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The links on this page will lead you to pictures of many of the tropical fish varieties seen today. They will be listed by family, with both common and scientific names. All photos were either submitted to me, used with the owners permission or thought to be in the public domain. Please send in yours today. Enjoy!


New World Species / African and others/ All Alphabetical, Common Name
New world species
Scientific Name	Common Name
Aequidens pulcher	Blue Acara
Aequidens rivulatus	Green Terror
Amatitlania (Archocentrus) nigrofasciata	Convict Cichlid
Amatitlania (Archocentrus) sp.	Honduran Red Point
Amphilophus citrinellus	Midas Cichlid
Amphilophus labiatum	Red Devil
Apistogramma agassizii	Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma borellii	Yellow Dwarf Cichlid, Umbrella Cichlid
Apistogramma cacatuoides	Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma macmasteri	Macmaster's Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma nijsseni	Nijsseni's Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma sp. rotpunkt	Dwarf Cichlid, Rotpunkt
Apistogramma steindachneri	Steindachners' Apisto
Astronotus ocellatus	Oscar
Australoheros facetus (Cichlasoma facetum)	Chameleon Cichlid (Chanchito)
Cichlasoma citrinellum x Cichlasoma synspilum?	Blood Parrot
Cichlasoma citrinellum x Cichlasoma synspilum?	Parrot Cichlid (Hybrid)
Cichlasoma festae	Red Terror
Cichlasoma maculicauda	Black Belt Cichlid
Cleithracara maronii	Keyhole Cichlid
Crenicichla lacustris (dorsocellata)	Pike Cichlid
Cryptoheros panamensis	Rosy Cichlid
Cryptoheros sajica	T-Bar Cichlid
Cryptoheros septemfasciatus	Seven Stripe Cichlid
Cryptoheros spilurus	Blue-Eye Cichlid
Cryptoheros spilurus sp. 'cutteri'	Cutter's Cichlid
Etroplus maculatus	Orange Chromide (Southern India and Sri Lanka)
Geophagus abalios	Earth Eater
Geophagus altamira	Earth Eater
Gymnogeophagus balzanii	Argentine Humphead, Balzani
Geophagus brasiliensis	Pearl Cichlid
Geophagus steindachneri (hondae)	Redhump Eartheater
Geophagus surinamensis	Red Striped Eartheater
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys	Smooth-Cheek Eartheater
Herichthys carpintis sp. escondido	Escondido, Lowland, Pearlscale cichlid
Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum)	Texas Cichlid
Heros efasciatus	Severum
Herotilapia multispinosum	Rainbow Cichlid
Hybrid species	Flower Horn Fish
Laetacara curviceps	Dwarf Curviceps (Flag Acara)
Laetacara dorsigera	Dorsiger
Mesonauta festivus	Festivum
Microgeophagus altispinosa	Bolivian Ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi	Ram Cichlid
Nannacara anomala	Golden Dwarf Acara
Parachromis dovii	Dovii
Parachromis managuensis	Jaguar Cichlid
Parachromis motaguensis	Red Tiger Cichlid
Pterophyllum scalare	Angelfish
Rocio octofasciata (Cichlasoma octofasciatum)	Jack Dempsey
Satanoperca jurupari	Earth Eater
Satanoperca leucosticta	White Spot Demonfish
Symphysodon aequifasciata	Blue / Green / Brown discus
Symphysodon discus	Discus
Thorichthys helleri	Yellow Cichlid
Thorichthys maculipinnis (elliotti).	Yellow meeki, Yellow Flash
Thorichthys (Cichlasoma) meeki	Firemouth
Uaru amphiacanthoides	Uaru
Vieja (Paraneetroplus) argentea	Silver Cichlid
Vieja (Paraneetroplus) synspila	Redheaded Cichlid
African Species/ Riverine/Lake Malawi/ Lake Tanganyika/ Lake Victoria and others
Riverine Species
Scientific Name	Common Name
Anomalochromis thomasi	African Butterfly Cichlid
Astatotilapia calliptera	Eastern Happy
Dimidiochromis compressiceps	Malawi Eye Biter (Shire River)
Hemichromis bimaculatus	Jewel Cichlid
Hemichromis lifalili	Lifalili Cichlid
Nimbochromis livingstonii	Livingstoni's Nimbochromis (Shire River)
Parananochromis caudifasciatus	None, P. Caudifasciatus
Pelvicachromis pulcher	Kribensis
Tilapia buttikoferi	Buttikoferi
Tilapia zillii	Zilli's Cichlid, Redbelly Tilapia
Lake Malawi
Scientific Name	Common Name
Astatotilapia calliptera	Eastern Happy
Aulonocara baenschi	Sunshine Peacock
Aulonocara hansbaenschi	Red Shouldered Peacock, Firebird Cichlid
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi	Butterfly Peacock
Aulonocara maylandi kandeensis	Kande Island Peacock
Aulonacara nyassae	Peacock Cichlid
Aulonocara Sp. OB Peacock (Hybrid)	OB Peacock
Aulonocara stuartgranti "Ngara"	"Ngara"
Copadichromis borleyi	Redfin Kandango
Cynotilapia afra	Dogtooth Cichlid
Dimidiochromis compressiceps	Malawi Eye Biter
Iodotropheus sprengerae	Rusty Cichlid
Iodotropheus stuartgranti	Rusty Cichlid (none)
Labidochromis caeruleus	Electric Yellow Labidochromis
Labeotropheus fuelleborni	Fuelleborni
Labidochromis sp "hongi" ("kimpuma")	Red Top Kimpuma
Labeotropheus trewavasae	Trewavas Cichlid
Labeotropheus trewavasae "Mpanga Red"	Mpanga Red
Maylandia lombardoi	Kenyi Cichlid
Maylandia estherae	Esther Grant's Zebra
Maylandia Zebra Mbenji	Marmalade Cat, Albino
Melanochromis auratus	Auratus
Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos	Electric Blue Maingano
Melanochromis johanni	Johann's Mbuna
Melanochromis parallelus	Parallel-Striped Mbuna
Metriaclima callainos (Maylandia callainos)	Cobalt Zebra (Zebra Cichlid)
Nimbochromis livingstonii	Livingstoni's Nimbochromis
Nimbochromis venustus	Giraffe Haplochromis
Otopharynx lithobates	Sulphur-Crested Litho
Placidochromis milomo	Placidochromis sp. "Super VC-10"
Protomelas taeniolatus	Red Empress
Pseudotropheus Acei	Yellow Tail Acei
Pseudotropheus crabro	Bumblebee Cichlid
Pseudotropheus demasoni	Demason's Cichlid
Pseudotropheus elongatus	Elongate Mbuna
Pseudotropheus elongatus-ornatus	Pseudotropheus Ornatus
Pseudotropheus elongatus-mpanga	Mpanga
Pseudotropheus saulosi	Saulos's Mbuna (Pseudotropheus saulosi)
Pseudotropheus socolofi	Powder Blue Cichlid
Sciaenochromis ahli, Fryeri	Electric Blue Hap
Lake Tanganyika
Scientific Name	Common Name
Altolamprologus calvus	Calvus
Cyathopharynx furcifer	Furcifer
Cyphotilapia frontosa	Frontosa
Julidochromis dickfeldi	Dickfeld's Julie
Julidochromis marlieri	Marlier's Julie
Julidochromis transcriptus	Masked Julie
Lamprologus ocellatus	Ocellated Shelldweller
Neolamprologus brichardi	Fairy Cichlid
Neolamprologus buescheri	Zaire Yellow
Neolamprologus hecqui	Hecq's Lamprologus
Neolamprologus leleupi	Lemon Cichlid
Neolamprologus multifasciatus	"Multies"
Tropheus duboisi "Karilani"	Narrow White Band
Tropheus moorii	Blunt-Head Cichlid
Tropheus moorii "Lufubu"	Purple Rainbow
Tropheus sp. Red "Moliro"	Red "Moliro"
Lake Victoria and Others
Scientific Name	Common Name
Astatotilapia calliptera	Eastern Happy
Astatotilapia latifasciata	Zebra Obliquidens (Lake Kyoga)
Dimidiochromis compressiceps	Malawi Eye Biter (Lake Malombe)
Nimbochromis livingstonii	Livingstoni's Nimbochromis (Lake Malombe)
Paralabidochromis sp. Mwanza Gulf	Rock Kribensis (Lake Victoria)
Paratilapia bleekeri	Starry Night Cichlid (Madagascar)
Tilapia bythobates	Tilapia Bythobates (Lake Bermin)
Tilapia snyderae	Lake Bermin Tilapia (Lake Bermin)

I would like to thank the members of Badmans Tropical fish and the Tropical Fish Gallery. Most of these great pictures were posted either on the message boards or in the photo gallery itself.

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