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Freshwater fish
The 223 freshwater fish in the BlubHub database, from classic community fish to species that need a tank of their own. Each entry lists the minimum tank volume, the temperature and pH range, and how large the fish gets.
Values are mainstream hobbyist guidance, not gospel — always watch what your own animals need.
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Acei cichlid (yellowtail acei)Pseudotropheus acei
Adolfo’s coryCorydoras adolfoi
African butterfly cichlidAnomalochromis thomasi
African butterflyfishPantodon buchholzi
Agassiz’s dwarf cichlidApistogramma agassizii
Altum angelfishPterophyllum altum
Amazon pufferColomesus asellus
American flagfishJordanella floridae
AngelfishPterophyllum scalare
Angelicus loach (polka-dot loach)Botia kubotai
Auratus cichlidMelanochromis auratus
Bala sharkBalantiocheilos melanopterus
Benga peacock (sunshine)Aulonocara baenschi
BettaBetta splendens
Black ghost knifefishApteronotus albifrons
Black neon tetraHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
Black phantom tetraHyphessobrycon megalopterus
Black ruby barbPethia nigrofasciata
Black skirt tetraGymnocorymbus ternetzi
Bleeding heart tetraHyphessobrycon erythrostigma
Blind cave tetraAstyanax mexicanus
Blood parrot cichlidAmphilophus citrinellus × Vieja melanurus
Bloodfin tetraAphyocharax anisitsi
Blue botiaYasuhikotakia modesta
Blue dolphin cichlidCyrtocara moorii
Blue gularis killifishFundulopanchax sjoestedti
Bluefin notho killifishNothobranchius rachovii
Boesemani rainbowfishMelanotaenia boesemani
Bolivian ramMikrogeophagus altispinosus
Bristlenose plecoAncistrus sp.
Bronze coryCorydoras aeneus
Buenos Aires tetraHyphessobrycon anisitsi
Bumblebee catfishMicroglanis iheringi
Bumblebee gobyBrachygobius doriae
Cardinal tetraParacheirodon axelrodi
Celebes rainbowfishMarosatherina ladigesi
Celestial pearl danioDanio margaritatus
Checker barbOliotius oligolepis
Checkerboard cichlidDicrossus filamentosus
Cherry barbPuntius titteya
Chili rasboraBoraras brigittae
Chinese algae eaterGyrinocheilus aymonieri
Chocolate gouramiSphaerichthys osphromenoides
Clown barbBarbodes everetti
Clown killifishEpiplatys annulatus
Clown loachChromobotia macracanthus
Clown plecoPanaqolus maccus
Cockatoo dwarf cichlidApistogramma cacatuoides
Colombian tetraHyphessobrycon columbianus
Common otocinclusOtocinclus vittatus
Common plecoHypostomus plecostomus
Congo tetraPhenacogrammus interruptus
Convict cichlidAmatitlania nigrofasciata
CorydorasCorydoras spp.
Croaking gouramiTrichopsis vittata
Cuckoo synodontisSynodontis multipunctatus
Demasoni cichlidChindongo demasoni
Denison barbSahyadria denisonii
Diamond tetraMoenkhausia pittieri
Discus (common)Symphysodon aequifasciatus
Doctor fish (garra rufa)Garra rufa
Dojo loachMisgurnus anguillicaudatus
Dwarf chain loachAmbastaia sidthimunki
Dwarf gouramiTrichogaster lalius
Dwarf rasboraBoraras maculatus
Electric blue acaraAndinoacara pulcher
Electric blue hap (fryeri)Sciaenochromis fryeri
Electric yellow labLabidochromis caeruleus
Elephant nose fishGnathonemus petersii
Ember tetraHyphessobrycon amandae
Emerald cory (brochis)Corydoras splendens
Emperor tetraNematobrycon palmeri
Endler guppyPoecilia wingei
Fairy cichlid (brichardi)Neolamprologus brichardi
Fancy goldfishCarassius auratus
Featherfin synodontisSynodontis eupterus
Figure eight pufferDichotomyctere ocellatus
Firemouth cichlidThorichthys meeki
Five-banded barbDesmopuntius pentazona
Flag cichlidMesonauta festivus
Flame tetraHyphessobrycon flammeus
FlowerhornCichlasoma × hybride
Flying foxEpalzeorhynchos kalopterus
Forktail blue-eyePseudomugil furcatus
FrontosaCyphotilapia frontosa
Gardneri killifishFundulopanchax gardneri
Geophagus (other eartheaters)Geophagus sp.
Giant danioDevario aequipinnatus
Giant gouramiOsphronemus goramy
Giant sailfin mollyPoecilia velifera
Glass catfishKryptopterus vitreolus
Glowlight danioDanio choprae
Glowlight rasboraTrigonostigma hengeli
Glowlight tetraHemigrammus erythrozonus
Gold nugget plecoBaryancistrus xanthellus
Golden barbBarbodes semifasciolatus
Golden dwarf cichlid (nannacara)Nannacara anomala
Golden otocinclusOtocinclus affinis
Golden pencilfishNannostomus beckfordi
Golden wonder killifishAplocheilus lineatus
Goldfish (common/comet)Carassius auratus
Green neon tetraParacheirodon simulans
Green spotted pufferDichotomyctere nigroviridis
Green terrorAndinoacara rivulatus
GuppyPoecilia reticulata
Harlequin rasboraTrigonostigma heteromorpha
Head-and-taillight tetraHemigrammus ocellifer
Heckel discusSymphysodon discus
Hillstream loachSewellia lineolata
Honey gouramiTrichogaster chuna
Indian glassfishParambassis ranga
Iridescent sharkPangasianodon hypophthalmus
Jack Dempsey cichlidRocio octofasciata
Jewel cichlidHemichromis bimaculatus
Julie cichlidJulidochromis ornatus
Julii coryCorydoras julii
Kenyi cichlidMaylandia lombardoi
Keyhole cichlidCleithracara maronii
Kissing gouramiHelostoma temminkii
KoiCyprinus rubrofuscus
KribensisPelvicachromis pulcher
Kubotai rasboraMicrodevario kubotai
Kuhli loachPangio kuhlii
Lambchop rasboraTrigonostigma espei
Least killifishHeterandria formosa
Lemon cichlid (leleupi)Neolamprologus leleupi
Lemon tetraHyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Leopard bush fishCtenopoma acutirostre
Licorice gouramiParosphromenus deissneri
Lyretail killifishAphyosemion australe
Macmasteri dwarf cichlidApistogramma macmasteri
Maingano cichlidMelanochromis cyaneorhabdos
Marbled hatchetfishCarnegiella strigata
Medaka rice fishOryzias latipes
Midas cichlid (red devil)Amphilophus citrinellus
MollyPoecilia sphenops
Moonlight gouramiTrichopodus microlepis
Neon dwarf rainbowfishMelanotaenia praecox
Neon tetraParacheirodon innesi
Norman’s lampeyePoropanchax normani
Ocellate river stingrayPotamotrygon motoro
Odessa barbPethia padamya
Orangehead tapajos eartheaterGeophagus pyrocephalus
OscarAstronotus ocellatus
PacuPiaractus brachypomus
Panda coryCorydoras panda
Panda garraGarra flavatra
Paradise fishMacropodus opercularis
Pea pufferCarinotetraodon travancoricus
Peaceful bettaBetta imbellis
Peacock bassCichla ocellaris
Peacock cichlid (other Aulonocara)Aulonocara sp.
Peacock gudgeonTateurndina ocellicauda
Peacock spiny eelMacrognathus siamensis
Pearl danioDanio albolineatus
Pearl gouramiTrichopodus leerii
Penguin tetraThayeria boehlkei
Peppered coryCorydoras paleatus
Phoenix rasboraBoraras merah
Pictus catfishPimelodus pictus
PlatyXiphophorus maculatus
Pygmy coryCorydoras pygmaeus
Rainbow sharkEpalzeorhynchos frenatum
Ram cichlidMikrogeophagus ramirezi
Red eye tetraMoenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
Red phantom tetraHyphessobrycon sweglesi
Red rainbowfishGlossolepis incisus
Red zebra cichlidMaylandia estherae
Red-bellied piranhaPygocentrus nattereri
Red-tailed black sharkEpalzeorhynchos bicolor
Red-tailed catfishPhractocephalus hemioliopterus
Redhump eartheaterGeophagus steindachneri
RopefishErpetoichthys calabaricus
Rosy barbPethia conchonius
Rosy tetraHyphessobrycon rosaceus
Royal plecoPanaque nigrolineatus
Rubber lip plecoChaetostoma milesi
Rummy-nose tetraHemigrammus rhodostomus
Sailfin mollyPoecilia latipinna
Salt and pepper coryCorydoras habrosus
Saulosi mbunaChindongo saulosi
Scarlet badisDario dario
Scissortail rasboraRasbora trilineata
Senegal bichirPolypterus senegalus
Serpae tetraHyphessobrycon eques
SeverumHeros efasciatus
Shell dweller (multi)Neolamprologus multifasciatus
Siamese algae eaterCrossocheilus oblongus
Silver arowanaOsteoglossum bicirrhosum
Silver dollarMetynnis argenteus
Silver hatchetfishGasteropelecus sternicla
Silvertip tetraHasemania nana
Socolofi cichlid (powder blue)Chindongo socolofi
Sparkling gouramiTrichopsis pumila
Spotted blue-eyePseudomugil gertrudae
Sterbai coryCorydoras sterbai
Striped Raphael catfishPlatydoras armatulus
Stuart Grant’s peacock cichlidAulonocara stuartgranti
Sulphurhead peacockAulonocara maylandi
Surinam eartheaterGeophagus surinamensis
SwordtailXiphophorus hellerii
Texas cichlidHerichthys cyanoguttatus
Thick-lipped gouramiTrichogaster labiosa
Threadfin rainbowfishIriatherina werneri
Three spot gouramiTrichopodus trichopterus
Tiger barbPuntigrus tetrazona
Tinfoil barbBarbonymus schwanenfeldii
Triangle cichlid (uaru)Uaru amphiacanthoides
Tropheus (duboisi, moorii)Tropheus sp.
Turquoise rainbowfishMelanotaenia lacustris
Twig catfishFarlowella acus
Umbrella dwarf cichlidApistogramma borellii
Upside-down catfishSynodontis nigriventris
Variatus platyXiphophorus variatus
Venustus (giraffe cichlid)Nimbochromis venustus
Whiptail catfishRineloricaria sp.
White cloud mountain minnowTanichthys albonubes
X-ray tetraPristella maxillaris
Yoyo loachBotia almorhae
Zebra danioDanio rerio
Zebra loachBotia striata
Zebra otocinclusOtocinclus cocama
Zebra pleco (L46)Hypancistrus zebra
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