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 …

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 …

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 …

Zebrafish

Danio rerio

The body shape of the zebrafish is fusiform, with compressed lateral sides and a superiorly oriented …