Types of Freshwater Fish For Your Aquarium (With Pictures)

Aquarium Tropical Fish

Aquarium Plants – Aquatic plant guides for ferns and mosses, stem plants, rosette plants, and plants for the pond. Plants can be the main aquarium attraction or used to enhance your aquarium’s beauty and health.	Catfish – Plecostomus, Cory, Pangasius, Banjo Catfish, Upsidedown Catfish… See all types of catfish from thorny to armored, talking to walking, suckermouth, whiskered, flatnose and more!
Characins – Tetras, Silver Dollars, Pencilfish, Hatchetfish, Pacu,… all sorts of favorite tropical fish for both beginners and advanced fish keepers	Cichlids – All types of Cichlids! Fish Guides for African Cichlids, South American Cichlids, and Dwarf Cichlids from both continents
Cyprinids – Fish Guides for Barbs, Danios, Rasboras, Sharks, algae eaters, and more… popular tropical fish for beginning aquarist and experts alike.	Freshwater Eels – Aquarium Eels, Fish Guides for all sorts of freshwater Eels, beauties like the Spiny Eels, Electric Eel, Fire Eel, American Eel, Spaghetti Eels, and more.
Goldfish Types – Fancy Goldfish, Fantail Goldfish, Commet Goldfish, Black Moor, Bubble Eye, Oranda, Shubunkin, Ryukin, Lionhead, and more. Great fish for beginners!	Hillstream Loaches – River Loaches are designed to cling to rocks in fast moving waters! The family Balitoridae favorites include the Batik, Chinese Loach, Rainbow Loach, Zipper Loach, and more.
Killifish – Killifish are coloful, intriguing fish from all sorts of environments. With over 1250 Killifish species, these mostly small little beauties ranging from Tooth Carps including Lampeye, Medaka, and Panchax, to Pupfish and Topminnow fish	Knifefish – Knifefish species, looks like a knife but swims like a fish! All sorts of knifefish beauties like the Clown Knifefish, Elegant Knifefish, Black Ghost Knifefish, Aba, Centipede, Featherfin and more.
Labyrinth Fish – Bettas and Gouramis are just some of the Labyrinth fish, Anabantoids also include Paradise Fish, Giant Gourami and more.	Livebearing Aquarium Fish – Mollies, Guppies, Platy fish, Swordtail fish, and Four-eyed Fish (Anableps). Great fish for beginners, easy to keep and breed!
Loaches – Loaches are great aquarium scavengers and interesting fish too. Called thorny-eyes, loaches have spines right between the eyes! Popular species are Clown Loach, Kuhli Loach, Weather Loach or Dojo, Botia, and many more!	Perches – All types of Perches and Perch-like fish, fish guides forM ono or Moonfish, Glassfish, Archers, Scats, True Perches, Datnoids, Sunfish, Cardinalfish and more.
Puffer Fish – Pufferfish are chubby, personable tropical fish like the popular Green Spotted Puffer Fish, Golden Puffer, Fahaka Puffer, Amazon Puffer and more. They are also called Blowfish, Balloonfish and even Toadies!	Rainbow Fish – Australasian Blue Eyes bring the Colors of the rainbow alive in the aquarium. A description and history of rainbow fish, a list of rainbowfish species and fish guides for each
Unusual Fish – Unusual Fish, the strangest to the most decorative tropical fish. Arowana’s give a view of our ancient prehistoric, Butterflyfish delicate beauty, while Tonguefish, Lionfish and more are simply strange fish.

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Latest Aquarium Tropical Fish Fact Sheets
	Green TerrorGreen Terror, Andinoacara rivulatus Cichlid Fish Guide
	Red-tail Tinfoil BarbRed-tail Tinfoil Barb, Barbonymus altus Cyprinid Fish Guide
	Slender RasboraSlender Rasbora, Rasbora daniconius, Striped Rasbora, Black Line Rasbora
	Rummy Nose RasboraRummy Nose Rasbora, Sawbwa Barb, Sawbwa resplendens, Asian RummynoseCyprinidae
	Zebra DanioZebra Danio, Danio rerio, Zebrafish Cyprinid Fish Guide
	Rosy BarbRosy Barb, Puntius conchonius, Barbus conchonius