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BIOTOPE
Below you will find links to lists of freshwater fish from various countries. These lists have been generated from Fishbase.org - an ambitious project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All content for these pages is copyright Fishbase.org.

I have included the tables to assist in the construction of biotope aquaria. Many of the descriptions on Fishbase.org provide information on the range and habitat types individual fish species. Used in conjunction with the biotope descriptions found on mongabay.com [see below], this can be a most valuable resource for those interested in biotope aquaria.

Mongabay.com is the sole effort of Rhett A. Butler, who has taken the photos and written all of the content found on the site. If you find mongabay.com a useful resource I hope that you will consider making a donation to help support the site.

Thank you for your continued interest.


Biotope aquaria:

African River Rapids
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Malawi
West or Central African River
Southern African Swamp
Southeast Asian River
Thai Creek
Southeast Asian Blackwater Pool
Southeast Asian Mangrove Estuary
Indian/Burmese River
New Guinea River
Northern Australia Rainforest Creek
South American Whitewater River
South American Clearwater Stream
South American Blackwater Creek
South American Blackwater Stream
Central American Rocky Lake
Central American River



Freshwater fish from:

Africa

Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
CongoDR
Congo Rep
Cote d Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Zambia
Zimbabwe
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asia

Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
East Timor
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
VietNam

Caribbean

Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago
US Virgin Islands

Central America

Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama

North America

USA
Australia & Oceania & Misc Islands

Australia
French Polynesia
Guam
Hawaii
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
New Caledonia
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Tahiti
Taiwan
Vanuatu

South America

Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela
 
 
All Countries  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





Recent news

Global warming to worsen ocean dead zones, hurt fisheries
(5/1/2008) Warming oceans will worsen oxygen-deficient or hypoxic dead zones, affecting ecosystems and fisheries, warn researchers writing in the journal Science.

Shark-repelling fishing gear in the works
(4/23/2008) Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch, say scientists at NOAA.

Global warming could trigger dramatic Lake Tahoe changes within 10 years
(3/24/2008) Warming temperatures may cloud Lake Tahoe's legendary clear waters and put the lake's native species at risk, reports a new study from the University of California, Davis.

Hibernating fish discovered in the Antarctic
(3/5/2008) Scientists have discovered a fish that exhibits hibernation-like behavior in the icy waters of the Antarctic.

Feds flood the Grand Canyon to save endangered fish
(3/5/2008) Federal government officials unleashed a flood of water from Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona to help restore the Grand Canyon's ecosystem which has suffered as a result of changes caused by the dam.

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Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2006

The copy for fish.mongabay.com was written in 1994-1995. Therefore some information such as scientific names may be out of date. For this, I apologize. Feel free to send corrections to me.