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
Neolamprologus2 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Poecilia2 fish
Apistogramma1 fish
Boraras1 fish
Carinotetraodon1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Corydoras1 fish
Danio1 fish
Hemigrammus1 fish
Lamprologus1 fish
Mikrogeophagus1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Trichogaster1 fish
Trichopsis1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fishHyphessobrycon amandae
Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Cedricguppy - Loury Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trichopsis pumila
Rice paddies and ditches of Southeast Asia · swamp or paddy
Photo: Zikamoi, CC BY-SA 3.0
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
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Rasboras & danios · DanioStaple
Danio margaritatus
Spring-fed ponds, Shan Plateau, Myanmar · pond
Photo: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0
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
Trichogaster chuna
Ponds and ditches of India and Bangladesh · pond
Photo: Vincent Lim Show Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Puntius titteya
Shaded forest streams, Sri Lanka · stream
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Boraras brigittae
Peat swamps of southwest Borneo · swamp or paddy
Photo: Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 4.0
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Rio Negro and upper Orinoco, Brazil and Venezuela · blackwater stream
Photo: Paolo Neo, Public domain
Carnegiella strigata
Amazon basin, Peru and Brazil · blackwater stream
Jumper. Keep a tight lid on the tank.
Photo: SOK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Peat swamp streams, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra · swamp or paddy
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Poecilia wingei
Laguna de los Patos, Venezuela · lake
Photo: Dgrummon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Apistogramma macmasteri
Upper Rio Meta (Guaytiquia and Metica rivers), Colombia · stream
Photo: Dnoerholm, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Waugsberg, CC BY 2.5
Carinotetraodon travancoricus
Rivers of Kerala, southwest India · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: 5snake5, CC0
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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