Freshwater aquarium fish species

A vast number of species of fish have been successfully kept in the home aquarium. This list gives only some of the most commonly-kept species.

Cold-water fish

• Goldfish
• Koi
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow

Tropical fish

• Live-bearing
  • Guppy
  • Molly
  • Platy
  • Swordtail

• Egg-laying
  • Cichlids
    • Angelfish
    • Discus
    • Oscar
  • Tetras (Characidae)
    • Black Widow
    • Cardinal Tetra
    • Cave Tetra
    • Common Hatchetfish
    • Green Neon Tetra
    • Neon Tetra
    • Silver Dollar
  • Labyrinth fish (Anabantidae)
    • Blue Gourami
    • Siamese Fighting Fish
  • Barbs (Cyprinidae) and related
    • Pearl Danio
    • Tiger Barb
    • Zebra Danio
  • Loaches (Cobitidae)
    • Clown Loach
    • Kuhli Loach
  • Catfish (Siluriformes)
    • Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)
      • Peppered Cory (Corydoras paleatus)
    • Armored Suckermouth Catfish (Loricariidae)
      • Bristlenose Catfish (Ancistrus dolichopterus)
    • Ghost Fish

Note 1: Please link any further additions to the proper Latin names, like this: [[Carassius auratus|Goldfish]]- this will link us to the way non-domesticated animal species are handled. Popular names can be put on a redirect, eg goldfish. OTOH, try to alphabetise this list according to popular names

Note 2: Unless we start a new page on Pond Fish, we'd better leave Koi here, even if they are too big for the aquarium