Aquarium fish

Black Molly

Poecilia sphenops

The Black Molly has an elongated body. Females tend to be more rounded in appearance. The …

Black tetra

Gymnocorymbus ternetzi

The black tetra has a flat, tall body.

Black-blotched porcupinefish

Diodon liturosus

The body of the Black-blotched porcupinefish is elongated with a spherical head and large, round, forward-projecting …

Blue leopard corydoras

Corydoras paleatus

The Blue Leopard Corydoras has a strongly curved back line and an almost flat abdomen. Its …

Bushymouth catfish

Ancistrus dolichopterus

The Bushymouth catfish has a flattened body that is completely covered in polygonal bony plates. Its …

Cardinal tetra

Paracheirodon axelrodi

The Cardinal tetra has an elongated body that is slightly flattened on the sides. The females …

Cascarudo

Callichthys callichthys

Cascarudo has an elongated, slightly flattened body covered with two rows of bony plates. It has …

Constancia’s seasonal killifish

Cynolebias constanciae

The body of Constancia's seasonal killifish (Cynolebias constanciae) is elongate and slightly laterally compressed.

Eastern mosquitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

The body of the Eastern mosquitofish is moderately elongated, not tall, and laterally compressed. It is …

Foureye butterflyfish

Chaetodon capistratus

The foureye butterflyfish has a body that is compressed laterally. The upper part of the head …

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

The body of the goldfish is short and tall with a slightly angular shape. It is …

Green swordtail

Xiphophorus hellerii

Green swordtails have elongated, narrow bodies that are flattened on the sides. They also have large …

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Guppies exhibit pronounced sexual dimorphism, with males and females differing in size, shape, and colouration. Males …

Malabar danio

Devario malabaricus

The Malabar danio has a fusiform (spindle-shaped) body and is a larger, more robust relative of …

Neon tetra

Paracheirodon innesi

The neon tetra has a small, slender, and partially transparent body. The fish is characterized by …

Pajama cardinalfish

Sphaeramia nematoptera

The pajama cardinalfish has a tall, deep body and a large, upper mouth.

Paradise fish

Macropodus opercularis

This species exhibits sexual dimorphism. Males are larger than females and possess elongated filaments on their …

Pearl gourami

Trichopodus leerii

The Pearl gourami has an elongated, oval-shaped body that is strongly compressed laterally.

Porous seasonal killifish

Cynolebias porosus

The Porous seasonal killifish has a fusiform (spindle-shaped) body that is laterally compressed. The snout is …

Pyrrhulina filamentosa

Pyrrhulina filamentosa

Pyrrhulina filamentosa has an elongated body with a large caudal fin, the upper lobe of which …

Red Sea Clownfish

Amphiprion bicinctus

Small fish with a spindle-shaped body. The cross-section is compressed.

Sumatra barb

Puntigrus tetrazona

These barbs have tall, strongly compressed bodies. There are no whiskers. Females are larger than males …

Three spot gourami

Trichopodus trichopterus

In terms of body shape and fin structure, the fish resembles the pearl gourami, but its …

Wrestling halfbeak

Dermogenys pusilla

The wrestling halfbeak has a slender, elongated body with a distinctive extended lower jaw that forms …