Small: 5 to 20 cm
Sardines, anchovies, most aquarium fish and many reef fish. 175 fish.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 moreConvict cichlid
Striped Central American cichlid popular in home aquariumsCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1867
🇹🇿 TanzaniaDemasoni cichlid
Small striped cichlid from Lake MalawiCichlid · Rivers and lakes
WorldAuratus cichlid
Small, colourful cichlid from Lake MalawiCichlid · Rivers and lakes
WorldWhite spotted cichlid
A small rock-dwelling cichlid from Lake Tanganyika.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaRed Zebra Cichlid
A colourful rock-dwelling cichlid from Lake Malawi.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
WorldOcellated shell dweller
Small cichlid from Lake Tanganyika living in snail shellsCichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreSalvin's cichlid
A colourful Central American river fish with a yellow body and red belly.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇿 TanzaniaPundamilia nyererei
A small cichlid from Lake Victoria named after Tanzania's first president.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaBumblebee cichlid
A Lake Malawi cichlid that cleans catfish and steals their eggs.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaKenyi cichlid
A bright yellow and blue cichlid from Lake Malawi.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaZebra mbuna
Small rock-dwelling cichlid from Lake MalawiCichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreFlag cichlid
A South American cichlid from river basins in Brazil and Bolivia.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreFiremouth cichlid
Central American cichlid with a bright red throatCichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreKribensis
Small colourful cichlid from West AfricaCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1901
Sub-Saharan AfricaElectric yellow cichlid
Bright yellow cichlid from Lake Malawi popular in home aquariums.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreBolivian ram
A small, peaceful cichlid from the Amazon basin.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreOrange chromide
Small spotted cichlid from India and Sri LankaCichlid · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaMany-banded shell dweller
Tiny cichlid from Lake Tanganyika that lives in snail shellsCichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreCockatoo dwarf cichlid
Small South American cichlid with colourful malesCichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaCanara pearlspot
Endangered freshwater cichlid from South Karnataka.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Convict cichlid: S. Olkowicz - User Hippocampus on pl.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Auratus cichlid: Vlad Butsky, CC BY 2.0, source
- White spotted cichlid: Manfred Werner / Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Zebra Cichlid: Dynen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ocellated shell dweller: User:Regani, Public domain, source
- Salvin's cichlid: Banteo, Public domain, source
- Pundamilia nyererei: Kevin Bauman, CC BY 1.0, source
- Bumblebee cichlid: Nicolas COUTHOUIS, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kenyi cichlid: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Zebra mbuna: Gareth J. Fraser, C. Darrin Hulsey, Ryan F. Bloomquist, Kristine Uyesu, CC BY 2.5, source
- Flag cichlid: Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Firemouth cichlid: Doronenko, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kribensis: The original uploader was MidgleyDJ at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Electric yellow cichlid: Jmatz at English Wikipedia ( Original text: Julian Matz ( talk ) ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bolivian ram: Corpse89, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orange chromide: Raghu.kuttan, Public domain, source
- Many-banded shell dweller: Richard Andre Ingebrigtsen, Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Univers, Public domain, source
- Cockatoo dwarf cichlid: Redspider, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canara pearlspot: Francis Day, Public domain, source