Trade and Common Names of Aquarium Fishes, Common Name.
An attempt to figure out common fish names. If there are any changes or additions, please send them indicating the source.
Aba Aba — Gymnarchus niloticus
Aba Knife Fish — Gymnopterus niloticus
Abeni Puffer — Carinotetraodon travancoricus
Abe’s Puffer — Tetraodon abei
Ablabes Barb — Barbus ablabes
Abramite — Abramites hypselonotus
Acara Maroni — Cleithracara maronii
Achara Catfish — Leiarius marmoratus
Acipencer — Acipencer Ruthenus
Acre Cory — Corydoras acrensis
Adolfo’s Catfish, Cory — Corydoras adolfoi
Adonis Characin, Tetra — Lepidarchus adonis
Adonis Pleco — Acanthicus adonis
Adonis Tetra — Lepidarchus Adonis
Afra Cichlid — Cynotilapia afra
Afra Red Top — Cynotilapia afra
African Banded Barb — Barbus fasciolatus
African Banded Scat — Scatophagus tetracanthus
African Big Eye Catfish — Chrysichthys longipinnis
African Blackfin Barb — Barbus guirali
African Blind Barb Fish — Caecobarbus geertsii
African Blockhead Cichlid — Steatocranus casuarius
African Bonytongue — Heterotis niloticus
African Brass Tetra — Brycinus, Alestes humilis
African Broad Band Darter — Nannocharax parvus
African Brown Knife Fish — Xenomystus nigri
African Bullhead — Lophiobagrus cyclurus
African Bumblebee Catfish — Microsynodontis batesii
African Butter Catfish — Schilbe mystus
African Butterfly — Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
African Butterfly Barb — Barbus hulstaerti
African Butterfly Cichlid — Anomalochromis thomasi
African Butterfly Fish — Pantodon buchholzi
African Freshwater Pipe Fish — Enneacampus ansorgii
African Giraffe Bagrid — Auchenoglanis occidentalis
African Glass Catfish — Pareutropius buffei
African Glass Сatfish — Parailia pellucida
African Jewelfish — Hemichromis bimaculatus
African Knife Fish — Xenomystus nigri
African Lampeye — Aplocheilichthys spilauchen
African Leaffish — Polycentropsis abbreviata
African Leopard Puffer — Tetraodon schoutedeni
African Longfin Tetra — Brycinus longipinnis
African Lungfish — Protopterus annectens
African Moon Tetra — Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus
African Moony — Monodactylus sebae
African Mudskipper — Periophthalmus barbarus
African Orange Barb — Barbus fasciolatus
African Peacock Cichlid — Aulonocara nyassae
African Pike — Hepsetus odoe
African Pike Characin — Phago loricatus
African Pike Characoid — Hepsetus odoe
African Red Eyed Tetra, Characin — Arnoldichthys spilopterus, spilopterous
African Snakehead — Parrachanna africana
African Spiny Eel — Mastacembelus cryptacanthus
African Spot Scale Barb — Barbus holotaenia
African Suckermouth Catfish — Chiloglanis polypogon
African Tetra — Lepidarchus adonis
African Tiger Fish – Hydrocynus goliath
African Whiptail, Whiptailed Catfish — Phractura ansorgii
African Wood Catfish — Chrysichthys ornatus
Afrikansk Sommerfuglcichlide — Anomalochromis thomasi
Agassiz’s Dwarf Cichlid — Apistogramma agassizii
Agassiz’s Olive Glassfish — Ambassis agassizii
Agila Rivulus — Laimosemion agilae
Ahl’s Lyretail — Aphyosemion ahli
Ahl’s Rummy Nose Tetra — Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Aimara — Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
Ajamaru Lakes Rainbowfish — Melanotaenia ajamaruensis
Akar Betta — Betta akarensis
Akure Aphyosemion — Fundulopanchax gardneri
Alabama Hog Sucker — Hypentelium etowanum
Alabama Rainbow Shiner — Notropsis chrosomus
Albert’s Synodontis — Synodontis alberti
Albino Bichir — Polypterus senegalus albino
Albino Bristlenose Catfish — Ancistrus cirrhosus
Albino Convict — Amatitlania nigrofasciata
Albino Cory — Corydoras aeneus
Albino Driftwood Cat — Auchenipterus nuchalis
Albino Eureka Peacock — Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
Albino Fetivum — Mesonauta festivus
Albino Pristella — Pristella maxillaris
Albino Ram — Microgeophagus ramirezi
Albino Red Tailed Shark — Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
Albino Tiger Barb — Systomus tetrazona
Albino Veiltail — Ancistrus cirrhosus
Algae Eater — Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
Algae Eater, Siamese — Crossocheilus siamensis
Alligator Gar — Atractosteus spatula
Alligator Pleco — Pterygoplichthys scrophus
Alluaud — Clarias alluaudi
Alluaud’s Haplo — Astatoreochromis alluaudi
Almoloya Cichlid — Paraneetroplus regani
Almorha Loach — Botia almorhae
Altum Angelfish — Pterophyllum altum
Amanda Jane Cory — Corydoras amandajanea
Amapa State Cory — Corydoras amapaensis
Amapa Tetra — Hyphessobrycon amapaensis
Amatitlan Cichlid — Vieja guttulata
Amatola Barb — Barbus amatolicus
Amazon Cachorro — Acestrorhynchus falcirostris
Amazon Dwarf Cichlid — Apistogramma pertensis
Amazon Leaffish — Monocirrhus polyacanthus
Amazon Molly — Poecilia formosa
Amazon Puffer — Colomesus asellus
Amazon Sailfin Catfish — Pterygoplichthys pardalis
Amazon Whiptail — Farlowella amazonum
Amazonian Redtailed Catfish — Phractocephalus hemiliopterus
Amboina Cardinal Fish — Apogon amboinensis
American Eel — Anguilla rostrata
American Flagfish — Jordanella floridae
Amiets Lyretail Killi — Fundulopanchax amieti
Amur Catfish — Pelteobagrus fulvidraco
Anatolian Khramulya — Capoeta tinca
Anchor Catfish — Erethistes jerdoni
Anduzi’s Dwarf Pencilfish — Nannostomus anduzei
Angel Fish – Pterophyllum scalare
Angel Squeaker, Catfish — Synodontis angelicus
Angelicus — Synodontis angelicus
Angelicus Loach — Botia kubotai
Angelicus Pim — Pimelodus pictus
Angler Catfish — Chaca bankanensis
Angola Barb — Barbus fasciolatus
Angolan Walking Catfish — Clarias angolensis
Angora Loach — Nemacheilus angorae
Angostura Cichlid — Paraneetroplus breidohri
Annandale Garra — Garra annandalei
Anomalous Pencilfish — Nannostomus beckfordi
Anostomus — Anostomus anostomus
Ansorge’s Neolebias — Neolebias ansorgii
Antonio Cory — Corydoras stenocephalus
Apalachee Shiner — Pteronotropis grandipinnis
Apisto Blue Head — Apistogramma resticulosa
Apollo Shark — Luciosoma trinema
Apollo Shark, Sharkminnow — Luciosoma spilopleura
Appaluchion, Appaloosa Catfish — Pylodictis olivaris
Apure Jelly Catfish — Cephalosilurus apurensis
Arak Tooth Carp — Aphanius arakensis
Arapaima — Arapaima gigas
Arched Corydoras — Corydoras arcuatus
Archer Eelpout — Lycodes sagittarius
Archer eelpout — Lycodes sagittarius
Archer Fish — Toxotes jaculatrix
Arfak Rainbowfish — Melanotaenia arfakensis
Argenteus Sea Angel — Monodactylus argenteus
Argentine Bloodfin — Aphyocharax anisitsi
Argentine Humphead — Gymnogeophagus balzanii
Argentine Pearlfish — Austrolebias bellottii
Argus Fish — Scatophagus argus
Aripiranga Pencilfish — Nannostomus beckfordi
Armor Bill Tetra — Phago loricatus
Armor Plated Catfish — Hypostomus plecostomus
Armored Catfish — Brochis splendens
Armored Catfish — Callichthys callichthys
Armoured Asian Stickleback — Indostomus paradoxus
Armoured Bichir — Polypterus delhezi
Armoured Catfish — Callichthys callichthys
Armoured Hoplo Catfish — Megalechis picta
Armoured Stickleback — Indostomus paradoxus
Arnhem Land Blue Eye — Pseudomugil tenellus
Arnold’s Lyretail Killi — Fundulopanchax arnoldi
Arnold’s Tetra — Arnoldichthys spilopterus
Arowana — Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Arrow Cichlid — Amphilophus zaliosus
Arrow Loach — Nemacheilus masyai
Arrowhead Puffer — Tetraodon suvatii
Arroyo Cichlid — Theraps irregularis
Arulius Barb — Dawkinsia arulius
Asher Cory — Corydoras tukano
Asian Arowana — Scleropages formosus
Asian Banjo Catfish — Acrochordonichthys rugosus
Asian Bonytongue Arowana — Scleropages formosus
Asian Bumblebee Catfish — Leiocassis siamensis
Asian Bumblebee Catfish — Pseudomystus siamensis
Asian Cardinal Rasbora — Microrasbora rubescens
Asian Cory — Rama chandramara
Asian Dragon Goby — Pseudapocryptes elongatus
Asian Fighting Catfish — Olyra longicaudata
Asian Freshwater Sole — Brachirus (Euryglossa) panoides
Asian Glass Catfish — Kryptopterus minor
Asian Knife Fish — Notopterus notopterus
Asian Leaf Catfish — Silurichthys indragiriensis
Asian Mini Bee Catfish — Pseudolaguvia shawi
Asian Redtail, Redtailed Catfish — Hemibagrus wyckioides
Asian River Catfish — Hemibagrus nemurus
Asian Rummynose — Sawbwa resplendens
Asian Stinging Catfish — Heteropneustes fossilis
Asian Stone Catfish — Erethistes jerdoni
Asian Stream Catfish — Akysis longifilis
Asian Striped Catfish — Mystus vittatus
Asian Sucker — Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Asian Upside Down Catfish — Mystus leucophasis
Asiatic Knife Fish — Notopterus notopterus
Asoka Barb — Puntius asoka
Assamese Kingfish — Cyprinion semiplotum
Assamese Snakehead — Channa stewartii
Atlantic Mudskipper — Periophthalmus barbarus
Atlantic Sturgeon — Acipenser sturio
Aulonocara Benga — Aulonocara baenschi
Aulonocara Blue Gold — Aulonocara korneliae
Aulonocara Chizumulu — Aulonocara korneliae
Aulonocara Eureka Red Albino — Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
Aulonocara Fort Maguire — Aulonocara hansbaenschi
Auratus Cichlid — Melanochromis auratus
Aurora Cichlid — Maylandia aurora
Australia Rainbow — Melanotaenia australis
Australian Bass — Macquaria novemaculeata
Australian Bonytongue — Scleropages jardinii
Australian Carp Gudgeon — Hypseleotris compressa
Australian Lungfish — Neoceratodus forsteri
Australian Pearl Arowana — Scleropages jardini
Australian Rainbowfish — Melanotaenia fluviatilis
Australian Shark Catfish — Arius graeffei
Australian Spotted Arowana — Scleropages leichardti
Australian Spotted Gudgeon — Mogurnda mogurnda
Australian Swamp Eel — Ophisternon gutturale
Avocado Puffer — Auriglobus modestus
Axelrod’s Corydoras — Corydoras axelrodi
Axelrod’s Rainbowfish — Chilatherina axelrodi
Axelrod’s Rasbora — Sundadanio axelrodi
Aztec Cichlid — Parachromis managuensis
Azure Dwarf Cichlid — Apistogramma panduro
Azureus Cichlid — Copadichromis azureus
Azzura Pleco — Megalancistrus barrae
