GUIDE TO GENERA.-

The following is a photographic guide to the genera of fishes of western Ecuador.

--ORDER CHARACIFORMES:

Anostomidae-

Leporinus

Bryconidae-

Brycon

Characidae-
Astyanax	Bryconamericus	Hyphessobrycon
		**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Iotabrycon	Landonia	Megalomphodus
Phenacobrycon	Pseudochalceus	Rhoadsia
Roeboides

Curimatidae-	Erythrinidae-	Gasteropelecidae-
Pseudocurimata	Hoplias	Gasteropelecus

Lebiasinidae-	Parodontidae-	Prochilodontidae-
Lebiasina	Saccodon	Ichthyoelephas

--ORDER Cyprinodontiformes:

Poeciliidae-
**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Gambusia	Poecilia	Pseudopoecilia

--ORDER GYMNOTIFORMES:

Apteronotidae-	Gymnotidae-
**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Apteronotus	Gymnotus

Hypopomidae-
	**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Brachyhypopomus	Hypopomus	Sternopygus

--ORDER MUGILIFORMES:

Mugilidae-

Agonostomus

--ORDER PERCIFORMES:

Centropomidae-

Centropomus

Cichlidae-
Andinoacara	Cichlasoma	Oreochromis

Eleotridae-
Dormitator	Eleotris	Gobiomorus

Gobiidae-
	**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Awaous	Ctenogobius
Gobioides	Sicydium

Haemulidae-	Sciaenidae-
Pomadasys	Cynoscion

--ORDER PLEURONECTIFORMES:

Soleidae-

Achirus

--ORDER SILURIFORMES:

Ariidae-	Astroblepidae-
Potamarius	Astroblepus

Cetopsidae-
	**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Paracetopsis	Pseudocetopsis

Heptapteridae-
Pimelodella	Rhamdia

Loricariidae-
Ancistrus	Chaetostoma	Cordylancistrus
**NO PICTURE AVIALABLE**		**NO PICTURE AVIALABLE**
Crossoloricaria	Hemiancistrus	Hypostomus
Isorineloricaria	Rineloricaria	Sturisomatichthys

Pseudopimelodidae-
	**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Microglanis	Pseudopimelodus

Trichomycteridae-
**NO PICTURE AVAILABLE**
Eremophilus	Ituglanis	Trichomycterus

--ORDER SYGNATHIFORMES:

Sygnathidae-

Pseudophallus

--ORDER SYNBRANCHIFORMES:

Synbranchidae-

Synbranchus

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Last Updated March 1, 2014