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

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Freshwater Stingray Catfish Barbs in their natural habitat Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) Glass knifefish, catfish, and other fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Arowana in the Amazon flooded forest exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences Black loricarid pleco with blue-green spots (China) Bottom-dwelling fish Gourami aquarium in Shanghai (China) Red-bellied piranha Wild Danio (cyprind) fish in Laos (Laos) Borneo barbs Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Congo Tetras and other African characins Rainbow fish tank (China) Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani Glass knifefish in their natural habitat Upside Down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris) in West African biotope aquarium Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrod) Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani Altum angelfish in an Amazon biotope tank Arapaima gigas at the Shanghai aquarium (China) Fish in Borneo Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) Red Rainbowfish biotope Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Barbs in their natural habitat Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Glass knifefish, catfish, and other fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Blue Gularis Archer fish (Toxotes jaculatrix) in a biotope aquarium (China) Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrod) Halfbeak in Borneo Red-bellied piranha Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) Fish Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani Catfish Dwarf ram tank (China) South American Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus) Cichlid in the wild Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Blue Gularis Green Terror; a South American cichlid (China) Altum Angelfish (Pterophyllum altum) Cichlid in the wild Rainbow fish aquarium (China) Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) (China) Catfish Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Red-tailed catfish Paiche (Arapaima gigas) Red rainbowfish (China) Halfbeaks in Borneo Fish gasping for air at the surface of a pond in the Amazon Managuense cichlid (China) Borneo barbs Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) Aequidens rivulatus (China) Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrod) Black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) (China) Cardinal tetra tank in the Amazon flooded forest exhibit Fish Red-tailed catfish Several black ghost knifefish at the Shanghai Aquarium (China) Lake Sentani Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat Bottom-dwelling fish Catfish Red-tailed catfish Peakcock Bass freshwater fish: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3