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 pirarara
Rio Xingu, Brazil · rapids
Grey with scarlet fins. Can pass 60 cm, so it needs a tank of its own.
Photo: JSutton93, CC BY SA
Rineloricaria cf. platyura
Unknown origin · river
Photo: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0
Leporacanthicus joselimai
Rio Tapajós, Brazil · rapids
White spots and white-tipped fins on black. Grows to about 20 cm and holds a cave firmly.
Photo: Thomas Siems, CC BY-SA 2.0
Panaque schaeferi
Amazon basin · river
Photo: Nelson Apolo, CC BY NC
Panaque bathyphilus
Rio Purús, Brazil · river
Photo: armbrjw, CC BY NC
Chaetostoma dorsale
Rio Guaviare and Apure, Colombia and Venezuela · river
Photo: Gustavo A. Ballen, CC BY NC
Acanthicus hystrix
Rio Branco, Madeira and Xingu, Brazil · river
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
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Plecos · PanaqueRare
Red eyes and pinstripes, but it grows to about 40 cm and eats a lot of wood.
Panaque nigrolineatus
Orinoco basin, Colombia and Venezuela · river
Red eyes and pinstripes, but it grows to about 40 cm and eats a lot of wood.
Photo: Neale Monks, CC BY-SA 3.0
Baryancistrus xanthellus
Rio Xingu, and the Rio Iriri for L177 · rapids
Black with yellow spots and gold fin edges. Grows larger than Hypancistrus and holds a territory.
Photo: Anne Blindheim, CC BY-SA 3.0
Peckoltia pankimpuju
Río Marañón, Peru · river
Photo: Matubula, CC BY SA
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Plecos · PseudacanthicusRare
Spotted cactus pleco with orange-edged fins.
Pseudacanthicus leopardus
Rupununi and Essequibo, Guyana, and the Rio Branco, Brazil · rapids
Spotted cactus pleco with orange-edged fins. Large, spiny and aggressive with other plecos.
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pterygoplichthys pardalis
Amazon basin · river
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pseudacanthicus spinosus
Amazon basin · river
Photo: François-Louis Laporte, PD
Parancistrus nudiventris
Rio Xingu, Brazil · river
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
Ancistrus ranunculus
Rio Xingu, Brazil · river
Photo: Micke, CC BY NC
Upper Orinoco, Venezuela · rapids
Blue-grey with fine white dots. Grows larger than it looks in the store.
Photo: EnjiBenji, CC0
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