Asia
The rivers and rice paddies of Southeast and South Asia give us rasboras, barbs, gouramis, danios, loaches, and a whole world of community fish.
683 species · freshwater
Sub-regions
Giant Gourami
FishOsphronemus goramy
A fish that recognizes its owner and outlives most pets in your house.
Giant Gourami
FishTrichogaster fasciata
A peaceful, rarely seen gourami that's actually worth hunting down.
Giant red tail gourami
FishOsphronemus laticlavius
A rare Bornean giant with vivid red-edged fins and genuine personality.
Giant Sword Minnow
FishMacrochirichthys macrochirus
A river giant with an upturned jaw and swordlike pectoral fins rarely seen in home tanks.
Giraffe Danio
FishDevario sp. "Giraffe"
A giraffe-patterned danionin built for roomy, lively community tanks.
Glass-barb
FishPuntius guganio
A peaceful, schooling barb from South Asia that science hasn't fully figured out yet.
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus bicirrhis
The living ghost: almost entirely see-through and best kept in a school.
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus geminus
A ghostly schooling catfish that drifts through the water column like smoke
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus limpok
A schooling glass catfish cousin rarely seen outside its native rivers
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus vitreolus
The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight
Glassfish
FishParambassis siamensis
A transparent Southeast Asian schooler that hides in plain sight.
Glowlight Rasbora
FishTrigonopoma pauciperforatum
A slender, stripe-bearing rasbora that thrives in soft, tea-colored forest water.
Glowlight Rasbora
FishTrigonostigma hengeli
A tiny, soft-water schooler with a vivid orange-edged lambchop mark.
Gold Barb
FishBarbodes semifasciolatus
The golden form that fooled generations of fishkeepers into thinking it was the real thing.
Goldenbanded Goby
FishBrachygobius aggregatus
A tiny bumblebee goby that thrives from freshwater streams to brackish estuaries.
Golden Chinese Loach
FishSinibotia robusta
A stocky, sociable Chinese loach that rewards patient keepers with fascinating group dynamics.
Golden Cobra Snakehead
FishChanna aurantimaculata
Bold orange-blotched predator that keeps you guessing, even with tankmates it knows well.
Golden Dwarf Barb
FishPethia gelius
A tiny, peaceable barb that shows its best colors in a tight-knit group.
Golden Kuhli Loach
FishPangio doriae
A worm-like peat swamp loach that loves to pile into hiding spots with its companions.
Golden Snakehead
FishChanna stewartii
A hardy Himalayan predator that breathes air and tolerates a range of conditions.
Golden Wonder Killifish
FishAplocheilus lineatus
A surface-lurking predator that will clear the tank if given the chance to jump.
Golden Zebra Loach
FishSinibotia pulchra
A sociable, sinuous loach that needs its own kind to truly thrive.
Goldfinned Barb
FishPuntius sachsii
A feisty little schooling barb that keeps tanks lively. And fins on their toes.
Goldfin Tinfoil Barb
FishHypsibarbus malcolmi
A big, bold barb with golden fins that needs room to roam.
Goldfish
FishCarassius auratus
The streamlined single-tail original. Hardy, fast, and pond-tough.
Goldfish
FishCarassius auratus auratus
The fish that started it all. Centuries of selective breeding in one bowl-worthy package.
Goldstriped flying fox
FishCrossocheilus cobitis
A bottom-dwelling algae eater from Southeast Asia's great river systems.
Gongota Loach
FishCanthophrys gongota
A rarely traded loach from Himalayan foothills that rewards patient, specialist keepers.
Gray's Stone Loach
FishBalitora brucei
A flattened hill-stream grazer that thrives where the current runs wild.
Greater Scissortail
FishRasbora caudimaculata
A large, long-lived rasbora with a restless tail and real presence in a big tank.
Greattooth Sawfish
FishPristis microdon
An ancient, river-roaming giant whose rostrum is both weapon and legend.
Green Neon Rasbora
FishMicrodevario kubotai
A tiny Thai schooler that glows neon green in a well-planted tank.
Green Panchax
FishAplocheilus blockii
A surface-dwelling predator from India's rice fields and mangrove edges.
Green Riffle Goby
FishStiphodon elegans
A jewel-toned goby built for fast, crystal-clear rainforest streams.
Greenthroat Betta
FishBetta chloropharynx
A tiny wild betta from blackwater leaf litter pools, with a throat like no other.
Grey Featherback
FishNotopterus notopterus
A nocturnal predator that outgrows most home aquariums faster than expected.