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Pictures of freshwater fish [last update 2011-12-25]


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Aquatic biotope for cenotes in the Yucatan; Mexico.



Asian Tank



Glass knifefish, catfish, and other fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon



Freshwater crab partially buried in gravel

(China)


Discus

Catfish



Upside Down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)



Tourists at the Amazon fish tunnel at the Shanghai aquarium

(China)


Scats and archer fish in a brackish water river estuary biotope tank

(China)


Angelfish



Malawi mbuna cichlids

(China)


Giant shovelnose catfish

(China)


Rainbowfish tank at the aquarium in Shanghai

(China)


Arapaima and a giant shovelnose catfish

(China)


Blue Gularis


Spiney suckermouth catfish (Pseudacanthicus leopardus)
Spiney suckermouth catfish (Pseudacanthicus leopardus)



Silver arowana in the Amazon walkway at the Shanghai aquarium

(China)


Rainbowfish from Australia and New Guinea

(China)


Gouramis

(China)


Arapaima in the Amazon flooded forest exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences



Fish



Pair of silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)

(China)


Ranbowfish


Pair of giant adult silver arowana

(China)


Adult Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus)

(China)


Sturgeon

(China)


Lake Malawi mbuna cichlid biotope tank

(China)


Asian Tank



Malawi cichlid tank at the Shanghai aquarium

(China)

South American Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)
South American Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)



Giant arapaima

(China)


White Cloud Mountain Minnow (Tanichtys albonubes)

(China)


Glass knifefish, catfish, and other fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon



Pumpkinseed perch



Giant catfish; snakehead; barbs; gourami in an Asian aquarium

(China)


Giant southeast Asian fish

(China)


Brackish water biotope tank with Archerfish and scats

(China)


Freshwater Stingray



Pair of Parachromis managuensis

(China)

Wild Danio (cyprind) fish in Laos
Wild Danio (cyprind) fish in Laos

(Laos)

Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrod)
Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrod)



Discus


Archerfish display tank

(China)


Flowerhorn cichlid

(China)


Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani



Southeast Asian biotope aquarium

(China)


Rainbow fish from Australia and New Guinea

(China)


Altum angelfish in an Amazon biotope aquarium



Congo Tetra



Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani



Fish



Glass knifefish in their natural habitat


Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)



Bottom-dwelling fish



Catfish



Tank modeled after Malawi cichlid biotope

(China)


Red-tailed catfish


Malawi mbuna cichlid aquarium

(China)


Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani



Blue Gularis



Lake Sentani Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat



Glass knifefish, catfish, and other fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon



Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon



Peakcock Bass



Desert Pupfish



Upside Down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris) in West African biotope tank



Archer fish (Toxotes sp.)

(China)


Southeast Asian biotope tank with red-tailed sharks (Labeo bicolor)

(China)


Odontobutis obscura

(China)


Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani


Paiche (Arapaima gigas)
Paiche (Arapaima gigas)


Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy)
Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy)



Catfish



Cardinal neons in an Amazon biotope tank



Banded loach

(China)


Adult Arapaima gigas at the aquarium in Shanghai

(China)


Lake Sentani Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat



Peakcock Bass



Halfbeak in Borneo



Halfbeaks in Borneo



Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani


Orinoco angelfish
Orinoco angelfish



Lake Sentani Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat


South American Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)
South American Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)



Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon



Halfbeaks in Borneo



Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani


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