THE FRESHWATER FIELD GUIDE
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Fish · beginner
Peppered corydoras
Corydoras paleatus
- Size
- 7.62 cm
- Temp
- 15.6–26.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–8.5
- From
- Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay
Fish · intermediate
Phoenix rasbora
Boraras merah
- Size
- 5.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–8.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish
Pictus catfish
Pimelodus pictus
Fish · intermediate
Pink-tailed chalceus
Chalceus macrolepidotus
- Size
- 10.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish
Polka-dot loach
Botia kubotai
- Size
- 15.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–7.5
- From
- N/A
Fish · beginner
Pretty betta
Betta pulchra
- Size
- 7.62 cm
- Temp
- 24.0–30.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · beginner
Pretty tetra
Hemigrammus pulcher
- Size
- 5.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–27.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- From
- Peru
Fish · beginner
Princess of Burundi
Neolamprologus brichardi
- Size
- 12.70 cm
- Temp
- 24.4–27.8°C
- pH
- 7.5–9.2
- From
- Lake Tanganyika
Fish · beginner
Pygmy corydoras
Corydoras pygmaeus
- Size
- 4.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- Amazon Basin
Fish · intermediate
Rabauti's corydoras
Corydoras rabauti
- Size
- 7.00 cm
- Temp
- 20.0–29.4°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- From
- Amazon River Basin
Fish · beginner
Rachov's killifish
Nothobranchius rachovii
- Size
- 4.50 cm
- Temp
- 20.0–22.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.0
- From
- Mozambique
Fish · intermediate
Rainbow shark
Epalzeorhynchos frenatum
- Size
- 23.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.5–8.0
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · beginner
Rathbun's bloodfin
Aphyocharax rathbuni
- Size
- 5.50 cm
- Temp
- 18.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- Rio Paraguay
Fish · beginner
Red-eye tetra
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
- Size
- 4.10 cm
- Temp
- 24.0–27.0°C
- pH
- 6.8–7.8
- From
- Amazon Basin
Fish · intermediate
Red pair-spawning betta
Betta rutilans
- Size
- 15.00 cm
- Temp
- 24.0–30.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · beginner
Red phantom tetra
Hyphessobrycon sweglesi
- Size
- 4.50 cm
- Temp
- 20.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- From
- Orinoco River Basin
Fish · beginner
Red rainbowfish
Glossolepis incisus
- Size
- 15.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- New Guinea
Fish · intermediate
Red-tailed black shark
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
- Size
- 15.20 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–27.0°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · beginner
Redtail splitfin
Xenotoca eiseni
- Size
- 7.50 cm
- Temp
- 15.0–27.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- Mexico
Fish · intermediate
Red zebra cichlid
Maylandia estherae
- Size
- 15.00 cm
- Temp
- 24.0–28.9°C
- pH
- 7.5–8.6
- From
- Lake Malawi
Fish · intermediate
Reedfish
Erpetoichthys calabaricus
- Size
- 60.96 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.2–7.8
- From
- West and Central Africa
Fish · intermediate
Reticulated hillstream loach
Sewellia lineolata
- Size
- 11.00 cm
- Temp
- 20.0–26.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–7.8
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · beginner
Ringlet danio
Danio tinwini
- Size
- 5.00 cm
- Temp
- 18.0–26.0°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · beginner
Rosy barb
Pethia conchonius
- Size
- 15.00 cm
- Temp
- 18.0–27.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- South Asia