Freshwater Fish Species by Country



Below you will find links to lists of freshwater fish from various countries. These lists have been generated from Fishbase.org - an ambitious project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All content for these pages is copyright Fishbase.org.

I have included the tables to assist in the construction of biotope aquaria. Many of the descriptions on Fishbase.org provide information on the range and habitat types individual fish species. Used in conjunction with the biotope descriptions found on mongabay.com [see below], this can be a most valuable resource for those interested in biotope aquaria.

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Biotope aquaria:

African River Rapids
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Malawi
West or Central African River
Southern African Swamp
Southeast Asian River
Thai Creek
Southeast Asian Blackwater Pool
Southeast Asian Mangrove Estuary
Indian/Burmese River
New Guinea River
Northern Australia Rainforest Creek
South American Whitewater River
South American Clearwater Stream
South American Blackwater Creek
South American Blackwater Stream
Central American Rocky Lake
Central American River



Freshwater fish from:

Africa

Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
CongoDR
Congo Rep
Cote d Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Zambia
Zimbabwe






Asia

Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
East Timor
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
VietNam

Caribbean

Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago
US Virgin Islands

Central America

Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama

North America

USA
Australia & Oceania & Misc Islands

Australia
French Polynesia
Guam
Hawaii
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
New Caledonia
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Tahiti
Taiwan
Vanuatu

South America

Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela


All Countries