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 with the source indicated.
Rabaut’s Cory — Corydoras rabauti
Rachov’s Nothobranch — Nothobranchius rachovii
Rachow’s Darter Tetra — Characidium rachovii
Railroad Valley Springfish — Crenichthys nevadae
Rainbow Bass — Parachromis dovii
Rainbow Characodon, Goodeid — Characodon lateralis
Rainbow Cichlid — Herotilapia multispinosa, multispinosus
Rainbow Copella — Copella vilmae
Rainbow Ctenopoma — Microctenopoma ansorgii
Rainbow Dace — Cyprinella lutrensis
Rainbow Garra — Garra flavatra
Rainbow Gourami — Trichogaster fasciata
Rainbow Gudgeon — Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis
Rainbow Happy — Sargochromis carlottae
Rainbow Krib — Pelvicachromis pulcher
Rainbow Nothobranch — Nothobranchius rachovii
Rainbow Shark, Sharkminnow — Epalzeorhynchos frenatum
Rainbow Shiner — Notropis chrosomus
Rainbow Snakehead — Channa bleheri
Rainbow Tetra — Nematobrycon lacortei
Rainbow Wolf Fish — Erythrinus erythrinus
Ram Cichlid — Microgeophagus ramirezi
Ramirezi, Ram Dwarf Cichlid — Microgeophagus ramirezi
Ramu Rainbowfish — Glossolepis ramuensis
Ranchu Goldfish — Carassius auratus var. Ranchu
Raphael Catfish — Platydoras costatus, armatulus
Rapids Cichlid — Steatocranus casuarius
Rare Bumblebee Goby — Brachygobius xanthozonus
Rathbun’s Bloodfin — Aphyocharax rathbuni
Real Palembang Pufferfish — Tetraodon palembangensis
Real Parrot Cichlid — Hoplarchus psittacus
Red Algae Eater — Crossocheilus langei
Red Aphyosemion — Callopanchax occidentalis
Red Arc Pencilfish — Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Red Arowana — Scleropages legendrei “Red”
Red Badis — Badis ruber
Red Band Puffer — Tetraodon erythrotaenia
Red Banded Longfin — Trigonectes rubromarginatus
Red Base Tetra — Hemigrammus stictus
Red Bay Snook — Petenia splendida
Red Bellied Copella — Copella compta
Red Bellied Pacu — Colossoma macropomum
Red Bellied Piranha — Pygocentrus nattereri
Red Belly Pacu — Pygocentrus nattereri
Red Black Vieja — Paraneetroplus maculicauda
Red Blotched River Stingray — Potamotrygon ocellata
Red Breast Acara — Laetacara dorsigera
Red Breast Cichlid — Amphilophus longimanus
Red Breasted Cichlid — Amphilophus longimanus
Red Breasted Flag Cichlid — Laetacara dorsigera
Red Breasted Piranha — Pygocentrus nattereri
Red Brown Congo Puffer — Tetraodon miurus
Red Cheek Chizamulu — Tropheops tropheops
Red Cherry Barb — Puntius titteya
Red Cherry Rasbora — Rasbora lacrimula
Red Chinned Panchax — Epiplatys dageti dageti
Red Chromide — Etroplus maculatus
Red Congo Tetra — Brycinus imberi
Red Cross Fish — Hyphessobrycon anisitsi
Red Crystal Tetra — Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi
Red Devil Cichlid — Amphilophus labiatus
Red Discus — Symphysodon discus discus
Red Dog Characin — Acestrorhynchus altus
Red Dorsal — Maylandia pyrsonotos
Red Dot Tetra — Hemigrammus guyanensis
Red Dwarf Rasbora — Microrasbora rubescens
Red Dwarf Whale Catfish — Denticetopsis seducta
Red Empress Cichlid — Protomelas taeniolatus
Red Eye Albino Angelfish — Pterophyllum scalare
Red Eye Dwarf Puffer — Carinotetraodon lorteti
Red Eye Puffer — Tetraodon leiurus
Red Eyed Tetra — Arnoldichthys spilopterus
Red Eyed Tetra — Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
Red Fighter — Betta rubra
Red Fighting Fish — Betta coccina
Red Fin Banded Pencilfish — Nannostomus erythrurus
Red Fin Dwarf Otocinclus, Pleco — Parotocinclus maculicauda
Red Fin Pickerel — Esox americanus americanus
Red Fin Royal Pleco — Panaque nigrolineatus “xingu”
Red Fin Shark — Epalzeorhynchos frenatus
Red Fin Thresher Pleco — Squaliforma emarginata
Red Fin Tiger Loach — Syncrossus berdmorei
Red Finned Cigar Shark — Leptobarbus hoevenii
Red Finned Cigar Shark — Leptobarbus rubripinna
Red Finned Gourami — Osphronemus laticlavius
Red Finned Loach — Yasuhikotakia lecontei
Red Finned Loach — Yasuhikotakia modesta
Red Finned Pike Cichlid — Crenicichla johanna
Red Finned Rainbowfish — Melanotaenia rubripinnis
Red Finned Shark — Epalzeorhynchos frenatus
Red Finned Shark Minnow — Epalzeorhynchos munense
Red Finned Tetra, Characin — Aphyocharax anisitsi
Red Flag Cichlid — Laetacara dorsigera
Red Flash — Aulonocara hansbaenschi
Red Flash Barb — Puntius denisonii
Red Forest Jewel — Hemichromis cerasogaster
Red Frame Tetra — Hyphessobrycon flammeus
Red Giant Danio — Devario browni
Red Gill Congo Tetra — Phenacogrammus major
Red Gourami — Trichogaster lalia
Red Headed Cichlid — Paraneetroplus synspilus
Red Honey Fire Gourami — Trichogaster chuna
Red Hook Silver Dollar — Myloplus rubripinnis
Red Humped Eartheater — Geophagus steindachneri
Red Jewel Cichlid — Hemichromis bimaculatus
Red Laetacara — Laetacara dorsigera
Red Lalia — Trichogaster lalia
Red Line Cobra Loach — Vaillantella maassi
Red Line Dwarf Rasbora — Microrasbora rubescens
Red Line Rasbora — Rasbora pauciperforata
Red Line Rasbora — Trigonopoma pauciperforatum
Red Line Tetra — Hyphessobrycon amapaensis
Red Line Torpedo Barb — Puntius denisonii
Red Lined Killifish — Aphyosemion striatum
Red Marble Log Sucker — Garra poecilura
Red Melon Dario — Dario hysginon
Red Micros — Boraras naevus
Red Mouth Headstander — Anostomus ternetzi
Red Neon Tetra — Paracheirodon axelrodi
Red Nose Tetra — Hemigrammus bleheri
Red Ocellated Barb — Puntius rhomboocellatus
Red Oscar — Astronotus ocellatus
Red Pacu — Piaractus brachypomus
Red Phantom Tetra — Hyphessobrycon sweglesi
Red Piranha — Pygocentrus nattereri
Red Port Acara — Cichlasoma portalegrense
Red Pristella — Hyphessobrycon axelrodi
Red Pseudonigricans — Lithochromis rufus
Red Rainbowfish — Glossolepis incisus
Red Ram — Microgeophagus altispinosus
Red Rasbora — Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Red Salmon Rainbowfish — Glossolepis incisus
Red Scissortail — Rasbora caudimaculata
Red Serpa — Hyphessobrycon eques
Red Shark — Epalzeorhynchos frenatus
Red Shiner — Cyprinella lutrensis
Red Shoulder Peacock — Aulonocara hansbaenschi
Red Shoulder Peacock — Aulonocara stuartgranti
Red Shoulder Severum — Heros sp. “Rotkeil”
Red Snake Head — Channa micropeltes
Red Southern Platyfish — Xiphophorus maculatus
Red Speck Cichlid — Vieja bifasciata
Red Spot Callochromis — Callochromis pleurospilus
Red Spot Silver Dollar — Metynnis luna
Red Spotted Characin — Copeina guttata
Red Spotted Cichlid — Vieja bifasciata
Red Spotted Goby — Rhinogobius rubromaculatus
Red Spotted Pyrrhulina — Pyrrhulina rachoviana
Red Streak Cichlid — Apistogramma hongsloi
Red Stripe Halfbeak — Hemirhamphodon kapuasensis
Red Stripe Rasbora — Rasbora pauciperforata
Red Striped Earth Eater — Geophagus surinamensis
Red Striped Killifish — Aphyosemion striatum
Red Striped Rainbowfish — Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata
Red Sumatran Fighter — Betta pulchra
Red Tail Banded Loach — Nemacheilus fasciatus
Red Tail Banded Rainbow — Melanotaenia trifasciata
Red Tail Barracuda — Acestrorhynchus falcatus
Red Tail Catfish — Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
Red Tail Mirror Blue Tetra — Hyphessobrycon columbianus
Red Tail Syno — Synodontis clarias
Red Tail Tetra — Aphyocharax dentatus
Red Tailed Black Shark — Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
Red Tailed Botia — Yasuhikotakia modesta
Red Tailed Catfish — Phractocephalus hemiliopterus
Red Tailed Goby — Sicyopus halei
Red Tailed Goodeid — Xenotoca eiseni
Red Tailed Hemiodopsis — Hemiodopsis microlepis
Red Tailed Labeo — Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
Red Tailed Rasbora — Rasbora borapetensis
Red Tailed Red Eye Dwarf Puffer — Carinotetraodon irrubesco
Red Tailed Shark — Epalzeorhynchos frenatus
Red Tailed Silverside — Bedotia geayi
Red Tailed Sternella Pleco — Pseudacanthicus leopardus
Red Tailed Striped Sand Loach — Aborichthys elongatus
Red Tailed Synodontis — Synodontis clarias
Red Tailed Tinfoil Barb — Barbonymus altus
Red Terror Cichlid — Cichlasoma festae
Red Tetra — Hyphessobrycon amandae
Red Throat Piranha — Serrasalmus sanchezi
Red Tiger Motaguense, Cichlid — Parachromis motaguensis
Red Tipped Bleeding Heart Tetra — Hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotos
Red Top Afra — Cynotilapia afra
Red Top Williamsi — Pseudotropheus williamsi
Red Torpedo Barb — Puntius denisonii
Red Tuxedo Platy — Xiphophorus maculatus
Red Wagtail Platy — Xiphophorus maculatus
Red Zebra — Maylandia estherae
Red Zebra Mbuna — Maylandia estherae
Redback Bleeding Heart Tetra — Hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotos
Redbellied Flag Cichlid — Laetacara thayeri
Redbelly Tilapia — Tilapia zillii
Redbreast Aequidens — Laetacara dorsigera
Redbreast Sunfish — Lepomis auritus
Redbreasted Cichlid — Thorichthys meeki
Redcap Oranda — Carassius auratus, Oranda, Red Cap
Reddish Log Sucker — Garra rufa
Redear Goodeid — Xenotoca eiseni
Redember Rasbora — Rasbora kalochroma
Redeye Barb — Cyclocheilichthys apogon
Redeye Piranha — Serrasalmus rhombeus
Redeye Tetra — Moenkhausia oligolepis
Redfin Butterfly Barb — Barbus candens
Redfin Glass Tetra — Prionobrama filigera
Redfin Longfin — Aphyolebias rubrocaudatus
Redfin Pickerel — Esox americanus americanus
Redfin Robber — Brycinus affinis
Redfinned Blue Eye — Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis
Redfinned Distichodus — Distichodus affinis
Redfinned Notho — Nothobranchius rubripinnis
Redflank Bloodfin — Aphyocharax rathbuni
Redgilled Violet Labeo — Labeo boga
Redhead Severum — Heros sp. “Rotkeil”
Redhook Myleus — Myloplus rubripinnis
Redish Dwarf Fighter — Betta rutilans
Redline Rivulus — Rivulus rubrolineatus
Redlipped Killi — Fundulopanchax rubrolabiale
Rednosed Tetra — Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Redside Barb — Puntius bimaculatus
Redspot Cichlid — Amphilophus calobrensis
Redspotted Freshwater Angelfish — Pterophyllum leopoldi
Redspotted Gularis — Fundulopanchax gularis
Redstripe Eartheater — Geophagus surinamensis
Redstripe Rasbora — Trigonopoma pauciperforatum
Redstriped Eartheater — Geophagus surinamensis
Redtail Botia — Yasuhikotakia modesta
Redtail Killi — Fundulopanchax ndianus
Redtail Notho — Nothobranchius guentheri
Redtail Shark, Sharkminnow — Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
Redtailed Squirrel Loach — Aborichthys elongatus
Reedfish — Erpetoichthys calabaricus
Regans Cichlid — Paraneetroplus regani
Regan’s Julie — Julidochromis regani
Regan’s Pike Cichlid — Crenicichla regani
Regular Fowerhorns — Cichlasoma hybr. “Flower Horn”
Relict Splitfin — Xenoophorus captivus
Reticulate Cory — Corydoras reticulatus
Reticulate Knifefish — Papyrocranus afer
Reticulate Loach — Botia almorhae
Reticulated Cory — Corydoras reticulatus
Reticulated Flying Fox — Crossocheilus reticulatus
Reticulated Hillstream Loach — Sewellia lineolata
Reticulated Puffer — Tetraodon duboisi
Reticulated Shovelnose — Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
Reticulatus Knifefish — Papyrocranus afer
Reynold’s Cory — Corydoras reynoldsi
Rhino Garra — Garra bicornuta
Rhino Pleco — Pterygoplichthys scrophus
Rhinofish — Barbus mariae
Rhomben, Rhombo Barb — Puntius rhomboocellatus
Rhombeus Piranha — Serrasalmus rhombeus
Ricardo — Synodontis ricardoae
Rice Swamp Eel — Monopterus albus
Riddlei — Hyphessobrycon axelrodi
Ring Tailed Pike Cichlid — Crenicichla saxatilis
Ringed Pipefish — Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus
Ringlet Pleco — Panaqolus maccus
Rio Aloyac Platy — Xiphophorus andersi
Rio Ecucu Killi — Chromaphyosemion ecucuense
Rio Grande Cichlid, Perch – Herichthys cyanoguttatus
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow — Hybognathus amarus
Rio Meta Pimelodid — Pimelodella metae
Rio Meta Tetra — Hyphessobrycon metae
Rio Negro Chocolate Cichlid — Hypselecara coryphaenoides
Rio Negro Dwarf Cichlid — Ivanacara adoketa
Rio Negro Lampeye — Fluviphylax obscurum
Rio Paraguay Tetra — Aphyocharax paraguayensis
Rio Pearlfish — Nematolebias whitei
Rio Salinas Cory — Corydoras habrosus
Rio Verde Catfish — Ictalurus mexicanus
Ripon Barbell — Barbus altianalis
Ripsaw Catfish — Oxydoras niger
River Barb — Barbus barbus
River Hatchetfish — Gasteropelecus sternicla
Roange Giant Sailfin Molly — Poecilia velifera
Roanoke Hog Sucker — Hypentelium roanokense
Robert’s Catfish — Synodontis robertsi
Robertsons Cichlid — Amphilophus robertsoni
Robust Cory — Corydoras robustus
Rock Catfish — Austroglanis sclateri
Rock Krib — Haplochromis sauvagei
Rocket Gar Characin — Ctenolucius hujeta
Rocket Killifish, Panchax — Pseudepiplatys annulatus
Rocket Pencilfish — Nannostomus eques
Rocky Kurper — Sandelia bainsii
Roloff’s Kribensis — Pelvicachromis roloffi
Roman’s Woodcat — Centromochlus romani
Rooster Catfish — Hemibagrus olyroides
Ropefish — Erpetoichthus calabaricus
Roraima Longfin — Moema portugali
Rose Line Shark — Puntius denisonii
Rose Danio — Danio roseus
Rosefin Barb — Barbus argenteus
Rosens Hybrid Platy — Xiphophorus roseni
Rosenstock’s Notho — Nothobranchius rosenstocki
Rostratus — Fossorochromis rostratus
Rosy Barb — Puntius conchonius
Rosy Bitterling — Rhodeus ocellatus
Rosy Cichlid — Cryptoheros panamensis
Rosy Curimata — Cyphocharax saladensis
Rosy Paradise Fish — Pseudosphromenus cupanus
Rosy Rainbowfish — Glossolepis multisquamata
Rosy Tetra — Hyphessobrycon bentosi rosaceus
Rosy Tetra — Hyphessobrycon rosaceus
Rotstrich Cichlid — Apistogramma hongsloi
Rough Fish — Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Round Goby — Neogobius melanostomus
Roundtail Paradisefish — Macropodus opercularis
Roundtooth Hap — Mylochromis sphaerodon
Royal Asian Knife Fish — Chitala blanci
Royal Blue Hap — Otopharynx heterodon
Royal Clown Loach — Leptobotia elongata
Royal Clown Loach — Leptobotia pellegrini
Royal Gold Banded Loach — Leptobotia guilinensis
Royal Knifefish — Chitala blanci
Royal Panaque, Pleco — Panaque nigrolineatus
Royal Pavon — Cichla temensis
Royal Tetra — Inpaichthys kerri
Royal Twig Catfish — Sturisoma panamense
Royal White Cloud — Tanichthys micagemmae
Rubber Pleco — Parancistrus aurantiacus
Rubberlip, Rubbernose Pleco — Chaetostoma milesi
Ruby Barb — Puntius nigrofasciatus
Ruby Clown Cichlid — Mikrogeophagus altispinosus
Ruby Red Diamond Piranha — Serrasalmus sanchezi
Ruby Red Pencilfish — Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Ruby Shark — Epalzeorhynchos frenatus
Ruby Tetra — Axelrodia riesei
Rummy Nose Tetra — Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Rummynose Rasbora — Sawbwa resplendens
Rummynose Tetra — Hemigrammus bleheri
Russian Bitterling — Acanthorhodeus asmussi
Russian Weather Loach — Misgurnus bipartitusis
Rusty Cichlid — Iodotropheus sprengerae
Rusty Cory — Corydoras rabauti
Rusty Frogmouth Catfish — Chaca bankanensis
Rusty Jelly Catfish — Cephalosilurus fowleri
Ryukin Goldfish — Carassius auratus var. Ryukin
