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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
Yellow finned medaka
Oryzias profundicola
Adrianichthyidae
Near Threatened
Yellow head cory
Brochis cryptica
Data Deficient
Yellow Meeki
Thorichthys affinis
Cichlidae
Least Concern
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 shiner
Aztecula calientis
Critically Endangered
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
Yellow-dotted Pleco
Hypostomus microstomus
Loricariidae
Least Concern
Yellow-fin Tetras
Brycinus leuciscus
Alestidae
Least Concern
Yellow-jaw Tetra
Hyphessobrycon agulha
Acestrorhamphidae
Least Concern
Yellow-wedged Madagascar cichlid
Paretroplus damii
Cichlidae
Vulnerable
Yellowbelly gudgeon
Allomogurnda nesolepis
Eleotridae
Least Concern
Yellowcheek
Elopichthys bambusa
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Yellowcheek darter
Etheostoma moorei
Percidae
Endangered
Yellowfin
Xenocypris macrolepis
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Edible
Yellowfin barbell
Luciobarbus xanthopterus
Cyprinidae
Vulnerable
Yellowfin gambusia
Gambusia alvarezi
Poeciliidae
Data Deficient
Yellowfin madtom
Noturus flavipinnis
Ictaluridae
Vulnerable
Yellowfin river pellona
Pellona flavipinnis
Pristigasteridae
Least Concern
Yellowfin shiner
Notropis lutipinnis
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Yellowfin shiner
Hydrophlox lutipinnis
Least Concern
Yellowfinned Borneo sucker
Gastromyzon viriosus
Balitoridae
Near Threatened
Yellowhump eartheater
Geophagus pellegrini
Cichlidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Yellowjacket cichlid
Parachromis friedrichsthalii
Cichlidae
Least Concern
Yellowtail mullet
Minimugil cascasia
Least Concern
Yellowtail rasbora
Rasbora tornieri
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Yellowtail tetra
Alestopetersius caudalis
Alestidae
Least Concern
Edible
Yellowtailed dwarf cichlid
Apistogramma flavipedunculata
Cichlidae
Yepez' tube-snouted ghost knifefish
Sternarchorhynchus yepezi
Apteronotidae
Least Concern
Yirrkala Gjellerupi
Yirrkala gjellerupi
Ophichthidae
Data Deficient
Yirrkala Kaupii
Yirrkala kaupii
Ophichthidae
Data Deficient
Yoke darter
Etheostoma juliae
Percidae
Least Concern
Yongeichthys Tuticorinensis
Yongeichthys tuticorinensis
Gobiidae
Ytu Astyanax
Bryconamericus ytu
Stevardiidae
Endangered
Yu loach
Lepidocephalichthys manipurensis
Cobitidae
Least Concern
Yucatan flagfish
Garmanella pulchra
Cyprinodontidae
Least Concern
Edible
Yucatan gambusia
Gambusia yucatana
Poeciliidae
Least Concern
Yucatan goby
Gobiosoma yucatanum
Gobiidae
Least Concern
Yucatan killifish
Fundulus persimilis
Fundulidae
Endangered
Yucatan tetra
Astyanax altior
Acestrorhamphidae
Vulnerable
Yuedong hilly loach
Oreonectes yuedongensis
Nemacheilidae
Yunnan Carp
Cyprinus yunnanensis
Cyprinidae
Critically Endangered
Yunnanilus Altus
Yunnanilus altus
Nemacheilidae
Yunnanilus Analis
Yunnanilus analis
Nemacheilidae
Critically Endangered
Yunnanilus Bailianensis
Yunnanilus bailianensis
Nemacheilidae
Endangered