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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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Wami tilapia
Oreochromis urolepis
Cichlidae Least Concern Edible
Wapoga Mogurnda
Mogurnda wapoga
Eleotridae Least Concern
Warmouth
Lepomis gulosus
Centrarchidae Least Concern Edible
Warpaint shiner
Coccotis coccogenis
Least Concern
Warpaint shiner
Luxilus coccogenis
Cyprinidae Least Concern
Weatherfish
Misgurnus fossilis
Cobitidae Least Concern
Wedgespot shiner
Miniellus greenei
Least Concern
Weed shiner
Notropis texanus
Cyprinidae Least Concern
Weed shiner
Alburnops texanus
Least Concern
Welch's grunter
Bidyanus welchi
Terapontidae Least Concern
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
Siluridae Least Concern Edible
Werner's catfish
Clarias werneri
Clariidae Least Concern
Wertheimeria Maculata
Wertheimeria maculata
Least Concern
West African bichir
Polypterus retropinnis
Polypteridae Least Concern
West African freshwater goby
Awaous lateristriga
Gobiidae Least Concern
West African lungfish
Protopterus annectens
Protopteridae Least Concern
West African pygmy herring
Sierrathrissa leonensis
Dorosomatidae Least Concern Edible
Western blacknose dace
Rhinichthys obtusus
Cyprinidae Least Concern
Western bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrus lacerda
Mormyridae Least Concern Edible
Western brook lamprey
Lampetra richardsoni
Petromyzontidae Least Concern
Western carp gudgeon
Hypseleotris klunzingeri
Eleotridae Least Concern
Western creek chubsucker
Erimyzon claviformis
Catostomidae Least Concern
Western galaxias
Galaxias occidentalis
Galaxiidae Least Concern
Western Ghat loach
Bhavania australis
Least Concern
Western rainbowfish
Melanotaenia australis
Melanotaeniidae Least Concern Edible
Western shellear
Kneria polli
Kneriidae Least Concern
Western sooty grunter
Hephaestus jenkinsi
Terapontidae Least Concern
Western starhead topminnow
Fundulus blairae
Fundulidae Least Concern
Western tubenose goby
Proterorhinus semilunaris
Gobiidae Least Concern
Whale Catfish
Denticetopsis praecox
Cetopsidae Least Concern
Whiptail Catfish
Rineloricaria stewarti
Loricariidae Least Concern
Whiptail Catfish
Sturisoma monopelte
Loricariidae Least Concern
whiptail loricaria
Rineloricaria parva
Loricariidae Least Concern
White amur bream
Parabramis pekinensis
Cyprinidae Least Concern
White bass
Morone chrysops
Moronidae Least Concern
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
Cyprinidae Least Concern
White catfish
Ameiurus catus
Ictaluridae Least Concern
White char
Salvelinus albus
Salmonidae Least Concern
White cichlid
Maskaheros argenteus
Cichlidae Least Concern
White cory
Brochis heteromorphus
Least Concern
White cory
Corydoras heteromorphus
Callichthyidae Least Concern
White crappie
Pomoxis annularis
Centrarchidae Least Concern
White Kura bleak
Leucalburnus satunini
Cyprinidae Least Concern
White nose loach
Koreocobitis rotundicaudata
Least Concern
White piranha
Serrasalmus brandtii
Serrasalmidae Least Concern
White shiner
Luxilus albeolus
Cyprinidae Least Concern
White stripe cory
Hoplisoma albolineatum
Least Concern
White stripe cory
Corydoras albolineatus
Callichthyidae Least Concern