquichico; Fowler, 1950:222.

Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus Schomburgk, 1841, AM, Boquichico; Fowler, 1950:223.

Semaprochilodus amazonensis (Fowler, 1906), AM, Yahuarachi; Fowler, 1950:227 (possibly a synonym of S. theraponura, Géry, 1977:218).

Semaprochilodus theraponura (Fowler, 1906), AM, Boquichico; Fowler, 1950:225.

CURIMATIDAE

Curimata aspera Günther, 1868, AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:278.

Curimata bimaculata Steindachner, 1876, AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:279.

Curimata brevipes Eigenmann and Ogle, 1907, AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:279.

Curimata binotata (Pearson, 1924), AM; USNM.

Curimata cisandina (Allen, 1942), AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:301.

Curimata dobula Günther, 1868, AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:281.

Curimata guntheri Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:285.

Curimata hypostoma Boulenger, 1887, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:285.

Curimata immaculata (Fernández-Yépez, 1948), AM, Julilla; USNM.

Curimata kneri Steindachner, 1876, AM, Yahuarachi; Fowler, 1950:286.

Curimata leucisca Günther, 1868, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:286.

Curimata metae Eigenmann, 1922, AM; USNM.

Curimata nasa Steindachner, 1882, AM, Julilla; USNM.

Curimata patiae Eigenmann, 1914, PA; Chirichigno, 1963:19.

Curimata peruana Eigenmann, 1922, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:290.

Curimata reticulata Allen, 1942, AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:290.

Curimata robustula (Allen, 1942), AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:291.

Curimata spilura Günther, 1864, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:293.

Curimata stigmatura Fowler, 1913, AM, Julilla; Fowler, 1950:293.

Curimata vittata Kner, 1859, AM, Yahuarachi; Fowler, 1950:293.

Curimatella alburna (Müller and Troschel, 1844), AM, Llambina; Fowler, 1950:295.

Curimatella meyeri (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Yahuarachi; Fowler, 1950:296.

Curimatoides ucayalensis Fowler, 1940, AM, Llambina; Fowler, 1950:298.

Curimatopsis macrolepis (Steindachner, 1876), AM, Chio-chio; Vari, 1982:17.

Potamorhina altamazonica (Cope, 1878), AM, Yahuarachi; Vari, 1984:22.

Potamorhina latior (Spix, 1829), AM, Yahuarachi; Vari, 1984:31.

Potamorhina pristigaster (Steindachner, 1876), AM, Yahuarachi; Vari, 1984:19.

Psectrogaster amazonica Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, AM, Chio-chio; Fowler, 1950:291.

Psectrogaster essequibensis (Günther, 1864), AM; USNM.

Psectrogaster rutiloides (Kner, 1859), AM; Chio-chio, Fowler, 1950:291.

ANOSTOMIDAE

Abramites hypselonotus (Günther, 1868), AM, San Pedrito; Fowler, 1950:249.

Anostomus anostomus (Linnaeus, 1758), AM, Lisa; Winterbottom, 1980:9.

Laemolyta garmani Borodin, 1931, AM, Lisa; Géry, 1974:152.

Laemolyta taeniata (Kner, 1859), AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:209.

Leporellus vittatus (Valenciennes, 1849), AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:253.

Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794), AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:232.

Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794), AM, Lisa; Lūling, 1975:48.

Leporinus holostictus Cope, 1878, AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:235.

Leporinus maculatus Mūller and Troschel, 1844; AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:237.

Leporinus moralesi Fowler, 1942, AM, Lisa; Géry, 1960:308.

Leporinus multifasciatus Cope, 1878, AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:239.

Leporinus striatus Kner, 1859, AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:246.

Leporinus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876, AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:249.

Leporinus wolfei Fowler, 1940, AM, Lisa; Géry, 1977:158.

Leporinus yophorus Eigenmann, 1922, AM, Lisa; Géry, 1977:159; USM.

Pseudanos trimaculatus (Kner, 1859), AM, Lisa; Winterbottom, 1980:65.

Rhytiodus microlepis Kner, 1859, AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:210.

Rhytiodus argenteofuscus Kner, 1859, AM, Lisa; Fowler, 1950:210.

Schizodon fasciatus Spix, 1829, AM, Lisa; Lüling, 1975:48.

CHILODONTIDAE

Chilodus punctatus Müller and Troschel, 1844, AM, Mojara; USNM, USM.

SILURIFORMES

GYMNOTOIDEI

GYMNOTIDAE

Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758, AM, Macana; Lüling, 1975:75.

Gymnotus coatesi La Monte, 1935, AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:423.

ELECTROPHORIDAE

Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766), AM, Anguila, Lüling, 1975:81.

APTERONOTIDAE

Adontosternarchus balaenops (Cope, 1878), AM, Macana; Mago-Leccia, Lundberg, and Baskin, 1985:6.

Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg, and Baskin, 1985, AM, Macana; Mago-Leccia, Lundberg, and Baskin, 1985:14.

Adontosternarchus sachsi (Peters, 1877), AM, Macana; USM.

Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:424.

Apteronotus anas Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:424.

Apteronotus bonapartii (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:425.

Apteronotus hasemani (Ellis, 1913), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:426.

Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Ellis, 1912), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:426.

Oedemognathus exodon Myers, 1936, AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:427.

Porotergus gimbeli Ellis, 1913, AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:427.

Sternarchella schotti (Steindachner, 1868), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:429.

Sternarchella terminalis (Eigenmann and Allen), 1942, AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:428.

Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner, 1868), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:429.

Sternarchogiton porcinum Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:430.

Sternarchorhamphus macrostomus (Günther, 1870), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:430.

Sternarchorhamphus muelleri (Steindachner, 1881), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:430.

Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (Müller and Troschel, 1849), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:431.

STERNOPYGIDAE

Dystocyclus conirostris (Eigenmann and Allen, 1942), AM, Macana; Mago-Leccia, 1978:25.

Eigenmannia macrops (Boulenger, 1897), AM; Mago-Leccia, 1978:23; USM.

Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1847), AM, Macana; Mago-Leccia, 1978:20.

Rhabdolichops troscheli (Kaup, 1856), AM, Macana; Mago-Leccia, 1978:18.

Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), AM, Macana; Mago-Leccia, 1978:31.

HYPOPOMIDAE

Hypopomus muelleri (Kaup, 1856), AM, Macana; F. Mago-Leccia, pers. comm.

Hypopomus brevirostris (Steindachner, 1868), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:435.

Hypopygus lepturus Hoedeman, 1962, AM, Macana; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1972:164.

Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner, 1880), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:438.

RHAMPHICHTHYIDAE

Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus, 1766), AM, Macana; Fowler, 1951:437.

SILUROIDEI

ARIIDAE

Bagre pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1875), PA; Hildebrand, 1946:121.

Hexanematichthys henni Eigenmann, 1922, PA, Bagre; Chirichigno, 1963:27.

DORADIDAE

Agamyxis albomaculatus (Peters, 1877), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:481.

Agamyxis pectinifrons (Cope, 1870), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:481.

Amblydoras hancockii (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:481.

Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:483.

Anadoras grypus (Cope, 1872), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:483.

Anadoras nauticus (Cope, 1874), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:483.

Anadoras regani (Steindachner, 1908), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:484.

Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:484.

Centrodoras brachiatus (Cope, 1872), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:486.

Doras punctatus Kner, 1855, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:489.

Hassar ucayalensis Fowler, 1940, AM, Chanchito; Fowler, 1951:492.

Hassar woodi Fowler, 1942, AM, Chanchito; USM. Hemidoras morrisi Eigenmann, 1925, AM, Rego rego; Fowler, 1951:494.

Hemidoras stenopeltis (Kner, 1855), AM, Rego rego; Fowler, 1951:495. Hypodoras forficulatus Eigenmann, 1925, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:496.

Leptodoras acipenserinus (Günther, 1868), AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:496. Leptodoras juruensis Boulenger, 1898, AM, Pirillo; USM.

Leptodoras linnelli Eigenmann, 1912, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:497.

Leptodoras myersi Böhlke, 1970, AM, Pirillo; Böhlke, 1970:53.

Liosomadoras oncinus (Schomburgk, 1841), AM, Rego rego; Mees, 1978:270.

Megalodoras irwini Eigenmann, 1925, AM, Rego rego; Fowler, 1951:499.

Opsodoras hemipeltis Eigenmann, 1925, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:502.

Opsodoras humeralis (Kner, 1855), AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:503.

Opsodoras morei (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Pirillo; USM.

Opsodoras orthacanthus Eigenmann, 1925, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:504.

Opsodoras parallelus Eigenmann, 1925, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:505.

Opsodoras stubelii (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:505.

Oxydoras niger (Valenciennes, 1833), AM, Turushuqui; Lüling, 1975:55.

Physopyxis lyra Cope, 1872, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:509.

Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1766), AM, Rego rego; Fowler, 1951:509.

Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1833), AM, Rego rego; Fowler, 1951:511.

Trachydoras atripes Eigenmann, 1925, AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:514.

Trachydoras nattereri (Steindachner, 1882), AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:514.

AUCHENIPTERIDAE

Auchenipterus brachyurus (Cope, 1878), AM, Maparate; Fowler, 1951:459.

Auchenipterus nuchalis (Spix, 1829), AM, Maparate; Mees, 1974:238.

Auchenipterichthys thoracatus (Kner, 1858), AM, Bagre; Mees, 1974:35.

Centromochlus existimatus Mees, 1974, AM, Pirillo; Mees, 1974:53.

Centromochlus heckelii (Filippi, 1853), AM, Pirillo; Mees, 1974:47.

Epapterus dispilurus Cope, 1878, AM, Maparate; Vari et al., 1984:470.

Pseudepapterus hasemani Steindachner, 1915, AM, Bagre; Böhlke, 1951:38.

Tatia gyrina (Eigenmann and Allen, 1942), AM, Kere kere; Mees, 1974:74.

Tatia intermedia (Steindachner, 1876), AM, Kere kere; Mees, 1974:63.

Tatia perugiae (Steindachner, 1883), AM, Pirillo; Fowler, 1951:564.

Trachelyichthys exilis Greenfield and Glodek, 1977, AM, Cunshi novia; Greenfield and Glodek, 1977:47.

Trachycorystes brevibarbus (Cope, 1878), AM, Cunshi novia; Fowler, 1951:472.

Trachycorystes isacanthus (Cope, 1878), AM, Cunshi novia; Fowler, 1951:474.

AGENEIOSIDAE

Ageneiosus brevifilis Valenciennes, 1840, AM, Cunshi novia; Fowler, 1951:451.

Ageneiosus ucayalensis Castelnau, 1855, AM, Cunshi novia; Fowler, 1951:454.

Tympanopleura alta Eigenmann and Myers, 1928, AM, Cunshi novia; Fowler, 1951:456.

Tympanopleura nigricollis Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Cunshi novia; Fowler, 1951:456.

ASPREDINIDAE

Amaralia hypsiura (Kner, 1855), AM, Sapo cunshi; USM.

Bunocephalus aleuropsis Cope, 1870, AM, Sapo cunshi; Fowler, 1954:41.

Bunocephalus bifidus Eigenmann, 1942, AM, Sapo cunshi; Fowler, 1954:41.

Bunocephalus coracoideus (Cope, 1874), AM, Sapo cunshi; Fowler, 1954:42.

Bunocephalus melas Cope, 1874, AM, Sapo cunshi; Fowler, 1954:44.

Petacara dolichura (Delsman, 1941), AM, Sapo cunshi; Böhlke, 1959:1.

Xiliphius melanopterus Orcés, 1962, AM, Sapo cunshi; USM.

PIMELODIDAE

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819), AM, Dorado; Mees, 1974:122.

Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898), AM, Bagre listado; Fowler, 1951:585.

Callophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819), AM, Bagre; Lüling, 1975:60.

Chasmocranus peruanus Eigenmann and Pearson, 1942, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:520.

Chasmocranus quadrizonatus Pearson, 1937, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:520.

Cheirocerus eques Eigenmann, 1917, AM, Cunshi; Stewart and Pavlik, 1985:364.

Cheirocerus goeldii (Steindachner, 1908), AM, Cunshi; Stewart and Pavlik, 1985:365.

Duopalatinus peruanus Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:587.

Goeldiella eques (Müller and Troschel, 1848), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:523.

Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Toa; Mees, 1974:119.

Heptapterus armillatus (Cope, 1872), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:533.

Imparfinis bolivianus Pearson, 1924, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:527.

Leiarius marmoratus (Gill, 1870), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:589.

Megalonema platanus (Günther, 1880), AM, Bagre; USM.

Microglanis zonatus Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Bagre; Mees, 1974:233.

Perugia agassizii (Steindachner, 1875), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:582.

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Schneider, 1801), AM, Peje torre; Boeseman, 1983:105.

Pimelodella boliviana Eigenmann, 1917, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:535.

Pimelodella buckleyi (Boulenger, 1887), AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:536.

Pimelodella cristata (Müller and Troschel, 1848), AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:537.

Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope, 1870), AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:538.

Pimelodella elongata (Günther, 1860), PA, Bagre; Chirichigno, 1963:28.

Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:540.

Pimelodella hartwelli Fowler, 1940, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:542.

Pimelodella hasemani Eigenmann, 1917, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:542.

Pimelodella lateristriga (Müller and Troschel, 1849), AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:544.

Pimelodella montana Allen, 1942, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:546.

Pimelodella peruana Eigenmann and Myers, 1942, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:548.

Pimelodella peruensis Fowler, 1915, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:548.

Pimelodella roccae Eigenmann, 1917, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:549.

Pimelodella serrata Eigenmann, 1917, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:549.

Pimelodella yuncensis Steindachner, 1902, PA, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:43.

Pimelodina flavipinnis Steindachner, 1876, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:551.

Pimelodus altissimus Eigenmann and Pearson, 1942, AM, Cunshi; Mees, 1974:141.

Pimelodus jivaro Eigenmann and Pearson, 1942, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:555.

Pimelodus leptus Eigenmann and Pearson, 1942, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:555.

Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:555.

Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1858, AM, Cunshi; Fowler, 1951:557.

Pimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876, AM, Cunshi; Lüling, 1975:59.

Pinirampus pirinampu (Spix, 1829), AM, Bagre; USM.

Piramutana piramuta (Kner, 1857), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:560 (possibly a synonym of Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840), Steindachner, 1908:112).

Platysilurus barbatus Haseman, 1911, AM, Bagre; USNM.

Platystomatichthys sturio (Kner, 1857), AM, Acha cubo; Fowler, 1951:593.

Pseudopimelodus pulcher (Boulenger, 1887), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:561.

Pseudopimelodus raninus (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Bagre; Mees, 1974:207.

Pseudopimelodus zungaro (Humboldt, 1833), AM, Zúngaro; Mees, 1974:203.

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766), AM, Doncella; Fowler, 1951:597.

Rhamdella montana Eigenmann, 1913, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:566.

Rhamdia bathyura (Cope, 1878), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:568.

Rhamdia dorsalis Gill, 1870, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:569.

Rhamdia duquei Eigenmann and Pearson, 1942, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:570.

Rhamdia longicauda Boulenger, 1887, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:571.

Rhamdia mounseyi Regan, 1913, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:572.

Rhamdia ortoni Fowler, 1915, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:572.

Rhamdia pentlandii (Valenciennes, 1840), TI, Bagre; Fowler, 1951: 573.

Rhamdia quelen (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824), AM, Bagre; Mees, 1974:155.

Rhamdia riojae Fowler, 1915, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:575.

Rhamdia sebae (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1951:577.

Sorubim lima (Schneider, 1801), AM, Shiripira; Fowler, 1951:599.

Sorubimichthys planiceps (Agassiz, 1829), AM, Achacubo; Fowler, 1951:601.

HYPOPHTHALMIDAE

Hypophthalmus edentatus Spix, 1829, AM, Maparate; Fowler, 1954:2.

Hypophthalmus marginatus Vallenciennes, 1879, AM, Maparate; USM, MZUSP, USNM.

CETOPSIDAE

Cetopsis coecutiens (Lichtenstein, 1819), AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:3.

Hemicetopsis candiru (Spix, 1829), AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:3.

Pseudocetopsis plumbeus (Steindachner, 1883), AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:5.

Pseudocetopsis ventralis (Gill, 1870), AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:5.

TRICHOMYCTERIDAE

Acanthopoma annectens Lütken, 1892, AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:10.

Apomatoceros alleni Eigenmann, 1922, AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:10.

Henonemus macrops (Staindachner, 1883), AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:11.

Henonemus punctatus (Boulenger, 1887), AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:12.

Pareiodon microps Kner, 1855, AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:8.

Pseudostegophilus nemurus (Günther, 1868); AM, Canero; Lüling, 1975:61.

Trichomycterus dispar Tschudi, 1845, PA, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:72.

Trichomycterus eigenmanni (Boulenger, 1898), TI, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:71.

Trichomycterus fuscus (Meyen, 1835), TI, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:70.

Trichomycterus laticeps (Kner, 1863), PA, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:78.

Trichomycterus oroyae Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:76.

Trichomycterus poeyanus Cope, 1878, TI, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:76.

Trichomycterus punctulatus (Valenciennes, 1846), PA, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:73.

Trichomycterus quechuorum (Steindachner, 1902), TI, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:78.

Trichomycterus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846, TI, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:32.

Trichomycterus taczanowskii Steindachner, 1883, PA, Bagre; Chirichigno, 1963:29.

Trichomycterus taenia Kner, 1863, PA, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:36.

Trichomycterus taeniops (Fowler, 1945), PA, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:36.

Trichomycterus tenue (Fowler, 1945), AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1945b:6.

Trichomycterus vittatus Regan, 1903, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:37.

Trichomycterus weyrauchi (Fowler, 1945), AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1945b:7.

Urinophilus diabolicus Myers, 1927, AM, Canero; Fowler, 1945a:81.

Urinophilus erythrurus Eigenmann, 1922, AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:19.

Vandellia plazaii Castelnau, 1855, AM, Canero; Fowler, 1954:21.

HELOGENIDAE

Helogenes marmoratus Günther, 1864, AM, Bagre; USM, USNM, MZUSP.

CALLICHTHYIDAE

Brochis splendens (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1970:151.

Brochis multiradiatus Orcés, 1960, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1983:182.

Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus, 1758), AM, Shirui; Lüling, 1975:63.

Cataphractops melampterus (Cope, 1872), AM, Shirui; Fowler, 1954:50.

Corydoras acutus Cope, 1872, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:215.

Corydoras aeneus (Gill, 1858), AM, Shirui; Fowler, 1954:51.

Corydoras ambiacus Cope, 1872, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:194.

Corydoras amphibelus Cope, 1872, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:195.

Corydoras armatus (Günther, 1868), AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:194.

Corydoras elegans Steindachner, 1877, AM, Shirui; Fowler, 1954:57.

Corydoras fowleri Böhlke, 1950, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:216.

Corydoras leucomelas Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:198.

Corydoras panda Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1971, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:212.

Corydoras trilineatus Cope, 1872, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:194.

Corydoras weitzmani Nijssen, 1971, AM, Shirui; Nijssen, 1971:89.

Corydoras zygatus Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Shirui; Nijssen and Isbrücker, 1980:210.

Dianema longibarbis Cope, 1872, AM, Shirui; Lüling, 1975:49.

Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828), AM, Shirui; Fowler, 1954:70.

Hoplosternum shirui Fowler, 1940, AM, Shirui; Fowler, 1954:70.

Hoplosternum thoracatum (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Shirui; Fowler, 1954:71.

LORICARIIDAE

Acanthicus hystrix Spix, 1829, AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:135.

Ancistrus alga (Cope, 1872), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:66.

Ancistrus bufonius (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:67.

Ancistrus cirrhosus (Valencinnes, 1840), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:138.

Ancistrus heterorhynchus (Regan, 1912), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:69.

Ancistrus hoplogenys (Günther, 1864), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:139.

Ancistrus jelskii (Steindachner, 1876), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:69.

Ancistrus latifrons (Günther, 1869), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:69.

Ancistrus leucosticus (Günther, 1864), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1945a:99.

Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:70.

Ancistrus occloi Eigenmann, 1928, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:71.

Ancistrus tamboensis Fowler, 1945, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:72.

Ancistrus tectirostris (Cope, 1872), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:73.

Ancistrus teminckii (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:144.

Ancistrus variolus (Cope, 1872), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:74.

Aphanotorulus frankei Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1983, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1983a:108.

Aposturisoma myriodon Isbrücker, Britski, Nijssen and Ortega, 1983, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker et al., 1983:35.

Chaetostoma branickii Steindachner, 1882, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:590.

Chaetostoma breve Regan, 1904, AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:146.

Chaetostoma furcatum Fowler, 1940, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:61.

Chaetostoma lineopunctatum Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:61.

Chaetostoma maculatum Regan, 1904, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:62.

Chaetostoma marcapatae Regan, 1904, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:62.

Chaetostoma marmorescens Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:62.

Chaetostoma microps Günther, 1864, AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:150.

Chaetostoma mollinasum Pearson, 1937, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:62.

Chaetostoma sericeum Cope, 1872, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:63.

Chaetostoma taczanowskii Steindachner, 1883, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:64.

Cochliodon cochliodon (Kner, 1854), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:152.

Crossoloricaria rhami Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1983, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1983b:9.

Farlowella amazona (Günther, 1864), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:82.

Farlowella knerii (Steindachner, 1883), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:85.

Farlowella oxyrryncha (Kner, 1854), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:86.

Farlowella smithi Fowler, 1913, AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:87.

Hemiancistrus landoni Eigenmann, 1916, PA; Chirichigno, 1963:30.

Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus (Kner, 1854), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:89.

Hypoptopoma bilobatum Cope, 1870, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:87.

Hypoptopoma carinatum Steindachner, 1879, AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:109.

Hypoptopoma gulare Cope, 1878, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:88.

Hypoptopoma psilogaster Fowler, 1915, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:88.

Hypoptopoma thoracatum Günther, 1868, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:80.

Hypostomus alatus Castelnau, 1855, AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:174.

Hypostomus emarginatus Valenciennes, 1840, AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:181.

Hypostomus phrixosoma (Fowler, 1940), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:30.

Lamontichthys filamentosus (La Monte, 1935), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:91.

Lasiancistrus heteracanthus (Günther, 1869), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:44.

Lasiancistrus pictus (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:164.

Limatulichthys punctatus (Regan, 1904), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:112.

Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1981:60.

Loricaria clavipinna Fowler, 1940, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1981:78.

Loricaria simillima Regan, 1904, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1981:69.

Loricariichthys acutus (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:101.

Loricariichthys cashibo (Eigenmann and Allen, 1942), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:126.

Loricariichthys chanjoo (Fowler, 1940), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:126.

Loricariichthys hauxwelli Fowler, 1915, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:126.

Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch, 1794), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:105.

Loricariichthys nudirostris (Kner, 1854), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:105.

Loricariichthys stuebelii (Steindachner, 1883), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:129.

Loricariichthys ucayalensis Regan, 1913, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:129.

Monistiancistrus carachama Fowler, 1940, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:57.

Otocinclus macrospilus Eigenmann and Allen, 1942, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:84.

Otocinclus vestitus Cope, 1872, AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:85.

Panaque dentex (Günther, 1868), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:74.

Parancistrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:58.

Parancistrus vicinus (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:58.

Peckoltia arenaria (Eigenmann and Allen, 1942), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:55.

Peckoltia ucayalensis (Fowler, 1940), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:57.

Planiloricaria cryptodon (Isbrücker, 1971), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:122.

Pseudohemiodon lamina (Günther, 1868), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:121.

Pseudorinelepis agassizii (Steindachner, 1877), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1945a:88.

Pseudorinelepis genibarbis (Valenciennes, 1840), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:144.

Pterosturisoma microps (Eigenmann and Allen, 1942), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:92.

Pterygoplichthys jeanesianus (Cope, 1874), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:41.

Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps (Kner, 1854), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:205.

Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Hancock, 1828), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:208.

Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Carachama; Isbrücker, 1980:42.

Pterygoplichthys punctatus (Natterer, 1854), AM, Carachama; Fowler, 1954:209.

Rhadinoloricaria macromystax (Günther, 1869), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:122.

Rineloricaria konopickyi (Steindachner, 1879), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:116.

Rineloricaria lanceolata (Günther, 1868), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:107.

Rineloricaria morrowi Fowler, 1940, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:108.

Rineloricaria wolfei Fowler, 1940, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:111.

Spatuloricaria evansii (Boulenger, 1892), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:94.

Spatuloricaria puganensis (Pearson, 1937), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:114.

Sturisoma brevirostre (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:110.

Sturisoma guentheri (Regan, 1904), AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:94.

Sturisoma lyra (Regan, 1904), AM, Shitari; MZUSP.

Sturisoma nigrirostrum Fowler, 1940, AM, Shitari; Isbrücker, 1980:95.

Sturisoma rostratum (Spix, 1829), AM, Shitari; Fowler, 1954:125.

ASTROBLEPIDAE

Astroblepus formosus Fowler, 1945, AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1945b:10.

Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt, 1805, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:75.

Astroblepus labialis Pearson, 1937, AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:76.

Astroblepus longiceps Pearson, 1924, AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:76.

Astroblepus longifilis (Steindachner, 1883), AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:76.

Astroblepus mancoi Myers, 1928, AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:77.

Astroblepus peruanus (Steindachner, 1875), AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:77.

Astroblepus praeliorum Allen, 1942, AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:78.

Astroblepus rosei Eigenmann, 1922, AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:112.

Astroblepus sabalo (Valenciennes, 1840), AN, Guaman; Fowler, 1954:79.

Astroblepus simonsii (Regan, 1904), AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1945a:111.

Astroblepus stubeli Wandolleck, 1916, TI, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:79.

Astroblepus supramollis Pearson, 1937, AM, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:79.

Astroblepus taczanowskii (Boulenger, 1890), AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:80.

Astroblepus vanceae (Eigenmann, 1913), AN, Bagre; Fowler, 1954:81.

SCOLOPLACIDAE

Scoloplax dicra Bailey and Baskin, 1976; ZMA.

ATHERINOMORPHA

ATHERINIDAE

Basilichthys archaeus (Cope, 1878), PA, Peje rey; Hildebrand, 1946:433.

Basilichthys bonariensis (Valenciennes, 1835), IN, Pejerey; introduced into Lago Titicaca.

BELONIDAE

Potamorrhaphis guianensis (Schomburgk, 1843), AM, Pez aguja; Collette, 1982:736.

Pseudotylosurus angusticeps (Günther, 1866), AM, Pez aguja; Collette, 1974:184.

Pseudotylosurus microps (Günther, 1866), AM, Pez aguja; Collette, 1974:180.

CYPRINODONTIDAE

Orestias agassii Valenciennes, 1846, TI, Carachi; Parenti, 1984:182.

Orestias albus Valenciennes, 1846, TI, Carachi; Parenti, 1984:179.

Orestias crawfordi Tchernavin, 1944, TI, Carachi; Parenti, 1984:173.

Orestias ctenolepis Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:195.

Orestias cuvieri Valenciennes, 1839, TI; Parenti, 1984:167.

Orestias elegans Garman, 1895, PA; Parenti, 1984:188.

Orestias empyraeus Allen, 1942, AN; Parenti, 1984:185.

Orestias farfani Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:178.

Orestias forgeti Lauzanne, 1981, TI; Parenti, 1984:170.

Orestias frontosus Cope, 1876, TI; Parenti, 1984:186.

Orestias gilsoni Tchernavin, 1944, TI, Carachi; Parenti, 1984:201.

Orestias gracilis Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:172.

Orestias gymnotus Parenti, 1984, AN; Parenti, 1984:192.

Orestias hardini Parenti, 1984, AN; Parenti, 1984:193.

Orestias imarpe Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:205.

Orestias incae Garman, 1895, TI, Carachi; Parenti, 1984:174.

Orestias ispi Lauzanne, 1981, TI, Ispi; Parenti, 1984:169.

Orestias jussiei Valenciennes, 1846, AN, Ispi; Parenti, 1984:189.

Orestias luteus Valenciennes, 1839, TI; Parenti, 1984:175.

Orestias minimus Tchernavin, 1944, TI; Parenti, 1984:203.

Orestias minutus Tchernavin, 1944, TI; Parenti, 1984:204.

Orestias mooni Tchernavin, 1944, TI; Parenti, 1984:202.

Orestias multiporis Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:198.

Orestias mulleri Valenciennes, 1846, TI; Parenti, 1984:171.

Orestias mundus Parenti, 1984, AN; Parenti, 1984:199.

Orestias olivaceus Garman, 1895, TI; Parenti, 1984:180.

Orestias pentlandii Valenciennes, 1839, TI, Boga; Parenti, 1984:168.

Orestias polonorum Tchernavin, 1944, AN; Parenti, 1984:188.

Orestias puni Tchernavin, 1944, TI; Parenti, 1984:189.

Orestias richersoni Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:197.

Orestias robustus Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:207.

Orestias rotundipinnis Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:176.

Orestias silustani Allen, 1942, TI; Parenti, 1984:181.

Orestias taquiri Tchernavin, 1944, TI; Parenti, 1984:201.

Orestias tchernavini Lauzanne, 1981, TI; Parenti, 1984:205.

Orestias tomcooni Parenti, 1984, TI; Parenti, 1984:206.

Orestias tschudii Castelnau, 1855, TI; Parenti, 1984:191.

Orestias tutini Tchernavin, 1944, TI; Parenti, 1984:174.

Orestias uruni Tchernavin, 1944, TI; Parenti, 1984:203.

Orestias ututo Parenti, 1984, AN; Parenti, 1984:200.

RIVULIDAE

Pterolebias peruensis Myers, 1954, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:103.

Pterolebias rubrocaudatus Seegers, 1984, AM; Seegers, 1984:243.

Pterolebias wischmanni Seegers, 1983, AM; Seegers, 1983:67.

Rivulus atratus Garman, 1895, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:103.

Rivulus elongatus Fels and de Rham, 1981, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:98.

Rivulus intermittens Fels and de Rham, 1981, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:98.

Rivulus iridescens Fels and de Rham, 1981, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:102.

Rivulus micropus (Steindachner, 1863), AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:103.

Rivulus ornatus Garman, 1895, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:103.

Rivulus peruanus (Regan, 1903), AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:103.

Rivulus rectocaudatus Fels and de Rham, 1981, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:102.

Rivulus rubrolineatus Fels and de Rham, 1981, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:102.

Rivulus speciosus Fels and de Rham, 1981, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:102.

Rivulus urophthalmus Günther, 1866, AM; Fels and de Rham, 1982:103.

POECILIIDAE

Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859, IN, Gupy; aquarium fish.

Xiphophorus helleri Heckel, 1848, IN, Cola de espada; aquarium fish.

SYNBRANCHIFORMES

SYNBRANCHIDAE

Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, 1795, AM, Atinga; Rosen and Rumney, 1972:7.

Synbranchus madeirae Rosen and Rumney, 1972, AM, Atinga; USM, USNM.

PERCIFORMES

MUGILIDAE

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758, PA, Lisa; Fowler, 1945a:202.

Mugil curema Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836, PA, Lisa; Chirichigno, 1963:35.

SCIAENIDAE

Pachyurus schomburgkii Günther, 1860, AM, Corvina; USM.

Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Corvina; Lüling, 1975:49.

Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840), AM, Corvina; Fowler, 1954:258.

NANDIDAE

Monocirrhus polyacanthus Heckel, 1840, AM, Pez hoja; Fowler, 1954:260.

CICHLIDAE

Acarichthys heckelii (Müller and Troschel, 1849), AM, Bujurqui; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Acaronia nassa (Heckel, 1840), AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1980:145.

Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840), AM, Bujurqui; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Aequidens patricki Kullander, 1984, AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1984:1.

Aequidens flavilabris (Cope, 1870), AM, Bujurqui; de Rham and Kullander, 1983:101.

Aequidens rivulatus (Günther, 1859), PA, Mojarra; Chirichigno, 1963:60.

Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840), AM, Bujurqui; Lüling, 1979:181.

Aequidens thayeri (Steindachner, 1875), AM, Bujurqui; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Apistogramma agassizi (Steindachner, 1875), AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1980:91.

Apistogramma amoena (Cope, 1872), AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1980:143.

Apistogramma bitaeniata Pellegrin, 1936, AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1980:25.

Apistogramma cacatuoides Hoedeman, 1951, AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1980:84.

Apistogramma eunotus Kullander, 1981, AM, Bujurqui; de Rham and Kullander, 1983:102.

Apistogramma luelingi Kullander, 1976, AM, Bujurqui; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Apistogramma nijsseni Kullander, 1979, AM, Bujurqui; de Rham and Kullander, 1983:98.

Apistogrammoides pucallpaensis Meinken, 1965, AM, Bujurqui; de Rham and Kullander, 1983:102.

Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831), AM, Acarahuasu; Fowler, 1954:281.

Astronotus crassipinis (Heckel, 1840), AM, Acarahuasu; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Batrachops cyanotus (Cope, 1872), AM, Añashua; Fowler, 1954:281.

Batrachops reticulatus Heckel, 1840, AM, Añashua; Fowler, 1954:283.

Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840), AM, Bujurqui; Gosse, 1976:101.

Cichla monoculus Spix, 1829, AM, Tucunare; Fowler, 1954:288.

Cichlasoma amazonarum Kullander, 1983, AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1983:115.

Cichlasoma boliviense Kullander, 1983, AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1983:177.

Cichlasoma festae (Boulenger, 1899), PA; Chirichigno, 1963:61.

Cichlasoma temporale (Günther, 1862), AM, Bujurqui; Lüling, 1975:50.

Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel, 1840, AM, Bujurqui; Fowler, 1954:286.

Crenicara punctulatum (Günther, 1863), AM, Bujurqui; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Crenicichla anthurus Cope, 1872, AM, Añashua; Fowler, 1954:304.

Crenicichla cincta Regan, 1905, AM, Añashua; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Crenicichla johanna Heckel, 1840, AM, Añashua; Fowler, 1954:301.

Crenicichla lucius Cope, 1871, AM; Añashua; Kullander, 1982:654.

Crenicichla proteus Cope, 1872, AM, Añashua; Fowler, 1954:307.

Crenicichla semicincta Steindachner, 1892, AM, Añashua; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Geophagus hondae Regan, 1912, PA; Gosse, 1976:23.

Geophagus proximus (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Bujurqui; Fowler, 1954:315.

Heros appendiculatus (Castelnau, 1855), AM, Bujurqui; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Mesonauta festivus (Heckel, 1840), AM, Bujurqui; Kullander, 1983:272.

Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922), IN, Tilapia; utilized in fish culture.

Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1868), IN, Tilapia; utilized in fish culture.

Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758), IN, Tilapia; utilized in fish culture.

Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823), AM, Pez angel; Lüling, 1975:46.

Satanoperca jurupari (Heckel, 1840), AM, Bujurqui; Lüling, 1975:51.

Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904, AM, Pez disco; S. Kullander, pers. comm.

Tilapia rendalli Boulenger, 1915, IN, Tilapia; utilized in fish culture.

ELEOTRIDIDAE

Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844), PA, Monengue; Chirichigno, 1963:67.

Eleotris picta Kner and Steindachner, 1863, PA; Chirichigno, 1963:68.

Phylipnus maculatus (Günther, 1859), PA; Chirichigno, 1963:67.

GOBIIDAE

Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861), PA; Chirichigno, 1963:69.

Gobionellus peruanus (Steindachner, 1880), PA; Fowler, 1945a:260.

GERREIDAE

Diapterus peruvianus (Cuvier, 1830), PA, Periche; Chirichigno, 1963:52.

Gerres cinerus (Walbaum, 1792), PA, Chavelita; Chirichigno, 1963:52.

ANABANTIDAE

Trichogaster leerii (Bleeker, 1852), IN, Gurami; aquarium fish.

PLEURONECTIFORMES

SOLEIDAE

Achiropsis nattereri Steindachner, 1866, AM, Panga raya; Fowler, 1954:325.

Achirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758), AM, Panga raya; Lüling, 1975:49.

Achirus fluviatilis Meek and Steindachner, 1928, PA, Lenguado; Chirichigno, 1963:75.

Apionichthys unicolor (Günther, 1862), AM, Panga raya; USM.

TETRAODONTIFORMES

TETRAODONTIDAE

Colomesus asellus (Müller and Troschel, 1848), AM, Pez globito; Tyler, 1964:143.

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