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
Hyphessobrycon3 fish
Aulonocara2 fish
Danio2 fish
Hemigrammus2 fish
Melanotaenia2 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Pterophyllum2 fish
Boraras1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Chindongo1 fish
Chromobotia1 fish
Cyphotilapia1 fish
Gymnocorymbus1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Otocinclus1 fish
Pangio1 fish
Pethia1 fish
Phenacogrammus1 fish
Puntigrus1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Symphysodon1 fish
Tanichthys1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fish
Tropheus1 fishChromobotia macracanthus
Rivers of Borneo and Sumatra · river
Photo: Tommy Kronkvist, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pterophyllum scalare
Flooded forests of the Amazon basin · flooded forest
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Long fins. Fin nippers will pick on it.
Photo: Rjcastillo, CC BY 4.0
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Peat swamp streams, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra · swamp or paddy
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pangio kuhlii
Peat swamp streams of Malaysia and Indonesia · swamp or paddy
Photo: Robert Mollik, 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
Aulonocara stuartgranti
Lake Malawi: along the coast between Ngara and Chizi Point; 'flametail' form from Ngara, Malawi · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0
Cyphotilapia frontosa
Northern Lake Tanganyika: deep rocky slopes 15-70 m, Cape Tembwe to Bulu Point · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Maha Dinesh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Waugsberg, CC BY 2.5
Hyphessobrycon eques
Amazon and Paraguay basins · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: Douglas Lopes, CC BY 4.0
Tanichthys albonubes
Mountain streams near Guangzhou, China · stream
Photo: Ethmostigmus, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pterophyllum altum
Upper Rio Negro and upper Orinoco tributaries (Inírida, Atabapo), Colombia/Venezuela · blackwater stream
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Photo: Jeff Kubina, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tropheus moorii
Lake Tanganyika: shallow rocky shorelines (many local colour forms) · lake
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Bobby 111 (?), CC BY-SA 3.0
Corydoras pygmaeus
Rio Madeira basin, Brazil · river
Photo: AquaTuer, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Essequibo River, Guyana · river
Photo: h080, CC BY-SA 2.0
Paracheirodon innesi
Upper Amazon basin: Peru, Colombia, Brazil · blackwater stream
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0
Symphysodon aequifasciatus
Floodplain lakes of the Amazon basin · flooded forest
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0
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