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A vast number of aquatic species have successfully adapted to live in the
freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
. This list gives some examples of the most common species found in home aquariums.


Catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, ...


Characins and other characiformes


Cichlids


Cyprinids


Loaches Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species of ...
and related
cypriniformes Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches, and relatives. Cypriniformes is an Order within the Superorder Ostariophysi consisting of "Carp-like" Ostariophysins. This order contains 11-12 families, ...


Live-bearers and killifish


Labyrinth fish The Anabantoidei are a suborder of anabantiform ray-finned freshwater fish distinguished by their possession of a lung-like labyrinth organ, which enables them to breathe air. The fish in the Anabantoidei suborder are known as anabantoids or ...


Rainbowfish The rainbowfish or Melanotaeniidae is a family of small, colourful freshwater fish found in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea (including islands in Cenderawasih Bay and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia), Sulawesi and Madagascar. The lar ...


Gobies and

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Sunfish and relatives


Other fish


See also

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List of aquarium fish by scientific name This article lists fish commonly kept in aquariums and ponds. Cypriniformes Botiidae ''Ambastaia'' * ''Ambastaia sidthimunki'' ''Botia'' * ''Botia almorhae'' * ''Botia striata'' ''Chromobotia'' * ''Chromobotia macracanthus'' ''Yasuhikotakia'' ...
* List of brackish aquarium fish species *
List of fish common names This is a list of common names of fish. While some common names refer to a single species, others may be used for an entire group of species, such as a genus or family, and still others have been used confusingly for multiple unrelated species or ...
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List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species There are a wide range of frogs, salamanders and newts that can be kept in an aquarium. Aquatic frogs * African dwarf frog - ''Hymenochirus boettgeri'' or ''Hymenochirus curtipes'' *African clawed frog - ''Xenopus laevis'' * Indonesian Floating ...
* List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species * List of freshwater aquarium plant species *
List of marine aquarium fish species The following list of marine aquarium fish species commonly available in the aquarium trade is not a completely comprehensive list; certain rare specimens may be available commercially but not yet listed here. A brief section on each, with a ...
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List of marine aquarium invertebrate species This is a list of various species of marine invertebrates, animals without a backbone, that are commonly found in aquariums kept by hobby aquarists. Some species are intentionally collected for their desirable aesthetic characteristics. Others are ...
* The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia List of Freshwater aquarium fish


Sources

* Encyclopedia of Aquarium and Pond Fish (2005) (
David Alderton David Alderton is an English writer specialising in pets and natural history topics. Growing up in a home surrounded by pets, he originally trained to become a veterinary surgeon. An allergic dermatitis acquired in his final year of study forced ...
) * 500 Aquarium Fish: A Visual Reference to the Most Popular Species


References

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Freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of s ...