Aquarium Fish Chart

By Matt Baker email   Updated 15 Dec 2011

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)



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