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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
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Glowlight rasbora
Trigonostigma hengeli
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Gogangra Viridescens
Gogangra viridescens
Least Concern Edible
Goldbreast splitfin
Ilyodon furcidens
Goodeidae Least Concern Edible
Golden mola hap
Mylochromis incola
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Golden Nile catfish
Chrysichthys auratus
Bagridae Least Concern Edible
Golden pencilfish
Nannostomus beckfordi
Lebiasinidae Least Concern Edible
Golden perch
Macquaria ambigua
Percichthyidae Least Concern Edible
Golden pheasant panchax
Callopanchax occidentalis
Nothobranchiidae Least Concern Edible
Golden pike-characin
Boulengerella lucius
Ctenoluciidae Least Concern Edible
Golden sand-eater
Lethrinops auritus
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Golden topminnow
Fundulus chrysotus
Fundulidae Least Concern Edible
Golden-margined hap
Otopharynx auromarginatus
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Goldencrown tetra
Aphyocharax alburnus
Characidae Least Concern Edible
Goldeneye cichlid
Nannacara anomala
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Goldfin tinfoil barb
Hypsibarbus malcolmi
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Goldie barb
Enteromius pallidus
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Goldie River rainbowfish
Melanotaenia goldiei
Melanotaeniidae Least Concern Edible
Goldspotted tetra
Hyphessobrycon griemi
Acestrorhamphidae Least Concern Edible
Goldstripe characin
Creagrutus beni
Stevardiidae Least Concern Edible
Gosse´s dwarf cichlid
Apistogramma gossei
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Granulated catfish
Pterodoras granulosus
Doradidae Least Concern Edible
Grass-eater
Distichodus rostratus
Distichodontidae Least Concern Edible
Gray bichir
Polypterus senegalus
Polypteridae Least Concern Edible
Gray loach
Triplophysa dorsalis
Nemacheilidae Least Concern Edible
Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
Salmonidae Least Concern Edible
Great snakehead
Channa marulius
Channidae Least Concern Edible
Greater scissortail
Rasbora caudimaculata
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Green gold catfish
Corydoras melanotaenia
Callichthyidae Least Concern Edible
Green gold catfish
Osteogaster melanotaenia
Least Concern Edible
Green guapote
Mayaheros beani
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Green happy
Sargochromis codringtonii
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Green neon tetra
Paracheirodon simulans
Acestrorhamphidae Least Concern Edible
Green rivulus
Rivulus cylindraceus
Rivulidae Least Concern Edible
Green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
Centrarchidae Least Concern Edible
Greenface aulonocara
Aulonocara saulosi
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Greenface sandsifter
Lethrinops furcifer
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Greenstripe barb
Puntius vittatus
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Greenstripe pencilfish
Nannostomus marilynae
Lebiasinidae Least Concern Edible
Grey-banded loach
Nemacheilus selangoricus
Nemacheilidae Least Concern Edible
Guapote
Parachromis dovii
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Gudgeon
Gobio gobio
Gobionidae Least Concern Edible
Guenther's mouthbrooder
Chromidotilapia guntheri
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Gulf killifish
Fundulus grandis
Fundulidae Least Concern Edible
Guyana leaffish
Polycentrus schomburgkii
Polycentridae Least Concern Edible
Guyanan croaker
Pachypops fourcroi
Sciaenidae Least Concern Edible
Haitian cichlid
Nandopsis haitiensis
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Halfbanded pyrrhulina
Pyrrhulina laeta
Lebiasinidae Least Concern Edible