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
Poecilia3 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Trichogaster2 fish
Boraras1 fish
Carinotetraodon1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Corydoras1 fish
Danio1 fish
Hemigrammus1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Pangio1 fish
Pelvicachromis1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Rineloricaria1 fish
Trichopodus1 fish
Trichopsis1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fishHyphessobrycon eques
Amazon and Paraguay basins · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: Douglas Lopes, CC BY 4.0
Carinotetraodon travancoricus
Rivers of Kerala, southwest India · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: 5snake5, CC0
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Waugsberg, CC BY 2.5
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
Carnegiella strigata
Amazon basin, Peru and Brazil · blackwater stream
Jumper. Keep a tight lid on the tank.
Photo: SOK, 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
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Peat swamp streams, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra · swamp or paddy
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tetras · NannostomusStaple
Nannostomus beckfordi
Amazon basin and the Guianas · blackwater stream
Xiphophorus maculatus
Atlantic slope of Mexico and Central America · stream
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