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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
West African pygmy herring
Sierrathrissa leonensis
Dorosomatidae Least Concern Edible
West Gippsland Galaxias
Galaxias longifundus
Galaxiidae Critically Endangered
West Irian river sprat
Clupeoides venulosus
Ehiravidae Vulnerable
Western archerfish
Toxotes oligolepis
Toxotidae
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 catfish
Callichthys fabricioi
Callichthyidae Vulnerable
Western creek chubsucker
Erimyzon claviformis
Catostomidae Least Concern
Western crested loach
Paracobitis malapterura
Nemacheilidae
Western dwarf galaxias
Galaxiella munda
Galaxiidae Endangered
Western galaxias
Galaxias occidentalis
Galaxiidae Least Concern
Western Ghat loach
Bhavania australis
Least Concern
Western gilt darter
Percina hespera
Percidae
Western Greece goby
Economidichthys pygmaeus
Gobiidae Near Threatened
Western hardyhead
Leptatherina wallacei
Atherinidae
Western Madagascar cichlid
Ptychochromis onilahy
Cichlidae EX
Western pygmy perch
Nannoperca vittata
Percichthyidae Vulnerable
Western rainbowfish
Melanotaenia australis
Melanotaeniidae Least Concern Edible
Western sand darter
Ammocrypta clara
Percidae Vulnerable
Western shellear
Kneria polli
Kneriidae Least Concern
Western silvery minnow
Hybognathus argyritis
Cyprinidae Near Threatened
Western sooty grunter
Hephaestus jenkinsi
Terapontidae Least Concern
Western starhead topminnow
Fundulus blairae
Fundulidae Least Concern
Western Transcaucasian lamprey
Lethenteron ninae
Petromyzontidae Near Threatened
Western tubenose goby
Proterorhinus semilunaris
Gobiidae Least Concern
Wetzone butter catfish
Ompok argestes
Siluridae Vulnerable
Whale catfish
Cetopsis parma
Cetopsidae Data Deficient
Whale Catfish
Denticetopsis praecox
Cetopsidae Least Concern
Whiptail catfish
Farlowella acus
Loricariidae Vulnerable
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 cloud mountain minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
Cyprinidae Data Deficient
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 River spinedace
Lepidomeda albivallis
Cyprinidae Critically Endangered