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Total: 1240 species found
Name Aquarists Category Region Description
Macropodus hongkongensis CARES   Anabantids Asia An anabantid native to Hong Kong, inhabiting mountainous regions and …
Mbipia lutea CARES   Cichlids Africa Cichlid native to Lake Victoria. Found in very shallow water …
Mchenga cyclicos CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi that forages in open …
Mchenga flavimanus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi often seen along sandy …
Melanochromis chipokae CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi found on sandy patches …
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi found in shallow intermediate …
Melanochromis mossambiquensis CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi that feeds in groups …
Melanochromis robustus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi around Chinyankwazi and Mumbo …
Melanochromis vermivorus CARES   Cichlids Africa A schooling cichlid from Lake Malawi. Females are mouthbrooders and …
Melanochromis wochepa CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi found in shallow rocky …
Melanotaenia arfakensis CARES   Rainbowfish Asia Rainbowfish native to Indonesia. Found in streams on flat plains …
Melanotaenia eachamensis CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Australia. Found in small creeks and crater …
Melanotaenia oktediensis CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Found in mountain streams.
Metriaclima greshakei CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the southeast arm of Lake Malawi found …
Metriaclima xanstomachus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi around exposed rocky sites. …
Mylochromis ensatus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the southeast arm of Lake Malawi found …
Mylochromis gracilis CARES   Cichlids Africa A predatory cichlid from southern Lake Malawi found over sand …
Mylochromis lateristriga CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Malawi, especially the south, found in …
Mylochromis obtusus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the southeast arm of Lake Malawi, known …
Mylochromis sp. 'torpedo elongate' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Nematolebias papilliferus CARES   Killifish South America A killifish from Brazil found in small temporary pools with …
Nematolebias whitei CARES   Killifish South America Killifish native to Brazil. Lives in shallow temporary floodplain pools …
Neochromis gigas CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria found along rocky shores. It …
Neochromis omnicaeruleus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria on rocky shores, often seen …
Neolamprologus leleupi longior 'yellow' CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the southern half of Lake Tanganyika found …
Neolamprologus mustax 'mbita' CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Tanganyika that feeds on invertebrates taken …
Neotoca bilineata CARES   Livebearers North America The Twoline Skiffia is native to the Rio Lerma and …
Nomorhamphus weberi CARES   Livebearers Asia Livebearer native to Indonesia's Lake Matano.
Nothobranchius aff. Taeniopygus CARES   Killifish Africa
Nothobranchius albimarginatus CARES   Killifish Africa A killifish known only from Tanzania.
Nothobranchius annectens CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from Tanzania found in small, temporary, weedy pools.
Nothobranchius bojiensis CARES   Killifish Africa A killifish from northern Kenya.
Nothobranchius elongatus CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from Kenya found in swamps and temporary floodplain pools.
Nothobranchius flammicomantis CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish enemic to Tanzania, inhabiting temporary seasonal pools and marshes …
Nothobranchius foerschi CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from eastern Tanzania.
Nothobranchius geminus CARES   Killifish Africa A killifish from Tanzania's Kilombero River basin.
Nothobranchius interruptus CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from Kenya found in swamps and temporary pools.
Nothobranchius kafuensis CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from Zambia's Kafue and Upper Zambezi rivers.
Nothobranchius kilomberoensis CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish endemic to Tanzania's Kilombero River floodplain. It lives close …
Nothobranchius korthausae CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from Tanzania's Mafia Islands found in pools, swamps, ditches, …
Nothobranchius lourensi CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from eastern Tanzania's Ruvu River floodplain, where it inhabits …
Nothobranchius luekei CARES   Killifish Africa Annual killifish endemic to coastal Tanzania, where it inhabits temporary …
Nothobranchius orthonotus CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from southeastern Africa found in temporary pools, swamps, ditches, …
Nothobranchius patrizii CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from Kenya and Somalia found in temporary pools, swamps, …
Nothobranchius polli CARES   Killifish Africa Annual killifish from the upper Lufira drainage floodplains of of …
Nothobranchius rubripinnis CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish from Tanzania.
Nothobranchius sp. 'lake victoria' CARES   Killifish Africa Killifish native to the Lake Victoria basin inhabiting shallow, seasonal, …
Nothobranchius steinforti CARES   Killifish Africa Annual killifish from Tanzania found in temporary pools, swamps, and …
Nothobranchius willerti CARES   Killifish Africa Annual killifish native to easter Kenya's lower Tana River system. …
Nyassachromis boadzulu CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi around Boadzulu Island and …
Nyassachromis breviceps CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from southern Lake Malawi that prefers open sandy …
Nyassachromis sp. 'mphanga' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Ophthalmotilapia boops 'blue neon' CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the southern Tanzanian coast of Lake Tanganyika …
Opsaridium peringueyi CARES   Cyprinids Africa A cyprinid from southern Africa found in clear, flowing rivers …
Oreochromis alcalicus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Lake Natron catchment in Kenya and …
Oreochromis amphimelas CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from central Tanzania found in several shallow saline …
Oreochromis andersonii CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from river and wetland habitats across southern Africa. …
Oreochromis chungruruensis CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from a small crater lake in Tanzania's Rungwe …
Oreochromis grahami CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Kenya's Lake Magadi. It feeds on surface …
Oreochromis hunteri CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Chala on the Kenya–Tanzania border. It …
Oreochromis jipe CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Pangani River catchment in Kenya and …
Oreochromis karomo CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Tanzania's Malagarasi River basin. It feeds on …
Oreochromis karongae CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Lake Malawi catchment found in many …
Oreochromis latilabris CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Lake Natron catchment in Tanzania. Females …
Oreochromis lepidurus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the lower Congo region in DR Congo …
Oreochromis lidole CARES   Cichlids Africa A schooling open-water cichlid from Lake Malawi. It feeds on …
Oreochromis macrochir CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from river systems of southern-central Africa, often in …
Oreochromis mortimeri CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the middle Zambezi system including Lake Kariba. …
Oreochromis mossambicus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the lower Zambezi and coastal drainages of …
Oreochromis ndalalani CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from spring-fed waters near Lake Natron in Tanzania. …
Oreochromis rukwaensis CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Rukwa and the upper Great Ruaha …
Oreochromis squamipinnis CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Lake Malawi basin including crater lakes …
Oreochromis variabilis CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Lake Victoria basin, including the Victoria …
Oryzias celebensis CARES   Cyprinids Asia Ricefish native to Indonesia. Reported as difficult to keep in …
Oryzias marmoratus CARES   Cyprinids Asia Ricefish native to Indonesia. Found along gently sloping shallow shores, …
Oryzias matanensis CARES   Cyprinids Asia Ricefish native to Indonesia. Breeds year-round and can be very …
Oryzias nigrimas CARES   Cyprinids Asia Ricefish native to Indonesia. Endemic to Lake Poso. Breeds year-round, …
Oryzias orthognathus CARES   Cyprinids Asia Ricefish native to Indonesia. Endemic to Lake Poso. Breeds year-round, …
Oryzias profundicola CARES   Cyprinids Asia Ricefish native to Indonesia. Found along gently sloping boulder shores …
Otopharynx pachycheilus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi found in deep water.
Otopharynx selenurus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi found over sandy bottoms …
Otopharynx sp. 'decorus jumbo' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Otopharynx sp. 'golden blueface' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Otopharynx sp. 'silver torpedo' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Otopharynx styrax CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi in Malawi and Tanzania.
Pamphorichthys pertapeh CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil.
Paralabidochromis beadlei CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Uganda's Lake Nabugabo found in shallow shores …
Paralabidochromis chilotes CARES 1 Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria in sheltered nearshore areas, mostly …
Paralabidochromis crassilabris CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria. Females are mouthbrooders.
Paralabidochromis labiatus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Edward. It feeds on insects. Females …
Paralabidochromis paucidens CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid endemic to Lake Kivu.
Paralabidochromis plagiodon CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria found in shallow water along …
Paralabidochromis victoriae CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria. Females mouthbrood.
Parancistrus aurantiacus CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish found in the Ucayali, Tocantins, and Xingu …
Parancistrus nudiventris 'Rio Xingu' CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish from Brazil's Xingu River basin, inhabiting fast …
Paretroplus dambabe CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from northwestern Madagascar known from Lake Kinkony and …
Paretroplus damii CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from northwestern and far northern Madagascar.
Paretroplus kieneri CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from northwestern Madagascar.
Paretroplus maculatus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from northwestern Madagascar in the Betsiboka River drainage.
Paretroplus maromandia CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from northwestern Madagascar.
Paretroplus nourissati CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Madagascar's Sofia River basin.
Paretroplus polyactis CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the eastern coast of Madagascar.
Paretroplus tsimoly CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Madagascar's Betsiboka River basin, living in flowing …
Parosphromenus alfredi CARES   Anabantids Asia An licorice gourami that inhabits highly acidic blackwater peat swamps …
Parosphromenus allani CARES   Anabantids Asia A licorice gourami native to Malaysia. Inhabits peat swamps with …
Parosphromenus anjunganensis CARES   Anabantids Asia An anabantid native to the island of Borneo, where it …
Parosphromenus bintan CARES   Anabantids Asia An anabantid from Indonesia known from Bintan and Bangka islands. …
Parosphromenus filamentosus CARES   Anabantids Asia A small gourami native to the island of Borneo. It …
Parosphromenus harveyi CARES   Anabantids Asia A gourami from Malaysia found in peat swamp forests. It's …
Parosphromenus linkei CARES   Anabantids Asia A small licorice gourami native to central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Parosphromenus nagyi CARES   Anabantids Asia A licorice gourami native to the Kuantan region of Malaysia. …
Parosphromenus opallios CARES   Anabantids Asia A gourami native to the island of Borneo in Indonesia. …
Parosphromenus ornaticauda CARES   Anabantids Asia A licorice gourami native to central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It inhabits …
Parosphromenus pahuensis CARES   Anabantids Asia A small gourami native to the blackwater streams of East …
Parosphromenus paludicola CARES   Anabantids Asia A licorice gourami native to Malaysia. Inhabits low light peat …
Parosphromenus parvulus CARES   Anabantids Asia A licorice gourami native to the island of Borneo in …
Parosphromenus quindecim CARES   Anabantids Asia A gourami found in the Sungai Pawan basin on the …
Parosphromenus rubrimontis CARES   Anabantids Asia A gourami found in peninsual region of Malaysia. It Inhabits …
Parosphromenus sumatranus CARES   Anabantids Asia A gourami native to the Jambi province on the island …
Parosphromenus tweediei CARES   Anabantids Asia A licorice gourami native to the Johor region of mainland …
Petrochromis sp. 'red' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Phallichthys quadripunctatus CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica. Found in slow creeks and …
Phallichthys tico CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica. Found in shallow, slow-flowing turbid …
Phalloceros ocellatus CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Found in coastal drainages.
Phalloptychus eigenmanni CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Known from the Rio Catu area.
Phalloptychus iheringii CARES   Livebearers South America
Phallotorynus dispilos CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Paraguay. Found in the Rio Paraná drainage.
Phallotorynus fasciolatus CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Brazil. Found in river drainages.
Phallotorynus jucundus CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to the Grande River drainage.
Placidochromis longimanus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Lake Malawi region, including the Shire …
Platytaeniodus degeni CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria inhabiting shorelines. It feeds by …
Poecilia dauli CARES   Livebearers South America Livebearer native to Venezuela.
Poecilia dominicensis CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Hispaniola. Found in small, shallow flowing waters …
Poecilia elegans CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to the Dominican Republic. Found in swift headwater …
Poecilia latipunctata CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in warm, calm, vegetated freshwater.
Poecilia rositae CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Guatemala. Known from the Río Cahabón system.
Poecilia sulphuraria CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in the Grijalva system.
Poecilia teresae CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Belize.
Poecilia velifera CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in freshwater and brackish habitats. …
Poeciliopsis catemaco CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico's Laguna de Catemaco.
Poeciliopsis elongata CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica and Panama. Found schooling among …
Poeciliopsis jackschultzi CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in spring-fed pools and marshy …
Poeciliopsis latidens CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found mainly in brackish and salt …
Poeciliopsis monacha CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico.
Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonorensis CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to the USA and Mexico. Found in vegetated …
Poeciliopsis paucimaculata CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica. Found in brooks, streams and …
Poeciliopsis retropinna CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica and Panama. Found in brooks, …
Poeciliopsis santaelena CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Costa Rica. Found in a river that …
Priapella chamulae CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in a small, crystal-clear, fast-flowing …
Priapella olmecae CARES   Livebearers North America Livebearer native to Mexico. Found in slow to fast-moving freshwater. …
Priapichthys puetzi CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Panama. Found in high-altitude freshwater habitats.
Prognathochromis argenteus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria found in sheltered muddy-bottom areas …
Prognathochromis bayoni CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria found over hard bottoms and …
Prognathochromis gowersi CARES 1 Cichlids Africa
Prognathochromis perrieri CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria that feeds exclusively on fish. …
Psammochromis aelocephalus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria in Uganda, found over firm …
Psammochromis riponianus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Lake Victoria region found along sandy …
Pseudomugil connieae CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Blue-eye rainbowfish native to Papua New Guinea. Found in clear …
Pseudomugil novaeguineae CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Blue-eye rainbowfish native to New Guinea. Found in rainforest creeks …
Pseudomugil pellucidus CARES   Rainbowfish Asia Blue-eye rainbowfish native to Indonesia. Found in shallow, usually slow-flowing …
Pseudomugil reticulatus CARES   Rainbowfish Asia Blue-eye rainbowfish native to Indonesia. Found in a well-vegetated rainforest …
Pseudomugil tenellus CARES   Rainbowfish Oceania Blue-eye rainbowfish native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Found …
Pseudotropheus brevis CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi living in shallow rocky …
Pseudotropheus galanos CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi in Malawi.
Pseudotropheus interruptus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi found around large rocks …
Pseudotropheus tursiops CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi around Chisumulu Island in …
Pseudotropheus williamsi CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid native to Lake Malawi found in very shallow …
Pseudoxiphophorus cataractae CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Guatemala.
Pseudoxiphophorus diremptus CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Guatemala. Associated with the Rio Chajmaic.
Ptychochromis curvidens CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Madagascar.
Ptychochromis grandidieri CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from eastern-draining waters of Madagascar.
Ptychochromis inornatus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Madagascar found in clear streams and deeper …
Ptychochromis insolitus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Madagascar.
Ptychochromis loisellei CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Madagascar.
Ptychochromis makira CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from northeastern Madagascar in the Antainambalana River.
Ptychochromis sp. 'mananara' CARES   Cichlids Africa
Ptychochromoides betsileanus CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from central Madagascar.
Ptychochromoides vondrozo CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from southeastern Madagascar in the Mananara du Sud …
Pundamilia pundamilia CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Victoria in Tanzania restricted to rocky …
Pyxichromis orthostoma CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Uganda's Lake Salisbury in the Kyoga system. …
Quintana atrizona CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Cuba. Found in ponds and prefers dense …
Rachoviscus crassiceps CARES   Characins South America A tetra from Brazil found in coastal river basins.
Rachoviscus graciliceps CARES   Characins South America A tetra from Brazil found in coastal river basins.
Rheocles alaotrensis CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar. Associated with Lake Alotra and nearby …
Rheocles derhami CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar.
Rheocles lateralis CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar. Known from the Nosivolo River.
Rheocles pellegrini CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar. Known only from the northeast coast.
Rheocles sikorae CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar. Known from streams and rivers near …
Rheocles vatosoa CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar. Found mainly in clear streams over …
Rheocles wrightae CARES   Rainbowfish Africa Rainbowfish native to Madagascar. Known from the Manambola River near …
Rivulus fuscolineatus CARES   Killifish Central America Annual killifish from Costa Rica found in moderate to fast-flowing …
Rivulus uroflammeus CARES   Killifish Central America A Rivulus species native to high altituderegions of Costa Rica.
Sarotherodon linnellii CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Barombi Mbo in Cameroon found in …
Sarotherodon steinbachi CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from Lake Barombi Mbo in Cameroon that schools …
Schwetzochromis neodon CARES   Cichlids Africa A cichlid from the Fwa River system in DR Congo, …
Scolichthys iota CARES   Livebearers Central America Livebearer native to Guatemala. Found in a vegetated river.
Skiffia francesae CARES   Livebearers North America The Golden Skiffia became extinct in the wild and is …
Skiffia lermae CARES   Livebearers North America The Olive Skiffia is native to the Rio Lerma and …
Spectracanthicus punctatissimus CARES   Catfish South America An armoured catfish from Brazil's Xingu River basin, inhabiting fast …
Synodontis brichardi CARES   Catfish Africa A squeaker catfish native to the lower Congo River rapids …