Fish profiles

Fresh water fish

Marine fish

Characiformes - characins

• African red eyed tetra, Arnoldichthys spilopterus
• Black phantom tetra, Hyphessobrycon megalopterus
• Blind cave fish, Astyanax jordani
• Cardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi
• Congo tetra, Phenacogrammus interruptus
• Discus tetra, Brachychalcinus orbicularis
• Flag tail characin, Semaprochilodus taeniurus
• Glowlight tetra, Hemigrammus erythrozonusa
• Marbled hatchetfish, Carnegiella strigata
• Neon tetra Paracheirodon innesi
• Silver dollar, Metynnis hypsauchen
• Silvertip tetra, Hasemania nana
• Yellow finned tetra, Alestopetersius caudalis

Cyprinodontiformes - Livebearers and killifish

• Alfaro cultratus
• Endlers livebearer, Poecilia wingei
• Guppy, Poecilia reticulata
• Platy, Xiphophorus. sp
• Sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna

Cypriniformes - barbs, carps, loaches, rasboras

• African banded barb, Barbus fasciolatus
• Black line rasbora, Rasbora borapetensis
• Cherry barb, Puntius titteya
• Clown loach, Chromobotia macracanthus
• Celestial Pearl Danio, Danio margaritatus
• Fancy goldfish, Carassius auratus auratus
• Goldfish, Carassius auratus auratus
• Harlequin, Trigonostigma heteromorpha
• Koi
• Microrasbora rubescens
• Red-lined torpedo barb, Puntius denisonii
• Red-tailed black shark, Epalzeorhynchus bicolor
• Silver (Bala) shark, Balantiochelius melanopterus
• Tiger Barb, Puntius tetrazona
• Tinfoil barb, Barbonymus schwanenfeldii
• White cloud mountain minnow, Tanichthys albonubes
• Yoyo Loach, Botia almorhae
• Zebra danio, Danio rerio

Gymnotiformes - knifefishes

• Black ghost knifefish, Apteronotus albifrons
• Long tail knifefish, Sternopygus macrurus
• Orthosternarchus tamandua

Lepiosteiformes - gars

• Florida gar, Lepisosteus platyrhincus

Osteoglossiformes - bony tongues

• Arapaima gigas
• Clown knifefish, Chitala ornata
• Fresh water butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi

Perciformes - perch-like

• Chocolate gourami, Sphaerichthys osphromenoides
• Dwarf Gourami, Trichogaster lalius
• Kissing gourami, Helostoma temminckii
• Paradise fish, Macropodus opercularis
• Pearl gourami, Trichogaster leerii
• Rainbow snakehead, Channa bleheri
• Siamese fighter. Betta splendens

(Perciformes) - Cichlids*

• Angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare
• Bolivian Ram, Mikrogeophagus altospinosa
• Flag cichlid, Mesonauta festivus
• Flag cichlid, Mesonauta insignis
• Goby cichlid, Eretmodus cyanostictus
• Golden Mbuna, Melanochromis auratus
• Lamprologus ocellatus
• Lionhead cichlid, Steatocranus casuarius
• Neolamprologus multifasciatus
• Oscar, Astronotus ocellatus
• White cichlid, Paraneetroplus argenteus

Rajiformes - skates and rays

• Reticulated Stingray, Potamotrygon orbignyi

Siluriformes - catfish

• Bristlenose plec, Ancistrus. sp
• Bronze Corydoras, Corydoras aeneus
• Peppered corydoras, Corydoras paleatus
• Sailfin Plec, Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
• Skunk corydoras, Corydoras arcuatus
• Stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis
• Synodontis acanthomias
• Talking catfish, Platydoras costatus

Lophiiformes - Anglerfish

•  Ocellated Frogfish, Antennarius ocellatus

Perciformes - perch-like

• Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus
• Electric blue damsel fish, Chrysiptera cyanea
• Saddle Clownfish, Amphiprion ephippium

Scorpaeniformes - scorpionfishes and flatheads

• Lionfish, Pterois volitans

Tetraodontiformes - Boxfish, Triggerfish, Filefish, Pufferfish

• Clown Triggerfish, Balistoides conspicillum

References used in this section:

Online:

Fishbase, Wikipedia, Planet Catfish, Animal Diversity Web,

Books:

Marine Fishes: 500+ Essential-to-know Aquarium Species by Scott W. Michael

*Cichlids have been split from Perciformes on this page because of the large number of cichlid species.