the list!!!
every creature that's endangered or critically endangered or extinct in the wild that you can keep and breed in your own (freshwater) aquarium to stop it from dying out completely.
ive been working on this for a while and its still very not done bc oh my god theres so many-
some of these are super duper rare and expensive but others are widely beloved fish, some of them are rlly surprising to see here
pls lmk if theres anything i should add that i havent yet :3 theres a lot of undescribed species that you dont find in databases and stuff so i need all the obsessed nerds i can find to finish this!!!
not bolded = endangered
bolded = critically endangered
red = extinct in the wild (THESE LITERALLY ONLY EXIST WHERE WE KEEP THEM 0.0)
okay here it is :3
Allodontichthys polylepis - Finescale splitfin
Allotoca catarinae - Catarina allotoca
Allotoca dugesii - Bumblebee goodeid, Opal allotoca
Allotoca goslinei - Banded allotoca
Allotoca maculata - Blackspot goodeid, Blackspot allotoca
Allotoca meeki - Zirahuen allotoca
Allotoca zacapuensis - Zacapu allotoca
Amatitlania kanna - Panama convict cichlid
Amatitlania myrnae - Topaz cichlid
Ambystoma mexicanum - Axolotl
Ameca splendens - Butterfly goodeid
Amphilophus chancho
Amphilophus flaveolus
Amphilophus lyonsi
Amphilophus zaliosus - Arrow cichlid
Apistogramma lineata
Apistogramma psammophila - two banded dwarf cichlid
Aponogeton capuronii
Aponogeton longiplumulosus
Astatotilapia desfontainii
Ataeniobius toweri - Striped goodeid
Aulonocara baenschi - Nkhomo-benga peacock, yellow benga, sunshine peacock
Aulonocara kandeense - Blue orchid peacock
Aulonocara maylandi - Sulfurhead peacock
Bedotia geayi - Madagascar rainbowfish, red-tailed silverside, zona
Bedotia madagascariensis - Madagascar rainbow, Madagascan rainbowfish
Benitochromis conjunctus
Benitochromis finleyi
Benitochromis nigrodorsalis
Benitochromis riomuniensis
Betta albimarginata - Whiteseam fighter
Betta antoni
Betta sp. “api api” - Api api betta
Betta burdigala
Betta channoides - Snakehead betta
Betta chloropharynx - Green throat mouthbrooder
Betta compuncta
Betta cracens
Betta foerschi
Betta hendra
Betta hipposideros
Betta sp. “jade” - Jade betta
Betta livida
Betta mahachaiensis - Mahachai betta
Betta mandor
Betta miniopinna
Betta omega
Betta pardalotos
Betta patoti - Tiger betta
Betta persephone
Betta pi
Betta rubra - Toba betta
Betta rutilans - Fire betta
Betta schalleri
Betta simplex - Krabi mouthbrooding betta
Betta smaragdina “guitar”
Betta spilotogena
Betta stiktos
Betta tussyae - Chukai betta
Betta waseri
Brevibora dorsiocellata - Emerald eye rasbora, eyespot rasbora
Cambarellus patzcuarensis - Mexican dwarf crayfish
Caridina dennerli - Cardinal Sulawesi shrimp
Caridina glaubrechti - Red orchid Sulawesi shrimp, red orchid shrimp
Caridina holthuisi - Six banded Sulawesi shrimp
Caridina loehae - Mini blue bee shrimp, orange delight shrimp
Caridina masapi - Towuti tiger shrimp
Caridina profundicola - Sunstripe shrimp
Caridina spinata - Yellow goldflake shrimp, yellow nose shrimp, yellow cheek shrimp
Caridina spongicola
Caridina striata - Red line shrimp
Caridina tenuirostris
Caridina tigri - Tigris sulawesi shrimp
Caridina woltereckae - Sulawesi harlequin shrimp
Chapalichthys pardalis - Polkadot splitfin
Characodon audax - Bold characodon
Characodon lateralis - Rainbow goodeid, Rainbow characodon
Chilatherina bleheri - Blehers rainbowfish
Chilatherina sentaniensis - Sentani rainbowfish
Chindongo saulosi
Coelotilapia joka
Coptodon bythobates
Coptodon deckerti
Coptodon gutturosus
Coptodon kottae
Coptodon snyderae
Cyprinodon alvarezi - Potosi pupfish
Crenichthys baileyi - White River springfish
Cribroheros bussingi
Cribroheros rhytisma
Danio/Celestichthys erythromicron - Emerald dwarf rasbora
Devario auropurpureus/Inlecypris auropurpurea - Lake Inle danio
Devario pathirana - Barred danio
Dicrossus gladicauda
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor - Redtail shark/red tailed shark
Etroplus canarensis - Canara pearlspot
Gambusia hurtadoi - Crescent gambusia
Girardinichthys multiradiatus - Dark-edged splitfin
Girardinichthys viviparus - Chapultepec splitfin
Glossolepis dorityi - Doritys rainbowfish, Grime rainbowfish
Glossolepis incisus - Red rainbowfish
Glossolepis maculosus - Spotted rainbowfish
Glossolepis wanamensis - Lake Wanam rainbowfish, emerald rainbowfish, green dragon rainbowfish
Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis
Halocaridina rubra - ‘Opae‘ula
Haplochromis brownae
Haplochromis ishmaeli
Haplochromis latifasciatus - Zebra obliquidens
Haplochromis perrieri
Hemichromis cerasogaster
Herichthys bartoni - Bartons cichlid
Herichthys labridens - Curve-bar cichlid
Herichthys minckleyi - Minckleys cichlid
Herichthys steindachneri - Steindachners cichlid
Hubbsina turneri - Highland splitfin
Hypancistrus zebra - Zebra pleco
Hyphessobrycon flammeus - Flame tetra
Kiunga ballochi - Glass blue eye
Konia eisentrauti - Konye
Lamprologus kungweensis - Ocellated shell dweller
Limbochromis robertsi
Limia islai - Tiger limia
Limia nigrofasciata - Humpbacked limia, Black-barred limia
Limia sulphurophila - Sulphur limia
Lipochromis/Cleptochromis/Haplochromis parvidens
Luciocephalus aura - Peppermint pikehead
Malpulutta kretseri - Ornate paradisefish
Mchenga conophoros
Melanochromis chipokae
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis - Ajamaru rainbowfish, Ajamaru lakes rainbowfish
Melanotaenia boesemani - Boesemani rainbowfish
Melanotaenia bowmani - Bowmans rainbowfish
Melanotaenia fasinensis
Melanotaenia gracilis - Slender rainbowfish
Melanotaenia klasioensis - Klasio Creek rainbowfish, Klasio rainbowfish
Melanotaenia lacustris - Turquoise rainbowfish, Lake Kutubu rainbowfish
Melanotaenia mairasi - Lake Furnusu rainbowfish
Melanotaenia parva - Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish, sunset dwarf rainbowfish
Melanotaenia sp. “Running River” - Running River rainbowfish
Melanotaenia sembrae
Melanotaenia sexlineata - Fly River rainbowfish
Melanotaenia susii - Susi Creek rainbowfish
Melanotaenia utcheensis - Utchee rainbowfish, Utchee Creek rainbowfish
Melanotaenia sp. “Williams Creek” - Malanda gold rainbowfish, Williams Creek rainbowfish
Mesoheros gephyrus
Metriaclima koningsi
Metriaclima usisyae
Microrasbora rubescens - Red dwarf rasbora
Myaka myaka - Myaka
Nandopsis ramsdeni
Nannostomus mortenthaleri - Coral red pencilfish
Nanochromis transvestitus
Neoophorus regalis
Neotoca bilineata - Twoline skiffia
Nyassachromis boadzulu
Oreochromis alcalicus - Soda cichlid, common natron tilapia
Osphronemus laticlavius - Giant red tail gourami
Parananochromis ornatus
Paretroplus dambabe
Paretroplus maculatus - Damba mipentina
Paretroplus menarambo - Pinstripe damba
Paretroplus nourissati
Parosphromenus alfredi
Parosphromenus anjunganensis
Parosphromenus filamentosus
Parosphromenus gunawani
Parosphromenus harveyi
Parosphromenus linkei
Parosphromenus opallios
Parosphromenus ornaticauda
Parosphromenus pahuensis
Parosphromenus paludicola
Parosphromenus phoenicurus
Parosphromenus quindecim
Parosphromenus rubrimontis
Parosphromenus tweediei
Phallichthys quadripunctatus - Four spotted toothcarp, four spotted merry widow
Placidochromis phenochilus
Poropanchax/Congopanchax myersi - Hummingbird lampeye
Pseudomugil connieae - Popondetta blue eye
Pseudomugil furcatus - Forktail blue eye
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi - Ivantsoffs blue eye
Pseudomugil luminatus - Red neon blue eye
Pseudomugil mellis - Honey blue eye
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos - Maingano cichlid
Ptychochromis insolitus - Mangarahara cichlid
Ptychochromis oligacanthus
Pungu maclareni - Pungu
Priapella olmecae - Olmec priapella
Quintana atrizona - Barred topminnow
Rocio spinosissima
Sahyadria/Dawkinsonia denisonii - Denison barb, red line torpedo barb, roseline shark
Sarotherodon caroli - Fissi
Sarotherodon knauerae
Sarotherodon linnellii - Blackfin tilapia
Sarotherodon lamprechti
Sarotherodon logbergeri - Keppe, keppi
Sarotherodon steinbachi - Kululu
Scleropages formosus - Asian arowana
Sewellia marmorata
Skiffia francesae - Golden skiffia
Skiffia lermae - Olive skiffia
Skiffia multipunctata - Spotted skiffia
Skiffia sp. “Sayula” - Sayula skiffia
Sphaerichthys vaillanti - Samurai gourami, vaillants chocolate gourami
Stomatepia mariae - Nsess
Stomatepia mongo - Mongo
Stomatepia pindu - Pindu
Tanichthys albiventris
Tanichthys albonubes - White cloud mountain minnow, white cloud minnow
Tanichthys micagemmae - Vietnamese cardinal minnow, Vietnamese white cloud
Teleogramma brichardi
Tilapia guinasana - Otjikoto tilapia
Trigonostigma somphongsi
Vieja hartwegi - Tailbar cichlid
Xenoophorus captivus - Relict splitfin
Xenotoca doadrioi - San Marcos redtail splitfin, San Marcos redtail goodeid
Xenotoca eiseni - Redtail splitfin, Redtail goodeid
Xenotoca lyonsi - Tamazula redtail splitfin
Xenotoca melanosoma - Black splitfin
Xenotoca cf. melanosoma
Xiphophorus andersi - Spiketail platyfish
Xiphophorus couchianus - Monterrey platyfish
Xiphophorus meyeri - Marbled swordtail
Zoogoneticus tequila - Tequila splitfin
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