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🇺🇸 United States and 2 morePumpkinseed
A small freshwater fish native to eastern North America, known for its bright colours and red ear flap.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1793
WorldThree-spined stickleback
Small northern fish known for rapid evolution and complex breeding.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldAphyosemion
A large genus of small African killifish kept in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreRainbowfish
Small colourful freshwater fish from Australia and New GuineaOther · Rivers and lakes · 1894
WorldTetra
Common name for small freshwater characiform fishes popular in aquaria.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇪 PeruAgassiz's dwarf cichlid
Small Amazonian cichlid with colourful males.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
South AsiaGreen spotted puffer
Small brackish water pufferfish with a tiny genomeOther · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇦 GabonLyretail panchax
Small colourful freshwater killifish from GabonLivebearer · Rivers and lakes
WorldSurgeonfish
Marine fish family with sharp tail spines and algae diets.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves
WorldClownfish
Small reef fish living in sea anemones.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1801
WorldBoxfish
Armoured fish with a box-like body and toxic skin secretions.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1810
Sub-Saharan AfricaRed Zebra Cichlid
A colourful rock-dwelling cichlid from Lake Malawi.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇿 TanzaniaPundamilia nyererei
A small cichlid from Lake Victoria named after Tanzania's first president.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 BrazilDiscus
Round, colourful cichlids from the Amazon basin.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1840
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreRam cichlid
Small colourful freshwater fish from South AmericaCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1948
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreKribensis
Small colourful cichlid from West AfricaCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1901
🇲🇲 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pumpkinseed: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Three-spined stickleback: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Aphyosemion: Violaine2, CC BY 3.0, source
- Rainbowfish: Eileen Kortright ( Roan Art ), CC BY 2.5, source
- Tetra: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, source
- Agassiz's dwarf cichlid: Sychriscar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Green spotted puffer: Starseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Lyretail panchax: Alexander Prokoshev, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Surgeonfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Clownfish: Nick Hobgood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boxfish: Bernd, CC BY 2.0, source
- Red Zebra Cichlid: Dynen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pundamilia nyererei: Kevin Bauman, CC BY 1.0, source
- Discus: Patrick Farrelly, Public domain, source
- Ram cichlid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kribensis: The original uploader was MidgleyDJ at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Celestial pearl danio: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source