Fish Guide

A vast number of species of fish have been successfully kept in the home aquarium. This list gives only some of the most commonly-kept species.

• Live-bearing
  • Guppies & mollies (Poecilia)
    • Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
      Endler's livebearer (Poecilia wingei)
      Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna)
  • Platies & swordtails (Xiphophorus)
    • Southern platy (Xiphophorus maculatus)
      Variable platy (Xiphophorus variatus)
      Green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)
• Egg-laying
  • Bichirs and reedfish (Polypteriformes)
    • Senegal bichir
  • Bonytongues (arowanas)
    • Asian arowana
      Silver arowana
      Arapaima
  • Catfish (Siluriformes)
    • Armored catfish (Callichthyidae)
      • Aspidoras
        • Aspidoras fuscoguttatus
          Aspidoras lakoi
          Aspidoras rochai
          Sixray corydoras
      • Brochis
        • Britski's catfish
          Emerald catfish
          Hognosed brochis
      • Callichthys
        • Callichthys callichthys
      • Corydoras
        • Adolf's catfish
          Banded corydoras
          Bandit corydoras
          Barredtail corydoras
          Blackstripe corydoras
          Blacktop corydoras
          Blue corydoras
          Bluespotted corydoras
          Bronze corydoras
          Corydoras atropersonatus
          Corydoras ehrhardti
          Corydoras evelynae
          Corydoras geoffroy
          Corydoras latus
          Corydoras loxozonus
          Corydoras nanus
          Corydoras narcissus
          Corydoras ornatus
          Corydoras osteocarus
          Corydoras polystictus
          Corydoras prionotos
          Corydoras semiaquilus
          Corydoras septentrionalis
          Corydoras simulatus
          Corydoras undulatus
          Dwarf corydoras
          Elegant corydoras
          False network catfish
          False spotted catfish
          Green gold catfish
          Guapore corydoras
          Masked corydoras
          Mosaic corydoras
          Panda corydoras
          Pastaza corydoras
          Peppered corydoras
          Pink corydoras
          Pygmy corydoras
          Reticulated corydoras
          Sailfin corydoras
          Salt and pepper catfish
          Schwartz's catfish
          Spotted corydoras
          Sterba's cory
          Sychr's catfish
          Tailspot corydoras
          Threestripe corydoras
          Xingu corydoras
    • Armored suckermouth catfish (Loricariidae, aka Plecos)
      • Bristlenose catfish
        • Whiptail Catfish
          Twig Catfish
          Leopard catfish
      • Common plecos
        • Liposarcus pardalis
          Sailfin catfish
          Suckermouth catfish
          Suckermouthed catfish
      • Zebra pleco
      • Dwarf suckermouth catfish (Otocinclus)
    • Glass catfish
      Iridescent shark
      Redtail catfish
  • Characins (Characidae)
    • Black tetra
      Buenos Aires tetra
      Cardinal tetra
      Cave tetra
      Common hatchetfish
      Green neon tetra
      Neon tetra
      Serpae tetra
      Silver dollar
  • Cichlids (Cichlidae)
    • Eartheater cichlid
      Firemouth cichlid
      Jack Dempsey
      Managuense cichlid
      Green terror
      Jewel cichlid
      Angelfish
      Discus
      Tropheus
      Electric yellow
      Red empress cichlid
      Red devil cichlid
      Oscar
      Red zebra
      Zebra tilapia
  • Cyprinids (Cyprinidae)
    • Barbs
      • Arulius barb
        Bigspot barb
        Black ruby barb
        Checker barb
        Cherry barb
        Clipper barb
        Clown barb
        Gold barb
        Golden barb
        Greenstripe barb
        Melon barb
        Onespot barb
        Pentazona barb
        Pool barb
        Puntius partipentazona
        Red line torpedo barb
        Rosy barb
        Shortfin barb
        Sixband barb
        Spanner barb
        Spotted barb
        Spottedsail barb
        Swamp barb
        Ticto barb
        Tic-tac-toe barb
        Tiger barb
        Tinfoil barb
    • Cold-water fish
      • Goldfish
        Common carp
        Koi
        White Cloud Mountain minnow
    • Daces
      • Common dace
    • Danios
      • Bengal danio
        Giant danio
        Malabar danio
        Pearl danio
        Queen danio
        Spotted danio
        Turquoise danio
        Zebra danio
    • Rasboras
      • Harlequin rasbora
        Rasbora pauciperforata
        Rasbora vulcanus
        Rasbora cf. taeniata
  • Elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii)
    Bala shark (Balantiocheilus melanopterus)
  • Knifefish and eels (Gymnotiform)
    • Black ghost knifefish
  • Labyrinth fishes (Anabantidae, Osphronemidae, Helostomatidae)
    • Blue gourami (Three spot gourami)
      Siamese fighting fish
      Kissing gourami
  • Loaches (Cobitidae)
    • Burmese border loach
      Clown loach
      Yoyo loach
      Dojo loach
      Dwarf loach
      Skunk loach
      Horseface loach
      Kuhli loach
      Longnose loach
  • Mormyridae
  • Pufferfish (Tetraodontidae)
    • Giant freshwater pufferfish
      Dwarf pufferfish
      Figure 8 pufferfish

Livebearers Gallery

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium plant species