THE FRESHWATER FIELD GUIDE
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Fish · beginner
Borneo betta
Betta taeniata
- Size
- 8.00 cm
- Temp
- 23.0–27.2°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.8
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · expert
Brilliant rummy-nose tetra
Hemigrammus bleheri
- Size
- 5.08 cm
- Temp
- 22.2–29.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- From
- Amazon Basin
Fish · beginner
Bristlenose pleco
Ancistrus cirrhosus
- Size
- 15.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–27.0°C
- pH
- 5.8–7.5
- From
- Amazon River Basin
Fish · beginner
Bronze corydoras
Corydoras aeneus
- Size
- 10.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–26.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- Rio de la Plata Basin
Fish · beginner
Brunei beauty
Betta macrostoma
- Size
- 13.00 cm
- Temp
- 20.0–30.0°C
- pH
- 4.0–7.0
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · intermediate
Butterfly goodeid
Ameca splendens
- Size
- 8.89 cm
- Temp
- 21.1–25.6°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- Mexico
Fish · intermediate
Calvus
Altolamprologus calvus
- Size
- 15.00 cm
- Temp
- 23.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 7.5–9.0
- From
- Lake Tanganyika
Fish · beginner
Cardinal tetra
Paracheirodon axelrodi
- Size
- 3.80 cm
- Temp
- 22.7–27.8°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.0
- From
- Amazon Basin
Fish · beginner
Celebes rainbowfish
Marosatherina ladigesi
- Size
- 8.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 7.0–8.0
- From
- Bantimurung area, south Sulawesi, Indonesia
Fish · beginner
Celestial pearl danio
Danio margaritatus
- Size
- 3.50 cm
- Temp
- 18.0–26.1°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.8
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · intermediate
Checkerboard cichlid
Dicrossus filamentosus
- Size
- 10.00 cm
- Temp
- 24.4–30.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- From
- Amazon Basin
Fish · beginner
Cherry barb
Puntius titteya
- Size
- 6.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- South Asia
Fish · intermediate
Chili rasbora
Boraras brigittae
- Size
- 2.00 cm
- Temp
- 20.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 4.0–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · advanced
Chocolate gourami
Sphaerichthys osphromenoides
- Size
- 10.00 cm
- Temp
- 24.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · intermediate
Chocolate pencilfish
Nannostomus eques
- Size
- 6.00 cm
- Temp
- 17.8–28.0°C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- From
- Amazon River basin
Fish · beginner
Cinnamon rasbora
Trigonopoma pauciperforatum
- Size
- 6.00 cm
- Temp
- 20.0–28.9°C
- pH
- 5.0–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · intermediate
Clown killifish
Epiplatys annulatus
- Size
- 3.81 cm
- Temp
- 19.4–26.7°C
- pH
- 4.0–7.0
- From
- West Africa
Fish · intermediate
Clown loach
Chromobotia macracanthus
- Size
- 45.00 cm
- Temp
- 25.0–30.0°C
- pH
- 5.0–8.0
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · beginner
Clown pleco
Panaqolus maccus
- Size
- 30.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- From
- Venezuela and Colombia
Fish · beginner
Clown rasbora
Rasbora kalochroma
- Size
- 10.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 5.0–7.5
- From
- Southeast Asia
Fish · intermediate
Cochu's blue tetra
Boehlkea fredcochui
- Size
- 6.40 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–27.7°C
- pH
- 5.5–8.0
- From
- Amazon Basin
Fish · intermediate
Cockatoo dwarf cichlid
Apistogramma cacatuoides
- Size
- 9.00 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–30.0°C
- pH
- 5.0–7.0
- From
- Amazon Basin
Fish · beginner
Colombian tetra
Hyphessobrycon columbianus
- Size
- 8.89 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 6.0–7.5
- From
- Colombia
Fish · beginner
Common hatchetfish
Gasteropelecus sternicla
- Size
- 8.30 cm
- Temp
- 22.0–28.0°C
- pH
- 4.0–7.5
- From
- Amazon Basin