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.
Beaufortia kweichowensis
Fast rocky streams of southern China · rapids
Photo: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sewellia lineolata
Fast mountain streams of central Vietnam · rapids
Photo: 5snake5, CC0
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Cichlids · LabeotropheusLC
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Labeotropheus trewavasae
Lake Malawi: algae-covered rocky shores and islands, many localities · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Jutta234, CC BY-SA 3.0
Trichromis salvini
Atlantic slope, S Mexico through Guatemala to Belize · river
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Photo: geosesarma, CC BY 4.0
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