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| List of Freshwater Fishes for Viet Nam n=454 | ||||
| Family | Scientific Name | FB Name | Name | Status |
| Gobiidae | Acanthogobius flavimanus | Yellowfin goby | Cá Bong | native |
| Sparidae | Acanthopagrus berda | Picnic seabream | native |
| Cyprinidae | Acanthorhodeus polyspinus | native |
| Cobitidae | Acantopsis choirorhynchos | Horseface loach | Cá chia voi | native |
| Cobitidae | Acantopsis dialuzona | native |
| Cyprinidae | Acheilognathus barbatulus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Acheilognathus deignani | native |
| Cyprinidae | Acheilognathus longibarbatus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Acheilognathus tonkinensis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Acrossocheilus iridescens | native |
| Akysidae | Akysis similis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Albulichthys albuloides | native |
| Ambassidae | Ambassis buruensis | Buru glass perchlet | native |
| Ambassidae | Ambassis gymnocephalus | Bald glassy | native |
| Ambassidae | Ambassis kopsii | Freckled hawkfish | native |
| Ambassidae | Ambassis vachellii | Vachelli's glass perchlet | native |
| Cyprinidae | Amblyrhynchichthys truncatus | Cá trao tráo | native |
| Anabantidae | Anabas testudineus | Climbing perch | Cá ro dong | native |
| Anguillidae | Anguilla japonica | Japanese eel | native |
| Anguillidae | Anguilla marmorata | Giant mottled eel | native |
| Balitoridae | Annamia normani | native |
| Aplocheilidae | Aplocheilus panchax | Blue panchax | Cá bac dâu | native |
| Cyprinidae | Aristichthys nobilis | Bighead carp | introduced |
| Ariidae | Arius arius | Threadfin sea catfish | native |
| Ariidae | Arius sagor | Sagor catfish | Cá vo chó | native |
| Ariidae | Arius stormii | Armoured sea catfish | native |
| Ariidae | Arius venosus | Veined catfish | Cá úc nghê | native |
| Tetraodontidae | Auriglobus nefastus | Greenbottle pufferfish | native |
| Gobiidae | Awaous melanocephalus | Largesnout goby | native |
| Sisoridae | Bagarius bagarius | Dwarf goonch | Cá chien | native |
| Sisoridae | Bagarius rutilus | native |
| Sisoridae | Bagarius yarrelli | Goonch | native |
| Bagridae | Bagrichthys macropterus | False black lancer | Cá chot chuoi | native |
| Bagridae | Bagrichthys obscurus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Balantiocheilos melanopterus | Tricolor sharkminnow | Cá hoc tro | native |
| Balitoridae | Balitora kwangsiensis | native |
| Balitoridae | Balitora lancangjiangensis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Bangana behri | native |
| Cyprinidae | Bangana lemassoni | native |
| Cyprinidae | Bangana tonkinensis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Bangana xanthogenys | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbichthys laevis | Sucker barb | Cá ba luoi | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbichthys nitidus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbodes balleroides | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbodes benasi | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbodes hexagonolepis | Copper mahseer | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbonymus altus | Red tailed tinfoil | Cá he vàng | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbonymus gonionotus | Java barb | Cá mè vinh | native |
| Cyprinidae | Barbonymus schwanenfeldii | Tinfoil barb | Cá he do | native |
| Siluridae | Belodontichthys dinema | Cá trèn rang | native |
| Siluridae | Belodontichthys truncatus | native |
| Belontiidae | Betta pugnax | Penang betta | native |
| Belontiidae | Betta splendens | Siamese fighting fish | Cá lia thia | native |
| Belontiidae | Betta taeniata | Borneo betta | Cá lia thia | native |
| Sciaenidae | Boesemania microlepis | Boeseman croaker | Ca suu | native |
| Gobiidae | Boleophthalmus boddarti | Boddart's goggle-eyed goby | Cá bong sao | native |
| Cobitidae | Botia beauforti | Chameleon loach | native |
| Cobitidae | Botia eos | Sun loach | Cá heo | native |
| Cobitidae | Botia helodes | Tiger botia | native |
| Cobitidae | Botia hymenophysa | Tiger loach | Cá heo | misidentification |
| Cobitidae | Botia lecontei | Silver loach | Cá heo | native |
| Cobitidae | Botia modesta | Redtail botia | Cá heo | native |
| Soleidae | Brachirus panoides | Cá luoi mèo | native |
| Soleidae | Brachirus siamensis | native |
| Gobiidae | Brachygobius doriae | Cá bong mát tre | native |
| Eleotridae | Butis butis | Duckbill sleeper | Cá bong trân | native |
| Eleotridae | Butis koilomatodon | Mud sleeper | native |
| Cyprinidae | Carassius auratus auratus | Goldfish | introduced |
| Carcharhinidae | Carcharhinus leucas | Bull shark | native |
| Tetraodontidae | Carinotetraodon lorteti | Redeye puffer | native |
| Cyprinidae | Catla catla | Catla | introduced |
| Cyprinidae | Catlocarpio siamensis | Giant barb | Ca ho | native |
| Channidae | Channa asiatica | Small snakehead | native |
| Channidae | Channa gachua | Cá chanh duc | native |
| Channidae | Channa lucius | Cá day | native |
| Channidae | Channa maculata | native |
| Channidae | Channa marulius | Great snakehead | native |
| Channidae | Channa melasoma | Black snakehead | native |
| Channidae | Channa micropeltes | Giant snakehead | Cá bong | native |
| Channidae | Channa orientalis | Walking snakehead | native |
| Channidae | Channa striata | Snakehead murrel | Cá lòc | native |
| Cyprinidae | Chanodichthys flavipinnis | native |
| Chanidae | Chanos chanos | Milkfish | Cá Máng | native |
| Chaudhuriidae | Chaudhuria caudata | Burmese spineless eel | native |
| Cyprinidae | Chela caeruleostigmata | Leaping barb | native |
| Cyprinidae | Chela laubuca | Indian glass barb | native |
| Tetraodontidae | Chelonodon patoca | Milkspotted puffer | Cá nóc | native |
| Notopteridae | Chitala chitala | Clown knifefish | Cá còm | misidentification |
| Notopteridae | Chitala ornata | Clown featherback | native |
| Tetraodontidae | Chonerhinos modestus | Cá nóc vàng | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cirrhinus caudimaculatus | Cá linh gió | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cirrhinus cirrhosus | Mrigal | introduced |
| Cyprinidae | Cirrhinus jullieni | Cá linh ong | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cirrhinus microlepis | Small scale mud carp | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cirrhinus molitorella | Mud carp | Cá linh ria | native |
| Clariidae | Clarias batrachus | Walking catfish | Cá trê tráng | native |
| Clariidae | Clarias fuscus | Whitespotted clarias | native |
| Clariidae | Clarias gariepinus | North African catfish | introduced |
| Clariidae | Clarias macrocephalus | Broadhead catfish | Cá trê vàng | native |
| Clariidae | Clarias meladerma | Blackskin catfish | native |
| Clariidae | Clarias nieuhofii | native |
| Clupeidae | Clupanodon thrissa | Chinese gizzard shad | native |
| Clupeidae | Clupeichthys goniognathus | Sumatran river sprat | native |
| Clupeidae | Clupeoides borneensis | Borneo river sprat | native |
| Schilbeidae | Clupisoma sinensis | native |
| Cobitidae | Cobitis laoensis | native |
| Cobitidae | Cobitis misgurnoides | native |
| Engraulidae | Coilia grayii | Gray's grenadier anchovy | Cá mào gà tráng | native |
| Engraulidae | Coilia lindmani | Lindman's grenadier anchovy | native |
| Engraulidae | Coilia macrognathos | Longjaw grenadier anchovy | Cá mào gà do | native |
| Engraulidae | Coilia reynaldi | Reynald's grenadier anchovy | Cá mào gà | native |
| Coiidae | Coius microlepis | Finescale tigerfish | Cá huòng | native |
| Coiidae | Coius quadrifasciatus | Four-barred tigerfish | Cá huòng | native |
| Percichthyidae | Coreoperca whiteheadi | native |
| Clupeidae | Corica soborna | Ganges river sprat | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cosmochilus harmandi | Cá duòng bay | native |
| Cranoglanididae | Cranoglanis bouderius | native |
| Cranoglanididae | Cranoglanis henrici | native |
| Cyprinidae | Crossocheilus cobitis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Crossocheilus reticulatus | Cá nút | native |
| Cyprinidae | Ctenopharyngodon idellus | Grass carp | Cá châm Treng | introduced |
| Cyprinidae | Cyclocheilichthys apogon | Beardless barb | Cá ba ky do | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyclocheilichthys armatus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyclocheilichthys enoplos | Cá coc | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyclocheilichthys heteronema | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyclocheilichthys microlepis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyclocheilichthys repasson | Cá ba ky tráng | native |
| Cynoglossidae | Cynoglossus lingua | Long tongue sole | Cá luoi trâu | native |
| Cynoglossidae | Cynoglossus microlepis | Smallscale tonguesole | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinus carpio carpio | Common carp | Cá Chép | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinus carpio viridiviolaceus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinus multitaeniata | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinus rubrofuscus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Danio albolineatus | Pearl danio | native |
| Coiidae | Datnioides pulcher | native |
| Coiidae | Datnioides undecimradiatus | native |
| Hemiramphidae | Dermogenys pusilla | Wrestling halfbeak | Cá lìm kìm | native |
| Hemiramphidae | Dermogenys siamensis | native |
| Syngnathidae | Doryichthys boaja | Long-snouted pipefish | Cá ngua xuong | native |
| Eleotridae | Eleotris fusca | Dusky sleeper | native |
| Eleotridae | Eleotris oxycephala | Cá bong trúng | native |
| Polynemidae | Eleutheronema tetradactylum | Fourfinger threadfin | Cá chét | native |
| Cyprinidae | Esomus longimanus | Mekong flying barb | Cá lòng tong bay | native |
| Cyprinidae | Esomus malayensis | Malayan flying barb | native |
| Cyprinidae | Esomus metallicus | Striped flying barb | native |
| Cyprinidae | Garra apogon | native |
| Cyprinidae | Garra cambodgiensis | Stonelapping minnow | native |
| Cyprinidae | Garra cyclostomata | native |
| Cyprinidae | Garra imberbis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Garra nasuta | native |
| Gobiidae | Glossogobius aureus | Golden tank goby | native |
| Gobiidae | Glossogobius giuris | Tank goby | Cá bong cat | native |
| Sisoridae | Glyptothorax honghensis | native |
| Sisoridae | Glyptothorax interspinalum | native |
| Sisoridae | Glyptothorax quadriocellatus | native |
| Gobiidae | Gobiopterus chuno | Glass goby | native |
| Gyrinocheilidae | Gyrinocheilus aymonieri | Chinese algae-eater | Cá may | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hampala macrolepidota | Hampala barb | Cá ngua | native |
| Pangasiidae | Helicophagus leptorhynchus | native |
| Pangasiidae | Helicophagus waandersii | Cá tra chuot | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus elongatus | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus filamentus | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus guttatus | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus nemurus | Asian redtail catfish | Cá Lang | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus planiceps | Cá chot | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus pluriradiatus | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus wyckii | Cá lang | native |
| Bagridae | Hemibagrus wyckioides | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hemibarbus labeo | Barbel steed | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hemiculter krempfi | native |
| Balitoridae | Hemimyzon ecdyonuroides | native |
| Balitoridae | Hemimyzon papilio | native |
| Ariidae | Hemipimelodus borneensis | Cá úc mim | native |
| Cyprinidae | Henicorhynchus lineatus | native |
| Cyprinidae | Henicorhynchus siamensis | Siamese mud carp | native |
| Dasyatidae | Himantura chaophraya | Freshwater whipray | native |
| Dasyatidae | Himantura oxyrhyncha | Marbled whipray | native |
| Balitoridae | Homaloptera indochinensis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | Silver carp | introduced |
| Hemiramphidae | Hyporhamphus limbatus | Congaturi halfbeak | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hypsibarbus annamensis | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hypsibarbus pierrei | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hypsibarbus suvattii | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hypsibarbus vernayi | native |
| Cyprinidae | Hypsibarbus wetmorei | Cá mè vinh | native |
| Clupeidae | Ilisha megaloptera | Bigeye ilisha | Cá be tráng | native |
| Clupeidae | Konosirus punctatus | Konoshiro gizzard shad | native |
| Siluridae | Kryptopterus bicirrhis | Glass catfish | native |
| Siluridae | Kryptopterus cryptopterus | Cá trèn mo | native |
| Cyprinidae | Labeo chrysophekadion | Black sharkminnow | Cá ét moi | native |
| Cyprinidae | Labeo indramontri | Cá linh chu | native |
| Cyprinidae | Labeo pierrei | native |
| Cyprinidae | Labeo rohita | Rohu | introduced |
| Cyprinidae | Labiobarbus leptocheila | Cá linh ria | native |
| Cyprinidae | Labiobarbus siamensis | Cá linh ria | native |
| Schilbeidae | Laides longibarbis | native |
| Percichthyidae | Lateolabrax japonicus | Japanese seaperch | native |
| Centropomidae | Lates calcarifer | Barramundi | & |