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.
Chindongo saulosi
Lake Malawi: Taiwan Reef only, ~9 km NW of Chizumulu Island, Malawi · lake
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Photo: Gerard Delany, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pará, Brazil. Sources differ on the exact river. · rapids
Cream with bold black spots and a spiny body. Grows to about 35 cm and is aggressive.
Photo: Whaldener Endo, CC0
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Plecos · HemiancistrusUncommon
Olive-green with yellow dots, a colour nothing else in the tank has.
Hemiancistrus subviridis
Upper Orinoco and Ventuari, Venezuela · rapids
Olive-green with yellow dots, a colour nothing else in the tank has. Grazes algae and likes strong flow.
Photo: Anne Blindheim, CC BY SA
Scobinancistrus aureatus
Rio Xingu, Brazil · rapids
Yellow spots and orange fin edges. A big snail-eater that needs a large tank.
Photo: Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0
Unknown origin · rapids
Large white spots on black. A big snail-eater that grows to about 30 cm, so it needs a large tank.
Leporacanthicus galaxias
Rio Tocantins and nearby Pará rivers, Brazil · rapids
The vampire pleco. Beautiful, but it gets large and bullies smaller plecos.
Hypancistrus inspector
Upper Rio Negro and Casiquiare, Venezuela and Brazil · rapids
Bigger, sparser white spots than L201, and a bigger fish overall.
Leporacanthicus triactis
Orinoco, Venezuela · rapids
Eats snails and holds a cave firmly. Can be rough with smaller plecos.
Xingu and Tapajós basins, Brazil · rapids
Big white spots on black with white fin edges. Striking, but big and territorial.
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