Family: Anguillidae
Family: Callichthyidae
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Local Name
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Callichthys callichthys
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Chato; flat-head cascadu
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Corydoras aeneus
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Souci; pui-pui; goldfish
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Hoplosternum littorale
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Cascadura; cascade
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Family: Characidae
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Scientific Name
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Local Name
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Astyanax bimaculatus
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Two-spotted sardine
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Corynopoma risii
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Swordtail sardine
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Gephryocharax valencia
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Gymnocorymbus thayeri
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Silver tetra
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Hemibrycon taeniurus
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Mountain sardine
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Hemigrammus unilineatus
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Featherfin sardine
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Hyphessobrycon axelrodi
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Calypso tetra
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Odontostilbe pulcher
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Roeboides dayi
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Hump-back sardine
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Family: Cichlidae
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Scientific Name
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Local Name
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Aequidens pulcher
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Blue of green coscorub; coscie
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Cichlasoma taenia
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Brown coscorub
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Crenicichla alta
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Millet; pike cichlid; matawal
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Crenicichla saxatilis
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Oreochromis mossambicus
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Black tilapia
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Oreochromis niloticus
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Silver or Nile tilapia
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Family: Curimatidae
Family: Eleotridae
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Scientific Name
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Local Name
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Dormitator maculatus
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Eleotris pisonis
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Gobiomorus dormitor
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Giant goby; sand guabine
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Family: Erythrinidae
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Scientific Name
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Local Name
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Hoplias malabaricus
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Guabine; wolf-fish
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Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
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Yarrow
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Erythrinus erythrinus
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Family: Gasteropelecidae
Family: Gobiesocidae
Family: Gobiidae
Family: Gymnotidae
Family: Lebiasinidae
Family: Loricariidae
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Scientific Name
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Local Name
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Hypostomus robinii
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Teta; mama-teta
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Ancistrus cirrhosus
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Jumbie teta; doctor fish
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Family: Mugilidae
Family: Nandidae
Family: Pimelodidae
Family: Poeciliidae
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Scientific Name
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Local Name
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Poecilia picta
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Picta
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Poecilia reticulata
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Guppy; millions; seven-colours
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Poecilia sphenops
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Liberty mollie
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Family: Rivulidae
Family: Synbranchidae
Checklist of Freshwater Fishes of Trinidad and Tobago
Compiled by Dr. Indar Ramnarine, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine