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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.

Contents 1 Bichirs and reedfish 2 Bonytongues 3 Catfish 3.1 Armored catfish (Callichthyidae) 3.2 Armored suckermouth catfish (Loricariidae, aka Plecos) 3.3 Airbreathing catfish (Clariidae) 3.4 Banjo catfish (Aspredinidae) 3.5 Talking catfish (Doradidae) 3.6 Squeakers and Upside-down catfish (Mochokidae) 3.7 Shark catfish (Pangasiidae) 3.8 Long-whiskered catfish (Pimelodidae) 3.9 Sheatfish (Siluridae) 4 Characins 5 Cichlids 6 Cyprinids 7 Labyrinth fish 8 Live-bearers 9 Loaches 10 Neotropical electric fish 11 Pufferfish 12 Rainbowfish 13 Spiny eels 14 Gallery 15 See also

[edit] Bichirs and reedfish

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Gray bichir	Polypterus senegalus	Image:Polypterus senegalus senegalus headstand.jpg		Species
Reedfish	Erpetoichthys calabaricus	Image:Akwa19 reedfish.jpg		Species

[edit] Bonytongues

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Arowanas
Arapaima	Arapaima gigas	Image:Arapaima049.JPG
Asian arowana	Scleropages formosus	Image:Gold Arowana035.JPG
Black arowana	Osteoglossum ferreirai
Silver arowana	Osteoglossum bicirrhosum	Image:Osteoglossum bicirrhosum.JPG
Featherback knifefish
African knifefish	Xenomystus nigri
Clown knifefish	Notopterus ornata
Elephantfish
Blunt-jawed elephantnose	Gnathonemus tamandu	Image:Peters elephantnose fish.png				also called worm-jawed mormyrid
Peters' elephantnose	Gnathonemus petersii
Butterflyfish
African butterflyfish	Pantodon buchholzi	Image:Pantodon buchholzi.jpg				not related to saltwater butterflyfish

[edit] Catfish

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Airbreathing catfish (Clariidae)

• Walking catfish

[edit] Banjo catfish (Aspredinidae)

[edit] Talking catfish (Doradidae)

• Striped Raphael

[edit] Squeakers and Upside-down catfish (Mochokidae)

• Cuckoo Squeaker
• Decorated Squeaker
• Even-Spotted Squeaker
• Featherfin Squeaker
• Synodontis angelicus
• Synodontis njassae
• Upside-down catfish

[edit] Shark catfish (Pangasiidae)

• Iridescent shark

[edit] Long-whiskered catfish (Pimelodidae)

• Redtail catfish
• Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
• Spotted Pimelodus

[edit] Sheatfish (Siluridae)

• Glass catfish

[edit] Characins

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Tetras
Black phantom tetra	Hyphessobrycon megalopterus			Community
Black neon tetra	Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi	Image:Black neon tetra.jpg
Black tetra	Gymnocorymbus ternetzi	Image:Peixe009eue.jpg		Community
Bleeding heart tetra	Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma	Image:Kirschflecksalmler-W.jpg		Community
Bloodfin tetra	Aphyocharax anisitsi	Image:BloodfinTetras.jpg		Community
Bucktooth tetra	Exodon paradoxus			species		Will eat smaller fish and harrass larger fish
Buenos Aires tetra	Hyphessobrycon anisitsi
Cardinal tetra	Paracheirodon axelrodi	Image:Paracheirodon cardinalis.JPG		Community
Cave tetra, blind tetra	Astyanax mexicanus					Cave tetra is the blind cave form of the Mexican tetra
Congo tetra	Phenacogrammus interruptus	Image:Phenacogrammus interruptus (aka).jpg		Community
Emperor tetra	Nematobrycon palmeri	Image:Kaisertetra.jpg
Garnet tetra, pretty tetra	Hemigrammus pulcher	Image:Hemigrammus pulcher.jpg		Community
Glowlight tetra	Hemigrammus erythrozonus	Image:Redglow.jpg		Community
Green neon tetra	Paracheirodon simulans	Image:Paracheirodon simulans.jpg
Lemon tetra	Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis	Image:Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis.jpg
Neon tetra	Paracheirodon innesi	Image:Neonka obecna paracheirodon innesi.jpg		Community
Rummy-nose tetra	Hemigrammus rhodostomus	Image:Brilliant rummy nose.jpg		Community
Serpae tetra	Hyphessobrycon serpae	Image:Serpae tetra.JPG		Community
Hatchetfish
Common hatchetfish	Gasteropelecus sternicla
Marbled hatchetfish	Carnegiella strigata	Image:Carnegiella strigata.jpg
Penguin tetra	Thayeria obliqua
Other characins
Silver dollar	Metynnis argenteus

[edit] Cichlids

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
African mouthbrooders (mbunas, peacocks, haplochromines, tropheuses, and others)
Electric yellow cichlid	Labidochromis caeruleus
Johanni cichlid	Melanochromis johannii
Auratus cichlid	Melanochromis auratus	Image:Melanochromis auratus.jpg
Blue johanni cichlid	Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos	Image:Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos.jpg
Chipokee cichlid	Melanochromis chipokae
Sunshine peacock cichlid	Aulonocara baenschi
Red zebra cichlid	Pseudotropheus estherae
Bumblebee cichlid, hornet cichlid	Pseudotropheus crabro	Image:Pseudotropheus Crabo Male .JPG
Kenyi cichlid	Maylandia lombardoi	Image:Maylandia lombardoi.jpg
Cobalt blue cichlid, cobalt zebra cichlid	Maylandia callainos
Rusty cichlid, lavender cichild	Iodotropheus sprengerae	Image:Iodotropheus sprengerae.jpg
Red empress cichlid	Protomelas taeniolatus	Image:Protomelas taeniolatus by Derek Ramsey.jpg
Venustus cichlid, giraffe cichild	Nimbochromis venustus
Livingston's cichlid	Nimbochromis livingstonii
Electric blue cichlid	Sciaenochromis fryeri	Image:Fryeri2.jpg
Tropheus moorii	Tropheus moorii	Image:Trophs1.jpg
Dwarf cichlids (apistogrammas, rams, kribs, and others)
African butterfly cichlid	Anomalochromis thomasi
Jewel cichlid	Hemichromis bimaculatus	Image:Hemichromis bimaculatus1.jpg				other hemichromis species may be sold under the same name
Agassiz's dwarf cichlid	Apistogramma agassizii	Image:Apistogramma Agassizii.jpg
Panda dwarf cichlid	Apistogramma nijsseni	Image:Apistogramma nijsseni (f).jpg
Cockatoo dwarf cichlid	Apistogramma cacatuoides
Lyretail cichlid, fairy cichlid	Neolamprologus brichardi
Checkerboard Cichlid	Dicrossus filamentosus
Blue ram	Mikrogeophagus ramirezi	Image:Mikrogeophagus.jpg
Bolivian ram	Mikrogeophagus altispinosa
Kribensis	Pelvicachromis pulcher	Image:Pelvicachromis pulcher (male).jpg
Dwarf flag cichlid	Laetacara curviceps
American cichilds (cichlasomas, acaras, angelfish, discuses, and others)
Midas cichild, red devil cichlid	Amphilophus citrinellus					Note that Amphilophus labiatus is also called red devil cichild
Red devil cichlid	Amphilophus labiatus
Firemouth cichlid	Cichlasoma meeki	Image:Feuermaulbuntbarsch.jpg
Jack Dempsey cichlid	Cichlasoma octofasciatum	Image:Cichlasoma octofasciata.jpg
Managuense cichlid	Cichlasoma managuense
Convict cichlid	Archocentrus nigrofasciatus	Image:Archocentrus nigrofasciatus female.jpg
T-bar cichlid	Archocentrus sajica
Severum	Heros severus					the gold variety is more common than the natural green one
Green terror	Aequidens rivulatus
Blue acara	Aequidens pulcher
Thread-finned acara	Acarichthys heckelii	Image:Acarichthys heckeli.JPG
Eartheater cichlid	Geophagus altifrons
Keyhole cichlid	Cleithracara maronii	Image:Akara z Maroni.jpg
Angelfish	Pterophyllum scalare					several color varieties; this species is the common anglefish in the aquarium trade
Altum angelfish	Pterophyllum altum	Image:Pterophyllum altum.jpg
Spotted angelfish	Pterophyllum leopoldi
Common discus, red discus	Symphysodon discus	Image:Discus heckel.jpg				various color varieties
Blue discus, green discus	Symphysodon aequifasciatus	Image:Diskuslaich1.jpeg				fancy hybrids of this species and Symphysodon discus can also be found in trade
Oscar	Astronotus ocellatus	Image:Astronotus ocellatus.jpg				has different varieties including long-fin, albino, golden, etc.
Uaru, waroo	Uaru amphiacanthoides
Peacock bass	Cichla orinocensis	Image:Peacock bass.jpg
Texus cichlid	Herichthys cyanoguttatus
Other cichilds
Zebra tilapia	Tilapia buttikoferi	Image:Buttikoferi.png
Frontosa cichild	Cyphotilapia frontosa	Image:Cyphotilapia frontosa by Ark.jpg
Orange chromide	Etroplus maculatus

[edit] Cyprinids

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Barbs
Arulius barb	Puntius arulius
Bigspot barb	Puntius dunckeri
Black ruby barb	Puntius nigrofasciatus
Checker barb	Puntius oligolepis
Cherry barb	Puntius titteya
Clipper barb	Barbus callipterus
Clown barb	Puntius everetti
Gold barb	Puntius semifasciolatus	Image:Brokat.jpg
Golden barb	Puntius gelius
Greenstripe barb	Puntius vittatus
Melon barb	Puntius fasciatus
Onespot barb	Puntius terio
Pentazona barb, fiveband barb	Puntius pentazona	Image:Puntius pentazona.jpg
Pool barb	Puntius sophore
Partipentazona barb	Puntius partipentazona					may be confused with tiger barb due to similarities
Red line torpedo barb	Puntius denisonii	Image:Akwa18 puntius2.jpg
Rosy barb	Puntius conchonius	Image:Male Rosy Barb.gif
Shortfin barb	Barbus brevipinnis
Sixband barb	Puntius pentazona
Spanner barb, t-barb	Puntius lateristriga
Spotted barb, common barb	Puntius binotatus
Spottedsail barb, dwarf barb	Puntius phutunio
Swamp barb	Puntius chola
Ticto barb	Barbus ticto
Tic-tac-toe barb	Puntius stoliczkanus
Tiger barb, sumatra barb	Puntius tetrazona	Image:Tigerbarbe Puntius tetrazona.jpg				there are many varieties as well as hybrids with other barbs
Tinfoil barb	Barbonymus schwanenfeldii
Cold-water cyprinids
Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Image:Common goldfish.jpg				variations: Black Moor, Bubble Eye, Butterfly Tail, Calico, Calico fantail, Celestial Eye, Comet, Common, Crown Pearlscale, Fantail, Lionchu, Lionhead, Oranda, Panda Moor, Pearlscale, Pompom, Ranchu, Ryukin, Shubunkin, Telescope eye, Veiltail
Koi, common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Image:Six koi.jpg				the fancy variations of common carp is known as koi
White Cloud Mountain minnow	Tanichthys albonubes					lutino variety can also be found in the aquarium trade
Common dace	Leuciscus leuciscus
Rosy red minnow, fathead minnow	Pimephales promelas					sold as feeder fish; the gold variety known as "rosy red" is very common
Danios and other Danionins
Bengal danio, Sind danio	Danio devario
Giant danio	Devario aequipinnatus	Image:Devario aequipinnatus.jpg
Malabar danio	Devario malabaricus	Image:Danio sp.jpg
Pearl danio	Danio albolineatus					subspicies:blue-redstripe danio, kedah danio
Queen danio	Devario regina
Spotted danio	Danio nigrofasciatus
Turquoise danio	Brachydanio kerri
Zebra danio	Brachydanio rerio	Image:Zebrafisch.jpg				variations: leopard danio,the spotted colour morph, and GloFish, the genetically modified fluorescent fish
Rasboras
Harlequin rasbora	Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Blackline rasbora, red-tailed rasbora	Rasbora borapetensis	Image:Redtail.JPG
Red-striped rasbora	Rasbora pauciperforata
Volcano rasbora	Rasbora vulcanus
Other cyprinids
Bala shark	Balantiocheilus melanopterus	Image:Haibarben (Balantiocheilos melanopterus).jpg
Flying fox	Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus	Image:Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus2.jpg				this species may be sold as Siamese algae eater
Red-tailed black shark	Epalzeorhynchos bicolor	Image:Epalzeorhynchos bicolor.jpg
Red-finned shark	Epalzeorhynchos frenatum					albino variation available
Cambodian log sucker, false Siamese algae eater	Garra cambodgiensis	Image:Crossocheilus siamensis pl.jpg				this species may be sold as Siamese algae eater
Chinese algae eater	Gyrinocheilus aymonieri					this species may be sold as Siamese algae eater
Siamese algae eater	Crossocheilus siamensis	Image:Crossocheilus siamensis (2) by Ark.jpg				many other cyprinids may be sold under this name

[edit] Labyrinth fish

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Chocolate gourami	Sphaerichthys osphromenoides	Image:Sphaerichthys osphromenoides.jpg
Croaking gourami	Trichopsis vittata					Often confused with the pygmy gourami
Dwarf gourami	Colisa lalia
Giant gourami	Osphronemus goramy	Image:Giant.gourami.arp.jpg				Occationally, some other gouramis are also referred to as "giant gouramis"
Paradise fish	Macropodus opercularis	Image:Paradise fish female and male 02.jpg				One of the few freshwater aquarium fish that survive in cold water
Pearl gourami	Apteronotus albifrons	Image:Fadenfisch mosaik männlich.jpg
Pygmy gourami, Sparkling gourami	Trichopsis pumila					Often confused with the Croaking gourami
Kissing gourami	Apteronotus albifrons	Image:Kissfish.jpg				The pink variety is more popular than the natural green one
Moonlight gourami	Trichogaster microlepis
Snakeskin gourami	Trichogaster pectoralis
Three spot gourami	Trichogaster trichopterus	Image:Trichogaster trichopterus2004.jpg				Various color varieties each given a different name (blue gourami, gold gourami, and opaline gourami)
Siamese fighting fish	Betta splendens	Image:Kampffisch betta splendenscele4.jpg				Numerous color and fin pattern varieties

[edit] Live-bearers

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Guppies and mollies
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Image:Guppy-male.jpg		Community	Easy	Many color and tail pattern varieties exist
Endler's livebearer	Poecilia wingei	Image:Poecilia reticulata 01.jpg		Community
Black molly	Poecilia sphenops	Image:Molinezje black molly.JPG		Community	Easy
Sailfin molly	Poecilia latipinna			Community	Easy	Gold and silver varieties commonly found; also thrive in brackish water
Platies and swordtails
Southern platy	Xiphophorus maculatus	Image:Xiphophorus maculatus in aqarium.JPG		Community	Easy	Many color varieties exist
Variable platy	Xiphophorus variatus	Image:Sunset platy.jpg		Community		Many color varieties exist
Green swordtail	Xiphophorus hellerii	Image:Xiphophorus helleri 02.jpg		Community	Easy	Many color varieties exist

[edit] Loaches

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Burmese border loach	Botia kubotai	Image:Botia kubotai.jpg
Clown loach	Botia macracantha	Image:Botia macracanthus by Martin8721.jpg
Dwarf loach	Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki					formerly named Botia sidthimunki
Dojo loach, Weather loach	Misgurnus anguillicaudatus	Image:Misgurnus anguillicaudatus.jpg
Horseface loach	Acantopsis choirorhynchus
Kuhli loach, coolie loach	Pangio kuhlii	Image:Pangio kuhlii.jpg				a number of similar Pangio species are sold under the same name
Longnose loach	Acantopsis octoactinotos
Skunk loach	Yasuhikotakia morleti					formerly named Botia morleti
Yoyo loach	Botia almorhae	Image:Botia almorhae.jpg
Zebra loach	Botia striata	Image:Botia striata.jpg

[edit] Neotropical electric fish

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Black ghost knifefish	Apteronotus albifrons					Not to be confused with the featherback "knifefish" of the Bonytongue group (see above)
Brown ghost knifefish	Apteronotus leptorhynchus
Electric eel	Electrophorus electricus	Image:Electrophorus electricus 3.jpg				Despite the name, this is not an "eel" but rather a huge knifefish; illegal to possess in some areas

[edit] Pufferfish

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Figure 8 pufferfish	Tetraodon Biocellatus	Image:Tbiocellatus.jpg
Green spotted puffer	Tetraodon nigrovirdis	Image:Gsppuffer.jpg				often sold as freshwater fish, but this species actually thrives in brackish water and may even requires saltwater when reaches adulthood
Giant freshwater pufferfish	Tetraodon Mbu	Image:MooBoo.jpg
Dwarf pufferfish	Carinotetraodon travancoricus

[edit] Rainbowfish

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Red rainbowfish	Glossolepis Incisus	Image:GlossolepisIncisus.JPG
Threadfin rainbowfish	Iriatherina werneri	Image:Iriatherina Werneri-Male group.jpg
Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish	Melanotaenia praecox	Image:Diamant Regenbogenfisch (Melanotaenia praecox).jpg

[edit] Spiny eels

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Description
Fire eel	Mastacembelus erythrotaenia
Spotfinned spiny eel	Macrognathus siamensis	Image:Macrognathus siamenis.jpg
Tire track eel	Mastacembelus armatus

[edit] Gallery

[edit] See also

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