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Freshwater Fish Species
All freshwater fish species found in rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds worldwide. From tiny tetras to the giant arapaima — covering every continent.
18,067
Total Species
1,926
Endangered (EN+CR)
1,910
Edible Species
204
Families
African sea catfish
Arius africanus
Ariidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Akar betta
Betta akarensis
Osphronemidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Alosa Suworowi
Alosa suworowi
Alosidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Amatitlan cichlid
Vieja guttulata
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Amatola barb
Enteromius amatolicus
Cyprinidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Aulonocara auditor
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Hypancistrus margaritatus
Loricariidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Paranemachilus genilepis
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Aulonocara trematocephalum
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Lethrinops stridei
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Epiplatys multifasciatus
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Aphyosemion lefiniense
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Lethrinops micrentodon
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Glyptothorax pallozonus
Sisoridae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Parabotia lijiangensis
Botiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Chanda pulcinella
Ambassidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Siniperca roulei
Percichthyidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Trematocranus labifer
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Aphyosemion chauchei
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Aphyosemion decorsei
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Stiphodon maculidorsalis
Gobiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Stiphodon ornatus
Gobiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Puntius mahecola
Cyprinidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Aphyosemion seegersi
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Oryzias wolasi
Adrianichthyidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Copadichromis mloto
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Alticorpus profundicola
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Aphyosemion wachtersi
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Lethrinops macracanthus
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Fundulopanchax robertsoni
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Fundulopanchax spoorenbergi
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Enteromius litamba
Cyprinidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Apistogramma paucisquamis
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Rhamphochromis ferox
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Sturisomatichthys aureus
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Oryzias curvinotus
Adrianichthyidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Fundulopanchax mirabilis
Nothobranchiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Hemigrammus elegans
Acestrorhamphidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Haplochromis phytophagus
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Schultzites axelrodi
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Brachygobius xanthomelas
Gobiidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Tor tambra
Cyprinidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Leporinus multifasciatus
Anostomidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Mchenga inornata
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Otopharynx selenurus
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Parambassis pulcinella
Ambassidae
Data Deficient
Edible
aquarium
Rasbora sumatrana
Cyprinidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Arapaima
Arapaima gigas
Arapaimidae
Data Deficient
Edible