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WorldSilver dollar
Round, silver tropical fish related to piranhas, popular in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaLungfish
Ancient freshwater fish that breathe air and have lobed fins.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇸🇷 Suriname and 2 moreRedeye piranha
A large freshwater fish from South America with a rhombus-shaped body and red eyes.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1766
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreTambaqui
A large freshwater fish from South America known for its heavy body and seed-eating habits.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreWolf fish
A predatory freshwater ray-finned fish found across Central and South America.Other · Rivers and lakes
Latin America and the CaribbeanLeporinus
South American freshwater fish genus in the Anostomidae familyOther · 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
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArapaima
Large freshwater fish from the Amazon basin known for its size and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreHoplias aimara
A large freshwater predator from South America known for its size and mercury accumulation.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreElectric eel
Neotropical freshwater fish capable of generating powerful electric shocks for hunting and defence.Eel · Rivers and lakes · 1766
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreArapaima
Giant air-breathing freshwater fish of the AmazonOther · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 moreArgentinian silverside
A large, adaptable silverside native to South America.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldArowana
Freshwater bony fish with a toothed bone in the mouth and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1831
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreLargescale four-eyes
Surface-dwelling fish with split eyes for dual vision.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇧🇷 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
🇧🇷 BrazilBlack arowana
A South American freshwater fish known for its dark colour and jumping hunting style.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇦 Panama and 1 moreGlass knifefish
Translucent electric fish from South American riversOther · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSilver arowana
Large South American freshwater predator with bone tongue.Other · 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
- Lungfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Redeye piranha: Torox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tambaqui: w_endo, CC0, source
- Wolf fish: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
- Leporinus: Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
- Arapaima: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hoplias aimara: Lars Simonsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Electric eel: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arapaima: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Argentinian silverside: CHUCAO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arowana: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Largescale four-eyes: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0, 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
- Black arowana: Dương Vinh Hoàng, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glass knifefish: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source