Freshwater Aquarium Fish Species
| Popular Fish Name | Fish Family | Scientific Name |
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Egg-laying |
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| Angelfish | Cichlids | Pterophyllum |
| Bengal Danio | Cyprinids | Danio devario |
| Black Ghost Knifefish | Knifefish and Eels | Apteronotus albifrons |
| Black Ruby Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus nigrofasciatus |
| black tetra | Characins | Gymnocorymbus ternetzi |
| Bristlenose Catfish | Catfish | Ancistrus sp. |
| Cardinal tetra | Characins | Paracheirodon axelrodi |
| Cave tetra | Characins | Astyanax mexicanus |
| Checker Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus oligolepis |
| Cherry Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus titteya Deraniyagala, 1929 |
| Clipper Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus callipterus |
| Clown Loach | Loaches | Botia macracanthus |
| Common Carp | Cyprinids | Cyprinus carpio |
| Common Dace | Cyprinids | Leuciscus leuciscus |
| Common hatchetfish | Characins | Gasteropelecus sternicla |
| Cory catfish | Catfish | Corydoras sp. |
| Discus | Cichlids | Symphysodon |
| Dwarf Suckermouth Catfish | Catfish | Otocinclus |
| Electric Yellow | Cichlids | Labidochromis caeruleus |
| Giant Danio | Cyprinids | Danio aequipinnatus |
| Glass catfish | Catfish | Kryptopterus bicirrhis |
| Gold Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus semifasciolatus Guenther, 1868 |
| Goldfish | Cyprinids | Carassius auratus auratus |
| Green neon tetra | Characins | Paracheirodon simulans |
| Horseface Loach | Loaches | Acantopsis choirorhynchus |
| Koi | Cyprinids | Cyprinus carpio |
| Kuhli Loach | Loaches | Pangio kuhlii |
| Liposarcus pardalis | Catfish | Liposarcus pardalis |
| Malabar Danio | Cyprinids | Danio malabaricus or Devario malabaricus |
| Neon tetra | Characins | Paracheirodon innesi |
| Oscar | Cichlids | Astronotus ocellatus |
| Pearl Danio | Cyprinids | Danio albolineatus |
| Pentazona Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus pentazona |
| Queen Danio | Cyprinids | Devario regina |
| Red Empress Cichlid | Cichlids | Protomelas taeniolatus |
| Red Line Torpedo Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus denisonii |
| Rosy Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus conchonius |
| Sailfin Catfish | Catfish | Liposarcus multiradiatus |
| Siamese Fighting Fish | Labyrinth fish | Betta splendens |
| Silver Dollar | Characins | Metynnis argenteus Ahl, 1923 |
| Spotted Danio | Cyprinids | Danio nigrofasciatus |
| Suckermouth Catfish | Catfish | Hypostomus plecostomus |
| Suckermouthed Catfish | Catfish | Hypostomus punctatus |
| Ticto Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus ticto |
| Tiger Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus tetrazona |
| Tinfoil Barb | Cyprinids | Barbus schwanefeldi |
| Turquoise Danio | Cyprinids | Danio kerri |
| White Cloud Mountain minnow | Cyprinids | Tanichthys albonubes |
| Zebra Danio | Cyprinids | Brachydanio rerio or Danio rerio |
Live-bearing |
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| Green Swordtail | Platies & Swordtails | Xiphoporus helleri |
| Guppy | Guppies & Mollies | Poecilia reticulata |
| Sailfin Molly | Guppies & Mollies | Poecilia latipinna |
| Southern Platy | Platies & Swordtails | Xiphophorus maculatus |
| Variable Platy | Platies & Swordtails | Xiphophorus variatus |
