List of brackish aquarium fish species

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A list of fish commonly seen that can be kept in a brackish water aquarium.

Contents 1 Cyprinidontiformes 2 Catfish 3 Pufferfish 4 Gobies 5 Cichlids 6 Other fishes

[edit] Cyprinidontiformes

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Remarks
Poeciliids
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata			Community	Easy	Many color and tail pattern varieties exist
Black molly	Poecilia sphenops			Community	Easy
Sailfin molly	Poecilia latipinna			Community	Easy	Gold and silver varieties commonly found.
Others
Four-eyed fish	Anableps spp.		12"		Easy	These fish can see above and below water.
American Flagfish	Jordanella floridae			Community	Easy	May eat hair algae, but also may eat plants.

[edit] Catfish

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Remarks
Sea catfish
Colombian shark catfish	Hexanematichthys seemanni
Australian shark catfish	Arius berneyi
Berney's shark catfish	Arius graeffei

[edit] Pufferfish

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Remarks
Figure 8 pufferfish	Tetraodon biocellatus		2.4"		Intermediate
Green spotted puffer	Tetraodon nigroviridis		6"		Difficult	often sold as freshwater fish, but this species actually thrives in brackish water and may even requires saltwater when reaches adulthood
Giant freshwater pufferfish	Tetraodon mbu		30"		Difficult	This fish also occurs in estuaries.

[edit] Gobies

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Remarks
Bumblebee goby	Brachygobius xanthozonus		1.5"
Water Cow	Eleotris picta		17"
Violet goby, Dragon goby	Gobioides broussonnetii		21"
Mudskipper (Barred Mudskipper)	Periophthalmus argentilineatus		6"			This fish requires "land" to crawl out of the water.
Mudskipper (Atlantic Mudskipper)	Periophthalmus barbarus		9"			This fish requires "land" to crawl out of the water.
Knight goby	Stigmatogobius sadanundio	Image:Fandancer.jpg	3.5"

[edit] Cichlids

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Remarks
Cichlids
Blackchin tilapia	Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron		11"
Orange chromide	Etroplus maculatus		3"
Green chromide	Etroplus suratensis		15"

[edit] Other fishes

Common name	Taxonomy	Picture	Size	Tank Type	Care Level	Remarks
Siamese tigerfish	Datnioides microlepis		18"			These fish must be kept in large aquaria.
Reedfish	Erpetoichthys calabaricus		15.7"	Species		This is the only Polypterid that is found in brackish water.
Celebes Rainbowfish	Marosatherina ladigesi		3.1"			Commonly sold for freshwater, but does better in brackish.
Silver moony	Monodactylus argenteus		10"			These fish are also known from marine habitats.
African moony	Monodactylus sebae		10"			These fish are also known from marine habitats.
Indian glassy fish	Parambassis ranga		3.1"			These fish are often dyed.
Targetfish, Jarbua terapon	Terapon jarbua		14"			These fish breed in saltwater and the young return to freshwater.
Banded archerfish	Toxotes jaculatrix		12"			These fish have the ability to shoot water to hit their insect prey.
Green Scat, Ruby Scat	Scatophagus argus		15"