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List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Uruguay
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Table 1: 275 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 13 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 7 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 295 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table 2: 13 species possibly present in the country/island.
     
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Order Family Species Occurrence FishBase name Name in Country
Characiformes Acestrorhynchidae Acestrorhynchus falcatusquestionable  Dentudo dorado 
Characiformes Characidae Astyanax bimaculatusquestionable Twospot astyanax Mojarra piava 
Cyprinodontiformes Rivulidae Austrolebias adloffiquestionable  Killifish 
Characiformes Crenuchidae Characidium zebraquestionable   
Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Cnesterodon carnegieiquestionable Carnegie's toothcarp Madrecita 
Siluriformes Callichthyidae Corydoras longipinnisquestionable Long-finned cory  
Siluriformes Pimelodidae Hemisorubim platyrhynchosquestionable Porthole shovelnose catfish  
Siluriformes Loricariidae Hypostomus uruguayensisquestionable  Catfish 
Siluriformes Pimelodidae Luciopimelodus patiquestionable Pati Patí 
Siluriformes Pimelodidae Pimelodus absconditusquestionable   
Siluriformes Pimelodidae Pseudoplatystoma fasciatumquestionable Barred sorubim Surubí atigrado 
Scombriformes Centrolophidae Seriolella caeruleaquestionable White warehou Savorín 
Characiformes Serrasalmidae Serrasalmus spilopleuraquestionable Speckled piranha Piraña 
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