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Jamaica

Only species with a profile on Seriously Fish are counted, whether native or introduced.

Species
3
Families
3
Genera
3
Found only here
0
Photographed
2 of 3
Specimen from coastal Brazil.

Colomesus psittacusBanded Puffer

Tetraodontidae · Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Max length
290mm SL11in SL
Tank
180 × 60cm72 × 24in
Temp
20–26°C68–79°F
pH
7.0–9.0

The banded puffer, Colomesus psittacus, is a large puffer of coastal waters from Colombia and Venezuela through the Guianas to northeastern Brazil. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean islands, and inhabits mangrove swamps, estuaries and the lower reaches of rivers. Growing to 290 mm SL, it is the largest of its genus and has six dark bands across the back. Likely to prove aggressive in all but the largest systems, it is not a popular aquarium fish.

Moderate

Xiphophorus helleriiGreen Swordtail

Poeciliidae · Heckel, 1848

Max length
140mm SL6in SL
Tank
120 × 30cm48 × 12in
Temp
16–28°C61–82°F
pH
7.0–8.0

The green swordtail, Xiphophorus hellerii, is a livebearer native to southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Among the world's most recognisable aquarium fishes, it is ubiquitous in the trade, where selective breeding and hybridisation with X. maculatus and X. variatus have produced a bewildering array of ornamental forms. The name is often misspelled X. helleri.

Moderate
Large captive specimen pictured at Budapest Aquarium, Hungary.

Ctenopharyngodon idellaGrass Carp

Cyprinidae · Valenciennes, 1844

Max length
1200mm SL47in SL
Tank
not recorded
Temp
0–33°C32–91°F
pH
6.0–9.0

The grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, is a large cyprinid native to the Amur River system in eastern Russia and northeastern China. Adults typically reach 800 to 1200 mm, making it a wholly unsuitable aquarium subject, though an albino form is traded. Widely introduced for aquaculture and weed control, it has caused serious damage to natural waters, and unwanted fish should never be released.

Difficult
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