Fishes: an alphabetical index
Fishes. In the alphabetical index just below are fishes I have kept myself, at one time or another: you'll see that I've not been very adventurous. I've included some stuff about their general behavior, their diet, and their breeding requirements, because if your fish don't spawn, you always feel that you aren't doing something right. At the end of each entry, I've tried to include links to the best material about these fishes at other sites, and at FishBase and Wikipedia.
In the menu at the left, the families follow the usual order you'll find them in, when you look into a book about fishes. It doesn't hurt to think of them grouped together in this family way. To know that a fish is a cichlid gives you a whole set of expectations, some of which may actually be a helpful guide. If it's a characin, for example, you don't expect it to stake out a territory or care for its young. (Sure, Copella arnoldi is a spectacular exception.) If it's a cyprinid, you know it's an egglayer, even if its scientific name is Barbus "viviparus", and you know it won't have an adipose fin.
But you may just be looking for an alphabetical index of fishes at this site. The following freshwater tropical fishes have entries:
Acanthophthalmus see Pangio
Aphyosemion see Fundulopanchax
Apistogramma agassizi (Agassizi Apisto)
A. cacatuoides (Cockatoo Apisto)
Badis ruber ("Badis badis burmanicus")
Barbus see Puntius
Betta smaragdina (Emerald Betta)
Betta splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)
Botia almorhæ (B. lohachata) (Yo-yo Loach)
Botia macracantha (Clown Loach)
Botia modesta (B. lecontei) (Blue Botia)
Botia striata (Striped Botia)
Brachydanio see Danio
Carnegiella strigata (Marbled Hatchetfish)
Chætostoma sp. "Recife?"
Chilodus punctatus (Spotted Headstander)
Colisa chuna (Honey Gourami)
Colisa labiosa (Thick-lipped Gourami)
Colisa lalia (Dwarf Gourami)
Corydoras æneus
Corydoras paleatus
Corydoras panda
Corydoras pygmæus
Corydoras schwartzi
Crossocheilus siamensis (Siamese Algae-Eater)
Danio (Brachydanio) rerio (Zebrafish)
Dianema longibarbis (Porthole Catfish)
Epalzeorhyncos frenatus (Bridled Shark or Rainbow Shark)
Farlowella acus (Common Twig Catfish)
Fundulopanchax gardneri (Gardneri Killi)
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri (Indian Sucking-Loach)
Hemigrammus bleheri (Rummynose Tetra)
Hemigrammus erythrozonus (Glowlight Tetra)
Hyphessobrycon (Paracheirodon) innesi (Neon Tetra)
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi (Black Neon Tetra)
Hyphessobrycon serpae (Serpa Tetra)
Hypostomus punctatus (Common Pleco)
Macropodus opercularis (Paradisefish)
Microgeophagus ramirezi (Ram)
Microgeophagus altispinosus (Bolivian Ram)
Nannostomus marginatus (Striped Pencilfish)
Otocinclus cf. affinis
Otocinclus cf. flexilis
Otocinclus cf. vittatus
Pangio (Acanthophthalmus) kuhli (Kuhli Loach)
Papiliochromis see Microgeophagus
Paracheirodon see also Hyphessobrycon
Paracheirodon axelrodi (Cardinal Tetra)
Pseudosphromenus cupanus dayi (Brown Spike-tail Paradisefish)
Pterophyllum scalare (Angelfish)
Puntius lateristriga everetti (Clown Barb)
Puntius nigrofasciatus (Black Ruby Barb)
Puntius tetrazonus (Tiger Barb)
Puntius titteya (Cherry Barb)
Rasbora borapetensis (Red-tailed or Black-line Rasbora)
Rasbora (Trigonostigma) heteromorpha (Harlequin Rasbora)
Sturisoma aureum (Golden Twig Catfish)
Tanichthys albonubes (White Cloud Mountain Minnow)
Trichogaster chuna (Honey Gourami), see Colisa chuna
Trichogaster labiosus (Thick-lipped Gourami), see Colisa labiosa
Trichogaster lalius (Dwarf Gourami), see Colisa lalia
Trichogaster leeri (Pearl Gourami)
Trichogaster trichopterus ("Opaline" Gourami)
Trigonostigma (Rasbora) heteromorpha (Harlequin Rasbora)
Thayeria boehlkei (Penguin Tetra)
Uaru amphiacanthoides (Uaru)
