A vast number of freshwater species have successfully adapted to live in aquariums. This list gives some examples of the most common species found in home aquariums.
Catfish
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| Brown-Point Shield Skin|| Aspidoras fuscoguttatus || align="center" |175px || align="center" | 3.8 cm
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|Sixray corydoras, false corydoras || Aspidoras pauciradiatus || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
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|Hognosed brochis || Corydoras multiradiatus || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
| || || 70–75 °F (21–24 °C)|| |6.0–7.2
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|Emerald catfish || Corydoras splendens || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
| The Emerald Cory Catfish is a very hardy and resilient fish. Disease should not be a concern provided that you maintain the aquarium to standards.|| 20 Gallons|| 72 – 82 F (22 – 27.7 C)
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|Cascarudo || Callichthys callichthys ||175px || align="center" |
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|64–83 °F (18–28 °C).
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|Blacktop corydoras || Corydoras acutus || align="center" |175px|| align="center" |
| || || 22–28 °C|| |6.0–7.5|| |6.0–7.5
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|Dwarf corydoras || Corydoras hastatus || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
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|Julii corydoras || Corydoras julii || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
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|<!--Hellgrüner Panzerwels-->|| Corydoras latus || || align="center" |
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|False spotted catfish || Corydoras leucomelas || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
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| Loxozonus cory || Corydoras loxozonus || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
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|Bluespotted corydoras
spotted cory
| Corydoras melanistius || thumb|| align="center" |
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|Gold laser cory ||Corydoras melanotaenia|| align="center" |175px || align="center" |
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| Long nosed arched cory
Long-nosed Skunk Cory
| Corydoras narcissus || || align="center" |
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|Blue corydoras
Natterer's Cory
| Corydoras nattereri || align="center" |175px|| align="center" |
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|Pastaza corydoras || Corydoras pastazensis || || align="center" |
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|<!--Savannenpanzerwels-->|| Corydoras polystictus || || align="center" |
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|Pygmy corydoras || Corydoras pygmaeus || align="center" |175px || align="center" |
| A very peaceful species, that does not make an ideal community fish due to its small adult size. It is easily intimidated by larger tank mates and will not compete well with them for food.|| 42.4 L (11 gal)
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|Sychr's catfish || Corydoras sychri || || align="center" |
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|Threestripe corydoras, leopard catfish, false julii cory||Corydoras trilineatus|| align="center" |175px || align="center" |
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|Xingu corydoras || Corydoras xinguensis || || align="center" |
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| Corydoras nain || Corydoras nanus || || align="center" |
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|Flagtail catfish ||Dianema urostriatum || align="center" |175px|| align="center" |
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|Spotted hoplo || Megalechis thoracata ||align="center" |175px || align="center" |
| || ||64–83 °F (18–28 °C).
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|Sailfin corydoras || Scleromystax macropterus || || align="center" |
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|Banded corydoras
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|Bristlenose pleco, bushynose pleco|| Ancistrus spp. || align="center" | 175px ||
|The bristlenose genus has at least 59 identified species and many others yet to be named. Males and female both have long "bristles" on their nose, the males having distinctly longer ones. || || 72-84 F (20-27 C)
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|Adonis pleco, polka dot lyre-tail pleco|| Acanthicus adonis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || 77-86 F (25-30 C)
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|Gold nugget pleco|| 'Baryancistrus spp. || align="center" | 175px || || further information on species variation, L-Numbers, and naming at page for Baryancistrus genus|| || 77-86 F (25-30 C)
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|Zebra pleco|| Hypancistrus spp. || align="center" | 175px ||
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||| Hypostomus spp. || align="center" | 175px || || || || 72-86 F (22-30 C)|| |6.5-7.5
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|6.8 - 7.6|| || 75-82 F (24-28 C)||70–79 °F (21–26 °C) The blotched upside-down catfish is well suited to aquariums because of its small size (typically 9 or 10 cm or less) and peaceful demeanor.||
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|Black catfish, Narrowfront tandan|| Neosilurus ater || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Stinging catfish|| Heteropneustes fossilis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Sun catfish || Horabagrus brachysoma || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Asian redtail catfish || Hemibagrus wyckioides || || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Asian upside down catfish || Mystus leucophasis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Asian bumblebee catfish || Pseudomystus siamensis || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Indawgyi stream catfish || Akysis prashadi || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Asian stone catfish || Hara jerdoni || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Iridescent shark|| Pangasianodon hypophthalmus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Chao Phraya giant shark, giant pangasius|| Pangasius sanitwongsei || 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Colombian shark catfish|| Ariopsis seemanni || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Blue whale catfish|| Cetopsis coecutiens || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Banjo catfish|| Bunocephalus coracoideus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Giant raphael catfish|| Megalodoras uranoscopus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Ripsaw catfish|| Oxydoras niger || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Striped raphael catfish|| Platydoras armatulus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Spotted raphael catfish|| Agamyxis pectinifrons || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Bottlenose catfish|| Ageneiosus inermis || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Gulper catfish|| Asterophysus batrachus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Midnight catfish|| Auchenipterichthys coracoideus || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Oil catfish|| Duringlanis perugiae || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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|Jaguar catfish|| Liosomadoras oncinus || align="center" | thumb|| align="center" | || || || || |
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|Pygmy driftwood catfish|| Trachelyichthys exilis || align="center" | || align="center" | || || || || |
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Characoids
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|Arowana tetra || Gnathocharax steindachneri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Black phantom tetra || Hyphessobrycon megalopterus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || The black phantom tetra enjoy being in groups of 6 or more and a slightly shaded tank. Males may claim small territories and occasionally minor battles may occur. The Phantom tetra goes well with other tetras of similar size. They also prefer floating plants.
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|Black neon tetra || Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Black tetra, skirt tetra ||Gymnocorymbus ternetzi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || A highly spirited fish that may occasionally chase its own species as well as harass slow moving fish with long fins. This fish is very hardy and can stand a variety of water qualities. Disease is not a big problem with the black tetra. The black tetra is also known as the black skirt tetra. The female black tetra is more robust and larger than the male.
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|Black morpho tetra || Poecilocharax weitzmani || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Bleeding heart tetra || Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || The bleeding heart tetra is distinguished by the small red spot on both sides of the fish. This fish is very prone to diseases, and can grow larger than most tetra species.
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|Bloodfin tetra || Aphyocharax anisitsi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Blue tetra || Knodus borki || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Blueberry tetra|| Hyphessobrycon wadai || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Bucktooth tetra || Exodon paradoxus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Buenos Aires tetra || Hyphessobrycon anisitsi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Cardinal tetra || Paracheirodon axelrodi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Similar to the Neon Tetra, but slightly larger and doesn't prefer to school as much. They need much larger tanks, although their temperament is similar.
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|Cave tetra, blind tetra || Astyanax mexicanus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || The cave tetra is the blind cave form of the Mexican tetra. This tetra prefers low to moderate lighting.
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|Cochu's blue tetra || Boehlkea fredcochui || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Colombian tetra || Hyphessobrycon columbianus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Diamond tetra || Moenkhausia pittieri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Dawn tetra || Aphyocharax paraguayensis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Ember tetra || Hyphessobrycon amandae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Ember tetras have been known to live ten years or more. May become stressed by the presence of larger fish.
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|Head and tail light tetra || Hemigrammus ocellifer || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Hummingbird tetra || Trochilocharax ornatus || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|January tetra || Hemigrammus hyanuary || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Lemon tetra || Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Neon tetra || Paracheirodon innesi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Neon tetras must be kept in groups of at least a half-dozen, as they are a shoaling species. With peaceful dispositions, they are also able to be kept with other species of non-aggressive fish.
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|Ornate tetra || Hyphessobrycon bentosi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Penguin tetra, blackline penguinfish|| Thayeria boehlkei || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Peruvian tetra|| Hyphessobrycon peruvianus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Rainbow tetra || Nematobrycon lacortei || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Red and Blue Peru tetra || Hyphessobrycon margitae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Red eye tetra
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|Red-line lizard tetra|| Iguanodectes geisleri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Red phantom tetra|| Hyphessobrycon sweglesi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Redflank bloodfin || Aphyocharax rathbuni || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Rosy tetra || Hyphessobrycon rosaceus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Royal tetra || Inpaichthys kerri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Possesses an adipose fin allowing it to be differentiated from the Emperor tetra
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|Ruby tetra || Axelrodia riesei || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Rummy-nose tetra || Hemigrammus rhodostomus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||This common name is used for three different species of schooling fish with similar patterns: Hemigrammus rhodostomus, Hemigrammus bleheri, and Petitella georgiae.
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|False rummy-nose tetra || Petitella georgiae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||This common name is used for three different species of schooling fish with similar patterns: Hemigrammus rhodostomus, Hemigrammus bleheri, and Petitella georgiae.
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|Splash tetra || Copella arnoldi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Spotted splashing tetra || Copella meinkeni || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Serpae tetra || Hyphessobrycon serpae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Silvertip tetra|| Hasemania nana || align= "center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|X-ray tetra || Pristella maxillaris || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || Also just called the X-ray fish.
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|Yellow phantom tetra || Hyphessobrycon roseus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|African moon tetra|| Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Congo tetra || Phenacogrammus interruptus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Peaceful but may scare shy species with its active swimming and large adult size. Recommended for most community tanks however. Do not keep Congo tetras with fin-nipping species as the spectacular fins of the males will be destroyed.
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|Marbled hatchetfish || Carnegiella strigata || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Requires a varied diet including fruit flies||
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|Banded leporinus || Leporinus fasciatus ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Striped headstander || Anostomus anostomus ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Siver distichodus || Distichodus affinis ||align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Six-banded distichodus || Distichodus sexfasciatus ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Payara || Hydrolycus scomberoides || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Pink-tail chalceus || Chalceus macrolepidotus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Red wolf fish || Erythrinus erythrinus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Red tail barracuda|| Acestrorhynchus falcatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Spotted headstander || Chilodus punctatus ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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Cichlids
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|Sunshine peacock cichlid|| Aulonocara baenschi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Red shoulder peacock|| Aulonocara hansbaenschi ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Eureka red peacock|| Aulonocara jacobfreibergi ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Aulonocara chizumulu|| Aulonocara korneliae ||align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Pale Usisya aulonocara || Aulonocara steveni|| align="center" | 175px ||align="center" | ||
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|Flavescent peacock|| Aulonocara stuartgranti ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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||| Copadichromis azureus ||align="center" | 175px||align="center" | ||
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|Red fin hap|| Copadichromis borleyi ||align="center" | 175px||align="center" | ||
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|Blue dolphin cichlid, lumphead cichlid || Cyrtocara moorii ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Afra cichlid, dogtooth cichild || Cynotilapia afra || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Malawi eyebiter || Dimidiochromis compressiceps || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Rusty cichlid, lavender cichild|| Iodotropheus sprengerae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Electric yellow cichlid || Labidochromis caeruleus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Fuelleborn's cichlid, Blue mbuna|| Labeotropheus fuelleborni || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Scrapermouth mbuna || Labeotropheus trewavasae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Hongi, Red-top kimpumpa || Labidochromis sp. "Hongi" || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Yellow Top Mbamba || Labidochromis sp. "Mbamba Bay" || || align="center" | ||
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|Aurora|| Maylandia aurora || || align="center" | ||
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|Cobalt blue cichlid, cobalt zebra cichlid || Maylandia callainos || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Red zebra cichlid|| Maylandia estherae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Kenyi cichlid|| Maylandia lombardoi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Zebra mbuna || Maylandia zebra || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Auratus cichlid, Malawi golden cichlid || Melanochromis auratus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Chipokee cichlid|| Melanochromis chipokae || || align="center" | ||
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|Blue johanni cichlid, Maingano || Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Pearl of Likoma|| Melanochromis joanjohnsonae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Fusco || Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Livingston's cichlid || Nimbochromis livingstonii || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Kaligono || Nimbochromis polystigma ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Venustus cichlid, giraffe cichild || Nimbochromis venustus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Deep-water hap || Placidochromis electra || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Fenestratus || Protomelas fenestratus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Red empress cichlid|| Protomelas taeniolatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Yellow-tail acei|| Pseudotropheus sp. "acei" || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Bumblebee cichlid, hornet cichlid || Pseudotropheus crabro || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Dwarf Mbuna || Pseudotropheus demasoni || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Johanni cichlid || Pseudotropheus johannii || 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Saulosi || Pseudotropheus saulosi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Pindani || Chindongo socolofi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Malawi barracuda|| Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus || || align="center" |
|| academic sources disagree on whether same as Rhamphochromis longiceps - one of several unrelated fish commonly called the "Tigerfish"
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|Electric blue cichlid || Sciaenochromis fryeri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Big-mouth hap|| Tyrannochromis macrostoma || || align="center" | ||
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{| cellspacing="4" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; background:silver"
| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" |Lake Tanganyika cichlids
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! width="15%"|Scientific name
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! width="5%"|Size
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|Calvus ||Altolamprologus calvus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Compressiceps ||Altolamprologus compressiceps || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|||Benthochromis tricoti || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| || Boulengerochromis microlepis || 175px || align="center" | ||
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| || Callochromis pleurospilus|| align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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| || Chalinochromis brichardi|| align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| || Cyathopharynx furcifer || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Frontosa cichild|| Cyphotilapia frontosa || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |
|| Ongoing academic discussion currently specifies C. frontosa as Cyphotilapia from the northern half of Lake Tanganyika, while C. gibberosa are those from the south. Further tentative species are under review.
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|Frontosa cichild || Cyphotilapia gibberosa || 175px || align="center" |
|| Since the relatively recent discovery of C. gibberosa (2003), the name "Frontosa Cichlid" has been applied by some to both members of the genus. Whether this trend will continue, or C. gibberosa will be given its own common name remains to be seen.
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|Herring cichlid, sardine cichlid || Cyprichromis leptosoma || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Descamp's strange-tooth cichlid || Ectodus descampsii || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Brown julie || Julidochromis dickfeldi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| Marlier's julie || Julidochromis marlieri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | fem / male ||
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| Golden julie || Julidochromis ornatus || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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| Convict julie || Julidochromis regani || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | fem / male ||
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| Masked julie || Julidochromis transcriptus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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||| Lamprologus ocellatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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||| Neolamprologus brevis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Lyretail cichlid, fairy cichlid|| Neolamprologus brichardi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Lemon cichlid|| Neolamprologus leleupi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|| || Neolamprologus multifasciatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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||| Neolamprologus similis ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||A small shell-dwelling cichlid from Lake Tanganyika. Very similar to N. multifsciatus but similis has striping from the body continue to the head
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|Five-barred lamprologus|| Neolamprologus tretocephalus ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Featherfin|| Ophthalmotilapia ventralis || ||align="center" | ||
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| || Petrochromis trewavasae || ||align="center" | ||
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| || Simochromis pleurospilus || ||align="center" | ||
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| || Tropheus duboisi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| || Tropheus polli ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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| || Variabilichromis moorii || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Yellow sand cichlid || Xenotilapia flavipinnis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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{| cellspacing="4" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; background:silver"
| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" |Lake Victoria cichlids
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|Allauad's haplo || Astatoreochromis alluaudi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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||| Haplochromis aeneocolor || align="center" | 175px||align="center" | ||
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|Zebra obliquidens|| Haplochromis latifasciatus || align="center" | 175px ||align="center" | ||
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|Flameback|| Haplochromis nyererei || 175px || align="center" | ||
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||| Haplochromis thereuterion || ||align="center" | ||
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|Hippo Point Salmon|| Ptyochromis sp. "Hippo Point Salmon"|| ||align="center" | ||
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{| cellspacing="4" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; background:silver"
| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" |Miscellaneous African cichlids (non-Rift Lake)
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!Tank size
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|African butterfly cichlid|| Anomalochromis thomasi || align="center" | 175px ||align="center" | ||
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|Dwarf Egyptian mouthbrooder|| Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Guenther's mouthbrooder|| Chromidotilapia guntheri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Jewel cichlid, two-spotted jewel cichlid|| Rubricatochromis bimaculatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Lifalili jewel cichlid, blood-red jewel cichlid|| Rubricatochromis lifalili || 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Ocellated kribensis||Pelvicachromis subocellatus||align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Rainbow krib|| Pelvicachromis pulcher || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Striped kribensis||Pelvicachromis taeniatus||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Yellow kribensis||Wallaceochromis humilis||align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Lionhead cichlid|| Steatocranus casuarius || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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||| Nanochromis parilus || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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{| cellspacing="4" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; background:silver"
| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" |Central American cichlids
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! width="1%"|Image
! width="5%"|Size
! width="15%"|Remarks
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|Bay snook|| Petenia splendida || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Blackbelt cichlid|| Vieja maculicauda || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Convict cichlid|| Amatitlania nigrofasciata || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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||| Amatitlania myrnae || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Firemouth cichlid|| Thorichthys meeki || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Jack Dempsey cichlid|| Rocio octofasciata || align="intermetidet" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Jaguar cichlid, managuense cichlid|| Parachromis managuensis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Mayan cichlid|| Mayaheros urophthalmus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Midas cichlid|| Amphilophus citrinellus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || commonly confused with red devil cichlids, but it is an entirely different species
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|Nicaraguan cichlid, moga|| Hypsophrys nicaraguensis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Poor man's tropheus|| Neetroplus nematopus || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Rainbow cichlid|| Herotilapia multispinosa || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Red terror, guayas cichlid|| Mesoheros festae || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Salvin's cichlid|| Trichromis salvini || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Texas cichlid, Rio Grande cichlid|| Herichthys cyanoguttatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|T-bar cichlid|| Amatitlania sajica || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Wolf cichlid|| Parachromis dovii || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Yellowjacket cichlid|| Parachromis friedrichsthalii || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|False yellowjacket cichlid|| Parachromis motaguensis || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" |South American cichlids
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|Blue acara|| Andinoacara pulcher || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Thread-finned acara|| Acarichthys heckelii || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Angelfish|| Pterophyllum scalare || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||In an enclosed tank habitat, the fish's territorial, aggressive nature is heightened, so don't house angelfish with shy species that are intimidated by pushy, boisterous fish.
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|75–82 °F (25–28 °C)
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|72-80 °F (22-27 °C)||These small and colorful fish require precise water parameters, and if you don't meet those parameters, your fish could be severely impacted.
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|Flowerhorn cichlid || Cichlasoma sp.|| align="center" | 175px ||
| Not considered a separate species of cichlid but a hybrid.
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|Tinfoil barb|| Barbonymus schwanenfeldii ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | || Genus of large 'barbs' in some ways more closely reated to classic carps
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{| cellspacing="4" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; background:silver"
| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" |Other cyprinids
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|Giant sword minnow|| Macrochirichthys macrochirus ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Hampala barb|| Hampala macrolepidota ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Mad barb|| Leptobarbus hoevenii ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Bala shark|| Balantiocheilus melanopterus ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Grows large, needs lots of swimming room and is a schooling fish so a 125-gallon would be good for 3-4
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|Black shark|| Labeo chrysophekadion ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Apollo Shark|| Luciosoma setigerum ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Siamese algae eater, fringe barb|| Crossocheilus langei ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | || Many other fish in the order Cypriniformes are also sold under this name. Very likely to jump out of the aquarium especially after reaching adult size. Very useful for getting rid of algae when it is young but prefer fish food upon reaching adulthood.
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|Flying fox (fish)|| Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Red-tailed black shark|| Epalzeorhynchos bicolor ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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||Rainbow shark|| Epalzeorhynchos frenatum ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Cambodian log sucker, false Siamese algae eater|| Ceratogarra cambodgiensis ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Jullien's golden carp|| Probarbus jullieni ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Panda garra|| Garra flavatra ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Chinese algae eater|| Gyrinocheilus aymonieri ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || This species may be sold under a variety of common names, including Siamese algae eater, Chinese algae eater, golden algae eater, or sucking loach. A gold colored form also exists.
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{| cellspacing="4" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; background:silver"
| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" | Rasboras
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|Harlequin rasbora|| Trigonostigma heteromorpha || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||Also known as Harlequin tetra or Harlequin barb.
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|Glowlight rasbora|| Trigonostigma hengeli || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | || align="center" |
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|Red-striped rasbora|| Trigonopoma pauciperforatum || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Graceful Rasbora|| Trigonopoma gracile || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Chili rasbora|| Boraras brigittae || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||Should be kept in acidic water which can be difficult to maintain for most beginners in the aquarium hobby.
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|68 - 78 F (20 - 25.6 C)
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{| cellspacing="4" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; background:silver"
| height="25px" style="font-size:120%; text-align:left; background:silver" |Guppies and mollies
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|Guppy
Fancy Guppy
| Poecilia reticulata || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || Many color and tail pattern varieties exist. They generally need a ratio of 1 male to 2 females or more. All guppies and mollies are hardy fish that tolerate lower oxygen levels and temperatures than most aquarium fish, give birth to live young, and readily breed in home tanks. can live in full sea water
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|66 °F - 84 °F (19 °C - 29 °C)
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|Endler's livebearer || Poecilia wingei || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Black molly || Poecilia sphenops || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Can live in full sea water
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|Variable lampeye|| Procatopus similis || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Celebes halfbeak|| Nomorhamphus liemi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Wrestling halfbeak|| Dermogenys pusilla || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Wrestling Halfbeaks are best kept in groups, composed of either a single male with several females, or, in more spacious quarters with ample visual barriers, larger mixed groups containing at least six males.
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|Dwarf snakehead|| Channa gachua || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || Illegal to possess live in the USA without a permit
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|Threadfin rainbowfish || Iriatherina werneri || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|New Guinea rainbowfish || Melanotaenia affinis || || align="center" | ||
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|Boeseman's rainbowfish || Melanotaenia boesemani || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish || Melanotaenia parva || align="center" |175px || align="center" |||
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|Neon rainbowfish || Melanotaenia praecox || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Lake Wanam rainbowfish || Glossolepis wanamensis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Western rainbowfish || Melanotaenia australis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Duboulayi's rainbowfish || Melanotaenia duboulayi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||a.k.a. Crimson-Spotted rainbowfish
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|Australian rainbowfish || Melanotaenia fluviatilis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Lake Tebera rainbowfish || Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Lake Kutubu rainbowfish || Melanotaenia lacustris || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Parkinson's rainbowfish || Melanotaenia parkinsoni || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Eastern rainbowfish || Melanotaenia splendida splendida || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Banded rainbowfish || Melanotaenia trifasciata || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Celebes rainbow || Marosatherina ladigesi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Spotted blue-eye || Pseudomugil gertrudae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||
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|Red neon blue-eye || Pseudomugil luminatus || align="center" | || align="center" |||
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|Delicate blue-eye || Pseudomugil tenellus || align="center" | || align="center" |||
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|Forktail blue-eye || Pseudomugil furcatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" |||These fish need a larger aquarium than their size suggests. Though they only grow to a length of about 2 inches, they are happiest in groups of 8 – 10 or more, and they appreciate lots of swimming space.
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|Black devil stingray || Potamotrygon leopoldi || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | || see above
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|Marbled whipray || Fluvitrygon oxyrhynchus || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | || see above
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|Gray bichir, Senegal bichir, or dinosaur bichir || Polypterus senegalus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | maximum length
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|Gulf saratoga || Scleropages jardinii ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Southern saratoga || Scleropages leichardti ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Silver arowana || Osteoglossum bicirrhosum ||align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||Preys on anything smaller than its mouth.
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|Mouth almighty|| Glossamia aprion || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Amazon leaffish || Monocirrhus polyacanthus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|African leaffish || Polycentropsis abbreviata || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Nile perch || Lates niloticus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Indonesian tigerfish || Datnioides microlepis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Silver tigerfish || Datnioides polota || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|New Guinea tigerfish || Datnioides campbelli ||align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Banded archerfish || Toxotes jaculatrix || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Seven-spot archerfish || Toxotes chatareus || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|Spotted scat || Scatophagus argus || align="center" | 175px|| align="center" | ||
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|African scat || Scatophagus tetracanthus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Striped scat, spotbanded scat || Selenotoca multifasciata || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Silver moony || Monodactylus argenteus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|African moony || Monodactylus sebae || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Freshwater pipefish || Doryichthys martensii || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|African freshwater pipefish || Enneacampus ansorgii || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Zebra blenny || Omobranchus zebra || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Freshwater blenny || Salariopsis fluviatilis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Fire eel || Mastacembelus erythrotaenia || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Tire track eel || Mastacembelus armatus || align="center" |175px || align="center" | ||
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|Peacock eel|| Macrognathus siamensis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||They require clean water and are vulnerable to parasites, fungal diseases, and the copper-based drugs used to treat these conditions.
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|Green spotted puffer || Dichotomyctere nigroviridis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || See above
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|Figure 8 pufferfish || Dichotomyctere ocellatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || See above
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|Humpback Puffer || Pao palembangensis || 175px || align="center" | || See above
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|Red-tail dwarf puffer || Carinotetraodon irrubesco || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || See above
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|Arrowhead puffer || Pao suvattii || align="center" | || align="center" | ||
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|Hairy pufferfish || Pao baileyi || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Dwarf Pufferfish, Pea Puffer || Carinotetraodon travancoricus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Fahaka puffer || Tetraodon lineatus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Mbu puffer || Tetraodon mbu || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || This fish also occurs in estuaries. largest freshwater pufferfish, they are very peaceful with most fish except, other Mbu pufferfish, other fish that will harass them. see above
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|Congo pufferfish || Tetraodon miurus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | || As it is an ambush pufferfish it is best to house it alone as it will attack tank mates. See above.
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|Amazon puffer || Colomesus asellus || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Everglades pygmy sunfish || Elassoma evergladei || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Blackbanded sunfish || Enneacanthus chaetodon || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Orangespotted sunfish || Lepomis humilis || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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|Brook stickleback || Culaea inconstans || align="center" | 175px || align="center" | ||
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See also
- List of aquarium fish by scientific name
- List of brackish aquarium fish species
- List of fish common names
- List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species
- List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species
- List of freshwater aquarium plant species
- List of marine aquarium fish species
- List of marine aquarium invertebrate species
Sources
- Alderton, D. (2005). Encyclopedia of Aquarium and Pond Fish. Dorling Kindersley.
- Jennings, G. (2006). 500 Aquarium Fish: A Visual Reference to the Most Popular Species. Firefly Books.
- Sakurai, A.; Sakamoto, Y.; Mori, F. (1993). Aquarium Fish of the World: The Comprehensive Guide to 650 Species. Chronicle Books.