Species . List coirjnon or local nare, and Latin or scientific nr.nes . 



NaEGs of fish comr.icnl.y caught in Uruieuayan water s . 



(The comnon nanc in Spanish is followed b5^ one cr noro coinmcn names in 

 English, as far as they are current in the Eivcr Plate region, in brackets). 



Corjnon nanes 

 Corvina (croaker) (white sea bass) 



Pescadilla (sea trout cr weak fish) 

 Merlu^a (whiting, hake or false cod) 



Eagre cr Tncchuelo 

 (cat fish) 



Corvina negra 

 (sea drum) 

 Palcraeta 



Cazbn (shark cr dogfish) 



Congrio (Conger) 



Pescadilla de red 



Gallo 



Lacha (menhaden) 



Pejerrey (a pseudo mackerel) 



Pati 



Raya (skate) 



Dorado (gilt head) 



Lisa (mullet) 



Armado 



Scientific name s 



Mi crop on undulatus, L. 

 Micropon opercubris, Q.G. 

 Sciaena lepisma. Cynoscio mobile 



Cyncscion striatus, Cuv. 

 Urophycis chuss. 



Merluccius (gayi, Guich. 

 hubbsi, Mar.) 



Trachysurus barbus, Lacep, 

 Pimelodus claries, L. 

 Rhamdia sapo, C.V. 



Pogonias clircmis, L. 



Parcna signata, Jen. 



Iviustelus canis, Mitch. 



Leptocephalus orbignyamus, Val. 

 Percophis brazilianus,Q.C. 



Sagenichthys ancylodon, Eloch, 

 Eerg. 



Zenpsis conchifer, Low, 

 Callorhynchus, callorhynchus, L. 



Ercvoortia tyrannus, Latrobe. 



Easilichthj''s bonariensis, C.V. 

 Ivicnidia ururruayensis, Devicenzi 

 Odenthestes pi^rugiai, Sverm and 

 Kcnd. 



Lucicpimelcdus pati, C.V. 



Psamm-cbatis microps, Gtlir. 



Salminus maxillosus, Val. 

 Coryphaena. Chryscphrys. 



Ivb-gil brazilicnsis, Ag. 



Cbcyd orus kner i ,E 1 och. 

 Doras granulosus, Val, 



