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Total: 1240 species found
Name Aquarists Category Region Description
Aphanius dispar 'richardsoni' CARES   Killifish Asia A killifish found throughout coastal regions of the Red Sea …
Aphanius farsicus CARES   Killifish Asia A killifish native to Iran inhabiting shallow springs, lagoons, and …
Aphanius iberus CARES   Killifish Europe Aphaniidae killifish native to Spain found in lagoons, salt marshes, …
Aphanius iconii CARES   Killifish Asia A killifish native to Turkey inhabiting both fresh and brackish …
Aphanius isfahanensis CARES   Killifish Asia Aphaniidae killifish from Iran found in slow-flowing lower river reaches, …
Aphanius kruppi CARES   Killifish Asia Aphaniidae killifish native to Oman and Yemen found in fresh …
Aphanius maeandricus CARES   Killifish Asia A killifish native to Turkey inhabiting lakes and springs.
Aphanius mento 'mentoides' CARES   Killifish Asia
Aphanius mento 'similis' CARES   Killifish Asia
Aphanius saourensis CARES   Killifish Africa A killifish endemic to the Oued Saoura basin located in …
Aphanius sirhani CARES   Killifish Asia Aphaniidae killifish endemic to Jordan's Azraq Oasis that lives in …
Aphanius transgrediens CARES   Killifish Asia Killifish native to Lake Acigol in Turkey. Unique in that …
Aphanius vladykovi CARES   Killifish Asia Aphaniidae killifish from Iran's Karun River basin found in very …
Aphyosemion poliaki CARES 1 Killifish Africa A killifish from Cameroon West-Central Africa and is found in …
Astatotilapia nubila CARES   Cichlids Africa A relatively common haplochromine endemic to the Lake Victoria basin …
Astatotilapia swynnertoni CARES   Cichlids Africa A haplochromine cichlid native to the Buzi, Pungwe and Save …
Astatotilapia velifer CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Uganda's Lake Nabugabo. Found in bays over …
Ataeniobius toweri CARES   Livebearers North America The Bluetail Splitfin is native to the Upper Rio Panuco …
Austrolebias wolterstorffi CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish native to the Patos-Mirim lagoon system of Brazil …
Barbus asoka CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid from Sri Lanka found in fast-flowing water over …
Barbus bandula CARES   Cyprinids Asia
Barbus brevipinnis CARES   Cyprinids Africa A cyprinid from South Africa found in vegetated headwater streams. …
Barbus martenstyni CARES   Cyprinids Africa
Barbus narayani CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid endemic to India found in hill streams.
Baryancistrus chrysolomus CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish from Brazil's Xingu River basin, inhabiting fast …
Baryancistrus sp. L019 CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish from Brazil's Xingu River basin, inhabiting fast …
Baryancistrus sp. L081 CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish from Brazil's Xingu River basin, inhabiting fast …
Baryancistrus xanthellus CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish from Brazil's Xingu River basin.
Bedotia albomarginata CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar. Restricted to forested highland habitats, also …
Bedotia marojejy CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar's Manantenina River.
Bedotia masoala CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar.
Bedotia tricolor CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar.
Betta breviobesa CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta breviobesa is native to the island of Borneo and …
Betta coccina CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to Malaysia and Indonesia. Male bubble-nest builder. Originates …
Betta cracens CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta cracens is native to the Jambi region of Indonesia. …
Betta dennisyongi CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta dennisyongi is native to the northern region of Sumatra …
Betta dimidiata CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta dimidiata is native to the island of Borneo and …
Betta foerschi CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to Indonesia. Found in rainforest creeks. Breeds with …
Betta fusca CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta fusca is native to the northern region of the …
Betta hendra CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to the Sungai Sebangau drainage of Borneo. Inhabits …
Betta ibanorum CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta ibanorum is native to a small range on the …
Betta lehi CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta lehi is native to the western region of the …
Betta mandor CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta mandor is native to the island of Borneo and …
Betta midas CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta midas is native to the island of Borneo and …
Betta omega CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta omega is native to a small southern region of …
Betta pardalotos CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta pardolotos is native to the island of Sumatra, occuring …
Betta persephone CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to Malaysia. Found in peat swamp forests.
Betta pi CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta pi is native to Thailand and Malaysia. Found in …
Betta pinguis CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta pinguis is native to the island of Borneo, inhabiting …
Betta renata CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta renata is native to the island of Sumatra. It …
Betta rutilans CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to a small region on the western shore …
Betta simorum CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta simorum is native to Indonesia and is found on …
Betta simplex CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to Thailand. Found in limestone streams and marshes, …
Betta splendens CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta splendens is native to the Mekong River Basin in …
Betta tomi CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to southern Malaysia and Singapore. Found in well-shaded …
Betta tussyae CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to the eastern shore of mainland Malaysia. Found …
Betta uberis CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta native to the southwestern coastline of the island of …
Betta waseri CARES   Anabantids Asia Betta waseri is native to the eastern region of mainland …
Brachyrhaphis holdridgei CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Found in stagnant …
Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica. Found in brooks and creeks …
Brachyrhaphis terrabensis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica and Panama. Found in stagnant …
Campellolebias brucei CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish native to the Tubarão River floodplain in Brazil. …
Cardiopharynx schoutedeni CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Tanganyika. Found over sandy bottoms in …
Carlhubbsia kidderi CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Mexico and Guatemala. Found in both flowing …
Chapalichthys encaustus CARES   Livebearers North America The Barred Splitfin is native to Lake Chapala and the …
Characodon lateralis CARES   Livebearers North America Splitfin native to Mexico. Found in clear springs with plant …
Characodon sp. 'undescribed species 1' CARES   Livebearers North America A Goodeid native to the Upper Rio Mezquital below El …
Characodon sp. 'undescribed species 2' CARES   Livebearers North America A Goodeid native to the Upper Rio Mezquital below El …
Chela caeruleostigmata CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid naturually occurring across the Mekong, Chao Phraya, and …
Chetia brevis CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to southern Africa. Found in pools and quiet …
Chilatherina alleni CARES   Rainbowfish Asia Rainbowfish native to Indonesia.
Chilatherina axelrodi CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Known only from Yungkiri …
Chilatherina bulolo CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Found in fast-flowing rapids …
Chilatherina campsi CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Found mainly in hilly …
Chiloglanis bifurcus CARES   Catfish Africa The Incomati Suckermouth is native to Crocodile-Incomati system in Africa. …
Chindongo ater CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, Chindongo ater is found …
Chindongo cyaneus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, Chindongo cyaneus is found …
Chindongo elongatus CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. Found in shallow clean rocky …
Cnesterodon carnegiei CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Found in the upper Iguazu River …
Cnesterodon holopteros CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Uruguay. Found in the Rio Uruguai drainage.
Cnesterodon hypselurus CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Found in the Paranapanema River basin.
Cnesterodon iguape CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Found in the upper rio Iporanga.
Cnesterodon omorgmatos CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Found in the Iguazu River basin.
Cnesterodon pirai CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Argentina. Known from a small tributary stream …
Cnesterodon septentrionalis CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Found in the upper Araguaia River …
Copadichromis nkatae CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. Found around rocks and over …
Copadichromis sp. 'mloto undu' CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi.
Copadichromis virginalis CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. A sand-dwelling species with a …
Corematodus shiranus CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe, and the upper …
Crenichthys baileyi 'moapae' CARES   Livebearers North America The White River Springfish is native to the Endorheic White …
Cribroheros bussingi CARES   Cichlids Central America Cichlid native to Costa Rica and Panama. Found in streams …
Cribroheros rhytisma CARES   Cichlids Central America Cichlid native to Costa Rica. Found in moderate to fast-flowing …
Cualac tessellatus CARES   Killifish North America The Checkered Pupfish is native to Mexico. It prefers rocky-gravelly …
Cyathopharynx foae CARES   Cichlids Africa
Cyathopharynx furcifer CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Tanganyika. Found off rocky slopes and …
Cyclopharynx fwae CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid endemic to the Fwa River in the Kasai drainage. …
Cynolebias boitonei CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish from Brazil's upper Paraná River basin. It inhabits …
Cynolebias constanciae CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish from Brazil's Rio de Janeiro region, inhabiting seasonal …
Cynolebias splendens CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish from Brazil's Rio de Janeiro region, inhabiting seasonal …
Cyprichromis sp. 'leptosoma kitumba' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Cyprinodon alvarezi CARES   Killifish North America The Potosi Pupfish was native to a single spring-fed pond …
Cyprinodon beltrani CARES   Killifish North America The Blackfin Pupfish is native to Mexico's Laguna Chichancanab. It …
Cyprinodon fontinalis CARES   Killifish North America The Carbonera Pupfish is native to Mexico.
Cyprinodon labiosus CARES   Killifish North America The Thicklip Pupfish is native to Mexico's Yucatán–Quintana Roo system.
Cyprinodon longidorsalis CARES   Killifish North America The La Palma Pupfish is native to Mexico's Charco La …
Cyprinodon macrolepis CARES   Killifish North America The Largescale Pupfish is native to Mexico.
Cyprinodon maya CARES   Killifish North America The Maya Pupfish is native to Mexico's Laguna Chichancanab. It …
Cyprinodon meeki CARES   Killifish North America The Mezquital Pupfish is native to Mexico.
Cyprinodon pachycephalus CARES   Killifish North America The Bighead Pupfish is native to Mexico's Río Conchos.
Cyprinodon simus CARES   Killifish North America The Boxer Pupfish is native to Mexico's Laguna Chichancanab. It …
Cyprinodon verecundus CARES   Killifish North America The Largefin Pupfish is native to Mexico's Yucatán–Quintana Roo system.
Cyprinodon veronicae CARES   Killifish North America The Charco Palma Pupfish is native to Mexico's Río San …
Danio pathirana CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid from Sri Lanka endemic to the Nilwala River …
Danio sp. Lagalla CARES   Cyprinids Asia
Dimidiochromis dimidiatus CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. Found in shallow sandy areas, …
Docimodus johnstoni CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe, and the upper …
Enterochromis erythromaculatus CARES   Cichlids Africa
Enterochromis sp. 'mulungu' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Enterochromis sp. 'red back scraper' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid from Thailand found in mainstream rivers and floodplains. …
Epiplatys grahami CARES   Killifish Africa A killifish from coastal West-Central Africa found in swamps and …
Etia nguti CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Cameroon. Juveniles live in shallow water and …
Foerschichthys flavipinnis CARES   Killifish Africa A killifish from West Africa that schools near the surface …
Fundulopanchax amieti CARES   Killifish Africa A killifish from Cameroon found in swampy parts of rainforest …
Gambusia alvarezi CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in the Rio Conchos.
Gambusia beebei CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Endemic to Etang de Miragoane.
Gambusia clarkhubbsi CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to the USA. Restricted to a single creek …
Gambusia dominicensis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Found in …
Gambusia eurystoma CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in the Grijalva system.
Gambusia gaigei CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to the USA. Found in vegetated spring-fed sloughs …
Gambusia heterochir CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to the USA. Found in vegetated headwater springs …
Gambusia hurtadoi CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in Chihuahua.
Gambusia krumholzi CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the USA and Mexico. Found in the …
Gambusia longispinis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in the Cuatro Ciénegas basin.
Gambusia melapleura CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Jamaica.
Gambusia nobilis CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to the USA. Found in the Pecos River …
Gambusia pseudopunctata CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Found in the Les Cayes basin …
Gambusia senilis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the USA and Mexico. Found in the …
Gambusia wrayi CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Jamaica. Found in freshwater and sometimes brackish …
Gambusia xanthosoma CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the Cayman Islands. Endemic to Grand Cayman …
Gambusia zarskei CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Mexico. Known only from the upper Rio …
Garra barreimiae CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid endemic to the Hajar Mountains in northern Oman …
Garra dunsirei CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid native to limestone sinkholes and caves of the …
Garra longipinnis CARES   Cyprinids Asia A cyprinid native to the Hajar mountains in Oman. It …
Gaurochromis hiatus CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Found in shallow mud-bottom areas. …
Girardinichthys ireneae CARES   Livebearers North America The Zacapu Splitfin is native to the Middle Rio Lerma …
Girardinichthys multiradiatus CARES   Livebearers North America The Darkedged Splitfin is native to the Upper Rio Lerma …
Girardinichthys viviparus CARES   Livebearers North America The Chapultepec Splitfin is native to the Endohreic Valley near …
Glossogobius flavipinnis CARES   All Others Asia A freshwater goby from Indonesia's Lake Towuti.
Glossogobius intermedius CARES   All Others Asia A freshwater goby from Sulawesi found in Lakes Towuti and …
Glossogobius matanensis CARES   All Others Asia A freshwater goby from Sulawesi found in Lakes Matano, Mahalona, …
Glossolepis dorityi CARES   Rainbowfish Asia Rainbowfish native to Indonesia. Found in shallow water habitats.
Glossolepis kabia CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Associated with the Sepik …
Glossolepis maculosus CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Found in high-altitude swamps …
Glossolepis multisquamata CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to New Guinea. Found in swampy lagoons, lakes, …
Glossolepis ramuensis CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Found in tributary streams …
Gobiocichla ethelwynnae CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Cameroon. Found in fast turbulent river sections, …
Haplochromis flavus CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to eastern Lake Victoria. Found on rocky substrates …
Haplochromis guiarti CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Feeds exclusively on fish. Female …
Haplochromis paucidens CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid endemic to Lake Kivu.
Haplochromis sp. 'limax' CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lakes Edward and George in the Lake …
Harpagochromis aff. 'pellegrini' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Harpagochromis cavifrons CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Typically found offshore, usually over …
Harpagochromis vonlinnei CARES   Cichlids Africa
Hemichromis cristatus CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to West Africa. Found in forested waters including …
Heterochromis multidens CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to the middle Congo basin. Likely a biparental …
Hoplotilapia retrodens CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Found over hard bottoms with …
Hypancistrus seideli CARES 1 Catfish South America
Julidochromis sp. 'ornatus kombe' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Katria katria CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Madagascar's Nosivolo River. Found in rivers with …
Kiunga ballochi CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Blue-eye rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Found in narrow, …
Kiunga bleheri CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Blue-eye rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea.
Konia dikume CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Cameroon's Lake Barombi-Mbo, mainly feeding on mosquito …
Labidochromis joanjohnsonae CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. Found over rocky substrate. Mouthbrooder.
Leporacanthicus heterodon CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish from Brazil's Xingu River basin, inhabiting fast …
Leptolebias cruzi CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish from Brazil's Rio de Janeiro region, inhabiting heavily …
Leptolebias fluminensis CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish from Brazil's Atlantic Forest biome in the southeastern …
Leptolebias marmoratus CARES   Killifish South America A small brackish to marine water toleraant killifish found across …
Leptolebias minimus CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish from Brazil's Rio de Janeiro region, inhabiting seasonal …
Leptolebias opalescens CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish native to the Atlantic coastal river basins in …
Leptolebias sandrii CARES   Killifish South America Annual killifish from Brazil's Rio de Janeiro region, inhabiting seasonal …
Limbochromis robertsi CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Ghana. Found only in small shaded forest …
Limia caymanensis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the Cayman Islands. Endemic to Grand Cayman, …
Limia fuscomaculata CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Restricted to Lake Miragoane.
Limia garnieri CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Restricted to Lake Miragoane.
Limia grossidens CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Restricted to Lake Miragoane.
Limia immaculata CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Restricted to Lake Miragoane.
Limia mandibularis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Found in clear, slow mountain springs …
Limia melanogaster CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Jamaica and Haiti. Found in streams, often …
Limia miragoanensis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Restricted to Lake Miragoane.
Limia ornata CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Endemic to Lake Miragoane.
Limia rivasi CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Haiti. Found in very shallow water over …
Limia sulphurophila CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the Dominican Republic. Found in a sulfur …
Limia versicolor CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the Dominican Republic.
Limia yaguajali CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the Dominican Republic and northeastern Haiti.
Limia zonata CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the Dominican Republic.
Lithochromis rubripinnis CARES 1 Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Found over rocky substrates in …
Lithochromis xanthopteryx CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Found in steep boulder habitats, …
Lucania interioris CARES   Killifish North America The Cuatrocienegas Killifish is native to Mexico's Cuatrocienegas basin.
Macropleurodus bicolor CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Found mainly over hard bottoms. …