The Ultimate List of Tropical Freshwater Aquarium Fish Species: Names and Photos

Adolfo’s catfish

Adolfo’s catfish

Algae eaters

Altum angelfish

Altum angelfish

Angelfish

Aangelfish

Archer fish

Archer fish

Badis badis

Badis badis

Bala shark

Bala shark

Banjo catfish

Banjo catfish

Beckford’s pencilfish

Beckford’s pencilfish

Betta fish

Betta fish

Bichir

Bichir

Black ghost knifefish

Black ghost knifefish

Black neon tetra

Black neon tetra

Black pacu

Black pacu

Black tetra

Black tetra

Blood parrot

Blood parrot fish

Bloodfin tetra

Bloodfin tetra

Blue acara

Blue acara

Blue botia

Blue botia

Blue dolphin moorii

Blue dolphin moorii

Boesemani rainbow

Boesemani rainbow

Bolivian ram

Bolivian ram

Bristlenose pleco

Bristlenose pleco

Buenos Aires tetra

Buenos Aires tetra

Bumblebee goby

Bumblebee goby

Butterfly loach

Butterfly loach

Cardinal tetra

Cardinal tetra

Celestial pearl danio

Celestial pearl danio

Cherry barb

Cherry barb

Chinese Algae Eater

Chinese Algae Eater

Clawed frog

Clawed frog

Clown knifefish

Clown knifefish

Clown loach

Clown loach

Cockatoo cichlid

Cockatoo cichlid

Comet

Comet goldfish

Congo tetra

Congo tetra

Convict cichlid

Convict cichlid

Corydoras julii

Corydoras julii

Denison barb

Denison barb

Diamond tetra

Diamond tetra

Discus

Discus fish

Dojo loach

Dojo loach or wether loach

Dwarf frog

Dwarf frog

Dwarf gourami

Dwarf gourami

Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish

Dwarf pencilfish

Dwarf puffer fish

Dwarf puffer fish

Elephantnose fish

Elephantnose fish

Ember tetra

Ember tetra

Emperor tetra

Emperor tetra

Endler’s guppy

Endler guppy

Exotic freshwater fishes

Fahaka pufferfish

Fahaka pufferfish

Fancy guppy

guppy fish

Fire eel

Fire eel

Firemouth cichlid

Firemouth cichlid

Fishes for the beginners

Fishes not for the beginners

Flame tetra

Flame tetra

Flowerhorn

Flowerhorn

Frontosa cichlid

Frontosa cichlid

Giant gourami

Giant gourami

Glass catfish

Glass catfish

GloFish

GloFish

Glowlight tetra

Glowlight tetra

Gold barb

Goldfishes

Goldfishes aquarium

Green spotted puffer fish

Green spotted puffer fish

Green terror

Green terror cichlid

Harlequin rasbora

Harlequin rasbora

Honey gourami

Honey gourami

Hoplo catfish

Indian glass fish

Iridescent shark

Iridescent shark

Jack Dempsey fish

Jack Dempsey fish

Jewel cichlid

Jewel cichlid

Keyhole cichlid

Keyhole cichlid

Killifish

Killifish

Kissing gourami

Kissing gourami

Kribensis

Kribensis

Kuhli loach

Kuhli loach

Leopard bush fish

Leopard bush fish

Lionhead cichlid

Lionhead cichlid

Jaguar cichlid

Jaguar cichlid

Molly

Molly fish

Motoro stingray

Motoro stingray

Neon tetra

Neon tetra

Nothobranchius

Nothobranchius

Odessa barb

Odessa barb

Opaline gourami

Opaline gourami

Oranda

Oranda goldfish

Oscar cichlid

Oscar fish

Otocinclus catfish

Otocinclus catfish

Panda cory

Panda cory

Paradise fish

Paradise fish

Peacock gudgeon

Peacock gudgeon

Pearl gourami

Pearl gourami

Pearlscale

Pearlscale goldfish

Phoenix Rasbora

Pictus catfish

Pictus catfish

Platy

Platy fish

Plecostomus

Suckermouth catfish

Pygmy cory

Pygmy corydoras

Rainbow shark

Rainbow shark

Ram cichlid

Ram cichlid

Red terror cichlid

Red terror cichlid

Red-bellied piranha

Red-bellied piranha

Red-eyed tetra

Red-eyed tetra

Red-tailed black shark

Red-tailed black shark

Redtail catfish

Redtail catfish

Rope fish

Rope fish

Rosy barb

Rosy barb

Rummy nose tetra

Rummy nose tetra

Sailfin pleco

Sailfin pleco

Salvin’s cichlid

Salvini cichlid

Scarlet badis

Scarlet badis

Serpae Tetra

Serpae Tetra

Shubunkin

Shubunkin goldfish

Siamese Algae Eater

Siamese Algae Eater

Silver arowana

Silver arowana

Silver dollars fish

Silver dollars fish

Snakeheads

Snakeheads

Sparkling gourami

Sparkling gourami

Striped panchax killifish

Striped Raphael catfish

Striped Raphael catfish

Sun catfish

Sun catfish

Swordtail

Swordtail fish

Texas cichlid

Texas cichlid

Tiger barb

Tiger barb

Tinfoil barb

Tinfoil barb

Uaru cichlid 

Uaru cichlid

Upside-down catfish

Upside-down catfish

Veiltail

Veiltail goldfish

White cloud mountain minnow

White cloud mountain minnow

X-ray fish

X-ray fish

Yoyo loach

Yoyo loach

Yucatan molly

Yucatan molly

Zebra oto

Zebra oto

Zebra pleco

Zebra pleco

Zebra danio

Zebrafish

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