Fishes
Threespot Leporinus
Scientific name: Leporinus friderici (Bloch 1794)
English: Threespot Leporinus
Dutch: Drievlekkige Leporine
Sranan: Waraku
Trio: Tarani
Wayana: Talani / Taanali
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Flannel-Mouthed Characin
Scientific name: Semaprochilodus varii (Castro 1988)
English: Flannel-Mouthed Characins
Dutch: Nachtzalmen
Sranan: Kwimata
Trio: Péni-kwimata / Kurimata
Wayana:
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Characiformes
Family: Prochilodontidae
Pale Red-Streaked Salmon-Carp
Scientific name: Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus (Jardine 1841)
English: Toothless Characins
Dutch: Nachtzalmen
Sranan: Kwimata / Kurimata
Trio: Kurupi
Wayana: Koumata
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Characiformes
Family: Prochilodontidae
Toothless Characins
Scientific name: Curimata cyprinoides (Linnaeus 1766)
English: Toothless Characins
Dutch: Brede Zalmen
Sranan: Makasriba / Makafisi
Trio: Arumasi
Wayana: Pohaké
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
River Stingrays
Scientific name: Potamotrygon spp.
English: River Stingrays
Dutch: Zoetwaterroggen
Sranan: Libaspari / Tyubula
Trio: Sipari
Wayana :
River system:
Marowijne
Corantijn
Class: Fishes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Potamotrygonidae