Mr Gharial's species research

[Mr Gharial]

And we're off to the final three regions for our marine list, the coasts of the Indian Ocean:

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list Bay of Bengal:
Turtles:
Green turtle
Loggerhead turtle

Sharks and rays:
Brown-banded bambooshark
Grey bambooshark
White-spotted bambooshark
Zebra shark
Sand tiger shark
Coral catshark
Blacktip reef shark
Grey reef shark
Sandbar shark
Whitetip reef shark

Bowmouth guitarfish
Giant shovelnose ray
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
Honeycomb stingray
Javanese cownose ray
Ocellated eagle ray
Oman cownose ray

Tarpons:
Indo-Pacific tarpon

Eels:
Giant moray
Greyface moray
Laced moray
Ribbon moray
Snowflake moray
Zebra moray
Spotted Garden Eel

Sawbellies:
Blotcheye soldierfish
Crown squirrelfish
Pinecone soldierfish
Redcoat
Sabre Squirrelfish
Japanese pineapplefish

Seahorses and allies:
Pacific trumpetfish
Razorfish
Alligator pipefish
Bluestripe pipefish
Janss's Pipefish
Spotted seahorse

Scorpionfishes and allies:
Broadbarred firefish
Leaf scorpionfish
Radial firefish
Twospot turkeyfish
Weedy scorpionfish
Zebra turkeyfish
Common stonefish

Puffers and filefishes:
Black triggerfish
Clown triggerfish
Gilded triggerfish
Orange-lined triggerfish
Pinktail triggerfish
Red-toothed triggerfish
Wedge-tail triggerfish
White-banded triggerfish
Yellow-spotted triggerfish
Yellowmargin triggerfish
Bristle-tail file-fish
Harlequin filefish
Prickly leatherjacket
Scrawled filefish
Longhorn boxfish
Blackspotted puffer
Green pufferfish?
Guineafowl puffer
Map puffer
Spotted green pufferfish
Starry toadfish
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
White-spotted puffer
Black-blotched porcupinefish
Long-spine porcupinefish
Spot-fin porcupinefish

Perchlikes:
Blue and yellow grouper
Coral hind
Giant grouper
Humpback grouper
Peacock hind
Red-bar anthias
Sea goldie
Six-lined soapfish
Yellowback anthias

Orange dottyback

Comet

Target fish

Barred flagtail

Threadfin cardinalfish
Yellowstriped cardinalfish

Banded blanquillo

Live shark-sucker

Bigeye trevally
Golden trevally
Greater amberjack
Indian threadfish
Snubnose pompano

Common bluestripe seaperch
Emperor red snapper
Humpback red snapper

Dark-banded fusilier
Redbelly yellowtail fusilier
Yellow and blueback fusilier
Yellowback fusilier

Harlequin sweetlips
Oriental sweetlips
Two-striped sweetlips

Goldsaddle Goatfish

Silver moony

Banded archerfish?
Spotted archerfish?

Big longnose butterflyfish
Blackback butterflyfish
Blackwedged butterflyfish
Brown-and-white butterflyfish
Copperband butterflyfish
False moorish idol
Forcepsfish
Latticed butterflyfish
Pennant coralfish
Raccoon butterflyfish
Redtail butterflyfish
Sunburst butterflyfish
Threadfin butterflyfish
Yellowhead butterflyfish

Blacktail angelfish
Blue koran angelfish
Blue Ring angelfish
Emperor angelfish
Regal angelfish
Sixbarred angelfish
Threespot angelfish
Twospined angelfish
Yellowface angelfish
Yellowtail angelfish

Black-sided hawkfish
Coral hawkfish
Dwarf hawkfish
Longnose hawkfish

Flathead grey mullet

Allen's damsel
Blue green damselfish
Bowtie damselfish
Chocolatedip chromis
Cloudy damselfish
Clown anemonefish
Golden damselfish
Indo-Pacific sergeant
Lemon damsel
Rolland's demoiselle
Saddle anemonefish
Scissortail sergeant
Seba's clownfish
Skunk clownfish
Spinecheek anemonefish
Talbot's demoiselle
Threespot dascyllus
Whitetail damselfish
Yellowtail clownfish

Adorned wrasse
Axilspot hogfish
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Checkerboard wrasse
Clown coris
Crescent-tail wrasse
Dragon wrasse
Dusky wrasse
Goldbar wrasse
Green birdmouth wrasse
Humphead wrasse
Orange-dotted tuskfish
Pastel-green wrasse
Queen wrasse
Redbreast wrasse
Sixbar wrasse
Sixline wrasse
Slingjaw Wrasse
Splitlevel hogfish
Yellow-brown wrasse

Quoy's parrotfish

Bicolor blenny
Jewelled blenny
Midas blenny

Starry dragonet

Banded sleeper goby
Barred mudskipper
Golden-headed sleeper goby
Gorgeous prawn-goby
Orange-spotted sleeper-goby
Pearse's mudskipper
Poison goby
Sixspot goby
Yellow prawn-goby

Blackfin dartfish
Chinese zebra goby
Elegant firefish

Dusky batfish
Orbicular batfish
Teira batfish

Spotted scat

Barhead spinefoot
Blue-spotted spinefoot
Brownspotted spinefoot
Magnificent rabbitfish
Orange-spotted Spinefoot
Streaked spinefoot

Moorish idol

Bignose unicornfish
Black-spot surgeonfish
Bluespine unicornfish
Clown surgeonfish
Convict surgeonfish
Desjardin's Sailfin Tang
Doubleband surgeonfish
Elegant unicornfish
Elongate surgeonfish
Epaulette surgeonfish
Eyestrip surgeonfish
Indian Gold-ring bristle-tooth
Palette surgeonfish
Powderblue surgeonfish
Sleek unicornfish
Spotted unicornfish
Striated surgeonfish
Twospot surgeonfish
Twotone tang
White-freckled surgeonfish
Whitecheek surgeonfish
Yellowfin surgeonfish
Yellowtail tang

Great barracuda

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list Arabian seas:
Turtles:
Green turtle
Loggerhead turtle

Sharks and rays:
Grey bambooshark
Zebra shark
Sand tiger shark
Coral catshark
Blacktip reef shark
Grey reef shark
Sandbar shark
Whitetip reef shark

Bowmouth guitarfish
Giant shovelnose ray
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
Honeycomb stingray
Common eagle ray
Javanese cownose ray
Ocellated eagle ray
Oman cownose ray

Tarpons:
Indo-Pacific tarpon

Eels:
Giant moray
Greyface moray
Laced moray
Leopard moray
Ribbon moray
Snowflake moray
Zebra moray
Orange-Barred Garden Eel
Spotted Garden Eel

Anglerfishes:
Warty frogfish

Sawbellies:
Blotcheye soldierfish
Crown squirrelfish
Pinecone soldierfish
Redcoat
Sabre Squirrelfish
Japanese pineapplefish

Seahorses and allies:
Pacific trumpetfish
Longspine snipefish
Alligator pipefish
Banded pipefish
Bluestripe pipefish
Spotted seahorse

Scorpionfishes and allies:
Broadbarred firefish
Leaf scorpionfish
Radial firefish
Shortfin turkeyfish
Twospot turkeyfish
Zebra turkeyfish
Common stonefish

Puffers and filefishes:
Arabian picassofish
Black triggerfish
Clown triggerfish
Gilded triggerfish
Orange-lined triggerfish
Pinktail triggerfish
Red-toothed triggerfish
Wedge-tail triggerfish
White-banded triggerfish
Yellow-spotted triggerfish
Yellowmargin triggerfish
Harlequin filefish
Scrawled filefish
Longhorn boxfish
Blackspotted puffer
Green pufferfish
Guineafowl puffer
Map puffer
Starry toadfish
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
White-spotted puffer
Black-blotched porcupinefish
Long-spine porcupinefish
Spot-fin porcupinefish

Perchlikes:
Blue and yellow grouper
Coral hind
Giant grouper
Humpback grouper
Peacock hind
Red-bar anthias
Sea goldie
Six-lined soapfish
Two-spot basslet
Yellowback anthias

Orange dottyback
Orchid dottyback

Comet

Target fish

Barred flagtail

Threadfin cardinalfish
Yellowstriped cardinalfish

Banded blanquillo

Live shark-sucker

Bigeye trevally
Golden trevally
Greater amberjack
Indian threadfish
Snubnose pompano

Common bluestripe seaperch
Emperor red snapper
Humpback red snapper

Dark-banded fusilier
Redbelly yellowtail fusilier
Yellow and blueback fusilier
Yellowback fusilier

Blackspotted Rubberlip
Harlequin sweetlips
Oriental sweetlips
Two-striped sweetlips

Striped seabream
White seabream

Goldsaddle Goatfish

Silver moony

Banded archerfish?

Big longnose butterflyfish
Blackback butterflyfish
Blackwedged butterflyfish
Bluecheek butterflyfish
Brown-and-white butterflyfish
Diagonal butterflyfish
False moorish idol
Forcepsfish
Pennant coralfish
Raccoon butterflyfish
Red Sea bannerfish
Redtail butterflyfish
Sunburst butterflyfish
Threadfin butterflyfish
Yellowhead butterflyfish

Arabian angelfish
Blacktail angelfish
Blue koran angelfish
Blue Ring angelfish
Earspot angelfish
Emperor angelfish
Orangeback angelfish
Regal angelfish
Threespot angelfish
Twospined angelfish
Yellowbar angelfish
Yellowface angelfish
Yellowtail angelfish

Black-sided hawkfish
Coral hawkfish
Dwarf hawkfish
Longnose hawkfish

Flathead grey mullet

Blue green damselfish
Bowtie damselfish
Chocolatedip chromis
Cloudy damselfish
Clown anemonefish
Indo-Pacific sergeant
Red Sea clownfish
Scissortail sergeant
Seba's clownfish
Skunk clownfish
Threespot dascyllus
Whitetail damselfish
Yellowtail clownfish

Adorned wrasse
Axilspot hogfish
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Checkerboard wrasse
Clown coris
Crescent-tail wrasse
Dragon wrasse
Dusky wrasse
Goldbar wrasse
Green birdmouth wrasse
Humphead wrasse
Queen wrasse
Redbreast wrasse
Sixbar wrasse
Sixline wrasse
Slingjaw Wrasse
Twospot hogfish
Vermiculate wrasse
Yellow-brown wrasse

Bicolour parrotfish
Quoy's parrotfish

Bicolor blenny
Jewelled blenny
Midas blenny
Ringneck blenny

Starry dragonet

Barred mudskipper
Broad-barred goby
Golden-headed sleeper goby
Gorgeous prawn-goby
Orange-spotted sleeper-goby
Poison goby
Sixspot goby
Yellow prawn-goby

Blackfin dartfish
Chinese zebra goby
Elegant firefish
Fire Goby

Orbicular batfish
Teira batfish

Spotted scat

Barhead spinefoot
Blue-spotted spinefoot
Brownspotted spinefoot
Streaked spinefoot

Moorish idol

Bignose unicornfish
Black-spot surgeonfish
Bluespine unicornfish
Clown surgeonfish
Convict surgeonfish
Desjardin's Sailfin Tang
Doubleband surgeonfish
Elegant unicornfish
Elongate surgeonfish
Epaulette surgeonfish
Eyestrip surgeonfish
Humpback unicornfish
Indian Gold-ring bristle-tooth
Palette surgeonfish
Powderblue surgeonfish
Ringtail surgeonfish
Sleek unicornfish
Sohal surgeonfish
Spotted unicornfish
Striated surgeonfish
Twospot surgeonfish
Twotone tang
White-freckled surgeonfish
Whitecheek surgeonfish
Yellowfin surgeonfish
Yellowtail tang

Great barracuda

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list Indo-African ocean:
Turtles:
Green turtle
Loggerhead turtle

Sharks and rays:
Zebra shark
Short-tail nurse shark
Sand tiger shark
Common smooth-hound*
Tope shark*
Blacktip reef shark
Grey reef shark
Sandbar shark
Whitetip reef shark
Spiny dogfish*

Bowmouth guitarfish
Thornback ray
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
Honeycomb stingray
Pelagic stingray
Common eagle ray
Ocellated eagle ray
Oman cownose ray

Tarpons:
Indo-Pacific tarpon

Eels:
Giant moray
Laced moray
Leopard moray
Ribbon moray
Snowflake moray
Spotted moray
Zebra moray
Spotted Garden Eel

Anglerfishes:
Warty frogfish

Sawbellies:
Blotcheye soldierfish
Crown squirrelfish
Pinecone soldierfish
Redcoat
Sabre Squirrelfish
Japanese pineapplefish

Dories:
John dory

Seahorses and allies:
Pacific trumpetfish
Longspine snipefish
Razorfish
Alligator pipefish
Banded pipefish
Bluestripe pipefish
Greater pipefish*
Spotted seahorse

Scorpionfishes and allies:
Blackbelly rosefish*
Broadbarred firefish
Largescaled scorpionfish
Leaf scorpionfish
Radial firefish
Shortfin turkeyfish
Twospot turkeyfish
Weedy scorpionfish
Zebra turkeyfish
Common stonefish

Puffers and filefishes:
Black triggerfish
Clown triggerfish
Gilded triggerfish
Orange-lined triggerfish
Pinktail triggerfish
Red-toothed triggerfish
Wedge-tail triggerfish
White-banded triggerfish
Yellow-spotted triggerfish
Yellowmargin triggerfish
Harlequin filefish
Scrawled filefish
Longhorn boxfish
Blackspotted puffer
Guineafowl puffer
Map puffer
Starry toadfish
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
White-spotted puffer
Black-blotched porcupinefish
Long-spine porcupinefish
Spot-fin porcupinefish

Perchlikes:
Atlantic wreckfish*

Blue and yellow grouper
Comber*
Coral hind
Dusky grouper
Giant grouper
Peacock hind
Red-bar anthias
Sea goldie
Six-lined soapfish
Two-spot basslet
Yellowback anthias

Orange dottyback

Comet

Target fish

Barred flagtail

Threadfin cardinalfish
Yellowstriped cardinalfish

Banded blanquillo

Live shark-sucker

Atlantic horse mackerel*
Bigeye trevally
Golden trevally
Greater amberjack
Indian threadfish
Snubnose pompano

Common bluestripe seaperch
Emperor red snapper
Humpback red snapper

Dark-banded fusilier
Yellow and blueback fusilier
Yellowback fusilier

Blackspotted Rubberlip
Harlequin sweetlips
Oriental sweetlips
Two-striped sweetlips

Goldline
Striped seabream

Goldsaddle Goatfish

Silver moony

Big longnose butterflyfish
Blackback butterflyfish
Blackwedged butterflyfish
Brown-and-white butterflyfish
False moorish idol
Forcepsfish
Pennant coralfish
Raccoon butterflyfish
Sunburst butterflyfish
Threadfin butterflyfish
Yellowhead butterflyfish

Arabian angelfish
Blue koran angelfish
Earspot angelfish
Emperor angelfish
Orangeback angelfish
Regal angelfish
Threespot angelfish
Twospined angelfish
Yellowbar angelfish
Yellowtail angelfish

Black-sided hawkfish
Coral hawkfish
Longnose hawkfish

Flathead grey mullet

Blue green damselfish
Bowtie damselfish
Chocolatedip chromis
Cloudy damselfish
Indo-Pacific sergeant
Scissortail sergeant
Skunk clownfish
Threespot dascyllus
Twobar anemonefish
Whitetail damselfish

Adorned wrasse
Axilspot hogfish
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Checkerboard wrasse
Clown coris
Crescent-tail wrasse
Dragon wrasse
Dusky wrasse
Goldbar wrasse
Green birdmouth wrasse
Humphead wrasse
Queen wrasse
Redbreast wrasse
Sixbar wrasse
Sixline wrasse
Slingjaw Wrasse
Twospot hogfish
Vermiculate wrasse
Yellow-brown wrasse

Jewelled blenny
Midas blenny
Ringneck blenny*

Starry dragonet

Barred mudskipper
Broad-barred goby
Golden-headed sleeper goby
Gorgeous prawn-goby
Orange-spotted sleeper-goby
Poison goby
Sixspot goby

Blackfin dartfish
Chinese zebra goby
Elegant firefish
Fire Goby

Orbicular batfish
Teira batfish

Blue-spotted spinefoot
Brownspotted spinefoot

Moorish idol

Bignose unicornfish
Black-spot surgeonfish
Bluespine unicornfish
Clown surgeonfish
Convict surgeonfish
Desjardin's Sailfin Tang
Doubleband surgeonfish
Elegant unicornfish
Elongate surgeonfish
Epaulette surgeonfish
Eyestrip surgeonfish
Humpback unicornfish
Indian Gold-ring bristle-tooth
Palette surgeonfish
Powderblue surgeonfish
Ringtail surgeonfish
Sleek unicornfish
Spotted unicornfish
Striated surgeonfish
Twospot surgeonfish
Twotone tang
Whitecheek surgeonfish
Yellowfin surgeonfish

Great barracuda

* = Only occurs off South Africa

 

[Mr Gharial]

When I started the fish project I also decided to make a list for all the fish species that occur anywhere near Antarctica, but that ended up only being 3 species. I'll still post them of course:

Species list Near-Antarctic:
Spiny dogfish

Blackbelly rosefish

Atlantic wreckfish

 

[Mr Gharial]

And we're off the the home stretch with the freshwater species! Starting off in North America:

Species list North American Freshwater:
Eight regions:


1 Northern rivers
2 Pacific rivers
3 Gulf of Mexico drainage
4 Mississippi basin
5 Atlantic rivers
6 Florida
7 Caribbean freshwater
8 Central American waters

Species list Northern rivers:
Sturgeons and allies:
Atlantic sturgeon
White sturgeon

Gars:
Longnose gar

Carps and allies:
Fathead minnow

Catfishes:
Black bullhead
Brown bullhead

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Arctic char
Atlantic salmon
Brook trout
Rainbow trout

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback
Three-spined stickleback

Perchlikes:
Largemouth bass
Pumpkinseed

Species list Pacific rivers:
Sturgeons and allies:
White sturgeon

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Rainbow trout

Sticklebacks:
Three-spined stickleback

Species list Gulf of Mexico drainage:
Gars:
Alligator gar
Longnose gar
Spotted gar

Carps and allies:
Fathead minnow
Red shiner

Characins:
Mexican tetra

Catfishes:
Black bullhead
Brown bullhead

Livebearers and allies:
Sailfin molly
Shortfin molly
Western mosquitofish

Perchlikes:
Largemouth bass

Rio Grande cichlid

Species list Mississippi basin:
Sturgeons and allies:
Atlantic sturgeon
Mississippi paddlefish

Gars:
Alligator gar
Longnose gar
Spotted gar

Carps and allies:
Fathead minnow
Rainbow shiner
Red shiner

Catfishes:
Black bullhead
Brown bullhead

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Brook trout

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Livebearers and allies:
Least killifish
Sailfin molly
Western mosquitofish

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback
Three-spined stickleback

Perchlikes:
Largemouth bass
Pumpkinseed

Species list Atlantic rivers:
Sturgeons and allies:
Atlantic sturgeon

Gars:
Longnose gar

Catfish:
Brown bullhead

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Brook trout

Livebearers and allies:
Sailfin molly

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback
Three-spined stickleback

Perchlikes:
Largemouth bass
Pumpkinseed

Species list Florida:
Sturgeons and allies:
Atlantic sturgeon

Gars:
Longnose gar
Spotted gar

Catfish:
Brown bullhead

Livebearers and allies:
Least killifish
Sailfin molly

Perchlikes:
Largemouth bass

Species list Antillean freshwater:
Gars:
Cuban gar

Characins:
X-ray tetra

Catfish:
Armoured catfish
Bronze corydoras
Brown hoplo

Livebearers and allies:
Blackbarred limia
Guppy
Tiger limia

Perchlikes:
Blue acara
Keyhole cichlid

Species list Central American waters:
Characins:
Spotted hatchetfish
Blind cave tetra
Blue-red colombian tetra

Catfish:
Tete sea catfish*
Brown hoplo

Livebearers and allies:
Balsas splitfin
Blue-tailed goodeid
Butterfly goodeid
Chapultepec splitfin
Finescale splitfin
Goldbreast splitfin
Golden saw-finned goodeid
Polka-dot splitfin
Rainbow goodeid
Redtail splitfin
Relict splitfin
San Marcos splitfin
Spotted skiffia
Tequila splitfin
Liberty molly
Green swordtail
Molly
Monterrey platyfish
Montezuma swordtail
Sail-fin molly
Sailfin molly
Shortfin molly
Southern platyfish
Western mosquitofish
Livebearers and allies:
Green swordtail
Shortfin molly
Yucatan gambusia
La Palma pupfish

Perchlikes:
Blackbelt cichlid
Blue-eyed cichlid
Chisel-tooth cichlid
Convict cichlid
Elliot's cichlid
Firemouth cichlid
Jack dempsey cichlid
Jaguar cichlid
Lowland cichlid
Midas cichlid
Nicaragua cichlid
Pantano cichlid
Rainbow cichlid
Red devil cichlid
Redhead cichlid
Sajica cichlid
Salvin's cichlid
Topaz cichlid
White cichlid
Wolf cichlid


* = The Tete sea catfish can be held in Fresh water as a juvenile, but has to be acclimated to Marine water as it matures

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list South American freshwater:
9 regions:


1 Rio Cauca
2 Orinoco basin
3 Collective Guianan rivers
4 Amazon basin
5 São Francisco river basin
6 La Plata basin
7 Colorado/Negro basin
8 Andean waters and the West Coast
9 East Coast

Fish in the Andean water and West Coast are a bit iffy, some simply occur higher up than most Amazon dwellers, such as the Julii corydoras and Black ghost knifefish:

Others truly occur on the West Coast:


Species list Rio Cauca:
Characins:
Spotted hatchetfish
Gar characin
Emperor tetra

Catfish:
Tete sea catfish**
Duckbill catfish
Brown hoplo
Palito
Royal twig catfish*

Livebearers and allies:
Guppy

Perchlikes:
Blue acara
Redhump eartheater

Species list Orinoco basin:
Freshwater stingrays:
Smooth-back river stingray

Knifefishes:
Black ghost knifefish

Livebearers and allies:
Endlers guppy
Guppy
Four-eyed fish

Puffers and filefishes:
Amazon freshwater puffer

Lungfishes:
South American lungfish

Characins:
Red tail hemiodus
Kissing prochilodus

Banded Leporinus
Goldstripe headstander
Marbled headstander
Striped headstander

Black-winged hatchetfish
Marbled hatchetfish
River hatchetfish
Spotfin hatchetfish

Golden pencilfish
Splash tetra

Black band myleus
Colossoma macropomum
Red hook silver dollar
Spotted silver dollar

Bucktooth tetra
Cardinal tetra
Diamond tetra*
Firehead tetra
Gold tetra
Green neon tetra
Ornate tetra
Red phantom tetra
X-ray tetra

Catfishes:
Giant raphael catfish
Southern striped raphael
Spotted talking catfish
Duckbill catfish
Pictus catfish
Redtail catfish
Tiger sorubim
Two-colored banjo catfish
Armoured catfish
Bandit corydoras
Bronze corydoras
Brown hoplo
Masked corydoras
Amazon whiptail catfish
Galaxy pleco
Lyre-tail pleco
Orinoco sailfin catfish
Royal panaque
Royal twig catfish*
Sabaj's leopard pleco
Spotted sailfin suckermouth catfish
Whiptail catfish (Farlowella acus)

Perchlikes:
Amazon leaffish

Altum angelfish
Banded cichlid
Blue acara
Keyhole cichlid
Parrot cichlid
Ram cichlid
Redhump eartheater
Speckled peacock bass
Tiger oscar

Species list Collective Guianan rivers:
Freshwater stingrays:
Smooth-back river stingray

Bony-tongued fishes:
Silver arowana

Knifefishes:
Black ghost knifefish
Electric eel

Livebearers and allies:
Guppy
Four-eyed fish

Puffers and filefishes:
Amazon freshwater puffer

Lungfishes:
South American lungfish

Characins:
Banded Leporinus
Goldstripe headstander
Striped headstander
Marbled hatchetfish
River hatchetfish
Golden pencilfish
Splash tetra
Black band myleus
Orange spotted pacu
Red hook silver dollar
Red-bellied piranha
Metynnis altidorsalis
Spotted silver dollar
Bucktooth tetra
Glowlight tetra
Gold tetra
X-ray tetra

Catfish:
Giant raphael catfish
Southern striped raphael
Ripsaw catfish
Duckbill catfish
Redtail catfish
Tiger sorubim
Two-colored banjo catfish
Armoured catfish and Corydoras:
Armoured catfish
Bronze corydoras
Brown hoplo
Three-lined cory
Amazon whiptail catfish
Leopard cactus pleco
Lyre-tail pleco
Sabaj's leopard pleco
Spotted sailfin suckermouth catfish
Common pleco
Temminck's Bristlenosed catfish

Perchlikes:
Butterfly Peacock Bass
Demon eartheater
Freshwater angelfish
Goldeneye cichlid
Keyhole cichlid
Krobia
Leopold's angelfish
Manacupuru angelfish
Peacock bass
Speckled peacock bass
Tiger oscar

Species list Amazon river basin:
Freshwater stingrays:
Black-tailed stingray
Pearled river stingray
Smooth-back river stingray
White-blotched river stingray

Bony-tongued fishes:
Silver arowana
Black arowana
Arapaima

Catfish:
Giant raphael catfish
Southern striped raphael
Ripsaw catfish
Spotted talking catfish
Duckbill catfish
Pictus catfish
Redtail catfish
Tiger sorubim
Two-colored banjo catfish

Corydoras:
Adolfs catfish
Armoured catfish
Bandit corydoras
Bronze corydoras
Dwarf corydoras
Emerald catfish
Flagtail catfish
Brown hoplo
Gold laser cory
Horseman corydoras
Julii corydoras
Panda corydoras
Porthole catfish
Saddle Cory
Schwartz's catfish
Skunk corydoras
Smudge spot cory
Spotted Corydoras
Spotted corydoras
Sterba's corydoras
Three-lined cory

Armoured catfishes:
Amazon sailfin catfish
Amazon whiptail catfish
Blue-eyed cochliodon
Bristlenose plecostomus
Candy striped plecostomus
Dwarf oto
Flash pleco
Galaxy pleco
Gold nugget pleco
Gold spotted pleco
Golden-Nugget catfish
Green phantom pleco
King tiger pleco (Hypancistrus spec. L 066)
King tiger pleco (Hypancistrus spec. L 333)
Leopard cactus pleco
Leopard frog pleco
Lyre-tail pleco
Polka-dot lyretail pleco
Sabaj's leopard pleco
Snowball pleco (Hypancistrus spec. L 102)
Spoon face whiptail
Spotted sailfin suckermouth catfish
Goldie pleco
Tapajos royal pleco
Xingu tiger pleco
Zebra pleco

Knifefishes:
Black ghost knifefish

Livebearers and allies:
Four-eyed fish

Puffers and filefishes:
Amazon freshwater puffer

Lungfishes:
South American lungfish

Characins:
Red tail hemiodus
Kissing prochilodus
Silver prochilodus

Banded Leporinus
Goldstripe headstander
Many-banded headstander
Marbled headstander
Striped headstander

Black-winged hatchetfish
Giant hatchetfish
Marbled hatchetfish
River hatchetfish
Spotfin hatchetfish

Golden pencilfish
Peruvian red pencilfish
Splash tetra

Black band myleus
Orange spotted pacu
Colossoma macropomum
Pirapitinga
Red hook silver dollar
Red-bellied piranha
Metynnis argenteus
Spotted metynnis
Spotted silver dollar

Amapá tetra
Black neon tetra
Black phantom tetra
Blackline penguinfish
Bleeding heart tetra
Blueberry tetra
Bork's tetra
Bucktooth tetra
Cardinal tetra
Dawn tetra
Ember tetra
False Kitty tetra
False rummynose tetra
Firehead tetra
Glass bloodfin
Gold tetra
Green neon tetra
Jewel tetra
Lemon tetra
Triangle glass tetra
Neon tetra
Ornate tetra
Phoenix tetra
Redeye Tetra
Rosy tetra
Royal tetra
Rummy-nose tetra
X-ray tetra

Dorado
Piraputanga

Pinktail chalceus
Tucan fish

Perchlikes:
Amazon leaffish

Agassizs dwarf cichlid
Altum angelfish
Banded cichlid
Blue discus
Bolivian Butterfly cichlid
Butterfly Peacock Bass
Cockatoo cichlid
Common severum
Demon eartheater
Discus fish
Emerald cichlid
Mesonauta festivus
Freshwater angelfish
High-head eartheater
Kelber's peacock bass
Leopold's angelfish
Manacupuru angelfish
Parrot cichlid
Peacock bass
Red discus
Speckled peacock bass
Sven's eartheater
Tapajos redhead eartheater
Tiger oscar
Uaru

Species list São Francisco river basin:
Characins:
Spotted silver dollar

Banded astyanax
Blackline tetra
Buenos Aires tetra
Redeye Tetra
Silvertip tetra
Banded characidium

Catfish:
Ripsaw catfish
Bronze corydoras
Brown hoplo
Hypostomus punctatus

Livebearers and allies:
Four-eyed fish

Lungfishes:
South American lungfish

Species list La Plata basin:
Freshwater rays:
Ocellate river stingray

Catfish:
Southern striped raphael
Barred sorubim
Duckbill catfish
Armoured catfish
Bronze corydoras
Brown hoplo
Peppered corydoras
Amazon whiptail catfish
Chocolate pleco
Jumbie teta bristle-nosed plec

Knifefishes:
Black ghost knifefish

Lungfishes:
South American lungfish

Characins:
Marbled headstander
Spotfin hatchetfish
Red-bellied piranha
Spotted metynnis
Spotted silver dollar
Black neon tetra
Black phantom tetra
Black tetra
Dawn tetra
Jewel tetra
Redeye Tetra
Dorado
Piraputanga
Banded characidium

Perchlikes:
Flag cichlid
Pearl cichlid

Species list Colorado-Negro basin:
Yet another species list I included in the beginning, not knowing it would have very few species...

Freshwater rays:
Ocellate river stingray

Catfish:
Peppered corydoras

Species list Andean waters and the West Coast:
Characins:
Spotted silver dollar

Catfish:
Tete sea catfish**
Armoured catfish
Brown hoplo
Horseman corydoras
Julii corydoras
Masked corydoras
Panda corydoras
Spotted corydoras
Whiptail catfish (Farlowella acus)

Knifefishes:
Black ghost knifefish

Lungfishes:
South American lungfish

Cichlids:
Demon eartheater
Mesonauta festivus
Green terror
Guayas cichlid
Tiger oscar

Species list East coast:
Characins:
Spotted silver dollar
Flame tetra
Banded characidium

Catfish
Banded corydoras
Bronze corydoras
Coast cory
Brown hoplo
Peppered corydoras
Blue-chin catfish
Golden otocinclus
Hypostomus punctatus


* = These species don't occur perfectly within the river system they're classified under, but they do occur nearby.
** = The Tete sea catfish can be held in Fresh water as a juvenile, but has to be acclimated to Marine water as it matures

 

[KevinB]

Thank you very much for all the work on these comprehensive and very useful lists.

 

[StellarChaser]

Species list Great plains valley:
Mammals:
Virginia opossum

Black-tailed prairiedog
Richardson's ground squirrel
North American porcupine
American beaver
Merriam’s kangaroo rat
Cactus deermouse
Hispid cotton rat

Bobcat
Cougar
American black bear
Northern raccoon
Eastern spotted skunk
Striped skunk
American mink

White-tailed deer
Wapiti
Plains bison

American Badger can be added here, as well as in West Coast and Desert

Species list Southern China:
Mammals:
Northern treeshrew

Rhesus macaque
Francois' leaf monkey

Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel (Subspecies castaneus)
Pallas's squirrel
Eurasian field mouse
Eurasian harvest mouse
Reed vole

Common palm civet
Indochinese leopard cat
Indochinese clouded leopard
Chinese dhole
Raccoon dog
Asiatic black bear
Asian small-clawed otter
Siberian weasel

Reeves’ muntjac
Michie’s tufted deer
Taiwan sika deer

You miss several species here, Red Panda, Indian Elephants, Binturong, Chinese and Sundar Pangolins, Pygmy Slow Loris, Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, Assam Macaque do occur in Southern China

Mammals:
Crested black macaque

Sulawesi babirusa
Lowland anoa

Sulawesi Bear Cuscus can be added here

Still, appreciation for your great work

 

[Mr Gharial]

American Badger can be added here, as well as in West Coast and Desert

This list is based on animals available in Europe, seeing as Zootierliste isn't nearly complete for the other continents yet.

You miss several species here, Red Panda, Indian Elephants, Binturong, Chinese and Sunda Pangolins, Pygmy Slow Loris, Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, Assam Macaque do occur in Southern China

Despite me calling this region "Southern China", it doesn't actually follow the Chinese border perfectly, so the Indian elephant, Binturong, and Pygmy slow loris are not listed.


Indian elephant Binturong Pygmy slow loris

Hmmm... Yeah, I'll admit I should've included the Binturong and Pygmy slow loris. I don't overlay the maps when creating the lists, so some are indeed missing. And sometimes I just straight-up forget, as I noticed recently with the Madagascar list, where the White-faced whistling-duck isn't listed when it should be...

The Red panda (Sub)species held in Europe is the Nepalese Red panda, which does not include in the region.

The Chinese pangolin is only held in 2 European zoos, with a total of 2.4 animals. I deemed this too few animals to include. The Northern pig-tailed macaque is only held in 1 European zoo, with only 0.3 animals.

The Assam macaque and Sunda pangolin are both not held in Europe

Sulawesi Bear Cuscus can be added here

The bear cuscus is only held in three zoos, with a total of 2.4.1 animals in Europe, I deemed this too few animals to include.

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list European freshwater:
Nine regions:


1 Atlantic sea drainage
2 North Sea drainage
3 Mediterranean drainage
4 Baltic sea drainage
5 Danube basin
6 Black and Caspain sea drainage
7 Arctic ocean drainage
8 UK

Species list Atlantic drainage:
Sturgeons:
European sea sturgeon

Eels:
European eel

Carps and allies:
Common barbel
Bleak
Common bream
Common dace
Eurasian minnow
European bitterling
Gudgeon
Roach
Rudd
Schneider
Tench
White bream
Spined loach
Stone loach

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Atlantic salmon
Brown trout
Grayling

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Sticklebacks:
Three-spined stickleback

Perchlikes:
European perch

Common goby

Species list North sea drainage:
Sturgeons:
European sea sturgeon

Eels:
European eel

Carps and allies:
Common barbel
Sunbleak
Bleak
Common bream
Common dace
Crucian carp
Eurasian minnow
European bitterling
Gudgeon
Roach
Rudd
Schneider
Sneep
Tench
Vimba bream
White bream
Zope
European weather loach
Spined loach
Stone loach

Catfish:
Wels catfish

Pikes:
Northern pike

Carps and allies:
Atlantic salmon
Brown trout
Grayling
Maraena

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback
Three-spined stickleback

Scorpionfishes and allies:
Bullhead

Perchlikes:
European perch
Ruffe

Common goby

Species list Mediterranean drainage:
Sturgeons:
Adriatic sturgeon

Eels:
European eel

Catfish:
Wels catfish

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Grayling
Lake char

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Livebearers and allies:
Roberta's toothcarp

Carps and allies:
Alborella
Common barbel
Bleak
Common bream
Common dace
Eurasian minnow
Gudgeon
Italian barbel
Italian souffia
Pearl roach
Roach
Rudd
Schneider
Souffia
Tench
White bream
Stone loach

Scorpionfishes and allies:
Bullhead

Perchlikes:
Rhone streber

Freshwater blenny

Common goby

Species list Baltic sea drainage:
Eels:
European eel

Carps and allies:
Asp
Common barbel
Sunbleak
Bleak
Common bream
Common dace
Crucian carp
Eurasian minnow
European bitterling
Gudgeon
Prussian carp
Roach
Rudd
Sabre carp
Schneider
Sneep
Tench
Vimba bream
White bream
Zope
European weather loach
Spined loach
Stone loach

Catfish:
Wels catfish

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Atlantic salmon
Brown trout
Grayling
Maraena

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback
Three-spined stickleback

Scorpionfishes and allies:
Bullhead

Perchlikes:
European perch
European zander
Ruffe

Common goby

Species list Danube basin:
Sturgeons:
Beluga sturgeon
Russian sturgeon
Starry sturgeon
Sterlet

Eels:
European eel

Catfish:
Wels catfish

Pikes and mudminnows:
Northern pike
Mudminnow

Salmonids:
Grayling
Huchen
Lake char

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Scorpionfishes and allies:
Bullhead

Carps and allies:
Asp
Common barbel
Sunbleak
Bleak
Common bream
Common carp
Common dace
Crucian carp
Eurasian minnow
European bitterling
Petzea Rudd
Prussian carp
Roach
Rudd
Sabre carp
Schneider
Sneep
Souffia
Tench
Vimba bream
White bream
Zope
European weather loach
Stone loach

Perchlikes:
European perch
European zander
Ruffe

Round goby

Species list Black and Caspain sea drainage:
Sturgeons:
Beluga sturgeon
Russian sturgeon
Starry sturgeon
Sterlet

Eels:
European eel

Catfish:
Wels catfish

Pikes:
Northern pike

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Sticklebacks:
Three-spined stickleback

Carps and allies:
Asp
Common barbel
Sunbleak
Bleak
Common bream
Common carp
Common dace
Eurasian minnow
European bitterling
Gudgeon
Orfe
Prussian carp
Roach
Rudd
Sabre carp
Schneider
Sneep
Tench
Vimba bream
White bream
Zope
European weather loach
Spined loach
Stone loach

Perchlikes:
European perch
European zander
Ruffe

Round goby

Species list Arctic ocean drainage:
Sturgeons:
Siberian sturgeon
Sterlet

Eels:
European eel

Carps and allies:
Bleak
Common bream
Common dace
Crucian carp
Eurasian minnow
Gudgeon
Orfe
Prussian carp
Roach
Tench

Pikes:
Northern pike

Salmonids:
Arctic char
Atlantic salmon
Brown trout
Grayling
Rainbow trout

Cods and allies:
Burbot

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback
Three-spined stickleback

Perchlikes:
European perch
Ruffe

Species list UK:
Eels:
European eel

Carps and allies:
Common barbel
Bleak
Common bream
Common dace
Eurasian minnow
Gudgeon
Roach
Rudd
Tench
White bream
Spined loach
Stone loach

Carps and allies:
Atlantic salmon
Brown trout
Grayling

Sticklebacks:
Three-spined stickleback

Perchlikes:
European perch
Ruffe

Common goby

Bonus*:
Common whitefish

* The common whitefish is the only commonly held fish that occurs exclusively in a few lakes in the Alps.

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list African freshwater:
12 regions:


1 Combined West African rivers
2 Niger delta and Lake Chad
3 Nile river
4 Congo river basin
5 Zambezi river basin
6 South African waters
7 East African waters
8 Madagascar
9 Lake Victoria
10 Lake Tanganyika
11 Lake Malawi
12: Saharan waters

Species list Combined West African rivers:
Bichirs:
Gray bichir
Nile bichir
Saddled bichir

Bony-tongued fishes:
African knifefish

Carps and allies:
Bump-Head Garra

Characins:
Common African tigerfish
Longfin tetra

Catfish:
Butter catfish
North African catfish
Giraffe catfish
Black Marbled squeaker
Featherfin squeaker
Highfin spotted squeaker
Ocellifer catfish

Livebearers and allies:
Redchin panchax

Puffers and filefishes:
Nile puffer

Lungfishes:
West African lungfish

Perchlikes:
Nile perch

Atlantic mudskipper

African jewelfish
Nile Tilapia
Spotted tilapia
Zebra tilapia

Species list Niger delta:
Bichirs:
Gray bichir
Nile bichir
Reedfish
Saddled bichir

Bony-tongued fishes:
Freshwater butterflyfish
African knifefish
Peters`elephantnose fish

Carps and allies:
Bump-Head Garra

Characins:
Sixbar distichodus
Common African tigerfish
Longfin tetra
Niger tetra

Catfish:
Butter catfish
Three-striped African glass catfish
North African catfish
Giraffe catfish
Featherfin squeaker
Ocellifer catfish

Livebearers and allies:
Blue lyretail

Puffers and filefishes:
Nile puffer

Lungfishes:
West African lungfish

Perchlikes:
Nile perch

Atlantic mudskipper

African jewelfish
Nile Tilapia
Purple cichlid
Spotted tilapia

Species list Nile river:
Bichirs:
Gray bichir
Nile bichir
Saddled bichir

Bony-tongued fishes:
African knifefish

Eels:
European eel

Characins:
Common African tigerfish

Catfish:
Butter catfish
North African catfish
Giraffe catfish
Featherfin squeaker

Puffers and filefishes:
Nile puffer

Lungfishes:
West African lungfish

Perchlikes:
Nile perch

African jewelfish
Nile Tilapia

Species list Congo river basin:
Bichirs:
Armoured bichir
Gray bichir
Ornate bichir

Bony-tongued fishes:
Freshwater butterflyfish
African knifefish
Peters`elephantnose fish

Carps and allies:
African banded barb
Bump-Head Garra

Characins:
Sixbar distichodus
Common African tigerfish
Congo tetra
Golden congo tetra
Longfin tetra
Yellowtail tetra

Catfish:
Butter catfish
Striped african glass catfish
North African catfish
Giraffe catfish
Angel squeaker
Blotched upsidedown catfish
Clown squeaker

Livebearers and allies:
Lyretail panchax

Puffers and filefishes:
Giant puffer

Perchlikes:
Atlantic mudskipper

Spotted ctenopoma

Bates' cichlid
Blood-red jewel cichlid
African jewelfish
Steatocranus casuarius
Longfin tilapia
Spotted tilapia

Species list Zambezi river basin:
Carps and relatives:
African banded barb

Characins:
Common African tigerfish

Catfish:
Butter catfish
North African catfish

Lungfishes:
West African lungfish

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Longfin tilapia
Mozambique tilapia

Species list South African waters:
Catfish:
North African catfish

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Longfin tilapia
Mozambique tilapia
Otjikoto tilapia

Species list East African waters
Bichirs:
Nile bichir
Ornate bichir

Characins:
Common African tigerfish

Catfish:
Butter catfish
North African catfish

Puffers and filefishes:
Giant puffer

Lungfishes:
West African lungfish

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Manyara tilapia
Nile Tilapia

Species list Madagascar:
Silversides:
Madagascar silverside
Red-Tailed silverside
Vatosoa rainbowfish

Livebearers and allies:
Powder-blue panchax
Red Madagascar Panchax

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Black diamond cichlid
Damba
Grandidier's Malagasy cichlid
Kotsovato cichlid
Loiselle's Malagasy cichlid
Mangarahara cichlid
Pinstripe damba

Species list Lake Victoria:
Catfish:
North African catfish

Perchlikes:
Nyerere's cichlid
Haplochromis spec. "Thick Skin" CH44
Zebra Obliquidens

Species list Lake Tanganyika:
Catfish:
North African catfish
Giraffe catfish
Common cuckoo catfish
Dwarf lake synodontis
Many-spotted synodontis

Livebearers and allies:
Tanganyika killifish

Perchlikes:
Blue humphead cichlid
Blue neon cichlid
Blunthead cichlid
Brevis shelldweller
Compressed cichlid
Congo blackfin
Convict julie
Cylinder cichlid
Daffodil cichlid
Five-bar cichlid
Golden julie
Humphead cichlid
Lemon cichlid
Marlier's Julie
Masked julie
Nile Tilapia
Ocellated lamprologus
Princess of Burundi
Sardine cichlid
Snail cichlid
Tanganyikan mouthbrooding cichlid

Species list Lake Malawi:
Catfish:
North African catfish
Malawi squeaker

Cichlids*:
* = Due to the sheer amount of Malawi cichlids, I've put them into categories separating them by patterns and colours.

Zebra-striped cichlids (Light):
Aurora cichlid
Electric-blue Cichlid
Fairy cichlid
Hump-head
Powder blue cichlid
William's mbuna

Zebra-striped cichlid (Dark):
Demason's cichlid
Dogtooth cichlid
Chindongo elongatus
Hongi cichlid
Kenyi cichlid
Saulosi cichlid
Star sapphire cichlid
Zebra mbuna

Pale cichlids:
Cobalt blue mbuna
Deep water hap
Yellowfin mbuna

Side-striped cichlids:
Blue johanni cichlid
Bluegray mbuna
Christy's cichlid
Malawi Golden Cichlid

Multiple colour variations:
Blue mbuna
Emperor cichlid
Golden tropheops
Red zebra cichlid
Scrapermouth mbuna

Yellow cichlids:
Blue streak hap
Bluegray mbuna
Kenyi cichlid
Nkhomo-benga peacock
Saulosi cichlid

Other coloured cichlids:
Boadzulu cichlid
Bumblebee cichlid
Duboisi cichlid
Flavescent peacock
Haplochromis Borleyi Redfin
Lavender mbuna
Livingston's Cichlid
Malawi Eyebiter
Malawi sand diver
Spindle hap
Sulphur-headed hap
Venustus cichlid

Species list Saharan waters:
Eels:
European eel

Catfish:
North African catfish

Perchlikes:
Freshwater blenny

Common goby

African jewelfish

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list Asian freshwater:
10 regions:


1 Amur river
2 Japan and Korea
3 South Chinese rivers
4 Mekong basin
5 Irrawaddy bain
6 Ganges basin
7 Lower Indian rivers
8 Greater Indonesian islands
9 Lesser Indonesian islands
10 West Asian waters

Species list Amur river:
Carps and allies:
Eurasian minnow
Far Eastern bitterling
Grass carp
Silver carp
Topmouth gudgeon

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Species list Japan and Korea:
Carps and allies:
Eurasian minnow
Far Eastern bitterling
Topmouth gudgeon

Sticklebacks:
Nine-spined Stickleback

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Barred mudskipper

Species list South Chinese rivers:
Carps and allies:
Gold barb
Grass carp
Silver carp
Topmouth gudgeon
White cloud mountain minnow
Chinese high-fin banded shark

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Paradise fish

Species list Mekong basin:
Carps and allies:
Blackline rasbora
Giant black sharkminnow
Siamese algae eater
Lambchop rasbora
Panda Garra
Pearl danio
Rainbow sharkminnow
Redtail sharkminnow
Silver flying fox
Slender rasbora
Somphongs's Rasbora
Stonelapping minnow
Sultan fish
Scissortail rasbora
Tinfoil barb
Vietnamese mountain minnow*
Banded tiger loach
Burmese border loach
Dwarf botia
Horse-faced loach
Butterfly finsucker*
Gold ring butterfly sucker*
Siamese algae-eater

Bony-tongued fishes:
Asian arowana
Clown featherback

Catfish:
Siamese glass catfish
Sutchi catfish
Thailand giant catfish

Seahorses and allies:
Long-snouted pipefish

Spiny eels:
Fire eel

Puffers and filefishes:
Eyespot pufferfish

Perchlikes:
Humphead glassfish

Target fish

Banded archerfish
Spotted archerfish

Barred mudskipper

Mekong fighting fish
Giant gourami
Moonlight gourami
Paradise fish*
Pygmy gourami
Siamese fighting fish
Three-spotted gourami
Kissing gourami

* = These fish occur near the coasts of Vietnam, rather than in the actual River basin

Species list Irrawaddy basin:
Carps and allies:
Celestial pearl danio
Giant black sharkminnow
Glowlight danio
Lake Inle danio
Odessa barb
Panda Garra
Pearl danio
Sawbwa barb
Slender rasbora
Burmese border loach

Catfish:
Giant Upside-down catfish

Perchlikes:
Indian glassy fish

Target fish

Banded archerfish
Burmese archerfish
Spotted archerfish

Barred mudskipper

Species list Ganges basin:
Bony-tongued fishes:
Clown knifefish

Carps and allies:
Dwarf green barb
Giant danio
Glowlight danio
Golden mahseer
Rosy barb
Slender rasbora
Sucker head
Zebrafish
Pakistani loach

Livebearers and allies:
Striped panchax

Perchlikes:
Indian glassy fish

Target fish

Banded archerfish
Spotted archerfish

Barred mudskipper
Pearse's mudskipper

Dwarf gourami
Honey gourami

Species list Lower Indian rivers:
Carps and allies:
Arulius barb
Bandula barb
Black ruby barb
Cherry barb
Filament barb
Giant danio
Malabar danio
Melon barb
Red line torpedo barb
Slender rasbora
Tambraparni barb
Zebra loach

Livebearers and allies:
Striped panchax

Puffers and filefishes:
Malabar pufferfish

Perchlikes:
Indian glassy fish

Target fish

Banded archerfish
Spotted archerfish

Barred mudskipper
Pearse's mudskipper

Dwarf gourami

Canara pearlspot
Green Chromide

Species list Greater Indonesian islands:
Carps and allies:
Blackline rasbora
Checkered barb
Dwarf rasbora
Eyespot rasbora
Fiveband barb
Flying fox carp
Giant black sharkminnow
Glowlight rasbora
Siamese algae eater
Harlequin rasbora
Lambchop rasbora
Mosquito rasbora
Slender rasbora
Snakeskin barb
Spanner barb
Stonelapping minnow
Scissortail rasbora
Tiger barb
Tinfoil barb
Tricolor sharkminnow
Banded tiger loach
Clown loach
Half-banded kuhli loach
Horse-faced loach
Hillstream loach
Siamese algae-eater

Bony-tongued fishes:
Asian arowana

Seahorses and allies:
Long-snouted pipefish

Spiny eels:
Fire eel

Puffers and filefishes:
Eyespot pufferfish

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Finescale tigerfish

Banded archerfish
Spotted archerfish

Barred mudskipper
Pearse's mudskipper

Giant gourami
Giant red fin gourami
Linke`s licorice gourami
Pearl gourami
Swamp licorice gourami
Three-spotted gourami
Kissing gourami

Species list Lesser Indonesian islands:
Carps and allies:
Giant black sharkminnow
Siamese algae eater
Horse-faced loach

Catfish:
Walking catfish

Silversides:
Celebes rainbow

Needlefishes:
Celebes halfbeak
Daisy's ricefish
Evers`ricefish
Sarasins minnow

Seahorses and allies:
Long-snouted pipefish

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Banded archerfish

Barred mudskipper

Giant gourami
Three-spotted gourami

Species list West Asian waters:
Eels:
European eel

Carps and allies:
Asp
Common bream
Common carp
Crucian carp
Doctor fish
Omani blind cave fish
Roach
Rudd
Sabre carp
Schneider
Slender rasbora
Vimba bream
White bream

Catfish:
Wels catfish
North African catfish

Pikes:
Northern pike

Perchlikes:
Target fish

European perch
European zander

Freshwater blenny

 

[Mr Gharial]

Species list Oceania freshwater:
2 regions:


Species list New Guinea:
Silversides:
Barred rainbowfish
Bleher's Rainbowfish
Boeseman's rainbowfish
Dwarf rainbowfish
Klasio rainbowfish
Lake Kuromai rainbowfish
Lake Kutubu rainbowfish
McCullochs rainbowfish
Parkinson's rainbowfish
Red Rainbowfish
Sentani rainbowfish

Forktail Blue-eye
Red neon blue-eye
Vogelkop blue-eye

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Banded archerfish
Spotted archerfish

Empire gudgeon
Peacock gudgeon

Barred mudskipper

Species list Mainland Australia:
Silversides:
Banded rainbowfish
Crimson-spotted rainbowfish
Threadfin rainbowfish

Blueback blue-eye
Spotted blue-eye

Perchlikes:
Target fish

Banded archerfish
Spotted archerfish

Australian Spotted gudgeon
Empire gudgeon

Barred mudskipper

Lungfishes:
Queensland lungfish

 

[Mr Gharial]

Well, that was it. With phase 2 completed that's basically it for this thread for a while.

Species research is usually the most lengthy and tedious part of creating a Spec zoo, by highlighting some underrepresented areas I really hope these species lists might inspire people to create spec zoo areas based on regions that we don't see often, as well as maybe steering people away from overused animals (Perhaps a Congo river aquarium rather than yet another Malawi tank, etc).

I hope you've all enjoyed, and happy zoo-ing!

 

[MOG2012]

Are you going to do the invertebrates?

 

[MOG2012]

What species would go in a thar desert exhibit?

 

[Mr Gharial]

What species would go in a thar desert exhibit?

Species list Central Indian plains:
Mammals:
Indian flying fox

Bonnet macaque

Indian crested porcupine

Striped hyena
Caracal
Asiatic lion
Indian sloth bear

Axis deer
Indian gaur
Nilgai
Blackbuck

Birds:
European quail
Grey junglefowl
Indian peafowl

Eurasian collared dove
Laughing dove
Rock pigeon

White-tailed Sea Eagle
Booted eagle
Eastern Imperial eagle
Steppe eagle
Tawny eagle
Short-toed snake-eagle
Long-legged buzzard
Eurasian black vulture
Eastern Egyptian vulture
Himalayan griffon vulture

Indian Scops-owl
Rock eagle-owl

Laggar falcon
Saker falcon
Merlin

Plum-headed parakeet
Rose-ringed parakeet

Brahminy starling
Rosy starling

Aquatic birds:
Fulvous whistling-duck
Bar-headed goose
Common shelduck
Common mallard
Common pochard
Gadwall
Marbled teal
Red-crested pochard
Tufted duck
White-headed duck

Grey-headed swamphen
Demoiselle crane
Indian sarus crane

Lesser flamingo
Greater flamingo

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Pied avocet
Northern lapwing
Black-tailed godwit

Eurasian Spoonbill
Common Grey heron
Dalmatian pelican
Great white pelican

Reptiles:
Gharial

Spectacled cobra
Indian rock python

Schneider's skink
Common leopard gecko

Northern river terrapin
Black pond turtle
Indian roofed turtle
Indian Star tortoise

Species list Persia region:
Mammals:
Pygmy white-toothed shrew
Long-eared hedgehog

Egyptian fruit bat

Rhesus macaque

Siberian red squirrel
Steppe marmot
Indian crested porcupine
Striped desert hamster
Arabian spiny mouse
Persian jird

Striped hyena
Caracal
Central Asian lynx
Jungle cat
Persian leopard
Corsac fox
Least weasel
Stone marten

Kulan
Onager
Bactrian deer
Persian fallow deer
Persian gazelle
Siberian ibex
Tajik markhor
Transcaspian urial
Dromedary camel

Waterfowl:
Greylag goose
Lesser white-fronted goose
Bewick's swan
Mute swan
Common shelduck
Ruddy shelduck
Tufted duck
Eurasian goldeneye
Eurasian goosander
Smew
White-headed duck
Common mallard
Eurasian green-winged teal
Eurasian wigeon
Gadwall
Garganey
Marbled teal
Northern pintail
Northern shoveler
Common pochard
Ferruginous duck
Red-crested pochard

Ground birds:
Chukar partridge
European quail
Ring-necked pheasant

Aquatic birds:
Eurasian coot
Eurasian moorhen
Grey-headed swamphen
Demoiselle crane

Little grebe

Greater flamingo

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-winged stilt
Pied avocet
Common ringed plover
Northern lapwing
Black-tailed godwit
Common redshank
Eurasian curlew
Ruff
Black-headed gull

Eurasian great cormorant

Black stork
European white stork

African sacred ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Glossy ibis
Black-crowned night heron
Common Grey heron
Common Little bittern
Little egret
Goliath heron
Squacco heron
Dalmatian pelican
Great white pelican

Predatory birds:
White-tailed Sea Eagle
Bonelli's eagle
Booted eagle
Eastern Imperial eagle
Manchurian golden eagle
Spanish golden eagle
Steppe eagle
Tawny eagle
Short-toed snake-eagle
Long-legged buzzard
Common black kite
Western Marsh-harrier
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Bearded Vulture
Eurasian black vulture
Western Egyptian vulture
Western Eurasian griffon vulture

Little Owl
Common Scops-owl
Eurasian Long-eared owl
Short-eared Owl
Turkestan Eagle-owl
Turkmenian Eagle-owl

Eurasian hobby
European kestrel
Lesser kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine falcon
Saker falcon

Small flying birds:
Common woodpigeon
Eurasian collared dove
Laughing dove
Red turtle dove
Rock pigeon

Eurasian hoopoe

European roller
European bee-eater

Eurasian jackdaw
Red-billed chough
Rook
Western carrion crow
Bearded reedling
Brahminy starling
Common myna
Rosy starling
Common rosefinch
Eurasian bullfinch
European goldfinch
European greenfinch
Yellowhammer

Reptiles and Amphibians:
Dice snake
Spotted whip snake

European legless lizard
Sand lizard
Ocellated skink
Schneider's skink
Common wondergecko
Common leopard gecko
Eastern garden lizard
Steppe agama

Greek tortoise
Horsfield’s tortoise
Caspian turtle
European pond turtle

Kaiser's Spotted newt
Lake Urmia newt

Marsh frog

The Thar Desert is between these two, I suggest choosing animals from these lists and putting them through the IUCN website to see if they occur in the Thar desert