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A list of fish commonly seen that can be kept in a brackish water aquarium.
| Common name |
Taxonomy |
Picture |
Size |
Tank Type |
Care Level |
Remarks |
| Sea catfish |
| Colombian shark catfish |
Hexanematichthys seemanni |
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| Australian shark catfish |
Arius berneyi |
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| Berney's shark catfish |
Arius graeffei |
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| Common name |
Taxonomy |
Picture |
Size |
Tank Type |
Care Level |
Remarks |
| Figure 8 pufferfish |
Tetraodon biocellatus |
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2.4" |
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Intermediate |
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| Green spotted puffer |
Tetraodon nigroviridis |
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6" |
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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 |
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30" |
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Difficult |
This fish also occurs in estuaries. |
| Common name |
Taxonomy |
Picture |
Size |
Tank Type |
Care Level |
Remarks |
| Bumblebee goby |
Brachygobius xanthozonus |
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1.5" |
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| Water Cow |
Eleotris picta |
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17" |
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| Violet goby, Dragon goby |
Gobioides broussonnetii |
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21" |
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| Mudskipper (Barred Mudskipper) |
Periophthalmus argentilineatus |
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6" |
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This fish requires "land" to crawl out of the water. |
| Mudskipper (Atlantic Mudskipper) |
Periophthalmus barbarus |
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9" |
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This fish requires "land" to crawl out of the water. |
| Knight goby |
Stigmatogobius sadanundio |
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3.5" |
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| Common name |
Taxonomy |
Picture |
Size |
Tank Type |
Care Level |
Remarks |
| Cichlids |
| Blackchin tilapia |
Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron |
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11" |
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| Orange chromide |
Etroplus maculatus |
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3" |
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| Green chromide |
Etroplus suratensis |
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15" |
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[edit] Other fishes
| Common name |
Taxonomy |
Picture |
Size |
Tank Type |
Care Level |
Remarks |
| Siamese tigerfish |
Datnioides microlepis |
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18" |
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These fish must be kept in large aquaria. |
| Reedfish |
Erpetoichthys calabaricus |
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15.7" |
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This is the only Polypterid that is found in brackish water. |
| Celebes Rainbowfish |
Marosatherina ladigesi |
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3.1" |
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Commonly sold for freshwater, but does better in brackish. |
| Silver moony |
Monodactylus argenteus |
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10" |
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These fish are also known from marine habitats. |
| African moony |
Monodactylus sebae |
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10" |
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These fish are also known from marine habitats. |
| Indian glassy fish |
Parambassis ranga |
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3.1" |
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These fish are often dyed. |
| Targetfish, Jarbua terapon |
Terapon jarbua |
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14" |
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These fish breed in saltwater and the young return to freshwater. |
| Banded archerfish |
Toxotes jaculatrix |
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12" |
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These fish have the ability to shoot water to hit their insect prey. |
| Green Scat, Ruby Scat |
Scatophagus argus |
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15" |
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