Aquarium Fish Chart

By Matt Baker email   Updated 8 Jan 2013

All aquarium fish belong to the Eukaryote Domain, Animalia Kingdom, Chordata Phylum, Vertebrata Subphylum, Osteichthyes Superclass (bony fish), and Actinopterygii Class (ray-finned fish). From there, this aquarium fish chart breaks it down further:

OSTARIOPHYSI SUPERORDER:


Cypriniformes Order (Carps)


Cyprinid Family



Tiger Barb
BARBS
Europe, Asia
e.g. - Tiger Barb
(Puntius tetrazona)		 Zebra Danio
DANIOS
Asia
e.g. - Zebra Danio
(Danio rerio)
Harlequin Rasbora
RASBORAS
Asia
e.g. - Harlequin Rasbora
(Trigonostigma heteromorpha)		 White Cloud Mountain Minnow
MINNOWS
Asia
e.g. - White Cloud Mountain Minnow
(Tanichthys albonubes)
Bala Shark
'SHARKS'
Asia
e.g. - Bala Shark
(Balantiocheilos melanopterus)		 Goldfish
GOLDFISH
Asia
e.g. - Goldfish
(Carassius auratus)

Cobitid Family



Kuhli Loach   Clown Loach
LOACHES
Europe, Asia, Africa
e.g. - Kuhli Loach (left) & Clown Loach (right)
(Pangio kuhlii & Chromobotia macracanthus)


Characiformes Order (Tetras & Relatives)


Characid Family



Neon Tetra
TETRAS
Americas, Africa
e.g. - Neon Tetra
(Paracheirodon innesi)		 Pacu
PACUS
Americas
e.g. - Black Pacu
(Colossoma macropomum)

Gasteropelecid Family



Common Hatchetfish
HATCHETFISH
Americas
e.g. - Common Hatchetfish
(Gasteropelecus sternicla)

Lebiasinid Family



Pencil Fish
PENCIL FISH
Americas
e.g. - Three-lined Pencil Fish
(Nannostomus trifasciatus)


Siluriformes Order (Catfish)


many different families



Corydoras Catfish   Corydoras Catfish
CATFISH
Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania
e.g. - Bristlenose Pleco (left) & Peppered Cory (right)
(Ancistrus cirrhosus & Corydoras paleatus)

ACANTHOPTERYGII SUPERORDER:


Cyprinodontiformes Order (Toothed Carps)


Poeciliid Family (Livebearers)



Platy
PLATIES
Americas
e.g. - Common Platy
(Xiphophorus maculatus)		 Green Swordtail
SWORDTAILS
Americas
e.g. - Green Swordtail
(Xiphophorus hellerii)
Guppy
GUPPIES
Americas
e.g. - Guppy
(Poecilia reticulata)		 Black Molly
MOLLIES
Americas
e.g. - Black Molly
(Poecilia sphenops)

several families



Angelfish
KILLIFISH
Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia
e.g. - Blue Lyretail
(Fundulopanchax gardneri)




Perciformes Order (Perches)


Osphronemid Family


(part of the Anabantoid Suborder, aka labyrinth fish)

Dwarf Gourami
GOURAMIS
Asia
e.g. - Dwarf Gourami
(Colisa lalia)		 Siamese Fighting Fish
BETTAS
Asia
e.g. - Siamese Fighting Fish
(Betta splendens)

Cichlid Family



Angelfish   Oscar fish
CICHLIDS
Americas, Africa
e.g. - Angelfish (left) & Oscar (right)
(Pterophyllum scalare & Astronotus ocellatus)




Atheriniformes Order (Rainbowfish)


Melanotaeniid Family



Rainbowfish
RAINBOWFISH
Oceania
e.g. - Boeseman's rainbowfish
(Melanotaenia boesemani)