Freshwater fishes
542 species, each with the water it needs, who it gets along with, and where it comes from. Find one, or browse by family, genus or river.
Corydoras4 fish
Hyphessobrycon3 fish
Aulonocara2 fish
Danio2 fish
Hemigrammus2 fish
Melanotaenia2 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Pterophyllum2 fish
Boraras1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Chindongo1 fish
Chromobotia1 fish
Cyphotilapia1 fish
Gymnocorymbus1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Otocinclus1 fish
Pangio1 fish
Pethia1 fish
Phenacogrammus1 fish
Puntigrus1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Symphysodon1 fish
Tanichthys1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fish
Tropheus1 fishCorydoras sterbai
Rio Guaporé, Brazil and Bolivia · river
Photo: Matthew Mannell, Public domain
Hyphessobrycon amandae
Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Cedricguppy - Loury Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Puntigrus tetrazona
Sumatra and Borneo · stream
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: Ingvar-fed, CC BY-SA 3.0
Danio rerio
Streams and paddies of India and Bangladesh · stream
Photo: Roundish, CC0
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Rasboras & danios · DanioStaple
Danio margaritatus
Spring-fed ponds, Shan Plateau, Myanmar · pond
Photo: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0
Corydoras panda
Clear Andean foothill streams, Peru · stream
Photo: Chronotopian, CC BY-SA 3.0
Puntius titteya
Shaded forest streams, Sri Lanka · stream
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Melanotaenia praecox
Mamberamo River basin, New Guinea · stream
Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0
Otocinclus vittatus
Streams across South America · stream
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Chle assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
Melanotaenia boesemani
Ayamaru Lakes, West Papua · lake
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0
Boraras brigittae
Peat swamps of southwest Borneo · swamp or paddy
Photo: Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 4.0
Phenacogrammus interruptus
Congo River basin, DR Congo · river
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Rio Negro and upper Orinoco, Brazil and Venezuela · blackwater stream
Photo: Paolo Neo, Public domain
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Paraguay and Guaporé basins · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: emptyvi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Carnegiella strigata
Amazon basin, Peru and Brazil · blackwater stream
Jumper. Keep a tight lid on the tank.
Photo: SOK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cyphotilapia frontosa
Northern Lake Tanganyika: deep rocky slopes 15-70 m, Cape Tembwe to Bulu Point · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Maha Dinesh, CC BY-SA 3.0
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