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Table 1: 956 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 14 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 13 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 983 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 983 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Anostomidae Abramites eques (Steindachner, 1878) Fr endemic  Bonito (Spanish), Totumito (Spanish)  18.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Museum: Río Magdalena, NMW 69549 (Ref. 9743). Also Ref. 36801. 
Anostomidae Abramites hypselonotus (Günther, 1868) Fr native   14.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Museum: Río Orteguasa, near Florencia, USNM 120183 (Ref. 9743). 
Doradidae Acanthodoras cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native   11.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Doradidae Acanthodoras spinosissimus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) Fr native   13.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Cichlidae Acarichthys heckelii (Müller & Troschel, 1849) Fr native   19.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Acaronia nassa (Heckel, 1840) Fr native   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Acaronia vultuosa Kullander, 1989 Fr native   12.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Loricariidae Acestridium colombiense Retzer, 2005 Fr native   4.95 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from Rio Inirida (Orinoco basin) in Guainia State (Ref. 54475). This species represents the first record of Acestridium in Colombia (Ref. 54475).  No picture yet.
Characidae Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindachner, 1880) Fr native  Cachás (Spanish)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Magdalena River basin (Ref. 598, 36811). 
Achiridae Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner, 1869) Fr, Br, M native   22.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Achiridae Achirus novoae Cervigón, 1982 Fr, Br native  Lenguado (Spanish)  16.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco basin, including delta (Ref. 36798). 
Cichlidae Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840) Fr native   11.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin in tributaries of the Orinoco River (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Aequidens metae Eigenmann, 1922 Fr, Or endemic   12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Meta River in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Exported to North America as an aquarium fish (Ref. 4537). 
Cichlidae Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) Fr native   19.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36377). 
Doradidae Agamyxis pectinifrons (Cope, 1870) Fr native   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Auchenipteridae Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus, 1766) Fr native   64.80 cm TL male/unsexed   
Auchenipteridae Ageneiosus pardalis Lütken, 1874 Fr native  Barbul rollera (Spanish), Doncella (Spanish), Fria (Spanish), Gata (Spanish), Niña (Spanish), Señorita (Spanish)  63.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Auchenipteridae Ageneiosus ucayalensis Castelnau, 1855 Fr native   35.20 cm SL male/unsexed   
Aspredinidae Amaralia hypsiura (Kner, 1855) Fr native   13.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). 
Doradidae Amblydoras gonzalezi (Fernández-Yépez, 1968) Fr native   9.80 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Doradidae Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872) Fr native   9.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054).  No picture yet.
Crenuchidae Ammocryptocharax elegans Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976 Fr native   3.25 cm SL male/unsexed  Museum: Caño Muco, USNM 210692 (holotype, 3.25 cm SL) (Ref. 13683). 
Rivulidae Anablepsoides atratus (Garman, 1895) Fr native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. 
Rivulidae Anablepsoides hartii (Boulenger, 1890) Fr questionable   10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. 
Rivulidae Anablepsoides limoncochae (Hoedeman, 1962) Fr native   7.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Anablepsoides ophiomimus (Huber, 1992) Fr native   8.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Anablepsoides taeniatus (Fowler, 1945) Fr endemic   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139.  No picture yet.
Rivulidae Anablepsoides tessellatus (Huber, 1992) Fr endemic   4.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139.  No picture yet.
Engraulidae Anchoa curta (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Fr, Br, M native   8.90 cm TL male/unsexed   
Engraulidae Anchoa parva (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) Fr, Br, M native  Anchoa (Spanish)  9.10 cm TL male/unsexed   
Engraulidae Anchoa spinifer (Valenciennes, 1848) Fr, Br, M native   24.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Engraulidae Anchoviella guianensis (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr, Br native   11.30 cm TL male/unsexed   
Engraulidae Anchoviella jamesi (Jordan & Seale, 1926) Fr native   5.02 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Ancistrus caucanus Fowler, 1943 Fr endemic  Corroncho (Spanish)  5.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known Cauca River basin (Ref. 6868, 36713).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Ancistrus centrolepis Regan, 1913 Fr endemic   18.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the coastal drainages of the northern Andes, rivers of northern Colombia, Atrato, Baudo and San Juan basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Ancistrus eustictus (Fowler, 1945) Fr endemic   18.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Upper Rio Baudo, Pacific Slope of Colombia at 3000 ft. elevation (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 36713.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Ancistrus lineolatus Fowler, 1943 Fr endemic   9.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orteguaza River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Ancistrus tolima Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 Fr native   7.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Magdalena River drainage, subdrainage río Prado in Tolima (Ref. 93347).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Ancistrus triradiatus Eigenmann, 1918 Fr native   9.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 119730). 
Loricariidae Ancistrus vericaucanus Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 Fr native   7.21 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Cauca River, a tributary to the Magdalena River (Ref. 93347).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Andinoacara biseriatus (Regan, 1913) Fr native   8.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;12.00 cm TL female  Known from Atrato, San Juan and Baudó River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality, Rio Condoto (Ref. 12965). 
Cichlidae Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (Kner, 1863) Fr misidentification   14.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from this country (Ref. 12251). Occurrence of the species in this country not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Andinoacara latifrons (Steindachner, 1878) Fr, Or endemic  Azulejo (Spanish), Azuleja (Spanish), Casasola (Spanish), Mojarra azul (Spanish)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Magdalena, Atrato, Sinú, and San Juan river basins (Ref. 36377). Exported to North America as an aquarium fish (Ref. 4537). 
Cichlidae Andinoacara pulcher (Gill, 1858) Fr native  Mojarra azul (Spanish)  16.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena, Atrato, San Juan, Sinú, San Jorge, Cauca and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 4537. Occurrence of this species in this country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Anguillidae Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) Fr, Br native   152 cm TL male/unsexed ;122 cm TL female   
Loricariidae Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner, 1908) Fr native   13.90 cm SL male/unsexed   
Achiridae Apionichthys sauli Ramos, 2003 Fr native   6.97 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Metica, a tributary of Rio Meta, and from Rio Guarico, Orinoco basin (Ref. 49504).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma agassizii (Steindachner, 1875) Fr native   4.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Apistogramma alacrina Kullander, 2004 Fr native   5.49 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orteguaza (Amazon basin) and upper Guaviare (Orinoco basin) river drainages (Ref. 52483). 
Cichlidae Apistogramma bitaeniata Pellegrin, 1936 Fr native   4.60 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Apistogramma cacatuoides Hoedeman, 1951 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Apistogramma caudomaculata Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr native    Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma cruzi Kullander, 1986 Fr native   5.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Putumayo and Caquetá River drainages (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Apistogramma hongsloi Kullander, 1979 Fr native  Viejita (Spanish)  3.40 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female  Known from the Orinoco River basin, in the Vichada and the middle Meta River drainages (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Finca Boca de Guarrojo, Río Guarromo, Vichada, Colombia, 4°07'N, 70°45'W. 
Cichlidae Apistogramma iniridae Kullander, 1979 Fr endemic   3.60 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female  Known from the Orinoco River basin in the Inírida River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Pueblo Bretania (Yuri Bajo), Caño (Río) Bocón, Guainía, Colombia, 3°39'N, 68°05'W (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. 
Cichlidae Apistogramma intermedia Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr native    Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma lineata Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr native   3.10 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Apistogramma macmasteri Kullander, 1979 Fr endemic   5.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.00 cm female  Known from the upper Meta River drainage (Guaytiquía and Metica rivers), Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Stream at the foot of Cordillera, Finca La Ponderosa, on road to Restrepo, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, 4°15'N, 73°35'W (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. 
Cichlidae Apistogramma megaptera Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr, Br native   5.87 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Ríos Inírida and Mavaca and east of río Atabapo up to the north and the mouth of río Orinoco (Ref. 89991).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma minima Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr native    Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma nororientalis Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr native    Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma pedunculata Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr native    Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma piaroa Mesa S. & Lasso, 2011 Fr native    Known from the Rio Orinoco basin (Ref. 89990).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma psammophila Staeck & Schindler, 2019 Fr native   2.75 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of the holotype of Apistogramma psammophila: lower Rio Atabapo, close to the mouth of Caño Chamuchina (Ref. 119677).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Apistogramma viejita Kullander, 1979 Fr endemic  Viejita (Spanish)  3.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.60 cm female  Known from the upper Meta River basin of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Caño, affluent of Río Yucao, Meta, Colombia, 4°20'N, 72°09'W (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. 
Cichlidae Apistogrammoides pucallpaensis Meinken, 1965 Fr native   2.70 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.28 cm SL female  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36377). 
Apteronotidae Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766) Fr native  Cuchillo caballo (Spanish), Caballo (Spanish)  50.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Apteronotidae Apteronotus anu de Santana & Vari, 2013 Fr native   27.10 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus cuchillo Schultz, 1949 Fr native  Cuchillo (Spanish)  39.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36886). Reported from Colombia, the Catatumbo River (Ref. 26543) and Rio Baudo, Choco (Albert, in press). 
Apteronotidae Apteronotus eschmeyeri de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo, Severi & Mendes, 2004 Fr native  Mayupa negra (Spanish), Mayupa (Spanish)  32.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena Basin, Rio Bogotá and Rio Luisa (Ref. 50571). Museum: Departamento Cundinamarca, Rio Magdalena Basin, Las Juntas de Apulo, Rio Bogotá along railway between Girardot and Facatativa, CAS 72115 (holotype, male, 30.37 cm SL)(Ref. 50571). Taken accidentally in gill nets, but returned to the water (Ref. 50571).  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus galvisi de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo & Crampton, 2007 Fr native   18.44 cm TL male/unsexed ;18.98 cm TL female  Known from the Río Cusiana and from the Ríos Cravo, Pauto and Upia all in the piedmont of the Cordiliera Oriental, Río Meta basin (Ref. 75033).  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus jurubidae (Fowler, 1944) Fr native   25.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Rio Jurubidá, Nuquí (Ref. 50581). Also Ref. 26457.  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Ellis, 1912) Fr native  Cuchillo (Spanish)  26.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the San Juan River (Ref. 26543). 
Apteronotidae Apteronotus macrostomus (Fowler, 1943) Fr native   26.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Meta River basin (Ref. 36886).  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus magdalenensis (Miles, 1945) Fr native  El original perro (Spanish), Caballo (Spanish), Perrita (Spanish)  129 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality: Magdalena River. Caught in an island in Magdalena River, mouth of La Malena stream and Sogamoso river at Puerto Cayumba, Puerto Wilches (Ref. 85150). 
Apteronotidae Apteronotus mariae (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1914) Fr native   27.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena basin (Ref. 50581).  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus milesi de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2005 Fr native   22.10 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Cauca River (Ref. 55976).  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus rostratus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) Fr native   27.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena basin and northern basins Colombia (Ref. 50581).  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Apteronotus spurrellii (Regan, 1914) Fr native   27.00 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Arapaimidae Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) Fr native   450 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50891). 
Characidae Argopleura chocoensis (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native  Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish)  5.28 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the San Juan River basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Istmina, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Argopleura conventus (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native  Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish)  3.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Dique de Cartagena, Departamento Atlantico (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Soplaviento, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Argopleura diquensis (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native  Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish)  6.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Dique de Cartagena, Departamento Atlantico (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Soplaviento, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Characidae Argopleura magdalenensis (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  6.01 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Girardot, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598. 
Ariidae Ariopsis canteri Acero P., Betancur-R. & Marceniuk, 2017 Fr, Br, M endemic  New Granada sea catfish (English), Chivo cabezón (Spanish)  35.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Ariopsis canteri, Magdalena, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Pueblo Viejo. Occurs nin coastal marine and brackish waters, but sometimes entering freswaters (e.g., Atrato, Sinú, Magdalena, and Ranchería rivers) (Ref. 116660).  No picture yet.
Ariidae Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864) Fr, Br, M native   44.40 cm TL male/unsexed   
Astroblepidae Astroblepus acostai Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 Fr native   3.04 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus ardiladuartei Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   7.52 cm SL female  Known only from its type locality, Río Suratá, Municipio de Suratá, Departamento de Santander (Ref. 116456).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus ardilai Ardila Rodríguez, 2012 Fr native   10.65 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper basin of river Lebrija (Ref. 93747).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus bellezaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   10.73 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Municipio La Belleza, Departamento de Santander (Ref. 116456).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus cacharas Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 Fr native   5.92 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper part of Cáchira River, Magdalena River basin in Municipio de Cáchira, Departamento de Norte de Santander (Ref. 116456).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus caquetae Fowler, 1943 Fr native   8.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Orteguasá, Florencia.  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus chapmani (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   12.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Central Andes.  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus chotae (Regan, 1904) Fr, Fi native  Baboso (Spanish)  10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the mountainous regions of the Patía, Cauca, Magdalena and Catatumbo rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 6868. 
Astroblepidae Astroblepus cirratus (Regan, 1912) Fr native   5.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from Quebrada Callizales, Departamento del Tolima (Ref. 116456).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus curitiensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   12.07 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Astroblepus curitiensis, Dept. de Santander, Quebrada Curití, Sector Pescaderito, Cuenca río Fonce. Known only from its type locality (Ref. 109963),  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus cyclopus (Humboldt, 1805) Fr native   4.91 cm SL male/unsexed 5.6 SL Found in Quindio River upper basin, Alto Cauca. 
Astroblepidae Astroblepus floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 Fr native   5.49 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.50 cm SL female  Type locality of Astroblepus floridablancaensis, Dept. de Santander, quebrada Guayanas, afluente del río Aranzoque. Cuenca alta del río Lebrija, vereda Guayanas, municipio de Floridablanca (Ref. 126792).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus frenatus Eigenmann, 1918 Fr native  Baboso (Spanish)  6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the eastern mountains of the Santander (Magdalena and Catatumbo rivers). Also Ref. 6868. 
Astroblepidae Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt, 1805 Fr, Fi native  La Guapucha (Spanish), El Capitan (Spanish), Pez negro (Spanish)  30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37058). Known from Central and Eastern Cordillera. Found in Popayan, southwest Colombia. Its range and abundance have declined greatly in recent years (Ref. 6868). 
Astroblepidae Astroblepus guentheri (Boulenger, 1887) Fr native   9.00 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus heterodon (Regan, 1908) Fr native   11.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Jimenez, western Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus homodon (Regan, 1904) Fr native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Magdalena river. 
Astroblepidae Astroblepus itae Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 Fr native   6.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Cáchira River, Magdalena river basin (Ref. 93750).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus jimenezae Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 Fr native   14.12 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Astroblepus jimenezae, Dept. de Antioquia, municipio de Urrao, Río Calles, Vereda Calles, cuenca del rio Atrato (Ref. 128914).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus jurubidae Fowler, 1944 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus latidens Eigenmann, 1918 Fr native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the eastern part of Colombian Andes (Ref. 6868). Known from the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus mariae (Fowler, 1919) Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus marmoratus (Regan, 1904) Fr native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus martinezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 Fr native   10.52 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Astroblepus martinezi, Dept. de Cordoba, municipio de Tierralta, quebrada La Oscurana, afluentedel río Tay, cuenca del alta del río Sinu, 400-680 msnm (Ref. 128914).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus micrescens Eigenmann, 1918 Fr native   13.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37058). Found in Andes around Bogota (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus mojicai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   7.19 cm SL female  Known from Río Telembí, Municipio de Barbacoas, Departamento de Nariño (Ref. 116456).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus nettoferreirai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   12.13 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Vereda Sailán. Municipio la Belleza, Departamento de Santander (Ref. 116456).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus nicefori Myers, 1932 Fr native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Sonson, Antiquia (Ref. 6868). Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus onzagaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   16.25 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Astroblepus onzagaensis, Dept. de Santander, Río Onzaga, Municipio de Onzaga. Known only from its type locality (Ref. 109963),  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus pradai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   8.34 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Astroblepus pradai, Dept. de Satander, Quebrada El Hato, Municipio de Guapotá. Known only from this locality (Ref. 109963).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus putumayoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   5.46 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from its type locality, río Rumiyaco, afluente del río Mocoa. Municipio de Mocoa, Departamento del Putumayo (Ref. 116456).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus rengifoi Dahl, 1960 Fr native  Capitán (Spanish)  5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato River basin (Ref. 37058). Type locality: Small brook, trib. To Río Atrato on the left side, approx. 6 RS [sic] above town of El Carmen de Atrato, Colombia (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus retropinnus (Regan, 1908) Fr native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Dagua River and Pacific coastal drainage of Colombia (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus rivasae Ardila Rodríguez, 2018 Fr native   4.93 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.39 cm SL female  Type locality of Astroblepus rivasae, Dept. del Chocó, municipio de Yuto, cuenca del río Atrato, Quebrada Doña Josefa. Known only from its type locality (Ref. 119425).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus santanderensis Eigenmann, 1918 Fr native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus trifasciatus (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   9.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Rio Dagua. 
Astroblepidae Astroblepus unifasciatus (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Dagua River basin and Pacific coastal drainages (Ref. 37058). Found in Caldas (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus ventralis (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Pacific coastal drainages and the Dagua River (Ref. 37058).  No picture yet.
Astroblepidae Astroblepus verai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 Fr native   5.53 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Astroblepus verai, Dept. de Santander, Quebrada del Medio, afluente del río Chucurí, Vereda Chanchón, Municipio de San Vicente de Chucurí (Ref. 109963).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Astronotus mikoljii Lozano, Lasso-Alcalá, Bittencourt, Taphorn, Perez & Farias, 2022 Fr native   24.01 cm SL male/unsexed  Reported in all parts of the lower Orinoco River basin, along the floodplain of its main channel and in the drainages of the following rivers (or sub-basins): Atabapo, Inírida, Guaviare, Vichada, Bita, Meta, Tomo, Arauca, Apure, Caura, Morichal Largo and Delta (Ref. 126783), 
Cichlidae Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) Fr native   45.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Characidae Astyanax atratoensis Eigenmann, 1907 Fr native   10.34 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Atrato. 
Characidae Astyanax aurocaudatus Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the upper Rio Cauca.  No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native   17.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Astyanax caucanus (Steindachner, 1879) Fr native    Found in the Cauca River basin (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax embera Ruiz-C., Román-Valencia, Taphorn, Buckup & Ortega, 2018 Fr native   8.30 cm SL male/unsexed ;8.98 cm SL female  Type locality of Astyanax embera, Nariño Department, Barbacoas Municipality, Patía River Basin (Pacific Coast), Telembí River drainage, in Telembí River at mouth of Yamunde River, 1 km below Barbacoas (Ref. 119406). 
Characidae Astyanax fasslii (Steindachner, 1915) Fr native      No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax filiferus (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native   8.46 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376). Type locality: Apulo, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax gisleni Dahl, 1943 Fr native    Found in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax integer Myers, 1930 Fr native    Known from the upper Rio Meta.  No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax magdalenae Eigenmann & Henn, 1916 Fr native  Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Tolomba (Spanish)  17.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena basin and the San Jorge and Cesar rivers. 
Characidae Astyanax maximus (Steindachner, 1876) Fr native   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). 
Characidae Astyanax megaspilura Fowler, 1944 Fr native      No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax microlepis Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native   12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Rio Cauca.  No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax orthodus Eigenmann, 1907 Fr native   10.78 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Astyanax orthodus, Department of Chocó, Rio Sucio Municipality, Urabá, Truandó River, lower Atrato River Basin, Caribbean coast (Ref. 119406). 
Characidae Astyanax panamensis (Günther, 1864) Fr native   10.07 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax ruberrimus Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native     
Characidae Astyanax stilbe (Cope, 1870) Fr native    Rio Atrato.  No picture yet.
Characidae Astyanax yariguies (Torres-Mejia, Hernández & Senechal, 2012) Fr native   7.74 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the tributaries of the Río Cascajales, in Río La Colorada basin, Río Magdalena system in the municipality of El Carmen, Santander (Ref. 91755) 
Atherinopsidae Atherinella colombiensis (Hubbs, 1920) Fr native    Type locality, Río Telembi, a trib. of Río Patia, Pacific slope of s. Colombia.  No picture yet.
Atherinopsidae Atherinella milleri (Bussing, 1979) Fr, Br, M native   5.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Corozal (Ref. 6858). 
Atherinopsidae Atherinella robbersi (Fowler, 1950) Fr native    Type locality, Totumo Lake, Bolívar state, Colombia (Ref. 26282). 
Auchenipteridae Auchenipterus ambyiacus Fowler, 1915 Fr native   24.40 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Austrofundulus guajira Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005 Fr native     
Rivulidae Austrofundulus limnaeus Schultz, 1949 Fr native   8.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 27139. 
Rivulidae Austrofundulus myersi Dahl, 1958 Fr native     
Gobiidae Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837) Fr native   30.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;24.38 cm SL female  Known from Chocó, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca and Nariño. 
Gobiidae Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837) Fr, Br native   8.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.62 cm SL female  Museum: Bolívar: Calamar Cienega, E of Río Magdalena, N of Calamar, CAS 78681; central Río Magdalena, Puerto del Río Cienega (paratypes of A. decimlineatus) (Ref. 26240). Also Ref. 50190. 
Characidae Axelrodia riesei Géry, 1966 Fr native   2.14 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. 
Ariidae Bagre pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1876) Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Alguacil (Spanish)  95.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 36754. 
Loricariidae Baryancistrus beggini Lujan, Arce & Armbruster, 2009 Fr native   8.09 cm SL male/unsexed   
Batrachoididae Batrachoides pacifici (Günther, 1861) Fr, Br, M native   43.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pseudopimelodidae Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides (Güntert, 1942) Fr native  Bumblebee catfish (English), Bagre sapo (Spanish), Bagresapo (Spanish)  80.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pseudopimelodidae Batrochoglanis transmontanus (Regan, 1913) Fr native   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Condoto, Tamana and Durango rivers (Ref. 6868). Type locality: Río San Juan, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Betta splendens Regan, 1910 Fr introduced   6.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Biotodoma wavrini (Gosse, 1963) Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Biotoecus dicentrarchus Kullander, 1989 Fr native   3.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Comisaría Vichada, Caño Alisal, tributary to Rio Bita a few km S Puerto Carreño, ICN-MHN 1400 (holotype of Biotoecus dicentrarchus, 3.84 cm SL, male) (Ref. 86446). Known from the Inírida River of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Characidae Boehlkea fredcochui Géry, 1966 Fr native   5.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 85819. 
Ctenoluciidae Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr native   88.00 cm FL male/unsexed  Known from Amazonas (Leticia, Lagos de Leticia) and Meta (Río Manacacias and Quebrada Venturosa) 
Ctenoluciidae Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes, 1850) Fr native   31.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Amazonas (Río Amazonas and Leticia, Lagos de Leticia). 
Characidae Brachychalcinus nummus Böhlke, 1958 Fr native   8.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36891).  No picture yet.
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus batesi Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 Fr native   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;12.10 cm TL female  Known from the upper rio Negro in Vuapés (Ref. 116763).  No picture yet.
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus beebei (Schultz, 1944) Fr native   32.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus bennetti Sullivan, Zuanon & Cox Fernandes, 2013 Fr native   23.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Río Amazonas drainage in Amazonas (Ref. 94132). 
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus brevirostris (Steindachner, 1868) Fr native   34.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena River.  No picture yet.
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus bullocki Sullivan & Hopkins, 2009 Fr native   22.10 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco basin (Ref. 81045).  No picture yet.
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus flavipomus Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 Fr native   11.70 cm TL female  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 116763).  No picture yet.
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus occidentalis (Regan, 1914) Fr native  Cuchillo (Spanish), Mayupita (Spanish)  17.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Magdalena, Atrato, and Catatumbo Rivers (Ref. 36685). Also Ref. 46312. 
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus (Hopkins, 1991) Fr native   18.60 cm TL male/unsexed   
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus sullivani Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 Fr native   15.20 cm TL male/unsexed ;12.70 cm TL female    No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819) Fr native   360 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898) Fr questionable   60.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Brachyplatystoma platynema Boulenger, 1898 Fr native   100.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Castelnau, 1855) Fr native  Dorado (Spanish), Plateado (Spanish)  192 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski, 1981) Fr native   60.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36506). 
Pimelodidae Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native   150 cm TL male/unsexed   
Bryconidae Brycon amazonicus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr native  Bocón (Spanish), Yamú (Spanish)  46.22 cm SL male/unsexed   
Bryconidae Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel, 1844 Fr native   48.90 cm SL male/unsexed ;49.50 cm SL female   
Bryconidae Brycon fowleri Dahl, 1955 Fr native  Sabaleta (Spanish)  30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Sinu River basin (Ref. 38504).  No picture yet.
Bryconidae Brycon henni Eigenmann, 1913 Fr, Aq native  Sabaleta (Spanish)  35.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504). A 16.93 cm TL specimen (girth 28 cm) caught from Quebrada la Compania, weighed 1.125 kg (G. Kelley, IGFA, pers. comm., 10/2002). 
Bryconidae Brycon labiatus Steindachner, 1879 Fr native    Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38504). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Bryconidae Brycon medemi Dahl, 1960 Fr native   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Atrato River basin (Ref. 38504). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Bryconidae Brycon meeki Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1918 Fr native   32.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Bryconidae Brycon moorei Steindachner, 1878 Fr, Fi, Sp native  Dorada (Spanish), Dorada playera (Spanish), Mueluda (Spanish), Sardinata (Spanish) abundant (always seen in some numbers) 53.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Rfe. 38504). Also Ref. 598, 7339. 
Bryconidae Brycon oligolepis Regan, 1913 Fr native   24.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504).  No picture yet.
Bryconidae Brycon posadae Fowler, 1945 Fr native   14.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Trans-Andean river basins (Ref. 38504).  No picture yet.
Bryconidae Brycon rubricauda Steindachner, 1879 Fr native  Sabaleta (Spanish), Paloma (Spanish), Sardinata (Spanish)  35.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38504). A 16.33 cm TL specimen (girth 23.5 cm) was caught in Rio Calderas weighing 0.725 kg (G. Kelley, IGFA, pers. Comm., 10/2002). Also Ref. 598. 
Bryconidae Brycon sinuensis Dahl, 1955 Fr native  Mulata (Spanish), Charúa (Spanish), Dorada (Spanish)  18.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Sinu River basin (Ref. 38504). 
Bryconidae Brycon whitei Myers & Weitzman, 1960 Fr native  Bocón (Spanish)  38.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38504). 
Characidae Bryconamericus alpha Eigenmann, 1914 Fr native  Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Tolomba (Spanish)  7.60 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). 
Characidae Bryconamericus andresoi Román-Valencia, 2003 Fr native   7.13 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Departamento de Nariño, Municipio El Tambo, corregimiento de Ricaurte, vereda Los Llanos de Manchabajoy, límites Chacaguí- El Peñol, cuenca alta del río Patia, afluente río Junambú, quebrada San Jóse (Ref. 49955). 
Characidae Bryconamericus arilepis Román-Valencia, Vanegas-Ríos & Ruiz-C., 2008 Fr native   7.09 cm SL male/unsexed  Santander, Charalá, Pontesuela Creek at the mouth of Coclina Creek in the middle Magdalena river Basin, IUQ 1917 (holotype of Bryconamericus arilepis, 6.88 cm SL, male) (Ref. 83586). 
Characidae Bryconamericus caldasi Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn B. & García-Alzate, 2014 Fr native   7.35 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in La Libertad Creek, middle Cauca River Basin in San José County, Caldas (Ref. 106071).  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus carlosi Román-Valencia, 2003 Fr native   5.66 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Ríos Putumayo and Orteguaza in the upper Amazon basin (Ref. 56110). 
Characidae Bryconamericus caucanus Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native   8.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus cismontanus Eigenmann, 1914 Fr native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 49957. 
Characidae Bryconamericus cristiani Román-Valencia, 1999 Fr native   6.86 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Bryconamericus dahli Román-Valencia, 2000 Fr native   7.98 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Patía and Mira River basins (Ref. 38376). 
Characidae Bryconamericus deuterodonoides Eigenmann, 1914 Fr native   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River and Maracaibo Lake basins (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus emperador (Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907) Fr native   10.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Baudó, San Juan, Atrato and Pacific coastal drainages (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. 
Characidae Bryconamericus foncensis Román-Valencia, Vanegas-Ríos & Ruiz-C., 2009 Fr native   8.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Fonce River, Magdalena basin (Ref. 82388). 
Characidae Bryconamericus galvisi Román-Valencia, 2000 Fr native   7.63 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Putumayo River basin (Ref. 38376). 
Characidae Bryconamericus guaytarae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 Fr native   8.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality: Patia at the mouth of Rio Guaitara (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus guizae Román-Valencia, 2003 Fr native    Type locality: Departamento de Nariño, Municipio de Ricaurte, vereda Palmar, Alto Río Guiza, quebrada La Chiquita, afluente quebrada Inbi, 300 m del puente vía Ricaurte-Ospina (Ref. 49955). 
Characidae Bryconamericus huilae Román-Valencia, 2003 Fr native   8.56 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Departamento del Huila, Municipio de Guadalupe, vereda Cachimba, Alto Magdalena, Sistema río Suaza, afluente quebrada La Viciosa, quebrada La Sapayera alredador del puente Km 2 vía Guadalupe-Florencia (Ref. 49955). 
Characidae Bryconamericus icelus Dahl, 1964 Fr native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Quebrada Guamural, tributary of Río Manso del Sinú (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus ichoensis Román-Valencia, 2000 Fr native   3.36 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Atrato River basin (Ref. 38376). 
Characidae Bryconamericus loisae Géry, 1964 Fr native   7.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Rio Meta. 
Characidae Bryconamericus macarenae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010 Fr native   4.72 cm SL male/unsexed  Presently known only from the Güejar River basin, Macarene Mountain range, Orinoco system in Meta (Ref. 86277).  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus miraensis Fowler, 1945 Fr native   9.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Mira River basin (Ref. 38376). Type locality, Ricaurte on the Río Guebo, Río Mira basin, Nariño Dept., Pacific Slope of sw. Colombia, elev. 3900 ft (Ref. 46206).  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus multiradiatus Dahl, 1960 Fr native   2.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from Atrato river.  No picture yet.
Characidae Bryconamericus peruanus (Müller & Troschel, 1845) Fr questionable   9.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from río Mira cerca de Caunapi, Municipio de Tumaco, Departamento de Nariño (Ref. 49957). Not in Ref. 38376; range extension? 
Characidae Bryconamericus plutarcoi Román-Valencia, 2001 Fr native   6.94 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the upper Suarez River in the Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 38376). Type locality, Quebrada Santa Rosa, cuenca del río Suárez, río Magdalena system, 6°26'09"N, 73°18'56"W, Depto de Santander, Colombia, 825 m (Ref. 46206). 
Characidae Bryconamericus tolimae Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native  Pintona (Spanish), Sardina pintada (Spanish), Sardinita pintada (Spanish)  11.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the upper Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 49955.  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Bujurquina mariae (Eigenmann, 1922) Fr native   15.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Meta River basin of the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Barrigón, Río Meta, Río Orinoco System, Colombia (Ref. 12965). 
Aspredinidae Bunocephalus aleuropsis Cope, 1870 Fr native   9.10 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Aspredinidae Bunocephalus colombianus Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   11.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 36695). Also Ref. 6868. 
Aspredinidae Bunocephalus knerii Steindachner, 1882 Fr native   13.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695).  No picture yet.
Chilodontidae Caenotropus labyrinthicus (Kner, 1858) Fr native   14.80 cm SL male/unsexed ;25.30 cm SL female  Also Ref. 37477. 
Callichthyidae Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native   21.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Callichthyidae Callichthys fabricioi Román-Valencia, Lehmann A. & Muñoz, 1999 Fr native  Roño (Spanish)  12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Cauca River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Callichthys oibaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2006 Fr native    Known from the middle Magdalena River basin (Ref. 57906).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Calophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819) Fr native   40.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Caquetaia kraussii (Steindachner, 1878) Fr, Fi native  Mojarra (Spanish), Mojarra amarilla (Spanish)  26.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge, Cesar, Cauca and Magdalena rivers (Ref. 26543) and Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Cienaga, Río Magdalena, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 12251. 
Cichlidae Caquetaia myersi (Schultz, 1944) Fr native   19.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Putumayo River of the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Rio Dedo, trib. of the Río Orteguaza, near Florencia, Amazon system, Colombia (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. 
Cyprinidae Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr introduced   48.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) Fr, Br, M native  Sarda (Spanish), Tiburón gris (Spanish)  360 cm TL male/unsexed ;400 cm TL female  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 79732). Found also in Malpelo Island (Ref. 41373). 
Gasteropelecidae Carnegiella strigata (Günther, 1864) Fr native   3.49 cm SL male/unsexed   
Ariidae Cathorops fuerthii (Steindachner, 1876) Fr, Br, M native   31.20 cm TL male/unsexed   
Ariidae Cathorops manglarensis Marceniuk, 2007 Fr, Br endemic   19.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;19.50 cm SL female    No picture yet.
Ariidae Cathorops mapale Betancur-R. & Acero P., 2005 Fr, Br native   30.60 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Ariidae Cathorops tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) Fr, Br, M native   33.90 cm TL male/unsexed   
Serrasalmidae Catoprion mento (Cuvier, 1819) Fr native   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Doradidae Centrochir crocodili (Humboldt, 1821) Fr native  Matacaimán (Spanish), Cachegua (Spanish)  22.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37054). 
Doradidae Centrodoras brachiatus (Cope, 1872) Fr native   41.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Auchenipteridae Centromochlus megalops Kner, 1858 Fr native    Type locality, Bogota, Colombia, which is probably an error (Ref. 37098).  No picture yet.
Centropomidae Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860 Fr, Br, M native  Robalo (Spanish)  36.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 3713. 
Centropomidae Centropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864 Fr, Br, M native   123 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in northern Colombia (Ref. 9284). Also Ref. 4537. 
Centropomidae Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860 Fr, Br, M native  Robalo (Spanish)  72.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cetopsidae Cetopsidium morenoi (Fernández-Yépez, 1972) Fr native   4.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in western tributaries of Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36486).  No picture yet.
Cetopsidae Cetopsidium pemon Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 Fr native   4.26 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from rio Meta basin of the western portions of the rio Orinoco system (Ref. 56045). 
Cetopsidae Cetopsis amphiloxa (Eigenmann, 1914) Fr native   18.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Patia, upper San Juan and Atrato River basins of western Colombia (Ref. 36486). Type locality, creek near San Lorenzo, Río Patía basin (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Cetopsidae Cetopsis baudoensis (Dahl, 1960) Fr native   18.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Baudó River basin (Ref. 36486). Type locality, Quitasol, Río Baudó, western Colombia (Ref. 33021).  No picture yet.
Cetopsidae Cetopsis coecutiens (Lichtenstein, 1819) Fr native  Bagre ciego (Spanish)  27.30 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cetopsidae Cetopsis fimbriata Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 Fr native   10.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Truando (Ref. 56045).  No picture yet.
Cetopsidae Cetopsis jurubidae (Fowler, 1944) Fr native   9.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Jurubidá River basin (Ref. 36486).  No picture yet.
Cetopsidae Cetopsis motatanensis (Schultz, 1944) Fr native  Ciego (Spanish)  15.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cetopsidae Cetopsis othonops (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native  Babosa (Spanish), Bobo (Spanish), Ciego (Spanish)  11.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Río Magdalena and Río Sinu basins (Ref. 36486). Also known from the Cauca River (Ref. 6868). Type locality, Girardot (Ref. 26282). 
Cetopsidae Cetopsis umbrosa Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 Fr native   5.40 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Cetopsorhamdia boquillae Eigenmann, 1922 Fr endemic   7.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Cauca River basin in Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Cetopsorhamdia molinae Miles, 1943 Fr native   3.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36914). Found in the upper Rio Cauca (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Cetopsorhamdia nasus Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916 Fr endemic  Bobito (Spanish), Ciego (Spanish)  10.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma aburrensis (Posada, 1909) Fr native  Corroncho de Medellín (Spanish)   Questionably found in Cauca River basin.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma alternifasciatum Fowler, 1945 Fr endemic   15.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Caqueta River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma anale (Fowler, 1943) Fr endemic   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orteguasa River basin in Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma brevilabiatum Dahl, 1942 Fr endemic   11.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena and Cimitarra River basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma dorsale Eigenmann, 1922 Fr native   8.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 36713).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma fischeri Steindachner, 1879 Fr native  Boca de manteca (Spanish), Cucho (Spanish), Trompilisa (Spanish)  30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin in the Pacific versant and from Atrato, Sinú and Magdalena River basins in the Caribbean versant (Ref. 36713). 
Loricariidae Chaetostoma floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 Fr endemic   10.06 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Chaetostoma floridablancaensis, Santander Department, stream Aranzoque in the municipality of Floridablanca. It is the first endemic species of Chaetostoma discovered at Santander Department.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma formosae Ballen, 2011 Fr native   9.74 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Chaetostoma joropo Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2016 Fr native    Known from the Cusiana River sub-basin, Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 121198).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma lepturum Regan, 1912 Fr endemic   21.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper San Juan River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma leucomelas Eigenmann, 1918 Fr endemic  Corroncho (Spanish)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Patia and upper Cauca River basins (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. 
Loricariidae Chaetostoma marginatum Regan, 1904 Fr native   19.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Bogota and San Juan River basins (Ref. 36713).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma milesi Fowler, 1941 Fr native  Corroncho (Spanish)  14.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. 
Loricariidae Chaetostoma niveum Fowler, 1944 Fr endemic   9.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Jurubida River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma palmeri Regan, 1912 Fr endemic   9.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Tamana River basin in San Juan River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma patiae Fowler, 1945 Fr endemic   15.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Patia River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma paucispinis Regan, 1912 Fr endemic   9.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma tachiraense Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Corroncho (Spanish)  8.70 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Chaetostoma thomsoni Regan, 1904 Fr endemic   15.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Chaetostoma vagum Fowler, 1943 Fr native   9.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orteguaza River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. 
Chalceidae Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1818 Fr native  Rabirrojo (Spanish)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Crenuchidae Characidium brevirostre Pellegrin, 1909 Fr misidentification   3.27 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from this country (Ref. 12468). Occurrence of the species in the country not confirmed (Ref. 37059) 
Crenuchidae Characidium caucanum Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   7.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Cuca River basin (Ref. 37059).  No picture yet.
Crenuchidae Characidium phoxocephalum Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   9.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Cauca River basin (Ref. 37059). Type locality: Paila, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Crenuchidae Characidium sanctjohanni Dahl, 1960 Fr native   4.65 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 37059). Type locality, Noanamá, Río San Juan, w. Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Crenuchidae Characidium steindachneri Cope, 1878 Fr native   4.12 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37059). 
Crenuchidae Characidium zebra Eigenmann, 1909 Fr questionable   7.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from this country (Ref. 12225). Several morphologically similar populations from Colombia may refer to this species. This species was previously listed wrongly as Characidium fasciatum (Ref. 37059). 
Characidae Charax metae Eigenmann, 1922 Fr native   13.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 36811).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Chasmocranus rosae Eigenmann, 1922 Fr endemic   9.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Rio Meta basin (Ref. 6868, 36914).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Cheirocerus abuelo (Schultz, 1944) Fr native  Abuelo (Spanish)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Cheirocerus eques Eigenmann, 1917 Fr native    Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36506).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Cheirocerus goeldii (Steindachner, 1908) Fr native   15.20 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Chilodontidae Chilodus punctatus Müller & Troschel, 1844 Fr native   18.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in western Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37477). 
Cichlidae Chocoheros microlepis (Dahl, 1960) Fr endemic  Mojarra rosada (Spanish)  18.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Cichlasoma microlepis, Pavarandó, Río Baudo, ICNMHN 95 (Ref. 114771). Known from the Baudo River basin (Ref. 36377).  No picture yet.
Characidae Chrysobrycon guahibo Vanegas-Ríos, Urbano-Bonilla & Azpelicueta, 2015 Fr endemic   4.46 cm SL male/unsexed  South America: currently known from several small drainages entering the Guaviare River basin, Orinoco River basin, Colombia (Ref. 119432).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Cichla monoculus Agassiz, 1831 Fr native   70.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Leticia (Ref. 57716). Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Fr, Br questionable   74.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. 
Cichlidae Cichla orinocensis Humboldt, 1821 Fr native  Pavón (Spanish)  61.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin, in tributaries of the Orinoco River (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Cichla temensis Humboldt, 1821 Fr native   99.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Orinoco River. 
Cichlidae Cichlasoma amazonarum Kullander, 1983 Fr native   13.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Cichlasoma orinocense Kullander, 1983 Fr native   10.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Laguna Mozambique, Río Meta system, Meta, Colombia (Ref. 12965). 
Cyclopsettidae Citharichthys gilberti Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 Fr, Br, M native   27.90 cm TL male/unsexed  In range Ref. 11482. 
Serrasalmidae Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816) Fr introduced  Gamitana (Spanish), Cachama negra (Spanish)  108 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Ciénaga de Santa Marta (10°43'-11°00'N and 74°16'-74°35'W), Magdalena river (Ref. 78646). 
Lebiasinidae Copeina guttata (Steindachner, 1876) Fr native   7.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37104). 
Lebiasinidae Copella compta (Myers, 1927) Fr native   5.06 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco basin. 
Lebiasinidae Copella metae (Eigenmann, 1914) Fr native   3.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Rio Meta. 
Lebiasinidae Copella nattereri (Steindachner, 1876) Fr native   4.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Lebiasinidae Copella vilmae Géry, 1963 Fr questionable   4.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897) Fr, Aq introduced   45.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Cordylancistrus daguae (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr endemic  Corroncho (Spanish)  9.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Dagua River basin (Ref. 36713). 
Loricariidae Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus (Fowler, 1943) Fr endemic   9.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from upper Caquetá River basin in upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Callichthyidae Corydoras aeneus (Gill, 1858) Fr native   7.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Callichthyidae Corydoras ambiacus Cope, 1872 Fr native   4.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras arcuatus Elwin, 1938 Fr native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras axelrodi Rössel, 1962 Fr native   4.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Rio Meta (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras delphax Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983 Fr native   4.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Inírida River and upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). Recorded from the Rio Inirida system (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras elegans Steindachner, 1876 Fr native   5.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras esperanzae Castro, 1987 Fr native   5.08 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Rio Meta, Cano Orocue at Orocue (Ref. 26041).  No picture yet.
Callichthyidae Corydoras fowleri Böhlke, 1950 Fr native   6.51 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras gomezi Castro, 1986 Fr native   3.74 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Lakes of the Isla de Mocagua, Rio Amazonas/Solimoes near Leticia (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras habrosus Weitzman, 1960 Fr native   2.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras leucomelas Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 Fr native   4.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras loxozonus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983 Fr native   4.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Meta, Lomalinda near Rio Ariari (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras melanotaenia Regan, 1912 Fr native   5.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Rio Meta basin (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras melini Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1930 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras metae Eigenmann, 1914 Fr, Or native   4.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 37395). Exported to North America as an aquarium fish (Ref. 4537). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras rabauti La Monte, 1941 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Callichthyidae Corydoras reynoldsi Myers & Weitzman, 1960 Fr native   3.15 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Caquetá River basin (Ref. 37395). Found in a small caño off the Rio Orteguaza, Caqueta Province (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras septentrionalis Gosline, 1940 Fr native   4.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37395). Recorded from the Rio Arauca near Arauca (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras simulatus Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970 Fr native   4.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Rio Meta system (Ref. 26041). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras splendens (Castelnau, 1855) Fr native   9.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Callichthyidae Corydoras trilineatus Cope, 1872 Fr native   6.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37395). 
Characidae Corynopoma riisei Gill, 1858 Fr native   4.82 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Creagrutus affinis Steindachner, 1880 Fr native   7.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Caribbean drainages of Colombia from Rio Magdalena basin west to coastal basins of Chocó Department and the Pacific slope rivers in Rio Baudo and Rio San Juan. Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus amoenus Fowler, 1943 Fr native   10.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Amazonian drainage (Ref. 598). Known from Rio Ortuguesa in Florencia, Caqueta (Ref. 26628).  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus atratus Vari & Harold, 2001 Fr native   7.01 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus bolivari Schultz, 1944 Fr native   5.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Río Orinoco basin (Ref. 38376.)  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus brevipinnis Eigenmann, 1913 Fr endemic   4.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from upper Río Cauca, northwestern Colombia (Ref. 28667). Also Ref. 598. 
Characidae Creagrutus calai Vari & Harold, 2001 Fr native   6.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the western Meta River basin (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus caucanus Eigenmann, 1913 Fr endemic   8.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from upper Río Cauca, northwestern Colombia (Ref. 28667). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus flavescens Vari & Harold, 2001 Fr native   9.38 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus guanes Torres-Mejia & Vari, 2005 Fr native   7.29 cm SL male/unsexed  Specimens were collected in the Rio Fonce and one of its tributaries, the Rio Mogoticos, within the Rio Magdalena basin of northwestern Colombia (Ref. 55562) 
Characidae Creagrutus maculosus Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010 Fr native    Known from Güejar River, La Macarena mountain range, Orinoco basin (Ref. 84030). 
Characidae Creagrutus magdalenae Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native   5.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the upper Magdalena river.  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus nigrostigmatus Dahl, 1960 Fr native   2.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the type locality in Caño Pechilín, a small stream draining into the Caribbean Sea in the region west of the mouth of the Río Magdalena. Also reported from Caño Zaragocilla, a site close to the type locality.  No picture yet.
Characidae Creagrutus phasma Myers, 1927 Fr native   6.60 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Cichlidae Crenicara punctulata (Günther, 1863) Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Crenicichla johanna Heckel, 1840 Fr native   28.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Crenicichla reticulata (Heckel, 1840) Fr native   29.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;23.00 cm SL female  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Crenicichla sveni Ploeg, 1991 Fr native   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Orinoco system, Río Meta, along road Villavicencio-Puerto López, Puerto Gaintán (Ref. 36377). 
Crenuchidae Crenuchus spilurus Günther, 1863 Fr native   5.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 12225. 
Loricariidae Crossoloricaria cephalaspis Isbrücker, 1979 Fr native   10.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 6868, 36389).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Crossoloricaria variegata (Steindachner, 1879) Fr native  Raspacaonia (Spanish), Alcalde (Spanish), Baracalde (Spanish), Cuchilla (Spanish), Varacalde (Spanish)  26.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Crossoloricaria venezuelae (Schultz, 1944) Fr native  Pileta (Spanish)  18.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the San Juan, Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge and Magdalena rivers. 
Pseudopimelodidae Cruciglanis pacifici Ortega-Lara & Lehmann A., 2006 Fr native   11.16 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Dagua River basin, IMCN 2359 (holotype of Cruciglanis pacifici, 9.55 cm SL). Known from San Cipriano River, Dagua River basin; Anchicayá, Aguaclara and Danubio Rivers, Anchicayá River basin, western slope of the Pacific versant, Valle del Cauca Department (Ref. 57850).  No picture yet.
Gobiidae Ctenogobius claytonii (Meek, 1902) Fr native   5.80 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Ctenoluciidae Ctenolucius beani (Fowler, 1907) Fr native   28.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Río Atrato and Río San Juan basins. 
Ctenoluciidae Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes, 1850) Fr native  Agujeto (Spanish), Aguja (Spanish), Agujeta (Spanish), Agujón (Spanish)  26.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Bolivar (Soplaviento and Calamar), Tolima (Bernal Creek near Honda and Rio Magdalena, Honda), Cudinamarca (Rio Bogota and Rio Magdalena), Caldas (Rio Purnio, small tributary of Rio Miel, at or near junction of Rios Samana and La Miel near La Dorada), Antioquia (Rio Magdalena), and Cordoba (Rio Sinú basin). Also known from the San Jorge and Cesar rivers and the lower portion of the Cauca river (Ref. 26543). 
Xenocyprididae Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) Fr not established   150 cm TL male/unsexed   
Curimatidae Curimata mivartii Steindachner, 1878 Fr endemic  Cachava (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Vizcana (Spanish)  32.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge and Sinú River basins (Ref. 38013). Also Ref. 26629, 34109. 
Curimatidae Curimata vittata (Kner, 1858) Fr native   19.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38013). Also Ref. 34109. 
Curimatidae Curimatella immaculata (Fernández-Yépez, 1948) Fr native   18.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Puerto Inirida. 
Curimatidae Curimatopsis evelynae Géry, 1964 Fr, Fi native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38013). Also Ref. 4537. 
Curimatidae Curimatopsis macrolepis (Steindachner, 1876) Fr, Fi native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 4537. 
Chacidae Cyanogaster noctivaga Mattox, Britz, Toledo-Piza & Marinho, 2013 Fr native   1.74 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco Basin, Cusiana River sub-basin (Ref. 121198).  No picture yet.
Cynodontidae Cynodon gibbus (Agassiz, 1829) Fr native   32.20 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Cynodonichthys boehlkei (Huber & Fels, 1985) Fr endemic   4.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139.  No picture yet.
Rivulidae Cynodonichthys elegans (Steindachner, 1880) Fr endemic   6.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Cynodonichthys leucurus (Fowler, 1944) Fr endemic   7.00 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Rivulidae Cynodonichthys magdalenae (Eigenmann & Henn, 1916) Fr endemic   7.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 4537, 27139. 
Rivulidae Cynodonichthys pacificus (Huber, 1992) Fr endemic   7.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Cynopotamus atratoensis (Eigenmann, 1907) Fr native  Cachana (Spanish)  35.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato and Sinu River basins (Ref. 36811). 
Characidae Cynopotamus magdalenae (Steindachner, 1879) Fr native  Chachás (Spanish), Chango (Spanish)  40.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 36811). 
Sciaenidae Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède, 1801) Fr, Br, M native   110 cm TL male/unsexed   
Curimatidae Cyphocharax abramoides (Kner, 1858) Fr native   21.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Museum: Rio Guaviare, Cuayare, NRM 26202 (Ref. 11334). 
Curimatidae Cyphocharax magdalenae (Steindachner, 1878) Fr, Fi native  Campiniz (Spanish), Corito (Spanish), Madre de Bocochio (Spanish), Viejita (Spanish)  27.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Río Magdalena and Río Atrato basins. Museum: Río Magdalena, USNM 296258 (Ref. 11334). Also Ref. 38013, 78646. 
Curimatidae Cyphocharax nigripinnis Vari, 1992 Fr misidentification   6.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Museum: Amazonas, Santa Lucia, AMNH 32947 (Ref. 11334). Occurrence in the country was not confirmed by Vari (Ref. 38013).  No picture yet.
Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon dearborni Meek, 1909 Fr native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 Fr, Aq introduced   120 cm TL male/unsexed   
Batrachoididae Daector gerringi (Rendahl, 1941) Fr native  Peje sapo (Spanish)  21.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Rio San Juan at Cabeceras, Chocó District and Rio Baudo drainage at Boca de Pepé. 
Batrachoididae Daector quadrizonatus (Eigenmann, 1922) Fr native   18.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Río Truandó, Atrato basin, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Museum: Río Salado about 0.6 km above confluence with Río Truandó, Choco District, USNM 206335. Upper Río Opogadó, Choco District, LACM 32133-1 (male, 180 mm SL). 
Mugilidae Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) Fr, Br native   36.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 79012. 
Danionidae Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822) Fr introduced   3.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurrence presumably by escape from an aquarium fish rearing facility (Ref. 1739). 
Loricariidae Dasyloricaria filamentosa (Steindachner, 1878) Fr native  Cuchara (Spanish), Alcalde (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish), Pileta (Spanish), Raspacanoa (Spanish), Zapatero (Spanish)  32.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the San Juan, Atrato, Sinú, Cauca, Magdalena and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 6868. 
Loricariidae Dasyloricaria latiura (Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) Fr native   35.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Atrato River basin (Ref. 36389). Type locality, Boca de Certegai (Ref. 36389). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Dasyloricaria paucisquama Londoño-Burbano & Reis, 2016 Fr native   20.32 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper and middle río Magdalena basin (Ref. 118067). Could be placed under Least Concern (LC) based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories and criteria (IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee, 2014) (Ref. 118067).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Dasyloricaria seminuda (Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) Fr native  Zapatero (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish)  18.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Girardot (Ref. 6868). Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Dekeyseria pulchra (Steindachner, 1915) Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Danionidae Devario malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849) Fr introduced   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Dicrossus filamentosus (Ladiges, 1958) Fr, Or native   3.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Dicrossus gladicauda Schindler & Staeck, 2008 Fr native   4.24 cm SL male/unsexed  Presently found only in the drainage of the lower río Atabapo. Believed to be exported for the aquarium hobby from the río Reita in the vicinity of the village Cumaribo, a tributary of the río Tomo, a western tributary to the río Orinoco (Ref. 76847). 
Sternopygidae Distocyclus conirostris (Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) Fr native   50.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 39524) and Rio Meta (Ref. 96854).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Dolichancistrus atratoensis (Dahl, 1960) Fr native  Cacucho (Spanish)  8.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Atrato River basin (Ref. 36713). 
Loricariidae Dolichancistrus carnegiei (Eigenmann, 1916) Fr native  Roncho (Spanish), Barbón (Spanish)  17.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36713).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Dolichancistrus fuesslii (Steindachner, 1911) Fr native   13.10 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Dolichancistrus pediculatus (Eigenmann, 1918) Fr endemic   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Dolichancistrus setosus (Boulenger, 1887) Fr native   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Andes, river basin unknown (Ref. 36713). 
Doradidae Doraops zuloagai Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Mariana (Spanish)  50.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844) Fr, Br, M native   41.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;39.00 cm TL female   
Eleotridae Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792) Fr native   70.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Duopalatinus peruanus Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 Fr questionable   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Aspredinidae Dupouyichthys sapito Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Sapito (Spanish)  3.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36695). 
Auchenipteridae Duringlanis altae (Fowler, 1945) Fr native   3.55 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Rio Caquetá basin, Morelia (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Sternopygidae Eigenmannia goajira Schultz, 1949 Fr native   49.60 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 39524).  No picture yet.
Sternopygidae Eigenmannia humboldtii (Steindachner, 1878) Fr native   48.60 cm SL male/unsexed   
Sternopygidae Eigenmannia nigra Mago-Leccia, 1994 Fr native   47.60 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 39524).  No picture yet.
Sternopygidae Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1836) Fr native  Chucho (Spanish), Mayupa (Spanish), Ratón (Spanish)  44.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena, lower Cauca, Patía, San Juan, Sinú, Atrato, San Jorge and the Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 39524. 
Crenuchidae Elachocharax geryi Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978 Fr native   1.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Vichada river, a Colombian tributary to the Orinoco river (Ref. 13683). Also Ref. 37059.  No picture yet.
Eleotridae Eleotris picta Kner, 1863 Fr native   44.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Eleotris pisonis (Gmelin, 1789) Fr native   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Eleotris tecta Bussing, 1996 Fr, Br native  scarce (very unlikely) 8.00 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Auchenipteridae Entomocorus gameroi Mago-Leccia, 1984 Fr questionable   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  One lot, UF 33595, taken from the upper Río Meta.apparently belongs to this species. Identification needs further confirmation.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Eremophilus mutisii Humboldt, 1805 Fr, Fi, Or endemic  Capitán (Spanish), Chimbe (Spanish) common (usually seen) 30.00 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Bogota region. Probably introduced to Ubaté, Chinquinquirá and Tundama valleys (Ref. 39970). 
Gerreidae Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard, 1855 Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Mojarra (Spanish), Mojarra ley (Spanish)  21.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 3722, 36754. 
Gerreidae Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec, 1980 Fr, Br, M native  Leiro (Spanish)  21.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gerreidae Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill, 1862) Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Palometa (Spanish)  21.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gerreidae Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier, 1830) Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Mojarra (Spanish), Cachirod (Wayuu), Mojarra de salina (Spanish), Mojarra rayada (Spanish)  40.00 cm TL male/unsexed 18 FL Museum: CAS 19814 (Ref. 33568). Also Ref. 5217, 36754, 26938. 
Pimelodidae Exallodontus aguanai Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991 Fr native   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Farlowella colombiensis Retzer & Page, 1997 Fr native   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River drainage, Meta River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Farlowella curtirostra Myers, 1942 Fr misidentification  Lapicero (Spanish), Palito (Spanish)  15.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 26543). Occurrence in this country not confirmed by C.J. Ferraris; probably a misidentification. 
Loricariidae Farlowella gracilis Regan, 1904 Fr native   25.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Caqueta River basin, upper Amazon River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Farlowella mitoupibo Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Zamudio, 2016 Fr native   20.96 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality from holotype Farlowella mitoupibo, Ariaria River, Guaviare River drainage, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 128477).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910 Fr native   26.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Farlowella vittata Myers, 1942 Fr native   22.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Farlowella yarigui Ballen & Mojica, 2014 Fr native   11.23 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the río Topón, middle río Magdalena Basin in western flank of the Cordillera Oriental (Ref. 94974).  No picture yet.
Fluviphylacidae Fluviphylax pygmaeus (Myers & Carvalho, 1955) Fr native   2.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50894). Also Ref. 27139.  No picture yet.
Poeciliidae Gambusia lemaitrei Fowler, 1950 Fr, Br endemic   3.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.00 cm female  Occurs in the Cienega del Totumo marsh where it inhabits Lake Totumo.  No picture yet.
Gasteropelecidae Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner, 1879 Fr native   6.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena, lower Cauca, San Jorge, Sinú, and San Juan rivers. 
Auchenipteridae Gelanoglanis stroudi Böhlke, 1980 Fr native   3.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Rio Metica, Dpto. Meta (Ref. 6868). Known from the Rio Meta (Ref. 32901).  No picture yet.
Characidae Genycharax tarpon Eigenmann, 1912 Fr endemic   17.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Rectricted to the upper Rio Cauca.  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Geophagus pellegrini Regan, 1912 Fr endemic   15.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato, San Juan, and Baudó River basins (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Geophagus steindachneri Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1922 Fr native  Mojarra (Spanish), Mula (Spanish)  19.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Sinú, San Jorge, Magdalena, Cauca, and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Collected from Rio Magdalena, Colombia near the city of Honda. Found only within the borders of Colombia (Ref. 12251). Also Ref. 4537. 
Cichlidae Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) Fr misidentification   14.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the country (Ref. 6029). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Characidae Gephyrocharax caucanus Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  5.01 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Cauca River basins (Ref. 38597).  No picture yet.
Characidae Gephyrocharax chocoensis Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  5.16 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper San Juan River basin (Ref. 38597).  No picture yet.
Characidae Gephyrocharax martae Dahl, 1943 Fr native  Brinconcita (Spanish)  3.66 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Magdalena River basin (Ref. 38597). Type locality: Río Batatal, trib. to Río San Jorge, Río Magdalena system, Munic. of Ayapel, Bolivar Dept., Colombia, elev. ca. 800 m.  No picture yet.
Characidae Gephyrocharax sinuensis Dahl, 1964 Fr native  Brinconita (Spanish)  4.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the upper Río Sinú system, Deptos Cordoba and Antioquia (Ref. 38587).  No picture yet.
Characidae Gephyrocharax torresi Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta. Mirande & García Gonzales, 2013 Fr native   3.73 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.20 cm SL female  Found in the two localities of the río Sucio basin, río Cascajales system, río La Colorada basin, río Magdalena basin (Ref. 93810).  No picture yet.
Gerreidae Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Mojarra (Spanish), Cachirod (Wayuu), Mojarra blanca (Spanish), Mojarra de salina (Spanish)  41.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 36754. In range Ref. 7251, 3277, 78646. 
Acestrorhynchidae Gilbertolus alatus (Steindachner, 1878) Fr native  Boquiancha (Spanish), Chachás (Spanish)  14.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Rio Magdalena. Also Ref. 38270. 
Acestrorhynchidae Gilbertolus atratoensis Schultz, 1943 Fr endemic   11.88 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Atrato basin. Also Ref. 38270.  No picture yet.
Gobiesocidae Gobiesox cephalus Lacepède, 1800 Fr native  Chupador (Spanish), Ventosa (Spanish)  15.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gobiesocidae Gobiesox juradoensis Fowler, 1944 Fr native   11.50 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Gobiidae Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) Fr, Br native   45.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800 Fr native   90.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 11344. 
Eleotridae Gobiomorus maculatus (Günther, 1859) Fr, Br native   27.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Grundulus bogotensis (Humboldt, 1821) Fr native   7.90 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Grundulus cochae Román-Valencia, Paepke & Pantoja, 2003 Fr native   6.14 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Nariño, Pasto, vereda Romerillo, Laguna de la Cocha ( 1°05'22"N, 77°09'50"W, elev. 2809 m) (Ref. 49958). 
Characidae Gymnocorymbus bondi (Fowler, 1911) Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the upper Rio Meta (Ref. 598). Also Ref. 38376. 
Characidae Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895) Fr introduced   7.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908 Fr native   7.40 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rhamphichthyidae Gymnorhamphichthys hypostomus Ellis, 1912 Fr native   21.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36685).  No picture yet.
Rhamphichthyidae Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) Fr native   15.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gymnotidae Gymnotus ardilai Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert, 2004 Fr native    Known from the Rio de Oro near Bucaramanga in the Rio Magdalena basin (Ref. 54466).  No picture yet.
Gymnotidae Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia, 1994 Fr native   31.60 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gymnotidae Gymnotus choco Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003 Fr native  Cuchillo (Spanish)  26.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Río Baudó drainage and the Río Atrato (Ref. 43716). Type locality: Boca de Pepé, Río Baudó, Chocó Department (Ref. 49716).  No picture yet.
Gymnotidae Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003 Fr native  Mayupa (Spanish)  31.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from two rivers on the Pacific slope of Colombia - the Río Calima, Valle de Cauca Department and Río Juradó, Chocó Department (Ref. 49716). Type locality: Creek nr. mouth of Río Calima, Río San Juan drainage, north of Buenaventura, Valle de Cauca Department (Ref. 49716).  No picture yet.
Gymnotidae Gymnotus tigre Albert & Crampton, 2003 Fr native   41.10 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality: in floating macrophytes along north shore of Río Amazonas nr. Leticia (Ref. 49716).  No picture yet.
Doradidae Hassar orestis (Steindachner, 1875) Fr native   29.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurrence uncertain, based on questionable synonym of Hassar ucayalensis (Ref. 37054). 
Cetopsidae Helogenes castaneus (Dahl, 1960) Fr endemic   4.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Río Guaviare and Río Meta drainages of upper Río Orinoco (Ref. 7462). Also Ref. 36486. 
Helostomatidae Helostoma temminckii Cuvier, 1829 Fr introduced   30.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Hemibrycon antioquiae Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn P., Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 Fr native   8.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Nare River drainage, Magdalena River basin (Ref. 95113).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon boquiae (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  4.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Cauca (Ref. 598).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon brevispini Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009 Fr native   8.99 cm SL male/unsexed 6.87 SL Known from the La Venada Creek, Quindío-Santo Domingo River system, upper Cauca (Ref. 83513). 
Characidae Hemibrycon cairoensis Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009 Fr native   8.54 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Los Ramirez and Italica Creeks in the Risaralda River system, upper Cauca (Ref. 83513). 
Characidae Hemibrycon cardalensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn P., Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 Fr native   8.68 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Cardal creek, a tributary of the Guatapé River; middle Magdalena River Basin (Ref. 95113).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon carrilloi Dahl, 1960 Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  6.67 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon colombianus Eigenmann, 1914 Fr native  Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish)  10.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Colombian Andes (Ref. 598).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon decurrens (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native  Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish)  5.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Rio Magdalena (Ref. 598).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon dentatus (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  11.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Cauca (Ref. 598).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon fasciatus Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn P., Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 Fr native   8.32 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Nare River drainage, Magdalena River basin (Ref. 95113).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon guejarensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2018 Fr native   7.83 cm SL female  Type locality of the holotype of Hemibrycon guejarensis: Pringamosal Creek, Blanco River system, Guaviare River drainage, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 128867).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon metae Myers, 1930 Fr native   7.97 cm SL male/unsexed ;9.31 cm SL female  Type locality, Guaiacaramo, río Orinoco basin, río Meta drainage, at junction of río Guavio and río Upía, CAS 123727 (holotype of Hemibrycon metae, 7.72 cm SL, female) (Ref. 85819). Found in the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon microformaa Román-Valencia & Ruiz-C., 2007 Fr native   3.06 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato river basin in northwestern Colombia (Ref. 58761). 
Characidae Hemibrycon paez Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 Fr native   9.38 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the drainages of the Río La Plata, upper Río Magdalena Basin (Ref. 83529). 
Characidae Hemibrycon palomae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010 Fr native   8.88 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the La Paloma and La Siria Creek, Roble River drainage in the Quindío state, upper Cauca, Magdalena River system (Ref. 85101).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon quindos Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 Fr native   5.18 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Tinaja creek of the Río Quindío Basin, upper Cauca in Salento, Quindío (Ref. 83529). 
Characidae Hemibrycon rafaelensis Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2008 Fr native   9.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from San Rafael Creek and Apia River in the Risaralda River system, upper Cauca River (Ref. 77138). 
Characidae Hemibrycon raqueliae Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 Fr native   9.94 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Río La Miel basin, middle Río Magdalena (Ref. 83529). 
Characidae Hemibrycon sanjuanensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn & García-Alzate, 2014 Fr native   8.49 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper San Juan River Basin, Tatamá River drainage (Ref. 98056).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon santamartae Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., García-Alzate & Taphorn, 2010 Fr native     
Characidae Hemibrycon sierraensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2015 Fr endemic   7.21 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon velox Dahl, 1964 Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  11.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Sinu River basin (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemibrycon virolinica Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 Fr native   9.82 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Virolin creek in Santander (Ref. 83529). 
Characidae Hemibrycon yacopiae Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010 Fr native   8.89 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin in Yacopi, Cundinamarca (Ref. 83529). 
Doradidae Hemidoras morrisi Eigenmann, 1925 Fr native   14.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Doradidae Hemidoras stenopeltis (Kner, 1855) Fr native   19.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Doradidae Hemidoras stuebelii (Steindachner, 1882) Fr native   15.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Eleotridae Hemieleotris latifasciata (Meek & Hildebrand, 1912) Fr native   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Eleotridae Hemieleotris levis Eigenmann, 1918 Fr native   4.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Pacific coast of Colombia, from Buenaventura north to the Baudó River (Ref. 50190).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus barrigonae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 Fr native   4.09 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River (Ref. 38376). Type locality, Barrigona, Rio Meta (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598. 
Characidae Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918 Fr native   4.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 96864).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus marginatus Ellis, 1911 Fr native   4.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Rio Meta (Ref. 598). 
Characidae Hemigrammus mimus Böhlke, 1955 Fr native   2.83 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hemigrammus rubrostriatus Zarske, 2015 Fr native   4.86 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality. 
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus thayeria Böhlke, 1955 Fr native   8.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Rio Negro.  No picture yet.
Hemiodontidae Hemiodus vorderwinkleri (Géry, 1964) Fr native   16.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native   61.00 cm TL female   
Cichlidae Heroina isonycterina Kullander, 1996 Fr native   10.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). Found in Rio Caquetá and Rio Orteguaza drainages (Ref. 26648). 
Cichlidae Heros severus Heckel, 1840 Fr native   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36377). 
Acestrorhynchidae Heterocharax leptogrammus Toledo-Piza, 2000 Fr native   3.39 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from a lagoon, 1 km upriver from Puerto Inirida, Guainia (Ref. 38319). 
Acestrorhynchidae Heterocharax macrolepis Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   4.75 cm SL male/unsexed   
Erythrinidae Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009 Fr native   29.88 cm SL male/unsexed  First record reported from the Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 117026).  No picture yet.
Erythrinidae Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) Fr, Fi native  Dientón (Spanish), Bululu (Spanish), Calabrote (Spanish), Dentón (Spanish), Dormilón (Spanish), Guabina (Spanish), Mocho (Spanish), Moncholo (Spanish), Perraloca (Spanish), Perro (Spanish), Rivolo (Spanish)  65.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Common in Columbia river basins except the high Cauca river and torrent zones. 
Erythrinidae Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864) Fr native   36.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Callichthyidae Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) Fr native   26.30 cm TL male/unsexed   
Callichthyidae Hoplosternum magdalenae Eigenmann, 1913 Fr, Or native   11.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena and Sinu River system. Exported to North America as an aquarium fish. 
Callichthyidae Hoplosternum punctatum Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 Fr native   7.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Atrato basin (Ref. 26144). 
Cynodontidae Hydrolycus armatus (Jardine, 1841) Fr native   89.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cynodontidae Hydrolycus scomberoides (Cuvier, 1819) Fr misidentification   117 cm TL male/unsexed  Probably a misidentification (occurrence in this country not confirmed by M.Toledo-Piza). 
Cynodontidae Hydrolycus tatauaia Toledo-Piza, Menezes & Santos, 1999 Fr native   59.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Hyphessobrycon acaciae García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Prada-Pedreros, 2010 Fr native   2.86 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Hyphessobrycon acaciae, Meta, Puerto López, Morichal del Estero (Ref. 118102). Known from the upper Orinoco River basin in the Orinoquia region (Ref. 85795).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon amaronensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2010 Fr native   2.74 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Caño Amaron, tributary of Río Putumayo, Puerto Leguizamo, Putumayo, IUQ 2286 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon amaronensis, 2.65 cm SL, male). Known from Amaron and Tucunare creeks and other small tributaries of the Río Putumayo in Municipio Puerto Leguizamo, Departamento Amazonia (Ref. 84248). 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon bentosi Durbin, 1908 Fr native   4.32 cm SL male/unsexed  Reported from Orinoco River Basin (Ref. 118102). 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon chocoensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2013 Fr native   3.96 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon columbianus Zarske & Géry, 2002 Fr native   7.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality, Darien, small stream ca. 6 km downstream from Acandi, entry of the Rio Acandi, Darien, Atlantic coast (Ref. 46206). 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon condotensis Regan, 1913 Fr native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon diancistrus Weitzman, 1977 Fr native   3.72 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.50 cm SL female  Museum: Río Vichada, Vichada, MZUSP 13179 - 13180 (Ref. 27925). Also Ref. 38376. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon epicharis Weitzman & Palmer, 1997 Fr native   3.30 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma (Fowler, 1943) Fr, Or native   6.06 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 4537. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon fernandezi Fernández-Yépez, 1972 Fr native   3.66 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus (Ulrey, 1894) Fr native   3.56 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Hyphessobrycon klausanni García-Alzate, Urbano-Bonilla & Taphorn, 2017 Fr native   2.84 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Hyphessobrycon klausanni, Colombia, Meta, Mapiripán County, upper Guaviare River drainage, Caño Claro (Ref. 118102).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon mavro García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Prada-Pedreros, 2010 Fr native   3.43 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco River basin in the Orinoquia region (Ref. 85795). Also Ref. 118102.  No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon metae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 Fr native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598, 118102. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon natagaima García-Alzate, Taphorn, Roman-Valencia & Villa-Navarro, 2015 Fr endemic   4.70 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon niger García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Prada-Pedreros, 2010 Fr native   2.76 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Orinoco River basin in the Orinoquia region (Ref. 85795). Also Ref. 118102.  No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon ocasoensis García-Alzate & Román-Valencia, 2008 Fr native   4.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, río Roble, afluente río La Vieja, 100 m abajo del puente peatonal Playa Azul, reserva natural "Monte del Ocaso", Quimbaya, Quindío, IUQ 1635 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon ocasoensis, 4.403 cm Sl, male) (Ref. 80362). Also Ref. 84248. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon oritoensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2008 Fr native   4.28 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Orito, Putumayo, Quebrada La Palma, finca La Palma, Vereda Calimonte, IUQ 1574 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon oritoensis, 2.463 cm SL). Known only from the Orito River, Putumayo drainage in Amazonía (Ref. 76880). Also Ref. 84248. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon otrynus Benine & Lopes, 2008 Fr native   3.38 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon panamensis Durbin, 1908 Fr native   4.41 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Río Magdalena (Ref. 13676). . Also Ref. 598. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon poecilioides Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native   6.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from Rio Cauca.  No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon proteus Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native  Galocha (Spanish), Sardinita (Spanish)  7.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Atrato, Sinú, and lower portions of Magdalena River basins (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon rheophilus Ohara, Teixeira, Albornoz-Garzón, Mirande & Lima, 2019 Fr native   4.22 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Hyphessobrycon saizi Géry, 1964 Fr native   2.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the upper Meta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 118102. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon sebastiani García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2010 Fr native   4.64 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the middle section of the San Juan River drainage (Ref. 83523). 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon sweglesi (Géry, 1961) Fr native   3.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Río Muco and Río Meta of the Río Orinoco basin. Also Ref. 30277, 118102. 
Characidae Hyphessobrycon taguae García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2010 Fr native   3.05 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, creek about two km from Puerto Leguizamo on road to La Tagua, Puerto Leguizamo, Putumayo, IUQ 2288 (holotype of Hyphessobrycon taguae, 2.35 cm SL, male). Known from Amaron and Tucunare creeks, and other small tributaries of the Río Putumayo in the Tagua-Puerto Leguizamo sector, and tributary of river Irinida upper Amazon River (Ref. 84248). 
Achiridae Hypoclinemus mentalis (Günther, 1862) Fr native  Lenguado (Spanish)  21.60 cm SL male/unsexed   
Xenocyprididae Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) Fr not established   146 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma bianale Aquino & Schaefer, 2010 Fr native   5.37 cm TL female  Amazonas, Amazon River at 2 to 3 miles upstream from Leticia, FMNH 105077 (holotype of Hypoptopoma bianale, 5.37 cm SL, female) (Ref. 84367).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma brevirostratum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010 Fr native   5.06 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality, Rio Amazonas, 1 mi. upstream from Leticia, FMNH 105076 (holotype of Hypoptopoma brevirostratum, 3.4 cm SL, female) (Ref. 84367).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma gulare Cope, 1878 Fr native   13.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma machadoi Aquino & Schaefer, 2010 Fr native   6.96 cm TL male/unsexed  Known for the Rio Orinoco basin in Venezuela, including the Rio Meta drainage (Ref. 84367)  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma psilogaster Fowler, 1915 Fr native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 36885). 
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma steindachneri Boulenger, 1895 Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known in the Amazon River (Ref. 36885); Leticia (Ref. 84367). 
Loricariidae Hypoptopoma thoracatum Günther, 1868 Fr native   11.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 36885). 
Hypopomidae Hypopygus neblinae Mago-Leccia, 1994 Fr native   12.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Meta River basin (Ref. 37053).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus annectens (Regan, 1904) Fr native   28.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Patia basin (Ref. 36713). 
Loricariidae Hypostomus argus (Fowler, 1943) Fr native   11.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Villavicencio, Río Meta basin, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus holostictus (Regan, 1913) Fr endemic   18.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus hondae (Regan, 1912) Fr native  Coroncoro (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish), Cucha (Spanish), Cucho (Spanish)  35.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena river basin (Ref. 26543). 
Loricariidae Hypostomus kopeyaka Carvalho, Lima & Zawadzki, 2010 Fr questionable   22.61 cm SL male/unsexed  According to Tuyuka fishermen, the species also occurs at the upper rio Tiquié into Departamento Vaupés in Colombia, but no specimens are available from the latter area (Ref. 83896).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus niceforoi (Fowler, 1943) Fr native   13.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Río Orteguasa, Florencia, Caquetá Dept., Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus oculeus (Fowler, 1943) Fr native   21.69 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Rio Orteguasa, Florencia (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus plecostomoides (Eigenmann, 1922) Fr native   25.60 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Quebrada Cramalote, Villavicencio (Ref. 6868). 
Loricariidae Hypostomus varimaculosus (Fowler, 1945) Fr native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Caqueta drainage, Morelia (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Hypostomus wilsoni (Eigenmann, 1918) Fr endemic   32.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Truando River basin in the Atrato River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868. 
Cichlidae Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862) Fr native   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon river drainage (Ref. 36377). 
Prochilodontidae Ichthyoelephas longirostris (Steindachner, 1879) Fr native  Besugo (Spanish), Besote (Spanish), Getudo (Spanish), Hocicón (Spanish), Jetón (Spanish), Moreno (Spanish), Pataló (Spanish)  80.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Cauca-Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37057). Also Ref. 598. 
Iguanodectidae Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther, 1864) Fr native   10.15 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pristigasteridae Ilisha amazonica (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920) Fr native   19.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50628). 
Heptapteridae Imparfinis microps Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916 Fr endemic   6.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Meta River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Río Negro at Villavicencio, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Imparfinis nemacheir (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916) Fr native   9.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, Atrato, Patía, Sinú, San Juan and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Type locality: Girardot, Colombia (Ref. 26282). .Also Ref. 6868. 
Heptapteridae Imparfinis pseudonemacheir Mees & Cala, 1989 Fr native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36914). 
Heptapteridae Imparfinis spurrellii (Regan, 1913) Fr endemic   6.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Rio Condoto, San Juan basin, Colombia (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Imparfinis timana Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011 Fr native   7.67 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Imparfinis usmai Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011 Fr native   10.25 cm male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Loricariidae Isorineloricaria tenuicauda (Steindachner, 1878) Fr endemic  Bebechicha (Spanish), Cacucho (Spanish), Choque (Spanish), Coroncoro perro (Spanish), Coroto (Spanish), Ramirez (Spanish), Rascón (Spanish), Raspacanoa (Spanish)  45.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type localities of Plecostomus tenuicauda, Río Magdalena, it is restricted to this river and of Plecostomus winzi, Honda, in Ref. 36817 (Ref. 129253). Also Ref. 6868. 
Loricariidae Isorineloricaria villarsi (Lütken, 1874) Fr native   32.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in extreme eastern part of this country (Ref. 129253). 
Trichomycteridae Ituglanis guayaberensis (Dahl, 1960) Fr native   5.70 cm NG male/unsexed  Known from the Guayabero River basin, Orinoco drainage (Ref. 39970).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Ituglanis metae (Eigenmann, 1917) Fr native   7.80 cm NG male/unsexed  Type locality: Barrigona, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 39970. 
Mugilidae Joturus pichardi Poey, 1860 Fr, Br native   61.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 3791, 9321. 
Characidae Jupiaba asymmetrica (Eigenmann, 1908) Fr native    Found in the Amazon River basin (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Knodus caquetae Fowler, 1945 Fr native   6.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon and Caquetá River basins (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Knodus hypopterus (Fowler, 1943) Fr native   6.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Upper Amazon River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Knodus orteguasae (Fowler, 1943) Fr native    Found in Caqueta River basin (Ref. 38376). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Kronoheros umbrifer (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) Fr native   47.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato and Magdalena River drainages (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 7335. 
Cichlidae Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) Fr misidentification   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the country (Ref. 4537). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Rivulidae Laimosemion altivelis (Huber, 1992) Fr endemic   8.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139.  No picture yet.
Rivulidae Laimosemion corpulentus (Thomerson & Taphorn, 1993) Fr endemic   4.35 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36579).  No picture yet.
Rivulidae Laimosemion leticia Valdesalici, 2016 Fr native   2.10 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.31 cm SL female  Type locality of Laimosemion leticia, Dept of Amazonas, swamp area near Leticia at km 13-14 , Rio Tacana drainage, Rio Amazonas basin. Known from the Upper Rio Amazonas basin and thus far limited to a small area north of Leticia, southern Colombia (Ref. 130532).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Lasiancistrus caucanus Eigenmann, 1912 Fr endemic  Cacucho (Spanish), Corronchito (Spanish), Corronchito (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish)  23.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Type localities: Cartago, FMNH 56034 (holotype of Lasiancistrus caucanus; upper río Jaredo, Pacific Slope, FMNH 56036 (holotype of Hemiancistrus mayoloi, 9.27 cm SL); Known from Cauca River basin; as Hemiancistrus mayoloi in San Juan River basin; as Lasiancistrus volcanensis in Volcán River basin in Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868, 26543. 
Loricariidae Lasiancistrus guacharote (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native  Corroncho (Spanish)  11.95 cm TL male/unsexed  Reported from río Orinoco drainage (probably introduced in the collection site, a town connected with aquarium export business) and río Negro just downstream from main Villavicencio-Puerto Lopez highway at La Balsa, E side of river (Ref. 56920). 
Loricariidae Lasiancistrus schomburgkii (Günther, 1864) Fr native   14.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Caquetá River basin in upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36713). Also Ref. 6868, 56920. 
Loricariidae Lasiancistrus tentaculatus Armbruster, 2005 Fr native   14.76 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 56920). 
Lebiasinidae Lebiasina chocoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2010 Fr native   14.86 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Lebiasina chucuriensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2001 Fr native   14.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from northern Colombia, between Magdalena River and the Andes (Ref. 37104).  No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Lebiasina colombia Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 Fr native  Lomo de Oro (Spanish), Coruba (Spanish), Guabina (Spanish)  16.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality, Quebrada El Higuerón, afluent of Río Sinú, Tierralta, Departamento de Córdoba, CAR190 (holotype of Lebiasina colombia, 16.3 cm TL) (Ref. 83638).  No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Lebiasina floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 1994 Fr native   13.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in northeastern Colombia, between Magdalena River and the Andes. (Ref. 37104). Type locality, El Gaque, tributary to Río Aranzoque, Dept. Santander, Author collection 15-04-01 (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Lebiasina multimaculata Boulenger, 1911 Fr native  Candela (Spanish), Guabina (Spanish), Saltona (Spanish)  15.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Lebiasinidae Lebiasina narinensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2002 Fr native    Type locality, Quebrada Angostura, vía Tumaco-Pasto, Dept. Nariño (Ref. 46206).  No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Lebiasina ortegai Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 Fr native  Guabina (Spanish)  10.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality, tributary of Río Las Cañas, Río Cauca System, Florida, Valle del Cauca, IMCN4200 (holotype of Lebiasina ortegai, 10.4 cm TL) (Ref. 83637).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Leiarius marmoratus (Gill, 1870) Fr native   100.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Leiarius pictus (Müller & Troschel, 1849) Fr native   60.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Lepidosirenidae Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1837 Fr native   125 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Leporacanthicus triactis Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico, 1992 Fr native   24.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36713). 
Anostomidae Leporinus affinis Günther, 1864 Fr native   30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon basin (Ref. 36801). 
Anostomidae Leporinus boehlkei Garavello, 1988 Fr native   15.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Museum: Río Meta system, small stream flowing generally to S, in Hacienda Humacita, into Lago Mozambique, MZUSP 28061(Ref. 27925). Also Ref. 36801.  No picture yet.
Anostomidae Leporinus jamesi Garman, 1929 Fr native   15.49 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 96869).  No picture yet.
Anostomidae Leporinus niceforoi Fowler, 1943 Fr native   12.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orteguasa River basin (Ref. 36801). Also Ref. 598. 
Anostomidae Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858 Fr native   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Anostomidae Leporinus subniger Fowler, 1943 Fr native    Known from the Orteguasa River basin (Ref. 36801). Type locality : Río Orteguasa, Florencia, Caquetá Dept., Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Anostomidae Leporinus y-ophorus Eigenmann, 1922 Fr native    Known from Rio Meta, Orinoco system (Ref. 36801). 
Loricariidae Leptoancistrus cordobensis Dahl, 1964 Fr native   3.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Upper Sinú River basin, and upper San Jorge River basin in Magdalena River drainage (Ref. 36713).  No picture yet.
Doradidae Leptodoras juruensis Boulenger, 1898 Fr native   28.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Doradidae Leptodoras nelsoni Sabaj Pérez, 2005 Fr native   16.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco in rio Guaviare and upper Meta (Ref. 56896). 
Loricariidae Leptotocinclus ctenistus Delapieve, Lehmann A & Reis, 2018 Fr native   3.06 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Dorosomatidae Lile stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Fr, Br, M native   15.90 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Limatulichthys griseus (Eigenmann, 1909) Fr native   23.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Acestrorhynchidae Lonchogenys ilisha Myers, 1927 Fr native   8.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Negro River basin (Ref. 36811).  No picture yet.
Engraulidae Lycengraulis batesii (Günther, 1868) Fr, Br native   30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 5217. 
Engraulidae Lycengraulis grossidens (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr, Br, M native  Sabaleta (Spanish)  23.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Trichomycteridae Malacoglanis gelatinosus Myers & Weitzman, 1966 Fr native   1.99 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Caquetá River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Río Orteguaza, above junction with R. Caquetá, Caquetá Prov., e. Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Callichthyidae Megalechis picta (Müller & Troschel, 1849) Fr native   17.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Callichthyidae Megalechis thoracata (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native   15.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Anostomidae Megaleporinus muyscorum (Steindachner, 1900) Fr, Fi native   44.00 cm male/unsexed  Known from Rio Magdalena and Rio Atrato (Ref. 598, 36801). 
Doradidae Megalodoras uranoscopus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) Fr native   53.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;60.00 cm SL female   
Pimelodidae Megalonema orixanthum Lundberg & Dahdul, 2008 Fr native   11.58 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 79495).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Megalonema platycephalum Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native  Ballito (Spanish), Ballo (Spanish)  30.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Megalonema psammium Schultz, 1944 Fr native    Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Megalonema xanthum Eigenmann, 1912 Fr endemic   15.93 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 79495). Also Ref. 6868, 36506. 
Atherinopsidae Membras analis (Schultz, 1948) Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Tinícalo lagunar (Spanish)  12.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the northern coast of Colombia (Ref. 49563). Also Ref. 13251. 
Atherinopsidae Membras argentea (Schultz, 1948) Fr native   4.24 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Mesoheros atromaculatus (Regan, 1912) Fr endemic   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Atrato, San Juan, and Baudó River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Tado, Río San Juan, Chocó, Colombia (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251. 
Cichlidae Mesoheros gephyrus (Eigenmann, 1922) Fr endemic   12.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Pacific slope in Dagua and San Juan rivers (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Río Dagua at Córdova, Colombia (Ref. 12965). Also Ref. 12251.  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Mesoheros ornatus (Regan, 1905) Fr native   26.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Patia Basin in southwestern Colombia (Ref. 12251). Also Ref. 36377. 
Cichlidae Mesonauta egregius Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991 Fr endemic   8.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin in the Meta and Vichada River basins (Ref. 36377). Type locality: Mouth of Río Guarrojo, laguna no. 1 on Finca Boca de Guarrojo, Rio Vichada drainage, Departamento Vichada, ICN-MHN 1686 (holotype of Mesonauta egregius, 5.72 cm Sl, female) (Ref. 36377, 86444). 
Cichlidae Mesonauta insignis (Heckel, 1840) Fr native   12.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Mesonauta mirificus Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991 Fr native   9.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Characidae Microgenys minuta Eigenmann, 1913 Fr native   4.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Upper Cauca.  No picture yet.
Pseudopimelodidae Microglanis secundus Mees, 1974 Fr native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Reported from Catatumbo River basin (Ref. 39418) but there is no evidence that this is present in this region. Misidentification of Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides (Ref. 123647:76,79). 
Syngnathidae Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) Fr native   19.40 cm SL male/unsexed   
Centrarchidae Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) Fr introduced   97.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948) Fr native   3.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Characidae Moenkhausia collettii (Steindachner, 1882) Fr native   6.40 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Moenkhausia eigenmanni Géry, 1964 Fr native   5.25 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the upper Río Meta (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Moenkhausia metae Eigenmann, 1922 Fr native   7.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Barrigón, Río Meta, Orinoco System (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Characidae Moenkhausia orteguasae Fowler, 1943 Fr native   7.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from Río Orteguasa, Florencia, Caquetá.  No picture yet.
Polycentridae Monocirrhus polyacanthus Heckel, 1840 Fr native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed   Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50082). 
Mugilidae Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Fr, Br, M native   100.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Mugilidae Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Lebranche (Spanish), Guasiki (Wayuu), Soco (Spanish)  80.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;69.00 cm TL female   
Mugilidae Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875 Fr native   46.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the lower parts of rivers in Colombia (Ref. 30499). 
Serrasalmidae Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel, 1844) Fr native  Gancho rojo (Spanish), Garopa (Spanish)  41.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Serrasalmidae Myloplus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841) Fr, Fi misidentification   42.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from this country (Ref. 4537, 91324). Occurrence in this country not confirmed (Ref. 39031). 
Serrasalmidae Mylossoma albiscopum (Cope, 1872) Fr native   24.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Amazonas basin (Amazonas) and Rio Meta basin (Meta) (Ref. 117280).  No picture yet.
Serrasalmidae Mylossoma aureum (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr native  Garopita (Spanish)  20.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Amazonas basin, Amazonas (Ref. 117280). 
Serrasalmidae Mylossoma duriventre (Cuvier, 1818) Fr native  Garopa (Spanish)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Nannoptopoma spectabile (Eigenmann, 1914) Fr native   2.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Quebrada Cramalote, 4°07'N, 73°36'W, Dpto. Meta, Villavicencio, CAS 33806 (holotype of Otocinclus spectabilis, 2.25 cm SL, female) (Ref. 84367). Known from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 36885).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Nannoptopoma sternoptychum Schaefer, 1996 Fr native   3.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazons (Ref. 84367). 
Lebiasinidae Nannostomus marginatus Eigenmann, 1909 Fr native   3.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Lebiasinidae Nannostomus marilynae Weitzman & Cobb, 1975 Fr native   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Nanocheirodon insignis (Steindachner, 1880) Fr native  Golosa (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish), Tolomba (Spanish)  2.88 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena, Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge, Cauca and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Recorded from Maracaibo Lake (Ref. 37055). 
Doradidae Nemadoras cristinae Sabaj Pérez, Arce H., Sousa & Birindelli, 2014 Fr native   12.39 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Meta (Orinoco drainage) (Ref. 96153).  No picture yet.
Doradidae Nemadoras elongatus (Boulenger, 1898) Fr native   16.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054).  No picture yet.
Doradidae Nemadoras hemipeltis (Eigenmann, 1925) Fr native   16.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Doradidae Nemadoras humeralis (Kner, 1855) Fr native   16.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Characidae Nematobrycon lacortei Weitzman & Fink, 1971 Fr native   3.60 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Nematobrycon palmeri Eigenmann, 1911 Fr endemic   4.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the San Juan and Atrato rivers (Ref. 598). 
Heptapteridae Nemuroglanis mariai (Schultz, 1944) Fr endemic   4.09 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the western portion of the Orinoco River system, in the Guaviare and Meta River basins (Ref. 55662). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Poeciliidae Neoheterandria elegans Henn, 1916 Fr endemic   2.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;2.50 cm female  Known from the Rio Truando, a tributary of the Rio Atrato. 
Ariidae Notarius bonillai (Miles, 1945) Fr, Br, Fi endemic  Bagre cazón (Spanish), Bagre (Spanish), Bagre chivo (Spanish), Cazón (Spanish), Chivo cabezón (Spanish)  80.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from from the Atrato and Magdalena rivers (Ref. 89868). Collected from the mouth of the Río Atrato during the rainy season, indicating it may also stand low salinities (Ref. 89868). Also Ref. 3265, 5217, 12255. 
Ariidae Notarius cookei (Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002) Fr, Br native   42.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 58022. 
Crenuchidae Odontocharacidium aphanes (Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1977) Fr native   1.65 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37059). Recorded from the Loreto Yacu river drainage at small creeks (Ref. 13683). 
Characidae Odontostilbe euspilurus (Fowler, 1945) Fr native    Known from the upper río Caquetá basin (Ref. 57085).  No picture yet.
Characidae Odontostilbe fugitiva Cope, 1870 Fr native   4.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 37055).  No picture yet.
Characidae Odontostilbe splendida Bührnheim & Malabarba, 2007 Fr native   3.64 cm SL male/unsexed ;4.16 cm SL female  Known from the Rio Orinoco and Rio Meta basins (Ref. 75063).  No picture yet.
Carangidae Oligoplites palometa (Cuvier, 1832) Fr, Br, M native  Meona (Spanish), Sietecueros palometa (Spanish)  49.70 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Oliotius oligolepis (Bleeker, 1853) Fr introduced   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Salmonidae Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) Fr, Fi, Aq introduced   122 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) Fr, Br introduced   39.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 3, 13364, 97395. 
Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr, Fi, Aq introduced   60.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Ciénaga de Santa Marta (10°43'-11°00'N and 74°16'-74°35'W), Magdalena river (Ref. 78646). 
Osphronemidae Osphronemus goramy Lacepède, 1801 Fr introduced   70.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Doradidae Ossancora punctata (Kner, 1855) Fr native   11.30 cm SL male/unsexed   
Osteoglossidae Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Cuvier, 1829) Fr native   90.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Otocinclus batmani Lehmann A., 2006 Fr native   3.67 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the type locality, a small stream tributary to the Río Puré (Ref. 75892).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Otocinclus huaorani Schaefer, 1997 Fr native   3.20 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Loricariidae Otocinclus vittatus Regan, 1904 Fr native   3.30 cm TL male/unsexed   
Doradidae Oxydoras niger (Valenciennes, 1821) Fr native   100.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Doradidae Oxydoras sifontesi Fernández-Yépez, 1968 Fr native   76.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 37054). 
Loricariidae Oxyropsis acutirostris Miranda Ribeiro, 1951 Fr native   4.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from Guainía State, Río Inirida (Ref. 43109). 
Loricariidae Oxyropsis carinata (Steindachner, 1879) Fr native   7.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36885).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Oxyropsis wrightiana Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 Fr native   5.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36885).  No picture yet.
Sciaenidae Pachyurus schomburgkii Günther, 1860 Fr, Br questionable   28.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;28.90 cm SL female  Some specimens encountered in the Sinú estuary in 1966 and in Zaragocilla in 1965 possibly belong to this species (Ref. 5518).  
Loricariidae Panaque cochliodon (Steindachner, 1879) Fr endemic  Casasola (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish), Corroncorro (Spanish), Guacarote (Spanish)  30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Cauca and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 36713). Recorded maximum length and weight of a captive individual from the middle course of Magdalena River in Colombia, 45 cm SL and 1.45 kg, respectively (A.F. Echeverri (pers.comm. 04/09). Also Ref. 6868. 
Loricariidae Panaque nigrolineatus (Peters, 1877) Fr native   43.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Paracheirodon axelrodi (Schultz, 1956) Fr, Or native  fairly common (chances are about 50%) 2.51 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Paracheirodon innesi (Myers, 1936) Fr native   2.22 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Paracheirodon simulans (Géry, 1963) Fr native   2.02 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Parapristella georgiae Géry, 1964 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Meta River (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Characidae Parastremma album Dahl, 1960 Fr native  Blanca (Spanish)  9.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sandó River basin in Pacific versant of Colombia.(Ref. 38501). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Characidae Parastremma pulchrum Dahl, 1960 Fr native  Sardina (Spanish)  10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio San Juan (Ref. 598).  No picture yet.
Characidae Parastremma sadina Eigenmann, 1912 Fr endemic  Sardina (Spanish)  18.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Restricted to western Colombia (Ref. 598).  No picture yet.
Potamotrygonidae Paratrygon orinocensis Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & Carvalho, 2021 Fr native   58.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality of Paratrygon orinocensis, Vichada, Puerto Carreño, río Orinoco, locality of Piedra casa Bojonawi. Endemic to the Orinoco basin with specimens taken from the Apure, Bita and Orinoco rivers (Ref. 125391).  No picture yet.
Potamotrygonidae Paratrygon parvaspina Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & Carvalho, 2021 Fr native   54.30 cm WD male/unsexed  Type locality of Paratrygon parvaspina, State of Vichada, Municipality of Puerto Carreño, río Bita (Ref. 125391).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Paravandellia phaneronema (Miles, 1943) Fr native   2.81 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Río Cauca, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). 
Parodontidae Parodon alfonsoi Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 Fr native   10.34 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Parodontidae Parodon apolinari Myers, 1930 Fr native   10.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). Recorded from the Rio Guavio (Ref. 38191).  No picture yet.
Parodontidae Parodon atratoensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 Fr native   10.75 cm male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Parodontidae Parodon caliensis Boulenger, 1895 Fr native  Rollizo (Spanish), Mazorca (Spanish)  13.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Cauca River basin (Ref. 38267). Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Parodontidae Parodon magdalenensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 Fr native   13.20 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Parodontidae Parodon pongoensis (Allen, 1942) Fr native   10.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River tributaries (Ref. 38267). 
Parodontidae Parodon suborbitalis Valenciennes, 1850 Fr native  Cochinito (Spanish), Corunta (Spanish), Marranito (Spanish), Mazorca (Spanish), Tuso (Spanish)  12.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 38267). Found in the Atrato, San Jorge, Magdalena, and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Museum: Rio Salado, USNM 231552 (56.0-56.7 mm SL) (Ref. 13118). 
Loricariidae Peckoltia bachi (Boulenger, 1898) Fr native   14.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found throughout the upper Amazon and its tributaries. A single specimen collected from the Río Meta system near Villavicencio seems questionable since no other specimens have been collected in the Orinoco basin (Ref. 77026). 
Loricariidae Peckoltia lineola Armbruster, 2008 Fr native   9.69 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Río Iniridá (Ref. 77026). 
Loricariidae Peckoltia lujani Armbruster, Werneke & Tan, 2015 Fr native   7.51 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from río Meta - río Orinoco drainage (Ref. 99824).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881) Fr native   15.00 cm TL male/unsexed  One collection of what appears to be this species was recorded from the upper Río Guaviare (Ref. 777026). 
Pristigasteridae Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847 Fr native   80.00 cm FL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50591). 
Pristigasteridae Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837) Fr, Br native   73.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 12225). 
Pimelodidae Perrunichthys perruno Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Jeta de perro (Spanish), Perruno (Spanish)  60.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). 
Cyprinidae Pethia conchonius (Hamilton, 1822) Fr introduced   14.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Pethia gelius (Hamilton, 1822) Fr introduced   5.10 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Pethia nigrofasciata (Günther, 1868) Fr introduced   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.70 cm TL female   
Characidae Petitella bleheri (Géry & Mahnert, 1986) Fr native   3.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Río Meta basin (Ref. 38376). 
Heptapteridae Phenacorhamdia macarenensis Dahl, 1961 Fr endemic   4.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Guaviare River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Caño Lozada, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Characidae Phenagoniates macrolepis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) Fr native   4.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Fr native   135 cm TL male/unsexed   
Doradidae Physopyxis lyra Cope, 1872 Fr native   3.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Lebiasinidae Piabucina astrigata Regan, 1903 Fr native   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the southern Colombia west of the Andes (Ref. 37104). Possibly found in the Rio Meta (Ref. 598). 
Lebiasinidae Piabucina erythrinoides Valenciennes, 1850 Fr native   16.40 cm SL male/unsexed 7 SL   No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Piabucina festae Boulenger, 1899 Fr native  Saltona (Spanish), Candela (Spanish)  13.50 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Piabucina panamensis Gill, 1877 Fr native  Candela (Spanish), Saltona (Spanish)  14.30 cm SL male/unsexed   
Lebiasinidae Piabucina pleurotaenia Regan, 1903 Fr native   16.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena river basin. 
Serrasalmidae Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) Fr native  Paco (Spanish), Cachama blanca (Spanish)  88.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Heptapteridae Pimelodella chagresi (Steindachner, 1876) Fr native   15.40 cm TL male/unsexed   
Heptapteridae Pimelodella conquetaensis Ahl, 1925 Fr endemic   14.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Caquetá River basin in the upper Japurá River drainage (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Río Coquetá, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Pimelodella eutaenia Regan, 1913 Fr endemic   14.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 36914).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Pimelodella figueroai Dahl, 1961 Fr endemic  Barbilla (Spanish)  9.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Guaviare River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality, Caño Lozada, approx. 17 kilometers above its junction with Guayabero River (Ref. 36914).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Pimelodella longibarbata Cortés-Hernández, DoNascimiento & Ramírez-Gil, 2020 Fr native    Known from the western Orinoco river basin (Ref. 128936).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Pimelodella macrocephala (Miles, 1943) Fr endemic  Chiriri (Spanish), Chirriri (Spanish), Micudo (Spanish)  2.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Cauca River basin (Ref. 36914). Type locality: Río Cauca, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 68680.  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Pimelodella metae Eigenmann, 1917 Fr endemic  Barbilla (Spanish)  10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Meta River basin (Ref. 36914). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Pimelodella odynea Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Bagrecito (Spanish)  10.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Cucuta, Colombia. 
Heptapteridae Pimelodella pallida Dahl, 1961 Fr endemic  Barbilla (Spanish)  9.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Guaviare River basin. Type locality, Caño Lozada, about 500 meters above its junction with Guayabero River (Ref. 36914).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Pimelodella reyesi Dahl, 1964 Fr endemic  Casimiro (Spanish)  9.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sinú River basin (Ref. 36914).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Pimelodina flavipinnis Steindachner, 1876 Fr native   39.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Pimelodus altissimus Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942 Fr questionable      No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840 Fr native  Nicuro (Spanish)  35.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Pimelodus coprophagus Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Mierderito (Spanish)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). 
Pimelodidae Pimelodus garciabarrigai Dahl, 1961 Fr endemic    Known from Guayabero River basin in Orinoco River drainage (Ref. 36506). Type locality: Deep pool in Caño Lozada, ca. 11 km above its junction with Río Guayabero, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Pimelodus grosskopfii Steindachner, 1879 Fr native   38.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36506). 
Pimelodidae Pimelodus navarroi Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Rampuche (Spanish)  30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1858 Fr native   38.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Pimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876 Fr native   11.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 2060. 
Pimelodidae Pinirampus pirinampu (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr native   120 cm TL male/unsexed   
Sciaenidae Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840) Fr native  Corvina (Spanish)  80.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Sciaenidae Plagioscion surinamensis (Bleeker, 1873) Fr native   70.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36888). C: Refs. 36888, 94565, 94566; O: 94565. 
Doradidae Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native   24.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Platynematichthys notatus (Jardine, 1841) Fr native   80.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Platysilurus malarmo Schultz, 1944 Fr native  Malarmo (Spanish)  70.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 36506). 
Pimelodidae Platysilurus mucosus (Vaillant, 1880) Fr native   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Poeciliidae Poecilia caucana (Steindachner, 1880) Fr native  Piponcita (Spanish), Pipona (Spanish)  3.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm NG female  Known from Cauca (Ref. 26130), Magdalena, Sinú, San Jorge and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 42987. 
Poeciliidae Poecilia gillii (Kner, 1863) Fr questionable   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;10.50 cm TL female  Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation. 
Poeciliidae Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) Fr, Br introduced   15.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;10.00 cm TL female   
Poeciliidae Poecilia mechthildae Meyer, Etzel & Bork, 2002 Fr native    Type locality, 6 km upstream of the mouth of Río Acandi, near Acandi (Ref. 50838).  No picture yet.
Poeciliidae Poecilia orri Fowler, 1943 Fr native   5.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Islas de Providencia.  
Poeciliidae Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 Fr introduced   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm SL female   
Poeciliidae Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 Fr, Br native   7.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 1739. 
Poeciliidae Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914) Fr, Br introduced   15.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Poeciliidae Poeciliopsis turrubarensis (Meek, 1912) Fr, Br native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;8.00 cm female  Known from the Rio Dagua. 
Crenuchidae Poecilocharax weitzmani Géry, 1965 Fr native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Poptella compressa (Günther, 1864) Fr native   10.20 cm TL male/unsexed   
Characidae Poptella longipinnis (Popta, 1901) Fr native   6.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36891). 
Curimatidae Potamorhina altamazonica (Cope, 1878) Fr native   27.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Curimatidae Potamorhina laticeps (Valenciennes, 1850) Fr native  Manamana (Spanish)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Curimatidae Potamorhina latior (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr native   24.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 38013). 
Belonidae Potamorrhaphis guianensis (Jardine, 1843) Fr native   29.10 cm TL male/unsexed   
Belonidae Potamorrhaphis petersi Collette, 1974 Fr native   24.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 50279).  No picture yet.
Potamotrygonidae Potamotrygon constellata (Vaillant, 1880) Fr native   62.00 cm WD male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 36687). Also Ref. 38803. 
Potamotrygonidae Potamotrygon magdalenae (Duméril, 1865) Fr native  Raya (Spanish), Raya de rio (Spanish)  35.00 cm WD male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge, and Atrato river basins. Apparently absent in the Sinú river basin. Ascends river tributaries such as Tibu, the Sardinata, and the Zulia. Type locality: Río Magdalena, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Found in San Cristóbal and La Dorada (Ref. 38803). 
Potamotrygonidae Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) Fr native   50.00 cm WD male/unsexed  Found in extreme southern Colombia, particularly in the Arara River (Ref. 35539); within 100km of Leticia (Ref. 38803). 
Potamotrygonidae Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855) Fr native   35.00 cm WD male/unsexed ;32.50 cm WD female  Type locality of Potamotrygon roulini, Orinoco Basin (Ref. 123811). 
Poeciliidae Priapichthys caliensis (Eigenmann & Henn, 1916) Fr native   2.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Cali (Ref. 50838).  No picture yet.
Poeciliidae Priapichthys chocoensis (Henn, 1916) Fr native   3.50 cm TL male/unsexed ;4.50 cm TL female  Type locality: Río Calima, Chocó (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Poeciliidae Priapichthys nigroventralis (Eigenmann & Henn, 1912) Fr native   3.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 50894). Type locality: Río San Juan at Itsmina (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Characidae Priocharax pygmaeus Weitzman & Vari, 1987 Fr native   1.65 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from tributaries of Rio Amazonas (Ref. 28825). Also Ref. 36811.  No picture yet.
Characidae Prionobrama filigera (Cope, 1870) Fr native   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 38376). 
Characidae Pristella ariporo Conde-Saldaña, Albornoz-Garzón, García-Melo, Villa-Navarro, Mirande & Lima, 2019 Fr native   2.97 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Pristella ariporo: Mani, La Porfia, Rio Ariporo (Ref. 128489).  No picture yet.
Pristigasteridae Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829 Fr, Br native   14.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50591). 
Pristidae Pristis microdon Latham, 1794 Fr, Br, M native   700 cm TL male/unsexed   
Pristidae Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794 Fr, Br, M native  Pez espada (Spanish), Espadachin (Spanish), Pez sierra (Spanish)  760 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Atrato basin in the Atrato and Quito Rivers (Ref. 57708). 
Pristidae Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Pez sierra (Spanish)  750 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Magdalena River, San Juan River and Atrato River (Ref. 57708). 
Prochilodontidae Prochilodus magdalenae Steindachner, 1879 Fr, Fi endemic  Bocachico (Spanish)  51.00 cm SL male/unsexed 24.5 SL Known from Atrato, Sinú, and Cauca-Magdalena River basins (Ref. 37057). 
Prochilodontidae Prochilodus mariae Eigenmann, 1922 Fr native   40.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Orinoco river (Ref. 598, 37057). 
Prochilodontidae Prochilodus nigricans Spix & Agassiz, 1829 Fr native   48.50 cm SL male/unsexed ;52.50 cm SL female 18.7 SL Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 37057). 
Prochilodontidae Prochilodus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1850 Fr, Aq native  Bocachico (Spanish)  28.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Lake Maracaibo basin (Ref. 37057). Also Ref. 4537. 
Characidae Protocheirodon pi (Vari, 1978) Fr native   3.10 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Psalidodon fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) Fr, Fi native  Tolomba (Spanish), Cola amarilla (Spanish), Colirroja (Spanish), Golosa (Spanish), Juguetona (Spanish), Sardina (Spanish)  17.10 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in all areas of the Magdalena River system except in fast moving waters; the Sinú, Pechilín, Buritaca, and other rivers flowing from the Sierra Nevada to the sea or to the Ciénaga Grande of Santa Maria, Colombia (Ref. 5518). Also known from the San Jorge, Atrato, San Juan and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). 
Curimatidae Psectrogaster ciliata (Müller & Troschel, 1844) Fr native   12.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Río Guaviare (Ref. 34107).  No picture yet.
Curimatidae Psectrogaster rutiloides (Kner, 1858) Fr native   17.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 38013). 
Loricariidae Pseudancistrus orinoco (Isbrücker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988) Fr native   10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36713).  No picture yet.
Anostomidae Pseudanos winterbottomi Sidlauskas & Santos, 2005 Fr native   15.17 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Orinoco drainage (Ref. 55429). Also Ref. 91907. 
Aspredinidae Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus (Mees, 1989) Fr native   4.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36695). 
Aspredinidae Pseudobunocephalus lundbergi Friel, 2008 Fr native   2.91 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Pseudochalceus kyburzi Schultz, 1966 Fr native   7.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 598. 
Characidae Pseudochalceus longianalis Géry, 1972 Fr native   7.85 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Curimatidae Pseudocurimata lineopunctata (Boulenger, 1911) Fr native   11.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Rio San Juan, Rio Dagua and upper portions of Rio Atrato systems. 
Curimatidae Pseudocurimata patiae (Eigenmann, 1914) Fr endemic   12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Rio Patia basin (Ref. 13243). Also Ref. 38013.  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Pseudohemiodon unillano Rojas-Molina, Provenzano & Ramírez-Gil, 2019 Fr native   20.05 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Pseudohemiodon unillano: Orinoco River basin, Guayuriba River, tributary to the upper Meta River, vía Puerto López, near Villavicencio (Ref. 128488). 
Syngnathidae Pseudophallus starksii (Jordan & Culver, 1895) Fr native   17.60 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pseudopimelodidae Pseudopimelodus bufonius (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native   24.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pseudopimelodidae Pseudopimelodus schultzi (Dahl, 1955) Fr endemic   20.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 39418).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766) Fr native   105 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 Fr native   100.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River drainage, including Cauca River (Ref. 59362). 
Pimelodidae Pseudoplatystoma metaense Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 Fr native   55.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 59362). 
Pimelodidae Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau, 1855) Fr, Thr native    Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 117026).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native   130 cm TL male/unsexed   
Poeciliidae Pseudopoecilia austrocolumbiana Radda, 1987 Fr endemic   2.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known only from two brooks: one flows into the Rio Guelmambi, a tributary of the Rio Telembi Patia system; and a creek that empties into the Rio Guiza, a tributary of the Rio Mira, a river near the border with Ecuador..  No picture yet.
Characidae Pterobrycon landoni Eigenmann, 1913 Fr endemic   2.51 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the middle and upper Atrato River basin (Ref. 38597).  No picture yet.
Doradidae Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821) Fr native   68.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;90.10 cm SL female   
Doradidae Pterodoras rivasi (Fernández-Yépez, 1950) Fr native   55.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 37054). 
Cichlidae Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin, 1903 Fr native   18.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze, 1823) Fr native   10.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Loricariidae Pterygoplichthys undecimalis (Steindachner, 1878) Fr native  Choque (Spanish), Cacucho (Spanish), Coroncoro negro (Spanish), Corroncho (Spanish), Rascón (Spanish)  50.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge, and lower Sinú rivers (Ref. 26543).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Pterygoplichthys weberi Armbruster & Page, 2006 Fr native   19.69 cm SL male/unsexed  Tpe locality of Pterygoplichthys weberi, Caquetá, Florencia, Río Caqueta drainage, Laguna El Vaticano. Known from the upper Rio Amazonas drainage (Ref. 75871). 
Cyprinidae Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) Fr introduced   7.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Puntius titteya Deraniyagala, 1929 Fr introduced   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Serrasalmidae Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt, 1821) Fr native  Piraña (Spanish)  27.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Orinoco River Basin. 
Serrasalmidae Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858 Fr native  Piraña (Spanish)  50.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 39031). 
Lebiasinidae Pyrrhulina lugubris Eigenmann, 1922 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Meta River basin.  No picture yet.
Lebiasinidae Pyrrhulina obermulleri Myers, 1926 Fr native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37104). 
Lebiasinidae Pyrrhulina semifasciata Steindachner, 1876 Fr native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Rachovia brevis (Regan, 1912) Fr native   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. 
Rivulidae Rachovia hummelincki de Beaufort, 1940 Fr native   5.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. 
Rivulidae Rachovia maculipinnis (Radda, 1964) Fr native   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 36579). Also Ref. 27139. 
Danionidae Rasbora trilineata Steindachner, 1870 Fr introduced   13.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Rhadinoloricaria laani (Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1988) Fr native   13.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco drainage, Meta River basin (Ref. 36389). Known from Rio Metica, Rio Negrito and La Argelia (Ref. 27116).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Rhadinoloricaria listrorhinos (Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1988) Fr native   13.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco drainage, Metica River basin (Ref. 36389). Also Ref. 27116.  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Rhamdia argentina (Humboldt, 1821) Fr native    Type locality: Río Magdalena near Chilloa, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) Fr native   25.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Sympatric with Rhamdia saijaensis in Cajambre and San Juan Rivers (Pacific drainage, but R. guatemalensis is more abundant and has a wide altitudinal distribution (ranging from sea level to approximately 1000 m) and the main channel of rivers and streams, either with turbid waters and high sediment loads or with transparent waters and few nutrients (Ref. 108688).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Rhamdia laukidi Bleeker, 1858 Fr native   33.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Heptapteridae Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Fr native  Capitanejo (Spanish)  61.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena, Cauca, Sinú, San Jorge, San Juan and Atrato rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 36880. 
Heptapteridae Rhamdia saijaensis Rendahl, 1941 Fr native   18.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from Chocó and Valle del Cauca (Ref. 108688).  No picture yet.
Heptapteridae Rhamdia velifer (Humboldt, 1821) Fr native    Type locality: Río Magadalena (Ref. 6868, 26282).  No picture yet.
Rhamphichthyidae Rhamphichthys drepanium Triques, 1999 Fr native   45.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Negro (Ref. 35403).  No picture yet.
Doradidae Rhinodoras gallagheri Sabaj Pérez, Taphorn & Castillo G., 2008 Fr native   14.95 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Río Aguas de Limón (alternatively mapped in the headwaters of the Río Cinaruco and the Río Capanaparo, both left bank tributaries of the middle Orinoco) in Arauca Department (Ref. 75166). 
Doradidae Rhinodoras thomersoni Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984 Fr native  Mariano (Spanish)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Rhinotocinclus variola (Lehmann A., Schvambach & Reis, 2015) Fr native   2.93 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in one locality in the Quebrada Tacana, a small creek tributary to the rio Amazonas about 6.5 km by the road from Leticia to Tarapacá, Amazonas Department, southern Colombia (Ref. 100824).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Rhizosomichthys totae (Miles, 1942) Fr native   13.80 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Lake Tota basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Lago de Tota, Boyacá, e. Cordillera, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Haemulidae Rhonciscus bayanus (Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Fr native   51.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Haemulidae Rhonciscus crocro (Cuvier, 1830) Fr, Br, M native   38.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Rineloricaria formosa Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 Fr native   15.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Rineloricaria jurupari Londoño-Burbano & Urbano-Bonilla, 2018 Fr native    Type locality of Rineloricaria jurupari from Unilla River drainage, tributary to the upper Vaupés River subbasin, Amazon basin, Caño La Tigra, Calamar, Guaviare Department, Colombia (Ref. 128731).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Rineloricaria magdalenae (Steindachner, 1879) Fr native  Alcalde (Spanish), Pileta (Spanish), Raspacanoa (Spanish)  20.00 cm male/unsexed  Found in Sinú and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Rineloricaria sneiderni (Fowler, 1944) Fr native   18.00 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Jurubidá River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Rivulidae Rivulus azurescens Vermeulen, 2013 Fr native   5.66 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Rivulus carolinae Vermeulen & Mejia-Vargas, 2020 Fr native   2.76 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.50 cm SL female  Type locality of Rivulus carolinae, Alto Rio Negro, Guainía dpt., La Guadalupe, small creek and surroundings about 10 minutes’ walk south-southwest in the forest starting where airstrip ends (Ref. 130065).  No picture yet.
Rivulidae Rivulus flammaecauda Vermeulen & Mejia-Vargas, 2020 Fr native   3.55 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Rivulus flammaecauda, Alto Rio Negro, La Guadalupe, small creek and surroundings about 10 minutes’ walk south-southwest in the forest starting where the airstrip ends (Ref. 130065).  No picture yet.
Rivulidae Rivulus pivijay Vermeulen, 2013 Fr native   4.81 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Rivulus ribesrubrum Vermeulen, 2013 Fr native   5.59 cm SL male/unsexed   
Rivulidae Rivulus xi Vermeulen, 2013 Fr native   5.79 cm SL male/unsexed  Found only in the type locality, a mountain creek at 588 meters altitude under primary forest canopy, clear medium-fast running water, stony cascading profile, no aquatic vegetation, temperature 24 °C at 18.55 hours, pH 5.8 (Ref. 95022). 
Characidae Roeboides araguaito Lucena, 2003 Fr native   11.09 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Roeboides dayi (Steindachner, 1878) Fr native   12.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Reported from the Sinú, San Jorge, Cauca, Magdalena and Cesar rivers (Ref. 26543). Also Ref. 36811. 
Characidae Roeboides occidentalis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 Fr native   13.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 598.  No picture yet.
Acestrorhynchidae Roestes ogilviei (Fowler, 1914) Fr questionable   18.70 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Characidae Saccoderma hastata (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 37055).  No picture yet.
Characidae Saccoderma robusta Dahl, 1955 Fr endemic    Known only from Sinu River basin (Ref. 598, 37055).  No picture yet.
Parodontidae Saccodon dariensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) Fr native  Dormilón (Spanish), Mazorco (Spanish), Rayado (Spanish), Torpedo (Spanish)  16.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato and Magdalena River basins (Ref. 38267). Museum: Rio Salado, USNM uncat., 76.5 mm SL (Ref. 13118). 
Bryconidae Salminus affinis Steindachner, 1880 Fr native  Dorada (Spanish), Picuda (Spanish), Rubia (Spanish), Rubio (Spanish)  46.50 cm SL male/unsexed  An 80 cm TL fish was caught by angling from Rio Nare of the Magdalena basin (A. Linares, pers. comm., 11/02). 
Bryconidae Salminus hilarii Valenciennes, 1850 Fr native  Dorado (Spanish)  50.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Salmonidae Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 Fr not established   140 cm SL male/unsexed   
Salmonidae Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) Fr not established   86.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Satanoperca acuticeps (Heckel, 1840) Fr misidentification   17.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Rio Negro (Ref. 122551). Occurrence in the country is not confirmed (Ref. 36377). 
Cichlidae Satanoperca daemon (Heckel, 1840) Fr native   17.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 4537. 
Cichlidae Satanoperca jurupari (Heckel, 1840) Fr native   26.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;23.30 cm SL female  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Anostomidae Schizodon scotorhabdotus Sidlauskas, Garavello & Jellen, 2007 Fr native   27.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Río Orinoco system (Ref. 75767). Occurs as far west as Quebrada Venturosa in Río Meta drainage in central Colombia (Ref. 75767).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Schultzichthys gracilis Dahl, 1960 Fr native   2.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Guayabero River, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970).  No picture yet.
Characidae Schultzites axelrodi Géry, 1964 Fr native   3.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Rio Meta.  No picture yet.
Ariidae Sciades couma (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native   97.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Ariidae Sciades dowii (Gill, 1863) Fr, Br native   90.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 11482. 
Ariidae Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794) Fr, Br, M, Fi native  Chivo de mar (Spanish), Shucuyo (Wayuu), Bagre (Spanish), Bagre blanco (Spanish)  94.20 cm TL male/unsexed ;62.50 cm TL female  Also Ref. 3265., 13251 
Prochilodontidae Semaprochilodus insignis (Jardine, 1841) Fr native   22.00 cm SL male/unsexed ;29.50 cm SL female  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37057). 
Prochilodontidae Semaprochilodus laticeps (Steindachner, 1879) Fr native   44.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River (Ref. 37057). 
Serrasalmidae Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858 Fr native  Piraña (Spanish)  26.40 cm TL male/unsexed ;34.50 cm TL female   
Serrasalmidae Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) Fr native  Piraña negra (Spanish)  41.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gobiidae Sicydium hildebrandi Eigenmann, 1918 Fr endemic   11.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Dagua River basin (Ref. 50190).  No picture yet.
Pimelodidae Sorubim cuspicaudus Littmann, Burr & Nass, 2000 Fr native  Antioqueno (Spanish), Trans-Andean shovelnose catfish (English), Bagre blanco (Spanish), Bagre pobre (Spanish), Blanquillo (Spanish), Cucharo (Spanish), Gallego (Spanish), hocico de paleton (Spanish)  80.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Colombia, Depto. De Tolima, Río Magdalena drainage, at Puerto Soplaviento, FMNH 56223 (holotype of Sorubim cuspicaudus, 32.7 cm SL) (Ref. 57983). 
Pimelodidae Sorubim elongatus Littmann, Burr, Schmidt & Isern, 2001 Fr native   32.20 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pimelodidae Sorubim lima (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Fr native  Paletón (Spanish), Blanquillo (Spanish)  54.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Atrato, Sinú, San Jorge and Magdalena rivers (Ref. 26543). 
Pimelodidae Sorubimichthys planiceps (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Fr native   150 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Spatuloricaria atratoensis Schultz, 1944 Fr native   34.04 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Atrato Riber basin (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Spatuloricaria caquetae (Fowler, 1943) Fr native   37.00 cm male/unsexed  Found in the Ortequasa River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Spatuloricaria curvispina (Dahl, 1942) Fr native  Bigutudo (Spanish)  40.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Río Batatal, trib. to Río San Jorge, Río Magdalena system, Bolivar Dept., Colombia (Ref. 6868).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Spatuloricaria euacanthagenys Isbrücker, 1979 Fr native   52.00 cm male/unsexed  Found in the Caquetá River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Spatuloricaria fimbriata (Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) Fr native  Cucho pitero (Spanish), Zapatero (Spanish)  8.41 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River and Boca de Certegai (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Spatuloricaria gymnogaster (Eigenmann & Vance, 1912) Fr native  Alcalde (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish), Zapatero (Spanish)  370 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Spatuloricaria terracanticum Londoño-Burbano, Urbano-Bonilla, Rojas-Molina, Ramírez-Gil & Prada-Pedreros, 2018 Fr native   28.56 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality Spatuloricaria terracanticum, Casanare, Sabanalarga, Up´ıa River, tributary to the upper Meta River, Orinoco basin (Ref. 119417).  No picture yet.
Hypopomidae Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner, 1880) Fr native   29.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Amazon River (Ref. 37053).  No picture yet.
Curimatidae Steindachnerina argentea (Gill, 1858) Fr native   9.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Recroded from the Río Orinoco basin of eastern Colombia (Ref. 30554). 
Curimatidae Steindachnerina atratoensis (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   8.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Río Atrato drainage basin (Ref. 30554). Also Ref. 38013.  No picture yet.
Curimatidae Steindachnerina bimaculata (Steindachner, 1876) Fr native   17.30 cm SL male/unsexed   
Curimatidae Steindachnerina dobula (Günther, 1868) Fr native   16.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon basin. 
Curimatidae Steindachnerina guentheri (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) Fr native   11.10 cm SL male/unsexed   
Curimatidae Steindachnerina pupula Vari, 1991 Fr native   16.77 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Río Orinoco basin (Ref. 30554). Also Ref. 38013.  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Sternarchella schotti (Steindachner, 1868) Fr questionable   40.00 cm TL male/unsexed  A single juvenile specimen was found inhabiting the río Meta in Colombia, suggesting that this species may have a wider range than originally known (Ref. 126780). 
Apteronotidae Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus (Steindachner, 1868) Fr native   54.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Collected from Río Orinoco basin, Río Meta (Ref. 84053).  No picture yet.
Apteronotidae Sternarchorhynchus roseni Mago-Leccia, 1994 Fr native   41.70 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Sternopygidae Sternopygus aequilabiatus (Humboldt, 1805) Fr native   81.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Magdalena River basin (Ref. 39524). Also Ref. 26457. 
Sternopygidae Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Fr native   141 cm TL male/unsexed  Practically found in all large basins. (Ref. 26543). 
Belonidae Strongylura exilis (Girard, 1854) Fr, Br, M native   91.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Belonidae Strongylura fluviatilis (Regan, 1903) Fr native   51.70 cm SL male/unsexed   
Belonidae Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792) Fr, Br, M native   111 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 3129. 
Loricariidae Sturisoma caquetae (Fowler, 1945) Fr native   19.30 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Caquetá River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Loricariidae Sturisomatichthys aureum (Steindachner, 1900) Fr native  Palito (Spanish)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Magdalena, San Jorge and Cesar River basins (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Sturisomatichthys leightoni (Regan, 1912) Fr native  Baracalde (Spanish), Cucho pitero (Spanish)  18.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Magdalena and Cauca River basins (Ref. 36389). 
Loricariidae Sturisomatichthys panamense (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) Fr native  Pitero (Spanish), Alcalde (Spanish), Chuzo (Spanish), Palito (Spanish)  26.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Loricariidae Sturisomatichthys tamanae (Regan, 1912) Fr native   22.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the San Juan River basin (Ref. 36389).  No picture yet.
Cichlidae Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904 Fr native   13.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). 
Synbranchidae Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, 1795 Fr native  Anguila (Spanish)  150 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in lowland areas. 
Tanichthyidae Tanichthys albonubes Lin, 1932 Fr introduced   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Appeared in Colombia through escapes from an aquarium rearing facility.  
Auchenipteridae Tatia dunni (Fowler, 1945) Fr native   12.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Amazon River and the Caquetá River drainage in Cauca mountains Morelia at 1950 m above sea level (Ref. 79512). 
Auchenipteridae Tatia galaxias Mees, 1974 Fr native   12.56 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Meta drainage (Ref. 79512).  No picture yet.
Auchenipteridae Tatia gyrina (Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) Fr native   4.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 79512). 
Doradidae Tenellus leporhinus (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   17.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 96153). 
Doradidae Tenellus ternetzi (Eigenmann, 1925) Fr native   12.86 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Doradidae Tenellus trimaculatus (Boulenger, 1898) Fr native   11.40 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Tetragonopterus argenteus Cuvier, 1816 Fr native   11.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco basin (Río Guaviare) and Río Meta (Río Negrito) (Ref. 124043). 
Characidae Tetragonopterus daguae (Eigenmann, 1913) Fr native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Auchenipteridae Tetranematichthys quadrifilis (Kner, 1858) Fr native   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gasteropelecidae Thoracocharax stellatus (Kner, 1858) Fr native   6.70 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cichlidae Thorichthys meeki Brind, 1918 Fr introduced   17.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Auchenipteridae Trachelyopterus fisheri (Eigenmann, 1916) Fr native   28.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Sucio River (Ref. 6868). 
Auchenipteridae Trachelyopterus insignis (Steindachner, 1878) Fr native  Chivo (Spanish), Rengue (Spanish)  22.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Rio Magdalena (Ref. 6868, 26543). 
Doradidae Trachydoras microstomus (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   5.90 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Doradidae Trachydoras nattereri (Steindachner, 1881) Fr native   12.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Doradidae Trachydoras steindachneri (Perugia, 1897) Fr native   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River (Ref. 37054). 
Osphronemidae Trichogaster fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Fr introduced   12.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Osphronemidae Trichogaster labiosa Day, 1877 Fr introduced   9.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Osphronemidae Trichogaster lalius (Hamilton, 1822) Fr introduced   9.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus arhuaco Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 Fr native   7.02 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Río Guatapuri, Chemesquemena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, cuenca del río Magdalena, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus ballesterosi Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 Fr native    Known from the upper Sinú River basin (Ref. 87661).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus banneaui (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   6.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Correntes perto de Honda, Colombia (Ref. 6868). 
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus bogotensis (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   9.40 cm male/unsexed  Type locality: Chapinero, near Bogotá, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus cachiraensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 Fr native   10.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Río Galvánes, upper course of the Río Cáchira, Municipio Cáchira, Departamento de, Norte de Santander, CAR125 (holotype of Trichomycterus cachiraensis, 8.31 cm TL) (Ref. 83636).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus caliensis (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   5.30 cm male/unsexed 9.2 SL Known from the Calima River basin (Ref. 39970).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus chapmani (Eigenmann, 1912) Fr native   11.80 cm male/unsexed  Type locality: Upper valley of the Cauca, Boquia (Ref. 6868). Also Ref. 39970.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus donascimientoi Castellanos-Morales, 2018 Fr endemic  lauchas (Spanish)  8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality from Trichomycterus donascimientoi, cueva de Gedania, Magdalena River sustem.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus dorsostriatum (Eigenmann, 1917) Fr native   7.70 cm male/unsexed  Found in river drainages in Villavicencio (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Villavicencio, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus garciamarquezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 Fr native   3.09 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Río Tucurinca, parte baja, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, municipio de Tucurinca, Departamento del Magdalena (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus gorgona Fernández & Schaefer, 2005 Fr native   6.36 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from a stream on Gorgona Island, presently isolated 56 km from shore (Ref. 55665).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus kankuamo Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 Fr native   5.92 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Arroyo Blanco, Eco-Parque 'Los Besotes', Municipio de Valledupar, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus latidens (Eigenmann, 1917) Fr native   5.30 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Calima River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus latistriatus (Eigenmann, 1917) Fr native   4.60 cm male/unsexed  Type locality: Santander, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus maldonadoi Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 Fr native    Known from the upper Sinú River basin (Ref. 87661).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus manaurensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 Fr native   6.19 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Río Manaure, parte baja, Serranía del Perijá, Cuenca del río Magdalena, municipio de Manaure, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus migrans (Dahl, 1960) Fr native   4.20 cm NG male/unsexed  Known from the Guayabero River, Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus montesi Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 Fr native   11.08 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Quebrada del Cinco, afluente del río Manaure, parte alta, Serranía del Perijá, Cuenca del río Magdalena, municipio de Manaure, Departamento del Cesar (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus nietoi Ardila Rodríguez, 2014 Fr native   15.78 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from quebrada Kemakumake, tributario del río Guachaca, Sierra Nevada de Sanata Marta, Departamento del Magdalena (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus nigromaculatus Boulenger, 1887 Fr native   16.50 cm male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus ocanaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 Fr native   5.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Río Teja, afluente del río Algodonal, cuenca alto del río Catatumbo, municipio de Ocaña, Departamento de Norte de Santander (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus regani (Eigenmann, 1917) Fr native   5.50 cm male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus retropinnis Regan, 1903 Fr native   8.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality: St. Augustin, Andes of Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 6868. 
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus romeroi (Fowler, 1941) Fr native   6.60 cm NG male/unsexed  Known from the Honda River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus rosablanca Mesa S., Lasso, Ochoa & DoNascimiento, 2018 Fr native   10.25 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Trichomycterus rosablanca, Santander, El Peñón, Las Sardinas Cave, Las Sardinas Creek, tributary of Horta River, Carare River drainage, Magdalena River basin. It is known known exclusively from this stream tributary, draining the caves Las Sardinas and Caracol, in the upper Carare River drainage, corresponding to the middle Magdalena River basin (Ref. 119411). 
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus ruitoquensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2007 Fr native    Type locality, Río Riofrío, sector "La Clausen", tributary to río de Oro, cuennca alta del río Lebrija, sistema río Magdalena, Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Santander, Colombia, elevation 1000 meters (Ref. 87661).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus sandovali Ardila Rodríguez, 2006 Fr native      No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus santanderensis Castellanos-Morales, 2007 Fr native   10.07 cm SL male/unsexed   
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus sketi Castellanos-Morales, 2011 Fr native   6.15 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Departamento de Santander, Municipio La Paz, vereda Casas Blancas, Cueva del Indio, CAC-CDMB 104 (holotype of Trichomycterus sketi, 6.15 cm SL) (Ref. 87778). 
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus spectrum DoNascimiento & Prada-Pedreros, 2020 Fr native   13.19 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Trichomycterus spectrum from Hato Nuevo, cueva de Alejo, río Ranchería basin, Guajira, Colombia, MPUJ 4190 at a depth of 947 m. It is mainly found in Alejo cave, drained by the Arroyo Los Pozones, a tributary of the río Ranchería basin, which empties into the Caribbean Sea, on the north-eastern coast of Colombia (Ref. 128935).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus spilosoma (Regan, 1913) Fr native   25.00 cm male/unsexed  Known from Sipi and Tamana River basins (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Rio San Juan, Colombia (Ref. 26282).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus steindachneri DoNascimiento, Prada-Pedreros & Guerrero-Kommritz, 2014 Fr native   14.35 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the quebrada El Charco, a tributary of quebrada Santa Bárbara, which drains the east flank of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombian Andes, to empties into río El Palmar of the río Meta drainage, río Orinoco basin (Ref. 102659).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus stellatus (Eigenmann, 1918) Fr native   7.80 cm male/unsexed  Type locality: Quebrada Sarjento, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus straminius (Eigenmann, 1917) Fr native   6.70 cm male/unsexed  Type locality: Santander, Colombia (Ref. 26282, 6868). Also Ref. 39970.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus striatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) Fr native   8.40 cm male/unsexed   
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus torcoromaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 Fr native   6.37 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Quebrada Torcoroma, parte alta, cuenca del río Magdalena, Municipio de Ocaña, Departamento de Norte de Santander (Ref. 115924).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus transandianus (Steindachner, 1915) Fr native   6.10 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Combeima River basin (Ref. 39970). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus uisae Castellanos-Morales, 2008 Fr native  Trepador (Spanish)  7.25 cm SL male/unsexed   
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus unicolor (Regan, 1913) Fr native   8.50 cm male/unsexed  Known from San Juan River basin (Ref. 39970). Type locality: Rio Condoto, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 6868.  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Trichomycterus venulosus (Steindachner, 1915) Fr native   12.50 cm male/unsexed  Type locality: Paramo de Cruz verde, E. Cordillere, Colombia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 39970.  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Trichopodus leerii (Bleeker, 1852) Fr introduced   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Osphronemidae Trichopodus microlepis (Günther, 1861) Fr introduced   14.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Osphronemidae Trichopodus pectoralis Regan, 1910 Fr, Fi introduced   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Established in the Magdalena (Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta) (10°43'-11°00'N and 74°16'-74°35'W) (Ref. 78646) and Orinoco watersheds. Widespread in fish rearing facilities and has presumably escaped into local waters. Also Ref. 13364. 
Osphronemidae Trichopodus trichopterus (Pallas, 1770) Fr introduced   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Achiridae Trinectes fluviatilis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Fr, Br, M native  Lenguado (Spanish)  5.00 cm male/unsexed   
Achiridae Trinectes hubbsbollinger Duplain, Chapleau & Munroe, 2012 Fr native   7.04 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from upper Río San Juan and Río Condoto near Andagoya (Ref. 91752).  No picture yet.
Triportheidae Triportheus magdalenae (Steindachner, 1878) Fr native   36.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Characidae Tyttocharax metae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2012 Fr native   1.86 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the río Güejar system in Meta State, La Macarena Mountains, Orinoco basin (Ref. 91745).  No picture yet.
Trichomycteridae Vandellia beccarii Di Caporiacco, 1935 Fr native   5.90 cm NG male/unsexed  Known from the Orinoco River basin (Ref. 39970). 
Trichomycteridae Vandellia cirrhosa Valenciennes, 1846 Fr native   17.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 39970). 
Characidae Xenagoniates bondi Myers, 1942 Fr native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Orinoco River basin and coastal drainages (Ref. 38376).  No picture yet.
Poeciliidae Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 Fr, Br introduced   14.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;16.00 cm TL female   
Poeciliidae Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866) Fr introduced   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;6.00 cm TL female   
Poeciliidae Xiphophorus variatus (Meek, 1904) Fr introduced   7.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Aspredinidae Xyliphius lepturus Orcés V., 1962 Fr native   13.20 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Aspredinidae Xyliphius magdalenae Eigenmann, 1912 Fr native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Magdalena River basin (Ref. 36695). 
Pimelodidae Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt, 1821) Fr native  Bagresapo (Spanish)  140 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Magdalena river basin (Ref. 26543). 
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