Amazon & South America
The Amazon basin and its sister rivers (Orinoco, Xingu, Tapajós) — home to tetras, cichlids, catfish, and many of the hobby's most iconic freshwater species.
10 species · plants
Other regions in The Americas
Amazon Frogbit
PlantLimnobium laevigatum
Fast-growing South American floater that gives surface-shy fish the shade they crave.
Duckweed
PlantLemna minor
The world's smallest flowering plant, and the fastest to take over your tank.
Dwarf Sagittaria
PlantSagittaria subulata
A beginner-friendly foreground grass that occasionally surprises you by shooting for the sky.
Dwarf Salvinia
PlantSalvinia minima
A fast-growing floating fern that shades out algae and softens any aquascape.
Floating Crystalwort
PlantRiccia fluitans
A floating liverwort that pearls with oxygen bubbles when truly happy.
Green Cabomba
PlantCabomba aquatica
Feathery South American stem plant that thrives in groups and rewards moderate light.
Red Root Floaters
PlantPhyllanthus fluitans
A fast-spreading floater with vivid red roots that shrimp absolutely love.
Staurogyne Repens
PlantStaurogyne repens
A compact, carpet-forming plant that stays tidy even in low-tech tanks.
Tape grass
PlantVallisneria spiralis
A fast-spreading, ribbon-leafed background plant that practically grows itself.
Water Sprite
PlantCeratopteris thalictroides
A fast-growing tropical fern that shades out algae and shelters shy fish.