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Fish of Southeast Asia

60 fish from Southeast Asia on EveryFish so far.

🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreHarlequin rasbora A small, colourful freshwater fish popular in home aquariums for its distinctive black body marking.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇲 MyanmarOdessa barb Small colourful cyprinid from Myanmar popular in home aquariumsCarp · Rivers and lakes · 2008

🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreSiamese mud carp Freshwater cyprinid native to Mekong and Chao Phraya riversCarp · Rivers and lakes

Southeast AsiaSiamese algae-eater A bottom-dwelling freshwater fish from Southeast Asia known for eating red algae in aquariums.Carp · Rivers and lakes

Southeast AsiaRainbow shark A Southeast Asian freshwater cyprinid kept as a popular but aggressive aquarium fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 ThailandRed-tailed black shark A critically endangered Thai carp kept widely in aquariums for its black body and red tail.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1931

Southeast AsiaClown barb A spotted freshwater fish from Borneo and Sumatra.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreBala shark A large, silver cyprinid often kept in aquariums despite its size.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 moreCelestial pearl danio A tiny, brightly coloured freshwater fish from Myanmar and Thailand, popular in the aquarium trade.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 2006

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreTinfoil barb A large Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its red fins and silvery body.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1853

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreTiger barb Active striped freshwater fish popular in home aquariums.Carp · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Harlequin rasbora: Mattia Nocciola, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Odessa barb: Waitingonthetide, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Siamese mud carp: BigYoi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Siamese algae-eater: Published by Zoologische Mededelingen, at http://www.zoologischemedede, CC BY 3.0, source
Rainbow shark: MerlinSenger at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red-tailed black shark: Astellar87, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Clown barb: Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bala shark: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Celestial pearl danio: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tinfoil barb: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
Tiger barb: Photo by Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source

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