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.
Hyphessobrycon3 fish
Corydoras2 fish
Danio2 fish
Hemigrammus2 fish
Neolamprologus2 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Poecilia2 fish
Apistogramma1 fish
Boraras1 fish
Caridina1 fish
Carinotetraodon1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Gymnocorymbus1 fish
Lamprologus1 fish
Melanotaenia1 fish
Mikrogeophagus1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Neritina1 fish
Otocinclus1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Sewellia1 fish
Tanichthys1 fish
Trichogaster1 fish
Trichopsis1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fish
Southeast Asia5 fish
Amazon4 fish
South Asia4 fish
East Asia3 fish
Lake Tanganyika3 fish
Caribbean coast2 fish
Orinoco2 fish
Rio Madeira2 fish
Rio Negro2 fish
Africa1 fish
Guianas1 fish
New Guinea1 fish
Rio Tapajós1 fish
Rio Tocantins1 fish
South America (widespread)1 fish
Upper Amazon1 fishParacheirodon 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
Otocinclus vittatus
Streams across South America · stream
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Chle assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
Boraras brigittae
Peat swamps of southwest Borneo · swamp or paddy
Photo: Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 4.0
Melanotaenia praecox
Mamberamo River basin, New Guinea · stream
Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0
Neolamprologus similis
Southern Lake Tanganyika (DR Congo, Tanzania): shell beds 10-45 m · lake
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: berzentei, Yvonne Turkans, CC BY-SA 3.0
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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
Danio rerio
Streams and paddies of India and Bangladesh · stream
Photo: Roundish, CC0
Puntius titteya
Shaded forest streams, Sri Lanka · stream
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trichogaster chuna
Ponds and ditches of India and Bangladesh · pond
Photo: Vincent Lim Show Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
Lake Tanganyika: Neothauma snail-shell beds, usually 6-12 m · lake
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Richard A. Ingebrigtsen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sewellia lineolata
Fast mountain streams of central Vietnam · rapids
Photo: 5snake5, CC0
Trichopsis pumila
Rice paddies and ditches of Southeast Asia · swamp or paddy
Photo: Zikamoi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hyphessobrycon amandae
Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Cedricguppy - Loury Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Poecilia reticulata
Trinidad and northern Venezuela · stream
Long fins. Fin nippers will pick on it.
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0
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