List of fish of Jamaica

A list of fish of Jamaica.

Jamaican waters contain maccaback and saltwater fish.[1]

Saltwater edit

The chief varieties of saltwater fish include:

Estuarine edit

Fish that occasionally enter freshwater and estuarine environments include:


Freshwater edit

Fish that spend the majority of their lives in Jamaica's fresh waters include many species of:

Introduced edit

Intentional edit

The Malagasy mountain mullet, American Eel and Tilapia have been introduced from Africa for aquaculture and are very common.

Accidental edit

Fresh water fish

References edit

  1. ^ "All fishes reported from Jamaica".