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.
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Rio Negro and upper Orinoco, Brazil and Venezuela · blackwater stream
Photo: Paolo Neo, Public domain
Hyphessobrycon amandae
Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Cedricguppy - Loury Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Essequibo River, Guyana · river
Photo: h080, CC BY-SA 2.0
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Waugsberg, CC BY 2.5
Carnegiella strigata
Amazon basin, Peru and Brazil · blackwater stream
Jumper. Keep a tight lid on the tank.
Photo: SOK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Paracheirodon innesi
Upper Amazon basin: Peru, Colombia, Brazil · blackwater stream
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0
Hyphessobrycon eques
Amazon and Paraguay basins · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: Douglas Lopes, CC BY 4.0
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