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Freshwater Fish Species

In this section of the site you'll find information about how to keep a number of freshwater fish in aquariums. You can browse our Freshwater Fish profiles either by scientific name or by common name. Choose a species from the list below or click on a letter to see only species beginning with that letter.

Freshwater Fish species by scientific name:

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Freshwater Fish species by common name:

[ A |  B |  C |  D |  E |  F |  G |  H |  I |  J |  K |  L |  M |  N ]
[ O |  P |  Q |  R |  S |  T |  U |  V |  W |  X |  Y |  Z ]



List of Freshwater Fish profiles by Common name:

Switch to by Scientific name

A:

Afra Cichlid
African Butterfly Cichlid
African Butter Catfish
African Knife Fish
African Snakehead
Agassiz' Dwarf Cichlid
Akar betta
Albino Cory
El Abra Pygmy Swordtail
Amiet's Lyretail
Asian Arowana
Archerfish
Argus Fish
Arnoldi
Aulonocara Maulana
Aulonocara Benga
Australian Pearl Arowana
Azureus Cichlid

B:

Badis
Bala Shark
Banded Knife Fish
Bangka Snakehead
Baram Snakehead
Barca Snakehead
Batik Loach
Banded Bichir
Banded Shovelnose Catfish
Barred Knife Fish
Barred Sorubim
Bearded Cory
Beauty Mouthbrooder
Bengal Danio
Bigtooth River Stingray
Bishop livebearer
Black Arowana
Black Banded Leporinus
Black Barred Myleus
Black Diamond Gold Piranha
Blackfinned Snakehead
Black Ghost Knife
Black Neon Tetra
Black Piranha
Black Phantom tetra
Blackskirt Tetra
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Benny Tetra
Blue Gourami
Blue Discus
Big Eye Mouthbrooder
Big Toothed Piranha
Black Pacu
Black Small Fighter
Blind Cavefish
Bloodfin Tetra
Blotched Snakehead
Blue Acara
Blue Band Mouthbrooder
Blue Convict Cichlid
Blue Panda Apisto
Bluespotted Snakehead
Blyth's Loach
Bolivian ram
Brandti Piranha
Bream
Brilliant rasbora
Bristlenosed Catfish
Brown Betta
Brown's Betta
Brown Discus
Bucktoothed Tetra
Buenos Aires Tetra
Bulldog Pleco
Bullseye Snakehead
Burmese Snakehead

C:

Cardinal Tetra
Catemaco Livebearer
Celebes Halfbeak
Ceylon Snakehead
Chel Snakehead
Cherry Barb
Chevron Snakehead
Chilumba
Chinese Snakehead
Cinnamon Killifish
Clown Barb
Clown Killifish
Clown Killi
Clown Knife Fish
Clown Loach
Clown Pleco
Cockatoo dwarf Cichlid
Comma Swordtail
Compressed Cichlid
Congo Blackfin
Congo Tetra
Congo Tetra (profile 2)
Convict Cichlid
Coolie Loach
Cortes Swordtail
Cross River Puffer
Crystel Eyed Catfish
Cochu's Blue Tetra

D:

Demasoni Cichlid
Diamond tetra
Dovii Cichlid
Double Lipspot Mouthbrooder
Duckbill Catfish
Dusky Piranha
Dwarf Croaking Gourami
Dwarf Gourami
Dwarf Livebearer
Dwarf Loach
Dwarf Mouthbrooder (Betta)
Dwarf Snakehead
Duboisi Cichlid

E:

Electric Blue Hap
Electric Catfish
Electric Yellow Lab
El Quince Swordtail
Emperor Snakehead
Eureka Cichlid
Eyespot Mouthbrooder

F:

Fahaka Puffer
Father Strohs Mouthbrooder
Figure Eight Puffer
Firebird Cichlid
Firemouth Cichlid
Firehead cichlid
Flag acara
Flagtailed Catfish
Flame Tetra
Flier Cichlid
Forrest Betta
Freshwater Barracuda
Freshwater Barracuda (species 2)
Freshwater Butterflyfish
Freshwater Garfish
Freshwater Gar Fish - Profile 2
Freshwater Moray Eel - Echidna rhodochilus
Freshwater Moray Eel - Gymnothorax tile
Frontosa Cichlid
Fundulopanchax avichang
Fundulopanchax batesii

G:

German Blue Ram
Geryi Piranha
Ghost Knife Fish
Giant Betta
Giant Danio
Giant Snakehead
Glass Knife Fish
Glass catfish
Glowlight Tetra
Golden Nugget Pleco
Golden Snakehead
Gold Gourami
Gold Mixteco
Grant's Peacock cichlid
Gray Bichir
Green Discus
Green terror
Green Throat Mouthbrooder
Green Puffer
Green Severum
Green Terror Cichlid
Guppy
Guyana Leaffish

H:

Halfbeak
Heller's Cichlid
High Backed Pygme Swordtail
Highland Platy
Highland Swordtail
Hikari Danio
Hogchoker
Holland's Piranha
Honey Gourami
Hoplo Catfish
Hora's Loach
Horsefaced Loach
Humeralis Piranha

I:

Indian Glassfish
Indonesian Datnoid
Inle Snakehead

J:

Jack Demspey Cichlid
Javan Mouthbrooding Fighting Fish
Jelly Bean Tetra
Julii Cory

K:

Kadango Cichlid
Keyhole Cichlid
Knife Livebearer
Koi Carp

L:

Lamp eye tetra
Leopard Danio
Leopard Cory
Leporinus
Lesser Bleeding Heart Tetra
Lesser Spiny Eel
Lyretail Killifish
Lyre Tail Pleco

M:

Madagascar Rainbowfish
Maison's Peacock
Malawi Eyebiter
Malebo Puffer
Marbled Hatchet
Marbled Hatchet (profile 2)
Marbled Headstander
Mbu Puffer
Mekong Puffer
Midas Cichlid
Monterray Platy
Montezuma Swordtail
Moonlight Gourami
Mossaic Stingray
Motoro Sting Ray
Mousetail Knife fish
Muzquiz Platy

N:

Neon Tetra
New Ediths Mouthbrooder
Niger Snakehead
Night Snakehead
Nijsseni's Dwarf Cichlid
Norman's Lampeye
Northern Mountain Swordtail
Northern Platy
Northern Snakehead

O:

Ocellated Puffer Fish
Ocellated Snakehead
Otocinclus
Olive Danio
One Spot Mouthbrooder
Oscar
Orange Finned Danio
Orangespotted Snakehead
Ornate Bichir
Ornate Pim
Ornate Tetra
Oscar Fish
Otocinclus Catfish

P:

Pacman catfish
Panaw Snakehead
Panda cory
Paradise Fish
Pareutropius bueffei
Peaceful Betta
Peacock Mouthbrooder
Pearl Danio
Pearl Gourami
Penguin Tetra
Peppered Corydoras
Pepper Tetra
Pictus Catfish
Pike Livebearer
Pike Piranha
Pineapple Discus
Pinche Piranha
Pingi Logsucker
Pink Tailed Chalceus
Piraya Piranha
Platy
Plumed Lyretail
Polka Dot Loach
Polka Dot Ray
Powder Blue Cichlid
Pretty Tetra
Purple Spotted Gudgeon

Q:

Queen Loach

R:

Rainbow Snakehead
Rainbow Shark
Red Belly Pacu
Redbelly Piranha
Red-blotched River Stingray
Redbreast acara
Red Devil
Red Dwarf Rasbora
Red Empress Cichlid
Red Eyed Tetra
Red Heckles Discus
Red Hook Silver Dollar
Red jewel cichlid
Redish Dwarf Fighter
Red Port Acara
Red Sumatran Fighter
Red Tailed Catfish
Red Tailed Hemiodopsis
Red Tailed Shark
Red Terror Cichlid
Red Zebra
Rio Aloyac Platy
Rose Danio
Rosen's Hybrid Platy
Royal pleco
Rummy Nose Tetra
Rummynose Tetra

S:

Sabretooth Tetra
Sailfin Molly
Sailfin Pim
San Juan Cory
Schallers Mouthbrooder
Schwartz's Cory
Scissortail
Serrated Piranha
Serpae Tetra
Sheepshead Swordtail
Severum
Siamese Algae Eater
Siamese Fighting Fish
Sieve Cichlid
Silver Datnoid
Silver Dollar (Metynnis hypsauchen)
Silver Dollar (Metynnis argenteus)
Silver hatchetfish
Silver Hemiodopsis
Silver Mylossoma
Silver Prochilodus
Silvertip Tetra
Simple Mouthbrooder
Simor Fighter
Skunk Botia
Skunk Cory
Slender Betta
Slender Hemiodus
Slender Pygme Swordtail
Small Fin Fighter
Smaragd Fighting Fish
Smooth Back River Stingray
Snakeskin Gourami
Spike Tail Platy
Splendid Snakehead
Spotted Pike Characin
Speckled Platy
Spotted cachorro
Spotted Green Puffer
Spotted Silver Dollar
Spotted Snakehead
Spotted Talking Catfish
Socolof's Tetra
Sterbai Cory Cat
Sterlet
Striped barb
Striped Silver Dollar
Striped Panchax
Swordtail
Swordtail Characin

T:

Tail Light Tetra
T-Bar Cichlid
Tenuis Tetra
Ten Spotted Livebearer
Texas Cichlid
Three Lined Cory
Thick Lib Gourami
Thinbar Datnoid
Three lined mouthbrooder
Three Spot Tetra
Tiger Barb
Tiger Botia
Tiretrack Eels
Tomi Mouthbrooder
Tigrinus Catfish
Tramitichromis intermedius
Tricolor Cichlid
Twin Spot Flag Cichlid
Turquoise Cichlid
Tussys Small Red Fighter

U:

Umbie
Umbrella Cichlid
Upland Swordtail
Upside-down Catfish

V:

Viejita Apisto

W:

Wasers Mouthbrooder
Wessel's Cichlid
West African Lungfish
Western Mosquitofish
White Cloud Mountain Minnow
White Piranha
Widebar Datnoid
Wimple Piranha
Wine Red Betta
Wolf Fish

X:

Y:

Yellow Acara
Yellow King Piranha
Yellow Swordtail
YoYo Loach (Pakistani Loach)

Z:

Zebra Danio
Zebra Loach

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