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
Neolamprologus2 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Poecilia2 fish
Apistogramma1 fish
Boraras1 fish
Carinotetraodon1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Corydoras1 fish
Danio1 fish
Hemigrammus1 fish
Lamprologus1 fish
Mikrogeophagus1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Trichogaster1 fish
Trichopsis1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fishLamprologus ocellatus
Lake Tanganyika: shell-strewn sand with scattered rocks, usually 6-12 m · lake
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Cedricguppy - Loury Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Essequibo River, Guyana · river
Photo: h080, CC BY-SA 2.0
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
Llanos savanna streams, Orinoco basin · stream
Photo: Eric Mengel, Public domain
Corydoras pygmaeus
Rio Madeira basin, Brazil · river
Photo: AquaTuer, CC BY-SA 4.0
Paracheirodon innesi
Upper Amazon basin: Peru, Colombia, Brazil · blackwater stream
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0
Neocaridina davidi
Streams of Taiwan and eastern China · stream
Invertebrate. Many fish will eat it, so choose tank mates with care.
Photo: TonyZimbinski, CC BY-SA 4.0
Poecilia reticulata
Trinidad and northern Venezuela · stream
Long fins. Fin nippers will pick on it.
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0
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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