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 fishPseudacanthicus pitanga
Rio Tocantins, Brazil · rapids
Dark body with red fin edges. Large and aggressive.
Photo: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0
Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae
Río Orinoco, Venezuela · river
Photo: pl:user:lcamtuf, CC BY SA
Scobinancistrus cf. pariolispos
Xingu and Tapajós basins, Brazil · rapids
Fine pale spots on black. Large and rarely available.
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
Panaque cf. nigrolineatus 'aripuana'
Rio Aripuana, Brazil · river
Photo: pl:user:lcamtuf, CC BY SA
Aphanotorulus emarginatus
Rio Suriname, Suriname · river
Photo: Sidnei Dantas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus
Tocantins–Araguaia basin, Brazil · river
A sailfin that grows to about 30 cm and makes a lot of waste. Big tanks only.
Photo: 5snake5, CC BY-SA 4.0
Spectracanthicus punctatissimus
Rio Tapajós, Brazil · river
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
Peckoltia sabaji
Rio Orinoco and Essequibo, Venezuela and Guyana · river
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Panaque titan
Rio Caquetá, Napo and Huallaga, Colombia and Peru · river
Photo: Brent Tibbatts, CC BY 3.0
Spectracanthicus punctatissimus
Rio Tapajós, Brazil · river
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
Scobinancistrus pariolispos
Rio Tocantins, Tapajós and Xingu, Brazil · river
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
Aphanotorulus horridus
Rio Madeira, Marañón and Aripuana, Brazil and Peru · river
Photo: no rights reserved, CC0
Peckoltia vittata
Lower Amazon and Xingu basins, Brazil · river
A small Peckoltia with bold yellow and dark bands. Peaceful, and a different genus from L236.
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
Peckoltia sabaji
Rio Orinoco and Essequibo, Venezuela and Guyana · river
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Peckoltia wernekei
Río Orinoco and Ventuari, Venezuela · river
Photo: M.H. Sabaj Pérez., CC BY 4.0
Panaque armbrusteri
Rio Xingu and Tocantins, Brazil · rapids
A large royal pleco from the Xingu and Tocantins. Needs a very big tank.
Photo: JSutton93, CC BY-SA 4.0
Showing 16 of 446
