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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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Wallago Maculatus
Wallago maculatus
Siluridae Edible
Walleye
Sander vitreus
Percidae Least Concern Edible
Wami tilapia
Oreochromis urolepis
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Wara wara
Hypostomus ventromaculatus
Loricariidae Edible
Warmouth
Lepomis gulosus
Centrarchidae Least Concern Edible
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
Siluridae Least Concern Edible
West African pygmy herring
Sierrathrissa leonensis
Dorosomatidae Least Concern Edible
Western bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrus lacerda
Mormyridae Least Concern Edible
Western rainbowfish
Melanotaenia australis
Melanotaeniidae Least Concern Edible
White Sands pupfish
Cyprinodon tularosa
Cyprinodontidae Endangered Edible
White-blotched river stingray
Potamotrygon leopoldi
Potamotrygonidae Vulnerable Edible
White-eye
Oxyzygonectes dovii
Anablepidae Least Concern Edible
Whiteside pencilfish
Nannostomus bifasciatus
Lebiasinidae Least Concern Edible
Widehead catfish
Clarotes laticeps
Bagridae Least Concern Edible
William's mbuna
Maylandia greshakei
Cichlidae Near Threatened Edible
X-ray tetra
Pristella maxillaris
Acestrorhamphidae Least Concern Edible
Xenocypris Davidi
Xenocypris davidi
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Yangtse grenadier anchovy
Coilia brachygnathus
Engraulidae Edible
Yangtze sturgeon
Acipenser dabryanus
Acipenseridae EW Edible
Yarkon Bream
Acanthobrama telavivensis
Cyprinidae Vulnerable Edible
Yellow rabbit characin
Leporellus vittatus
Anostomidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow rasbora
Rasbora lateristriata
Cyprinidae Vulnerable Edible
Yellow Sand Cichlid
Xenotilapia flavipinnis
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow swordtail
Xiphophorus clemenciae
Poeciliidae Data Deficient Edible
Yellow tetra
Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus
Acestrorhamphidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-belly bream
Serranochromis robustus
Cichlidae Critically Endangered Edible
Yellowfin
Xenocypris macrolepis
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Yellowhump eartheater
Geophagus pellegrini
Cichlidae Data Deficient Edible
Yellowtail tetra
Alestopetersius caudalis
Alestidae Least Concern Edible
Yucatan flagfish
Garmanella pulchra
Cyprinodontidae Least Concern Edible
Zaire lampeye
Hypsopanchax platysternus
Poeciliidae Least Concern Edible
Zebra lampeye
Hypsopanchax zebra
Poeciliidae Least Concern Edible
Zebra loach
Botia striata
Botiidae Endangered Edible
Zebra pleco
Hypancistrus zebra
Loricariidae Critically Endangered Edible
Zenarchopterus Ectuntio
Zenarchopterus ectuntio
Zenarchopteridae Least Concern Edible
Zig-zag eel
Mastacembelus armatus
Mastacembelidae Least Concern Edible
Zigzag barb
Enteromius miolepis
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
Zucchini catfish
Isorineloricaria spinosissima
Loricariidae Least Concern Edible