Freshwater ornamental fish
Freshwater ornamental fish is a traditional generic term for fish that live in freshwater and are kept by enthusiasts in aquariums .
Both the organized aquarium fish keepers and the scientific community are of the opinion that the term expresses an outdated evaluation of animals and that it should no longer be used. Freshwater fish species that are kept in aquariums or ponds therefore call them aquarium fish or pond fish . The umbrella term includes natural species taken and bred from nature as well as cultivated forms and domestic animal breeds, which are also found in freshwater fish.
Freshwater fish in the aquarium hobby
The aquarium maintenance of freshwater fish and their offspring is differently difficult depending on the species and, depending on the respective necessary living conditions of the species concerned, makes a wide variety of demands on the size of the aquarium, the plant population and the chemical composition of the water . In any case, basic, and sometimes very special, knowledge about the life expressions and living conditions of the fish is required. In the Federal Republic of Germany, aquarium maintenance of freshwater fish is a very common form of private animal keeping and an economic factor that can hardly be overestimated. There are one or more aquariums in around ten million households. Around 50,000 aquarium owners are members of aquarium associations, around 15,000 members of organizations specializing in certain freshwater fish families.
The export of freshwater ornamental fish is an important economic factor for many countries in which particularly popular aquarium fish are native . Wild-caught fish have a fixed but declining share in this market. In contrast, aquarium fish farming is a growth market in South and especially Southeast Asia as well as in some Eastern European countries. According to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) , the market value of the aquarium fish traded worldwide each year is over three billion US dollars. Thailand alone exports home-grown aquarium fish for over 50 million US dollars a year.
List of trade-relevant species according to the certificate of competence in freshwater aquaristics, seawater aquaristics and terraristics from the Association of German Societies for Aquarium and Terrarium Studies and the German Society for Herpetology and Terrarium Studies :
Tetras (Characiformes)
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African tetras (Alestidae)
- African large scale tetra ( Arnoldichthys spilopterus )
- Longfin tetra ( Brycinus longipinnis )
- Congo tetra ( Phenacogrammus interruptus )
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True tetras (Characidae)
- Redfin tetra ( Aphyocharax anisitsi )
- Black tetra ( Gymnocorymbus ternetzi )
- Copper tetra ( Hasemania nana )
- Rautenflecksalmler ( Hemigrammus caudovittatus )
- Light tetra ( Hemigrammus erythrozonus )
- Lantern bearer ( Hemigrammus ocellifer )
- Karfunkelsalmler ( Hemigrammus pulcher )
- Red mouth tetra ( Hemigrammus rhodostomus )
- Common tetra ( Hyphessobrycon bentosi )
- Blood tetra ( Hyphessobrycon eques )
- Kirschflecksalmler ( Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma )
- Red from Rio ( Hyphessobrycon flammeus )
- Black neon ( Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi )
- Black phantom tetra ( Hyphessobrycon megalopterus )
- Lemon Tetra ( Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis )
- Red phantom tetra ( Hyphessobrycon sweglesi )
- Royal Tetra ( Inpaichthys kerri )
- Diamond Tetra ( Moenkhausia pittieri )
- Roach Moenkhausia ( Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae )
- Emperor tetra ( Nematobrycon palmeri )
- Red neon ( Paracheirodon axelrodi )
- Neon tetra ( Paracheirodon innesi )
- Rummy ( Petit georgiae )
- Pristella maxillaris ( Pristella maxillary )
- Inclined swimmer ( Thayeria boehlkei )
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Hatchet tetra (Gasteropelicidae)
- Marbled hatchetfish ( Carnegiella strigata )
- Spotted silver hatchet ( Gasteropelecus maculatus )
- Platinum hatchet ( Thoracocharax securis )
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Slender tetra (Lebiasinidae)
- Black tetra ( Nannostomus eques )
- Ribbon tetra ( Nannostomus beckfordi )
- Dwarf tetra ( Nannostomus marginatus )
Carp-like (Cypriniformes)
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Loach (Cobitiae)
- Horsehead Loaches ( Acantopsis )
- Loach ( Chromobotia macracanthus )
- Thorn Eyes ( Pangio )
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Algae eater (Gyrinocheilidae)
- Siamese loach ( Gyrinocheilus aymonieri )
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Carp fish (Cyprinidae)
- Shark teal ( Balantiocheilos melanopterus )
- Malabar fish ( Devario aequipinnatus )
- Pearl Danio ( Danio albolieatus )
- Zebrafish and Leopardbärbling ( Danio rerio )
- Fire tail ( Epalzeorhynchus bicolor )
- Green fringed slipper ( Epalzeorhynchos frenatus )
- Beautiful-finned algae ( Epalzeorhynchus kalopterus )
- Barbel ( puntius conchonius )
- Purple-headed barb ( Puntius nigrofasciatus )
- Brass barb and brocade barb ( Puntius semifasciolatus )
- Tiger barb ( Puntius cf. tetrazona )
- Ruby barbel ( Puntius ticto )
- Bitterling barb ( puntius titteya )
- Harlequin harlequin ( Rasbora heteromorpha )
- Cardinal fish ( Tanichthys albonubes )
Catfish (Siluriformes)
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Cross catfish (Ariidae)
- West American catfish (also "mini shark") ( Sciades seemanni )
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Frying pan catfish (Aspredinidae)
- Two-colored pan catfish ( Dysichthys bicolor )
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Armored and calloused catfish (Callichthyidae)
- Calluses Wels ( Callichthys Callichthys )
- Metal armored catfish ( Corydoras aeneus )
- Marbled armored catfish ( Corydoras paleatus )
- Three-banded armored catfish ( Corydoras trilineatus )
- Painted armored catfish ( Megalechis thoracata )
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Armored catfish (Loricariidae)
- Antennae armor catfish ( Ancistrus sp.)
- Needle catfish ( Farlowella acus )
- Honeycomb shield catfish ( Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps )
- Spotted catfish ( Hypostomus punctatus )
- Small suckling catfish ( Macrotocinclus affinis )
- Black line catfish ( Panaque nigrolineatus )
- Banded catfish ( Peckoltia vittata )
- Lanz catfish ( Rineloricaria lanceolata )
- Golden Beard Catfish ( Sturisoma aureum )
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Whiskered catfish (Mochokidae)
- Back swimming Congo Catfish ( Synodontis nigriventris )
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Shark catfish (Pangasiidae)
- Shark Wels ( Pangasianodon hypophthalmus )
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Antennae (Pimelodidae)
- Angel antenna catfish ( Pimelodus pictus )
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Real catfish (Siluridae)
- Indian glass catfish ( Kryptopterus bicirrhis )
Earfish (Atheriniformes)
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Rainbow fish (Melanotaeniidae)
- Salmon red rainbow fish ( Glossolepis incisus )
- Harlequin rainbow fish ( Melanotaenia boesemani )
- Diamond rainbow fish ( Malanotaenia praecox )
- Filigree rainbow fish ( Iriatherina werneri )
Toothpies (Cyprinodontiformes)
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Egg-laying toothcarps (Cyprinodontidae), also called killifish
- Cape Lopez ( Aphyosemion australe )
- Magnificent blue carp ( Aphyosemion gardneri )
- Striped pike ( Aplocheilus lineatus )
- Banded pike ( Epiplatys sexfasciatus )
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Viviparous toothcarps (Poeciliidae)
- Guppy ( Poecilia reticulata )
- Black-mouthed Parrot ( Poecilia sphenops )
- Sailfish ( Poecilia velifera )
- Swordtail ( Xiphophorus hellerii )
- Platy ( Xiphophorus maculatus )
- Parrot Parrot ( Xiphophorus variatus )
Perch-like (Perciformes)
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Labyrinth fish (Anabantoidei)
- Siamese fighting fish ( Betta splendens )
- Honey gourami ( Colisa chuna )
- Thick-lipped threadfish ( Colisa labiosus )
- Dwarf gourami ( Colisa lalia )
- Macropod ( Macropodus opercularis )
- Mosaic Gourami ( Trichogaster leerii )
- Spotted threadfish ( Trichogaster trichopterus )
- Kissing Gurami ( Helostoma temminckii )
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Cichlids (Cichlidae)
- America
- Blue spotted cichlid ( Andinoacara pulcher )
- Zebra cichlid ( Amatitlania nigrofasciatus )
- Agassiz's dwarf cichlid ( Apistogramma agassizii )
- Borellis dwarf cichlid ( Apistogramma borellii )
- Cockatoo dwarf cichlid ( Apistogramma cacatuoides )
- Villavicencio dwarf cichlid ( Apistogramma macmasteri )
- Fork-tailed checkerboard cichlid ( Dicrossus filamentosus )
- Turquoise blue spotted cichlid ( Laetacara curviceps )
- Red spotted cichlid , red breast spotted cichlid ( Leatacara dorsigera )
- Shiny dwarf cichlid ( Nannacara anomala )
- Angelfish ( Pterophyllum scalare )
- Common discus cichlid ( Symphysodon discus )
- Fire mouth cichlid ( Thorichthys meeki )
- West Africa
- Red cichlid ( Hemichromis letourneuxi )
- Purple perch ( Pelvicachromis pulcher )
- Emerald sea perch ( Pelvicachromis taeniatus )
- Humpback cichlid ( Steatocranus casuarius )
- East Africa (Lake Tanganyika)
- Tanganyika bump head ( Cyphotilapia frontosa )
- Dickfeld's slim cichlid ( Julidochromis dickfeldi )
- Checkerboard slender cichlid ( Julidochromis marlieri )
- Yellow slender cichlid ( Julidochromis ornatus )
- Four-striped slender cichlid ( Julidochromis regani )
- Black and white slender cichlid ( Julidochromis transcriptus )
- Tanganyika snailfish ( Lamprologus ocellatus )
- Fairy cichlid (also "Princess of Burundi"), ( Neolamprologus brichardi )
- Brabant cichlid ( Tropheus moorii )
- White-point Brabant cichlid ( Tropheus duboisi )
- East Africa (Lake Malawi)
- Fairy cichlid ( Aulonocara jacobfreibergi )
- Emperor Cichlid ( Aulonocara nyassae )
- Turquoise goldfish ( Melanochromis auratus )
- Maylandia estherae
- America
Different orders and families
- Golden ringed gobies ( Brachygobius ssp.)
- Goldfish ( Carassius gibelio forma auratus )
- Indian glass perch ( Pseudambassis ranga )
- Koi ( Cyprinus carpio )
- Elephantnose fish ( Gnathonemus petersii )
- Moderlieschen ( Leucaspius delineatus )
- Golden orfe ( Leuciscus idus )
- Green puffer fish ( Tetraodon nigroviridis )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of competence in freshwater aquaristics, saltwater aquaristics, terraristics from VeDA & DGHT, Part I, pages 7–16. Edition 2000.