Betta
Semi-aggressive · Top · easy care
- 3 in adult
- 5+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- one male per tank
Centerpiece fish
Fish kept alone or as a pair that draw the eye in a community tank. Check each one’s temperament against your schooling fish.
Angelfish
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 6 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 76–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Honey gourami
Peaceful · Top · easy care
- 2 in adult
- 10+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Dwarf gourami
Peaceful · Top · moderate care
- 3.5 in adult
- 10+ gal
- 77–82 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- one male per tank
Bristlenose pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 73–81 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Fancy goldfish
Peaceful · All levels · easy care
- 8 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 64–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Pearl gourami
Peaceful · Top · easy care
- 4.5 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 77–82 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
German blue ram
Peaceful · Bottom · demanding care
- 3 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 78–85 °F
- pH 5 to 7
- alone or pair
Kribensis
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 4 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 75–80 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Cockatoo dwarf cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 3 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 5.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
African butterflyfish
Semi-aggressive · Top · moderate care
- 5 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 73–86 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
American flagfish
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 2.5 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 65–79 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8.5
- alone or pair
Banded gourami
Peaceful · Top · easy care
- 4 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6 to 8
- alone or pair
Black moor
Peaceful · All levels · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 64–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Blood parrot cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 76–80 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Blue acara
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Bolivian ram
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 3.2 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6 to 8
- alone or pair
Bubble eye goldfish
Peaceful · All levels · demanding care
- 4 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 65–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Bumblebee catfish
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 2.4 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 70–77 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Butterfly pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 5.1 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 77–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Candy-striped pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 5.9 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 6 to 7
- alone or pair
Chocolate gourami
Peaceful · Middle · demanding care
- 2.4 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 77–81 °F
- pH 5 to 6.5
- alone or pair
Clown pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 3.5 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 73–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Convict julie
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 5.1 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 75–80 °F
- pH 7.5 to 9
- groups of 2+
Electric blue acara
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Elephantnose fish
Peaceful · Bottom · demanding care
- 9 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 77–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Fairy cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 3.5 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 75–81 °F
- pH 7.8 to 9
- groups of 2+
Fantail goldfish
Peaceful · All levels · easy care
- 8 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 64–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Festivum
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 4.8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Firemouth cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Flying fox
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- one per tank
Golden dwarf cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 2.2 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Golden wonder killifish
Semi-aggressive · Top · easy care
- 4 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Green phantom pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 5.9 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 77–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Keyhole cichlid
Peaceful · Middle · easy care
- 4 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Leopard frog pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 2.4 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 77–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Lionhead goldfish
Peaceful · All levels · moderate care
- 6 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 64–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Moonlight gourami
Peaceful · Top · easy care
- 5 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 77–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- one male per tank
Oranda
Peaceful · All levels · easy care
- 8 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 64–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Paradise fish
Semi-aggressive · Top · easy care
- 3.5 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 61–79 °F
- pH 6 to 8
- one male per tank
Peacock cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 6 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.6
- one male per tank
Peacock eel
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 12 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 73–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Pearlscale goldfish
Peaceful · All levels · moderate care
- 8 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 65–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Rainbow cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 72–84 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- alone or pair
Rainbow shark
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- one per tank
Ranchu goldfish
Peaceful · All levels · moderate care
- 8 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 65–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Red lizard whiptail catfish
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 5 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Red-tail shark
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- one per tank
Ropefish
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 15 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Rubbernose pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 5.7 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 68–77 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Ryukin
Peaceful · All levels · easy care
- 8 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 64–74 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 2+
Severum
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Siamese algae eater
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Snowball pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · moderate care
- 5 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 77–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Striped Raphael catfish
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–81 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Thick-lipped gourami
Peaceful · Top · easy care
- 3.5 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Three-spot (blue) gourami
Semi-aggressive · Top · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6 to 8
- one male per tank
Twig catfish
Peaceful · Bottom · demanding care
- 8.9 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Zebra pleco
Peaceful · Bottom · demanding care
- 3.2 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 79–86 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Zig-zag eel
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 20 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- one per tank
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Names, and adult sizes where the article gives one, are checked against Wikipedia; care ranges are common hobby guidance, and each species page says which is which. 60 of these 60 are fish. Photos are real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, credited below; the lineup is our own drawing at one scale.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Betta ivabalk (Pixabay), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Angelfish Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Honey gourami Antoon Dommerholt (Dutch Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dwarf gourami Quatermass (English Wikipedia), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bristlenose pleco André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fancy goldfish Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pearl gourami h080, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- German blue ram Eric Mengel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kribensis André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cockatoo dwarf cichlid William Kreijkes, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- African butterflyfish Toniher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- American flagfish nat_t (iNaturalist), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Banded gourami Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Black moor Riyad Youssef, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blood parrot cichlid Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blue acara Loïc Tremblay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bolivian ram HenryC88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bubble eye goldfish Angie Torres from Toronto, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bumblebee catfish CHUCAO, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Butterfly pleco Alberto Alcalá (iNaturalist), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Candy-striped pleco Gabriel Lelis Togni, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chocolate gourami OSt DD, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Convict julie Regani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Electric blue acara 5snake5, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Elephantnose fish Jutta234, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fairy cichlid FakirNL, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fantail goldfish Pogrebnoj-Alexandroff, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Festivum Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Firemouth cichlid H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Flying fox Mirko Hartig, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
- Golden dwarf cichlid Borkowski.robert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Golden wonder killifish Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Green phantom pleco 5snake5, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Keyhole cichlid D.W., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leopard frog pleco Frank M Greco, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lionhead goldfish Roderick Santos, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Moonlight gourami H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oranda Lawrencekhoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paradise fish André Karwath; edited by Muhammad, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peacock cichlid Xav84800, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peacock eel Zachary Randall, Florida Museum, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pearlscale goldfish Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rainbow cichlid Happy Birthday To You!, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rainbow shark MerlinSenger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ranchu goldfish Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Red lizard whiptail catfish Ckf6412, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Red-tail shark Astellar87, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ropefish Michał Zalewski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rubbernose pleco Frank Alvarez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ryukin Lawrencekhoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Severum Trisha M Shears, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Siamese algae eater aleander2137, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Striped Raphael catfish Piotr Kuczynski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thick-lipped gourami Oliver Gorski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Three-spot (blue) gourami Peter Jung, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Twig catfish Francesco Loda (CONTERALLY), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zebra pleco Peaceinpianos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zig-zag eel Adolsomee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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