Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758* |
Common carp |
2100 (0.18) |
Asia |
Characiformes |
Prochilodontidae |
Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) |
Curimba |
500 (0.04) |
Paraguay, Paraná and Paraíba do Sul River basins |
Anostomidae |
Megaleporinus macrocephalus (Garavello & Britski, 1988) |
Piauçu |
2500 (0.22) |
Paraguay and Lower Paraná River basins |
Leporinus spp. |
Piau |
2700 (0.24) |
uncertain |
Bryconidae |
Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier, 1816) |
Dourado |
1000 (0.09) |
Paraguay, Paraná and Uruguay River basins |
Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel, 1844* |
Matrinxã |
8500 (0.74) |
Brazilian and Guyana shields, western Amazon and Orinoco River basins |
Brycon orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1850) |
Piracanjuba |
500 (0.04) |
Upper Paraná River basin |
Serrassalmidae |
Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)* |
Tambaqui |
2000 (0.18) |
Amazon and Orinoco River basins |
Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) |
Pacu |
11760 (1.03) |
Paraguay and Paraná River basins |
Salmonidae |
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758* |
Brown trout |
200 (0.02) |
Europe |
Arapaimidae |
Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822)* |
Pirarucu |
200 (0.02) |
Amazon River basin |
Siluriformes |
Heptapteridae |
Leiarius marmoratus (Gill, 1870)* |
Jundiá |
1000 (0.09) |
Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco River basins |
Pimelodidae |
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766)* |
Cachara |
300 (0.03) |
Paraguay and Lower Paraná River basins |
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) |
Pintado |
2300 (0.20) |
São Francisco and Paraná River basins |
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)* |
Pirarara |
200 (0.02) |
Amazon and Orinoco River basins |
Clariidae |
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)* |
African catfish |
3000 (0.26) |
Central Africa |
Ictaluridae |
Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)* |
Channel catfish |
2000 (0.18) |
North America |
Gymnotiformes |
Gymnotidae |
Gymnotus spp. |
Tuvira |
1000 (0.09) |
uncertain |
Labriformes |
Cichlidae |
Cichla spp.* |
Peacock bass |
500 (0.04) |
Amazon River basin |
Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)* |
Nile Tilapia |
765030 (66.95) |
Africa |
Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)* |
Tilapia |
327870 (28.69) |
Africa |
Hybrids |
Colossoma macropomum × Piaractus mesopotamicus
|
Tambacu |
1500 (0.13) |
Amazon and Orinoco River basins x Upper Paraná River basin |
Leiarius marmoratus × Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
|
Jundiara |
** |
Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco River basins x Amazon and Lower Paraná River basins |
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans × Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
|
Pintachara |
6000 (0.53) |
Upper Paraná River basin x Paraguay and Lower Paraná River basins |