Quick “at a glance” statistics for many of the most commonly kept aquarium fish.
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Common name
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Scientific name
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Adolph’s Cory
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Adonis – L155 Pleco
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African Clawed Frog
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African Dwarf Frog
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Ajolote, Axolotl, Mexican Salamander, Mudpuppy
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Amano Shrimp
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American Flag Fish
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Anableps anableps, four eye fish
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Anchor Catfish, Asian Moth Catfish, Asian Stone Cat, Mini Moth Catfish
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Angelfish
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Anostomus
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Apple Snail
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Archer Fish
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Arowana
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Asian Rummynose
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Arulius Barb
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Auratus
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Axelrodi Rainbow
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Badis Badis
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Bala Shark
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Banded Gourami
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Banded Leporinus
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Betta
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Big-nosed Upside Down Catfish, Bugeye Squeaker, Bug Eyed Squeaker
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Black Crappie
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Black Ghost
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Black Neon
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Bleeding Heart
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Blue Acara
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Blue Green lampeye, Bluegreen lampeye
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Blue Loach
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Boesemani Rainbowfish
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Bristlenose Pleco
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Brochis Cory Cat, Hognosed brochis
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Bronze Catfish
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Bumble bee goby
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Burmese Border Loach
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Butterfly Fish
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Cardinal Tetra
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Celebese Rainbow
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Channel Catfish
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Cheni Loach
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Cherry Red shrimp
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Chinese Algae Eater
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Clown Loach
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Clown-Knife Fish
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Clown Pleco
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Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid
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Columbian Shark
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Common Pleco
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Congo Tetra
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Convict
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Archocentrus nigrofasciatus
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Cuckoo Catfish
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Denison Barb, Red Line Torpedo Barb
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Diamond Tetra
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Discus
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Dojo, Weather Loach
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Dojo, Weather Loach
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Domino Synodontis, Domino Syno, Onespot Squeaker, One-spot Synodontis
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Dwarf Danio
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Dwarf Gourami
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Dwarf Loach
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Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish
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Dwarf Puffer
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Dwarf Rainbow
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Dwarf Rasbora
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Eartheater
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Electric Blue Maingano
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Electric Catfish
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Elegant poeciliid, Tiger Teddy
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Elephantnose
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Emerald Dwarf Rasbora
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Fahaka Puffer
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Fairy Cichlid
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Farlowella Cat
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Festivum
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Filament Barb
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Fire Eel
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Firemouth
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Flower Horn Fish
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Frontosa
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Ghost Shrimp
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Giant Danio
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Giant Green Puffer
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Giant Black Upside Down Asian Catfish
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Giraffe Cichlid
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Glofish
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Glowlight Danio
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Glowlight Rasbora
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Glowlight Tetra
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Gold Nugget Pleco
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Goldskirt Tetra
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Green fire Tetra
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Green Phantom Pleco
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Green Puffer
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Green Terror
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Guppy
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Half Beak
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Harlequin Rasbora
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Horsefaced Loach
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Honey Gourami
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Indian Glass Fish
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Jack Dempsey
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Jaguar Catfish
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Jardini Arowana
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Keyhole Cichlid
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Kissing Gourami
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Knight Goby
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Knob Nose Whiptail Catfish
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Kribensis
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Kuhli Loach
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Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish
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Lemon Tetra
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Madagascan Rainbow
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Magnum Pleco
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Mandarinfish
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Marble Hatchet
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Mees’ Pimelodid
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Metallic Livebearer, Metallic Topminnow
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Molly
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Mono
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Mudskipper
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Mustard Spot Pleco
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Neon Tetra
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Opaline Gourami
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Oscar
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Oto Catfich
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Pacu
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Panda Cory
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Para Molly
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Paradise Fish
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Peacock Gudgeon
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Pearl Danio
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Pearl Gourami
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Penguin Fish
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Platy
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Pictus Cat
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Pinktail Chalceus
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Pseudotropheus Elongatus
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Purple Passion Danio
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Pygmy Cory
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Rainbow Cichlid
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Rainbow Snakehead
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Ram or butterfly Cichlid
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Red Bellied Piranha
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Redtailed Black Shark
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Red Claw Crab
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Red Devil
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Red Fin Dwarf Pleco
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Red Fin Kandango
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Red Finned Shark
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Red Irian Rainbowfish
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Red Striped Eartheater
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Reedfish
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Rhomb Barb
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Rosy Barb
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Rummy-nose Tetra
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Sailfin Pleco
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Scat
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Senegal Bichir
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Serpae Tetra
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Severum
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Siamese Algae Eaters, (SAE)
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Silver Dollar
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Silver Hatchet
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Silver-tipped Tetra
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Skunk Cory
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Slender Tetra
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Snowball pleco
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Sparkling Gourami
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Spotted Blue-eye
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Striped Barb
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Sudan Squeaker
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Sun Catfish
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Sunshine Peacock
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Swordtail
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Tee Barb
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Tequila fish, Tequila Splitfin
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Threadfin Rainbowfish
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Tiger Barb
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Tiretrack Eel
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Uaru
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White Cloud
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Yellow Labidochromis
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Yo Yo Loach
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Zebra Cichlid
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Zebra Danio
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Zebra Loach
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Zipper Loach
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Other Species
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