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Concepts
WorldSilver dollar
Round, silver tropical fish related to piranhas, popular in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreCelestial Eye goldfish
Fancy goldfish with upward-facing telescope eyesOther · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇯 Benin and 4 moreSaddled bichir
A large African freshwater fish with primitive lungs and multiple dorsal finlets.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1845
WorldBichir
Ancient African ray-finned fish with multiple dorsal finlets and lung-like air breathing organs.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
WorldLeopard bush fish
A freshwater labyrinth fish from the Congo River basin kept in home aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaSynodontis
A large African genus of spotted catfish known for squeaking sounds and belly-up swimming.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
WorldHaplochromis
A large ray-finned fish genus from East Africa known for rapid evolution and aquarium popularity.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1888
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGreen sunfish
A small, aggressive freshwater fish native to North America, known for its blue-green colour and invasive potential in nPerch-like · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreMexican tetra
A freshwater characin with surface and blind cave forms, studied for evolutionary biology.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 BrazilBanded leporinus
A striped freshwater fish from the Amazon kept in home tanks and occasionally caught by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldSnakehead
Elongated freshwater predators with air-breathing organs found in Asia and Africa.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZebrafish
Small striped fish from South Asia kept in aquariums and labsCarp · Rivers and lakes
WorldFeatherbacks and knifefishes
Freshwater bony-tongued fishes with long anal finsOther · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreSiamese mud carp
Freshwater cyprinid native to Mekong and Chao Phraya riversCarp · Rivers and lakes
WorldAphyosemion
A large genus of small African killifish kept in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
WorldDanio
A genus of small striped freshwater fish from Asia kept in aquaria.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1822
WorldRasbora
A diverse genus of small freshwater fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreXiphophorus
A genus of small livebearing fish native to Mexico and Central America, known for aquarium use and genetic research.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreRainbowfish
Small colourful freshwater fish from Australia and New GuineaOther · Rivers and lakes · 1894
WorldArowana
Freshwater bony fish with a toothed bone in the mouth and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1831
🇺🇸 United StatesLeast killifish
A tiny North American fish that gives birth to live young and measures just two centimetres long.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreRed-bellied piranha
A widespread South American freshwater fish known for its omnivorous diet and shoaling behavior.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreRed-bellied Pacu
A large South American freshwater fish related to piranhas, farmed for food and kept in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldHeadstander
South American freshwater fish known for swimming with their heads pointed downwards.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaButterfly loach
A small, flat freshwater loach from fast Chinese streams.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 4 moreGyrinocheilus aymonieri
A Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its suction-like mouth and role in the aquarium trade.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 JapanRanchu
A hooded goldfish breed from Japan with no dorsal fin and a rounded body.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldTetra
Common name for small freshwater characiform fishes popular in aquaria.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Silver dollar: Photo by and (c)2004 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Celestial Eye goldfish: Michelle Jo, CC BY 3.0, source
- Saddled bichir: Studdart, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bichir: 5snake5, CC0, source
- Leopard bush fish: Zaire, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Synodontis: Paweł Cieśla Staszek_Szybki_Jest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Haplochromis: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Green sunfish: Duane Raver, Public domain, source
- Mexican tetra: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
- Snakehead: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Zebrafish: Roundish, CC0, source
- Featherbacks and knifefishes: Henry Sullivan Thomas, Public domain, source
- Siamese mud carp: BigYoi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Aphyosemion: Violaine2, CC BY 3.0, source
- Danio: Soulkeeper, Public domain, source
- Rasbora: Captain R C Beavan, Public domain, source
- Xiphophorus: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rainbowfish: Eileen Kortright ( Roan Art ), CC BY 2.5, source
- Arowana: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Least killifish: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Red-bellied piranha: Gregory Moine, CC BY 2.0, source
- Red-bellied Pacu: Omnitarian, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Headstander: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Butterfly loach: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gyrinocheilus aymonieri: Pseudogastromyzon, Public domain, source
- Ranchu: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tetra: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, source