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
Aulonocara3 fish
Hyphessobrycon3 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 fishGymnocorymbus ternetzi
Paraguay and Guaporé basins · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: emptyvi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Melanotaenia boesemani
Ayamaru Lakes, West Papua · lake
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0
Corydoras aeneus
Widespread in South America · stream
Photo: Andrew Keller, CC0
Chromobotia macracanthus
Rivers of Borneo and Sumatra · river
Photo: Tommy Kronkvist, CC BY-SA 4.0
Phenacogrammus interruptus
Congo River basin, DR Congo · river
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Cichlids · ChindongoVU
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Chindongo demasoni
Lake Malawi: Pombo Rocks, Tanzanian coast · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: dinomariobob, CC0
Melanotaenia praecox
Mamberamo River basin, New Guinea · stream
Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aulonocara stuartgranti
Lake Malawi: along the coast between Ngara and Chizi Point; 'flametail' form from Ngara, Malawi · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
Lake Malawi: southern lake - Cape Maclear, Otter Point, Monkey Bay, Undu Reef · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Lerdsuwa, 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
Corydoras panda
Clear Andean foothill streams, Peru · stream
Photo: Chronotopian, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pethia conchonius
Rivers of northern India · river
Photo: Usien, CC0
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Lower Amazon and Rio Negro, Brazil · blackwater stream
Photo: Gavinevans, CC BY-SA 3.0
Corydoras sterbai
Rio Guaporé, Brazil and Bolivia · river
Photo: Matthew Mannell, Public domain
Puntigrus tetrazona
Sumatra and Borneo · stream
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: Ingvar-fed, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tanichthys albonubes
Mountain streams near Guangzhou, China · stream
Photo: Ethmostigmus, CC BY-SA 4.0
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