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.
Corydoras4 fish
Panaqolus3 fish
Poecilia3 fish
Ancistrus2 fish
Danio2 fish
Hemigrammus2 fish
Hypancistrus2 fish
Hyphessobrycon2 fish
Melanotaenia2 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Trichogaster2 fish
Boraras1 fish
Caridina1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Crossocheilus1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Neritina1 fish
Otocinclus1 fish
Pangio1 fish
Peckoltia1 fish
Pethia1 fish
Phenacogrammus1 fish
Pterygoplichthys1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Rineloricaria1 fish
Tanichthys1 fish
Trichopodus1 fish
Trichopsis1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fish
Southeast Asia7 fish
South Asia5 fish
East Asia3 fish
Rio Negro3 fish
Africa2 fish
Amazon2 fish
Caribbean coast2 fish
New Guinea2 fish
Orinoco2 fish
Rio Madeira2 fish
South America (widespread)2 fish
Curuá1 fish
Guianas1 fish
Mexico & Central America1 fish
Nanay1 fish
Rio Tapajós1 fish
Rio Tocantins1 fish
Tapajós1 fish
Tocantins1 fish
Upper Amazon1 fish
Xingu1 fish
Unknown origin2 fishPangio kuhlii
Peat swamp streams of Malaysia and Indonesia · swamp or paddy
Photo: Robert Mollik, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Peat swamp streams, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra · swamp or paddy
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Carnegiella strigata
Amazon basin, Peru and Brazil · blackwater stream
Jumper. Keep a tight lid on the tank.
Photo: SOK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aquarium-bred colour strain · river
Lays eggs in the open, and the male guards them where you can watch. Prefers cooler water.
Photo: Kaden Slone, CC BY 4.0
Poecilia wingei
Laguna de los Patos, Venezuela · lake
Photo: Dgrummon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Panaqolus albivermis
Peruvian Amazon · river
White vermiculation with orange-red fin edges. A wood-eater, so add driftwood and vegetables.
Photo: Hantanplan, CC0
Boraras brigittae
Peat swamps of southwest Borneo · swamp or paddy
Photo: Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 4.0
Melanotaenia boesemani
Ayamaru Lakes, West Papua · lake
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0
Otocinclus vittatus
Streams across South America · stream
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Chle assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
Phenacogrammus interruptus
Congo River basin, DR Congo · river
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Rio Negro and upper Orinoco, Brazil and Venezuela · blackwater stream
Photo: Paolo Neo, Public domain
Puntius titteya
Shaded forest streams, Sri Lanka · stream
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trichogaster chuna
Ponds and ditches of India and Bangladesh · pond
Photo: Vincent Lim Show Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Poecilia sphenops
Coastal rivers, Mexico to Colombia · brackish estuary
Photo: Dnoerholm, CC BY-SA 4.0
Danio rerio
Streams and paddies of India and Bangladesh · stream
Photo: Roundish, CC0
Ancistrus dolichopterus
Rio Negro, Brazil · river
Black with white stars and white fin edges. The prettiest bristlenose, but it prefers cooler, soft water.
Photo: Alberto Mejia-Paniagua, CC BY NC SA
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