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
Corydoras2 fish
Danio2 fish
Hemigrammus2 fish
Paracheirodon2 fish
Poecilia2 fish
Boraras1 fish
Caridina1 fish
Carinotetraodon1 fish
Carnegiella1 fish
Gymnocorymbus1 fish
Melanotaenia1 fish
Neocaridina1 fish
Neritina1 fish
Otocinclus1 fish
Puntius1 fish
Tanichthys1 fish
Trichogaster1 fish
Trichopsis1 fish
Trigonostigma1 fishHyphessobrycon amandae
Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil · river
Photo: Cedricguppy - Loury Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trichopsis pumila
Rice paddies and ditches of Southeast Asia · swamp or paddy
Photo: Zikamoi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Danio rerio
Streams and paddies of India and Bangladesh · stream
Photo: Roundish, CC0
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Rasboras & danios · DanioStaple
Danio margaritatus
Spring-fed ponds, Shan Plateau, Myanmar · pond
Photo: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0
Corydoras panda
Clear Andean foothill streams, Peru · stream
Photo: Chronotopian, CC BY-SA 3.0
Trichogaster chuna
Ponds and ditches of India and Bangladesh · pond
Photo: Vincent Lim Show Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Puntius titteya
Shaded forest streams, Sri Lanka · stream
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Melanotaenia praecox
Mamberamo River basin, New Guinea · stream
Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0
Otocinclus vittatus
Streams across South America · stream
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Chle assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
Boraras brigittae
Peat swamps of southwest Borneo · swamp or paddy
Photo: Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 4.0
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Rio Negro and upper Orinoco, Brazil and Venezuela · blackwater stream
Photo: Paolo Neo, Public domain
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Paraguay and Guaporé basins · river
Fin nipper. Keep it away from long-finned fish.
Photo: emptyvi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Carnegiella strigata
Amazon basin, Peru and Brazil · blackwater stream
Jumper. Keep a tight lid on the tank.
Photo: SOK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Peat swamp streams, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra · swamp or paddy
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Poecilia wingei
Laguna de los Patos, Venezuela · lake
Photo: Dgrummon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Neritina natalensis
East African coastal rivers and estuaries · brackish estuary
Invertebrate. Many fish will eat it, so choose tank mates with care.
Photo: Evan Baldonado, CC BY 4.0
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