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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
Dwarf Curimata
Cyphocharax microcephalus
Curimatidae Least Concern
Dwarf danio
Danio nigrofasciatus
Cyprinidae Data Deficient
Dwarf deep-water sculpin
Abyssocottus pumilus
dwarf distichodus
Distichodus decemmaculatus
Distichodontidae Least Concern
Dwarf freshwater goby
Gobiopterus stellatus
Gobiidae Data Deficient
Dwarf Galaxias
Galaxias divergens
Galaxiidae Endangered
Dwarf gourami
Trichogaster lalius
Osphronemidae Least Concern
Dwarf hatchetfish
Carnegiella schereri
Gasteropelecidae Least Concern
Dwarf horseface loach
Acanthopsoides gracilentus
Cobitidae
Dwarf inanga
Galaxias gracilis
Galaxiidae Vulnerable
Dwarf Lake Turkana robber
Brachyalestes minutus
Vulnerable
Dwarf mahseer
Tor kulkarnii
Cyprinidae Data Deficient
Dwarf marbled catfish
Microglanis poecilus
Pseudopimelodidae Least Concern
Dwarf medaka
Oryzias minutillus
Adrianichthyidae Least Concern
Dwarf molly
Poecilia chica
Poeciliidae Data Deficient Edible
Dwarf moon tetra
Bathyaethiops baka
Alestidae
Dwarf noodlefish
Sundasalanx praecox
Ehiravidae Least Concern
dwarf otocinclus
Otocinclus vestitus
Loricariidae Least Concern
dwarf otocinclus
Otocinclus vittatus
Loricariidae Least Concern
Dwarf panaque
Panaqolus gnomus
Loricariidae Least Concern
Dwarf panchax
Aplocheilus parvus
Aplocheilidae Least Concern
Dwarf rainbowfish
Melanotaenia praecox
Melanotaeniidae Least Concern Edible
Dwarf rasbora
Boraras maculatus
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
dwarf sanjika
Opsaridium tweddleorum
Cyprinidae Data Deficient
Dwarf scissortail rasbora
Rasbosoma spilocerca
Least Concern
Dwarf sculpins
Procottus gurwicii
Vulnerable
Dwarf snakehead
Channa kelaartii
Channidae Near Threatened Edible
Dwarf stonebasher
Pollimyrus castelnaui
Mormyridae Least Concern
Dwarf sturgeon
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
Acipenseridae Critically Endangered
Dwarf sucker
Otocinclus mariae
Loricariidae Least Concern
Dwarf Sucking Catfish
Otocinclus mimulus
Loricariidae Near Threatened
Dwarfgoby
Pandaka silvana
Gobiidae
Dzihunia Ilan
Dzihunia ilan
Least Concern
Dzihunia Pseudoamudarjensis
Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis
Dzihunia Turdakovi
Dzihunia turdakovi
Data Deficient
Earth eater
Gymnogeophagus labiatus
Cichlidae Least Concern
East African red finned barb
Enteromius apleurogramma
Cyprinidae Least Concern
East Coast barb
Enteromius toppini
Cyprinidae Least Concern Edible
East Gippsland Galaxias
Galaxias aequipinnis
Galaxiidae Critically Endangered
East Siberian grayling
Thymallus pallasii
Salmonidae
Eastcoast lampeye
Aliteranodon stuhlmanni
Data Deficient
Eastcoast lampeye
Pantanodon stuhlmanni
Poeciliidae Data Deficient
Eastcoast squeaker
Synodontis zanzibaricus
Mochokidae Data Deficient
Eastern Aegean bleak
Alburnus demiri
Cyprinidae Vulnerable
Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrus longirostris
Mormyridae Least Concern Edible
Eastern Cape chubbyhead
Enteromius mandelai
Cyprinidae
Eastern Cape redfin
Pseudobarbus afer
Cyprinidae Endangered
Eastern Carpathian golden loach
Sabanejewia vallachica
Cobitidae Vulnerable