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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
Brighteye darter
Etheostoma lynceum
Percidae
Least Concern
Brilliant Astyanax
Astyanax scintillans
Acestrorhamphidae
Data Deficient
Brilliant rasbora
Rasbora einthovenii
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Edible
Brindled madtom
Noturus miurus
Ictaluridae
Least Concern
Bristlemouth catfish
Peckoltia multispinis
Loricariidae
Data Deficient
Britski's catfish
Brochis britskii
Least Concern
Britski's catfish
Corydoras britskii
Callichthyidae
Least Concern
Britski's tube-snouted ghost knifefish
Sternarchorhynchus britskii
Apteronotidae
Data Deficient
Brittanichthys Myersi
Brittanichthys myersi
Acestrorhamphidae
Least Concern
Broad stripe cory
Hoplisoma duplicareum
Data Deficient
Broad striped rasbora
Rasbora dandia
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Broad whitefish
Coregonus nasus
Salmonidae
Least Concern
Edible
Broad-barred citharine
Nannocharax macropterus
Distichodontidae
Least Concern
Broad-snouted catfish
Papuarius latirostris
Broad-snouted catfish
Neoarius latirostris
Ariidae
Least Concern
Broadband barb
Enteromius macrotaenia
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Broadbar Citharine
Nannocharax niloticus
Distichodontidae
Data Deficient
Broadhead catfish
Clariallabes platyprosopos
Clariidae
Least Concern
Broadspotted molly
Poecilia latipunctata
Poeciliidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Broadstripe shiner
Pteronotropis euryzonus
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Broadstripe topminnow
Fundulus euryzonus
Fundulidae
Vulnerable
Edible
Broadstriped barb
Enteromius annectens
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Broadstriped dwarf cichlid
Apistogramma urteagai
Cichlidae
Least Concern
Broadtail mountain catfish
Amphilius laticaudatus
Amphiliidae
Least Concern
Brochiloricaria Macrodon
Brochiloricaria macrodon
Loricariidae
Least Concern
Brochis Bethanae
Brochis bethanae
Brochis Brittoi
Brochis brittoi
Least Concern
Brochis Costai
Brochis costai
Brond-snout
Chondrostoma regium
Cyprinidae
Least Concern
Edible
Bronze corydoras
Corydoras aeneus
Callichthyidae
Least Concern
Bronze corydoras
Osteogaster aenea
Least Concern
Bronze darter
Percina palmaris
Percidae
Least Concern
Bronze featherback
Notopterus notopterus
Notopteridae
Least Concern
Edible
Bronze Pufferfish
Chonerhinos naritus
Tetraodontidae
Brook Darter
Etheostoma burri
Percidae
Least Concern
Brook silverside
Labidesthes sicculus
Atherinopsidae
Least Concern
Brook stickleback
Culaea inconstans
Gasterosteidae
Least Concern
Edible
Brown bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Ictaluridae
Least Concern
Brown coscarob
Cichlasoma taenia
Cichlidae
Least Concern
Brown darter
Etheostoma edwini
Percidae
Least Concern
Brown Ghost Knifefish
Apteronotus leptorhynchus
Apteronotidae
Endangered
Brown leaf catfish
Silurichthys ligneolus
Siluridae
Vulnerable
Brown Madagascar catfish
Ancharius fuscus
Anchariidae
Least Concern
Brown Madagascar cichlid
Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis
Cichlidae
Critically Endangered
Brown madtom
Noturus phaeus
Ictaluridae
Least Concern
Brown mudfish
Neochanna apoda
Galaxiidae
Endangered
Brown pencilfish
Nannostomus eques
Lebiasinidae
Least Concern
Edible
Brown sucker catfish
Otothyris lophophanes
Least Concern