Animals of Goiás

Hoary Fox

Lycalopex vetulus

The hoary fox or hoary zorro (Lycalopex vetulus ), also known as raposinha-do-campo in Brazil (Portuguese for "meadow little fox"), is a species of zorro or "false" fox endemic to Brazil. Unlike many other foxes, it feeds primarily on small...

Brazilian Three-Banded Armadillo

Tolypeutes tricinctus

The Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus ) is an armadillo species endemic to eastern Brazil, where it is known as tatu-bola (Portuguese pronunciation: , lit. ball armadillo). It is one of only two species of armadillo that can...

Anilius

Anilius scytale

The Aniliidae are a monotypic family created for the monotypic genus Anilius that contains the single species A. scytale. Common names include American pipe snake and false coral snake. It is found in South America. This snake possesses a vestigial...

Black-Tufted Marmoset

Callithrix penicillata

The black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix penicillata ), also known as Mico-estrela in Portuguese, is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neo-tropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. It ranges from Bahia to...

Black ghost knifefish

Apteronotus albifrons

The black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in freshwater habitats in South America where they range from Venezuela to the Paraguay–Paraná River,...

Bronze corydoras

Corydoras aeneus

The bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus), also known as the green corydoras, bronze catfish, lightspot corydoras or wavy catfish, is a species of freshwater fish in the armored catfish family, Callichthyidae, often kept as an aquarium fish. It is...

Ember tetra

Hyphessobrycon amandae

The ember tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) oforder Characiformes. It is native to the Araguaia River basin of Brazil and was discovered in 1987 and named in honor of the fish explorer...

Black neon tetra

Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi

The black neon tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (Characidae) of the order Characiformes. It is native to the Paraguay basin of southern Brazil. They are often found in the aquarium trade.

Colomesus asellus

Colomesus asellus

Colomesus asellus, the Amazon puffer, asellus puffer, South American freshwater puffer, Peruvian puffer, or Brazilian puffer is a species of pufferfish confined to the Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco basins in tropical South America. It is a popular...

Redeye tetra

Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae

The redeye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae), is a species of tetra from the São Francisco, upper Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay river basins in eastern and central South America. This freshwater fish is commonly kept in aquariums and bred in large...

Leporinus fasciatus

Leporinus fasciatus

Leporinus fasciatus, commonly known as the banded leporinus or the black-banded leporinus, is a species of characin in the family Anostomidae. L. fasciatus is native to the Amazon Basin in South America, but has been introduced into the US states of...

Rhinella rubescens

Rhinella rubescens

Rhinella rubescens is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, rivers, freshwater marshes,...

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Tocantins River basin. It grows to a length of 30.5 centimetres (12.0 in) SL.

Gold tetra

Hemigrammus rodwayi

The gold tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi) is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to lowland South America, where they are abundant in coastal floodplains. Their name comes from a powdery golden tint on their body that is...

Megaleporinus obtusidens

Megaleporinus obtusidens

Megaleporinus obtusidens is a South American species of headstander that inhabits the basins of the Paraná River and the Río de la Plata, the Uruguay River, and the São Francisco River (including minor rivers and tributaries like the Bermejo,...

Serrasalmus geryi

Serrasalmus geryi

Serrasalmus geryi, known as the violet line piranha or Gery's piranha, is a species of piranha of the family Serrasalmidae. It is found in the lower Tocantins and Araguaia Rivers of Brazil. The species is notable for being the one of only the...

Abramites hypselonotus

Abramites hypselonotus

Abramites hypselonotus – known as the marbled headstander or the high-backed headstander – is a member of the family Anostomidae of the order Characiformes. Under normal fish classifying rules, the marbled headstander would be classified as a...

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus or Brown-point Shield Skin Longirostris is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the upper Paraná...

Retroculus lapidifer

Retroculus lapidifer

Retroculus lapidifer is a species of cichlid native to tropical South America, where it is found in the rivers of the southeastern Amazon basin in Brazil. This fish was first described in 1855 by the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de...

Panaque armbrusteri

Panaque armbrusteri

Panaque armbrusteri is a species of fish in the South American armoured catfish family Loricariidae. This species is distributed throughout the Tapajós river, a large tributary of the Amazon River, with similar populations found in the Xingu,...

Peckoltia vittata

Peckoltia vittata

Peckoltia vittata is a species of catfish belonging to the subfamily Hypostominae of the family Loricariidae.