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.
Ancistrus57 fish
Hypostomus56 fish
Peckoltia46 fish
Hypancistrus41 fish
Panaque28 fish
Pseudacanthicus25 fish
Baryancistrus19 fish
Chaetostoma14 fish
Spectracanthicus14 fish
Lasiancistrus12 fish
Pterygoplichthys11 fish
Aphanotorulus9 fish
Leporacanthicus9 fish
Scobinancistrus6 fish
Panaqolus5 fish
Parancistrus5 fish
Guyanancistrus4 fish
Hemiancistrus4 fish
Acanthicus3 fish
Megalancistrus2 fish
Pseudorinelepis2 fish
Rineloricaria2 fish
Loricaria1 fish
Orinoco27 fish
Xingu26 fish
Tocantins17 fish
Tapajós16 fish
Amazon10 fish
Rio Branco6 fish
Rio Negro6 fish
Suriname6 fish
Curuá5 fish
Essequibo3 fish
Guaviare3 fish
Madeira3 fish
Parana3 fish
Oyapock2 fish
Aripuanã1 fish
Caqueta1 fish
Marañón1 fish
Nanay1 fish
Purus1 fish
Unknown origin286 fishPlecos · HypancistrusLC
Hypancistrus debilittera
Rio Guaviare and upper Orinoco, Colombia · river
Small and busy, with thin black-and-white stripes. Easy to breed.
Chaetostoma dorsale
Rio Guaviare and Apure, Colombia and Venezuela · river
Photo: Gustavo A. Ballen, CC BY NC
Chaetostoma formosae
Río Guaviare, Colombia · river
Photo: Frank M. Greco, CC BY 3.0
Showing 3 of 3
