FISHES: The catalog of all freshwater fishes of Mexico.

Groupings

Morphology

Large species (36)
Medium sized species (37)
Small species (77)
Very large species (43)
Very small species (129)

Habitat

Brackish: coastal lagoons (86)
Brackish: salt lakes (1)
Caves (2)
Lakes: intermediate (2)
Lakes: mud (63)
Lakes: open water (0)
Lakes: sand (6)
Lakes: sediment-rich rocky (1)
Lakes: shallow intermediate (3)
Lakes: shellbeds (0)
Lakes: surge (0)
Lakes: vegetated areas (5)
Primary rheophilus (24)
Rivers: floodplains and marshes (31)
Rivers: main channels (97)
Rivers: pools (76)
Rivers; creeks (86)
Secondary rheophilus (41)
Sinkholes and springs (40)

Feeding

Algae combers (2)
Algae cutters (0)
Algae pickers (4)
Algae pullers (1)
Algae scrapers (8)
Crustacean eater (12)
Detritivorous (11)
Feeding unknown (0)
Herbivorous (10)
Insectivorous (30)
Molluscivorous (9)
Omnivorous (14)
Piscivorous (12)
Planktivorous (3)
Predators (4)
Scale eaters (2)
Substrate pickers (6)
Substrate sifters (2)

Mating

Extended family (0)
Monogamous (22)
Monogamous parental (14)
Polyandrous (0)
Polygynandrous (138)
Polygynous mouth-brooder (0)
Satellite males (0)
Sneaker males (2)

Breeding

Livebearers (135)
Mouth-brooder biparental (0)
Mouth-brooder delayed larvophilous (0)
Mouth-brooder delayed ovophilous (0)
Mouth-brooder maternal (0)
Mouth-brooder paternal (0)
Substrate cave (5)
Substrate open (41)
Unknown breeding (0)

Aquarium

Advanced aquarists (17)
Beginner species (17)
Intermediate aquarists (42)
Never bred (0)
Never maintained (1)

Special

Goodeids (41)
Pupfishes (33)