List of ACTINOPTERYGII species in Costa Rica
This is a list of ACTINOPTERYGII in Costa Rica according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesobius berryi | 60481655 | LC | |
| Cathorops higuchii | Higuchi's Sea Catfish | 196820 | LC |
| Narcetes erimelas | 60481885 | LC | |
| Diaphus similis | 130285977 | LC | |
| Gobiomorus polylepis | Finescale Sleeper | 192928 | DD |
| Dactylagnus peratikos | Sand Stargazer | 47143372 | DD |
| Atractosteus spatula | Alligator Gar | 191024 | LC |
| Roeboides bouchellei | Crystal Tetra | 191205 | LC |
| Myxodagnus walkeri | 185134 | LC | |
| Acanthemblemaria rivasi | Spotjaw Blenny | 47141727 | LC |
| Cheilopogon papilio | Butterfly flyingfish | 183209 | LC |
| Microgobius brevispinis | Balboa Goby | 183218 | LC |
| Myrichthys aspetocheiros | Longfin spotted snake eel | 183222 | LC |
| Lythrypnus cobalus | Knave Goby | 183243 | DD |
| Cynoscion nannus | Dwarf weakfish | 183248 | LC |
| Tomicodon vermiculatus | Vermiculate Clingfish | 183265 | VU |
| Ogilbia robertsoni | Brown Brotula | 183269 | LC |
| Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi | Signal triplefin | 183280 | LC |
| Daector schmitti | Schmitt's toadfish | 183284 | VU |
| Paraclinus beebei | Pink Blenny | 183290 | LC |
| Gobiesox crassicorpus | Thick Clingfish | 183299 | DD |
| Xyrichtys victori | Galapagos razorfish | 183305 | VU |
| Ogcocephalus porrectus | Cocos Batfish | 183315 | LC |
| Gobulus crescentalis | Crescent goby | 183323 | LC |
| Lythrypnus pulchellus | Gorgeous goby | 183335 | LC |
| Pseudophallus elcapitanensis | 65373233 | LC | |
| Batrachoides waltersi | Multipored Toadfish | 183351 | LC |
| Opistognathus rhomaleus | Giant jawfish | 183381 | LC |
| Paraconger similis | Shorttail conger | 183384 | LC |
| Ophichthus longipenis | Slender snake eel | 183385 | LC |
| Gillellus chathamensis | Cocos Stargazer | 183393 | VU |
| Ariopsis guatemalensis | Widehead Sea Catfish | 183394 | LC |
| Gobiesox milleri | Millers Clingfish | 183401 | DD |
| Ophidion imitator | Mimic cusk-eel | 183402 | LC |
| Opisthopterus macrops | Bigeyed longfin herring | 183414 | LC |
| Enypnias aceras | White-margined Goby | 183415 | DD |
| Lythrypnus rhizophora | Spotcheek goby | 183417 | DD |
| Prionotus teaguei | Long-ray searobin | 183422 | VU |
| Halichoeres salmofasciatus | 183433 | VU | |
| Eugerres brevimanus | Mojarra | 183440 | LC |
| Opistognathus brochus | 183442 | DD | |
| Odontoscion eurymesops | Galapagos croaker | 183445 | VU |
| Gymnothorax verrilli | White-edged moray | 183447 | LC |
| Opistognathus galapagensis | Galapagos jawfish | 183456 | LC |
| Abudefduf declivifrons | Mexican night sergeant | 183460 | LC |
| Microgobius cyclolepis | Roundscale Goby | 183459 | LC |
| Dactyloscopus minutus | Tiny Stargazer | 183474 | LC |
| Dactyloscopus lacteus | Milky Sand Stargazer | 183482 | VU |
| Opistognathus smithvanizi | 183481 | DD | |
| Syacium maculiferum | Clearspot flounder | 183823 | DD |
| Cathorops hypophthalmus | Gloomy sea catfish | 183496 | LC |
| Dactylagnus parvus | Panamic Stargazer | 183497 | LC |
| Paraclinus monophthalmus | One-eyed blenny | 183503 | LC |
| Gobiesox stenocephalus | Narrow-headed Clingfish | 183518 | DD |
| Citharichthys mariajorisae | Five-rayed Sanddab | 154847 | LC |
| Batrachoides boulengeri | Boulenger's Toadfish | 183533 | VU |
| Mccoskerichthys sandae | Tufted blenny | 183535 | NT |
| Dactyloscopus amnis | Riverine Stargazer | 183544 | LC |
| Bascanichthys bascanoides | Sooty sand eel | 183550 | LC |
| Melanorhinus cyanellus | Blackside Silverside | 183556 | LC |
| Poecilia mexicana | Shortfin Molly | 191750 | LC |
| Dialommus fuscus | Galápagos four-eyed blenny | 183572 | VU |
| Elacatinus janssi | Spotback goby | 183573 | LC |
| Acanthemblemaria atrata | Cocos Barnacle Blenny | 183583 | VU |
| Sphoeroides rosenblatti | 183587 | LC | |
| Liopropoma longilepis | Scalyfin Basslet | 154921 | DD |
| Myxodagnus opercularis | Dart Stargazer | 183615 | LC |
| Emblemaria piratica | Sailfin Signal Blenny | 183628 | LC |
| Hypsoblennius striatus | Striated Blenny | 154957 | NT |
| Polylepion cruentum | Bleeding wrasse | 187725 | DD |
| Gymnotus maculosus | Spotted Knifefish | 191827 | LC |
| Dactylagnus mundus | Giant Sand Stargazer | 183638 | LC |
| Prionurus punctatus | Yellowtail Surgeonfish | 183646 | LC |
| Ogilbia cocoensis | Cocos Brotula | 183647 | VU |
| Bathophilus filifer | Dragonfish | 135435623 | LC |
| Enneanectes carminalis | Delicate Triplefin | 183679 | LC |
| Monolene dubiosa | Acapulco Flounder | 183689 | LC |
| Anchoa walkeri | Walker's Anchovy | 155020 | LC |
| Notarius biffi | Chomba Sea-catfish | 183695 | LC |
| Platygillellus bussingi | Bussing's Stargazer | 183694 | NT |
| Platygillellus altivelis | Sailfin Stargazer | 183705 | NT |
| Callechelys eristigma | Spotted ridgefin eel | 183706 | LC |
| Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae | Tortuguero Tetra | 169373 | LC |
| Pomadasys empherus | Bigspine grunt | 183710 | DD |
| Paraletharchus pacificus | Pacific sailfin eel | 183711 | LC |
| Poeciliopsis elongata | Elongate Toothcarp | 169376 | NT |
| Amphilophus rhytisma | Pearl Cichlid | 169380 | LC |
| Malacoctenus costaricanus | 183728 | DD | |
| Porichthys greenei | Greene's midshipman | 183760 | LC |
| Pontinus strigatus | Stalkeye Scorpionfish | 183768 | LC |
| Chriolepis dialepta | White-starred Goby | 183785 | VU |
| Quassiremus nothochir | Redsaddled snake eel | 183783 | LC |
| Ophichthus mecopterus | Longarmed snake eel | 183828 | LC |
| Paraletharchus opercularis | Pouch snake eel | 183826 | VU |
| Parrella lucretiae | Lucretia's goby | 183831 | LC |
| Scytalichthys miurus | Short-tailed viper-eel | 183836 | LC |
| Atherinella guatemalensis | Guatemala Silverside | 183837 | LC |
| Gillellus searcheri | Searcher Stargazer | 183838 | LC |
| Gobiesox papillifer | Bearded clingfish | 183846 | LC |
| Axoclinus cocoensis | Cocos triplefin | 183855 | VU |
| Ichthyococcus irregularis | Bulldog Lightfish | 155195 | LC |
| Bascanichthys panamensis | Panama sand-eel | 183877 | LC |
| Gobiesox woodsi | Woods' clingfish | 183880 | VU |
| Herpetoichthys fossatus | Mustachioed snake eel | 183882 | LC |
| Leptenchelys vermiformis | Slender worm-eel | 183890 | DD |
| Bollmannia macropoma | Frailscale goby | 183900 | DD |
| Lythrypnus alphigena | Cheek-spotted Goby | 183902 | DD |
| Ophichthus rugifer | Wrinkled snake-eel | 183908 | LC |
| Evermannia erici | Eric's Goby | 183914 | DD |
| Bascanichthys cylindricus | Round sand-eel | 183918 | LC |
| Sphoeroides angusticeps | Narrow-headed Puffer | 183925 | LC |
| Guavina micropus | 183927 | DD | |
| Ogilbia jewettae | Jewett's Brotula | 183936 | LC |
| Aseraggodes herrei | Reticulated Sole | 183942 | DD |
| Gorgasia punctata | Dotted garden eel | 183944 | LC |
| Microgobius erectus | Erect Goby | 155278 | LC |
| Petrotyx hopkinsi | Velvetnose brotula | 183953 | LC |
| Chriolepis cuneata | Rail goby | 183958 | DD |
| Parrella ginsburgi | Darkblotch goby | 183960 | DD |
| Monolene asaedai | Asaedae flounder | 183964 | DD |
| Hyporthodus exsul | Tenspine Grouper | 7855 | LC |
| Parrella maxillaris | Doublestripe goby | 184013 | LC |
| Coralliozetus boehlkei | Barcheek blenny | 184014 | LC |
| Heteroconger pellegrini | Speckled garden eel | 184026 | LC |
| Umbrina galapagorum | Galápagos drum | 184025 | VU |
| Atherinella argentea | Moon Silverside | 184045 | LC |
| Dorosoma chavesi | Nicaragua Gizzard Shad | 98471714 | NT |
| Pythonichthys asodes | Pacific Mud Eel | 178048 | LC |
| Myroconger nigrodentatus | Orange Conger-Moray | 178054 | LC |
| Microdesmus dipus | Banded worm goby | 178087 | DD |
| Microdesmus dorsipunctatus | Spotback Wormfish | 178088 | DD |
| Microdesmus intermedius | Long-tailed Worm-goby | 178090 | DD |
| Microdesmus retropinnis | Rearfin Wormfish | 178093 | DD |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: