Fish by temperature
Coldwater fish
Fish whose recorded temperature range stays below typical tropical-tank settings.
574 species across 16 families
A fish is listed when the temperature range recorded on its page tops out at 72 °F or below. The range shown beside each fish is that record.
Arowanas & Oddballs · 1 fish
Barbs · 105 fish
- Dalmatian barbelgudgeonAulopyge huegelii
- Bulgarian barbelBarbus bergi
- Biharian barbelBarbus biharicus
- Dnieper barbelBarbus borysthenicus
- Apennine barbelBarbus caninus
- Carpathian barbelBarbus carpathicus
- Terek barbelBarbus ciscaucasicus
- round-scaled barbelBarbus cyclolepis
- Ankara barbelBarbus escherichii
- Evia barbelBarbus euboicus
- Barbus fucini
- Catalonian barbelBarbus haasi
- Kuban barbelBarbus kubanicus
- Kura barbelBarbus lacerta
- Barbus macedonicus
- Mediterranean barbelBarbus meridionalis
- Simav barbelBarbus niluferensis
- Marmara barbelBarbus oligolepis
- Barbus peloponnesius
- Anatolian BarbelBarbus pergamonensis
- Petényi's barbBarbus petenyi
- Italian barbelBarbus plebejus
- Prespa barbBarbus prespensis
- Western Balkan barbelBarbus rebeli
- Barbus samniticus
- Sperchios barbelBarbus sperchiensis
- Crimean barbelBarbus tauricus
- Tiber barbelBarbus tyberinus
- Vistula barbelBarbus waleckii
- Large scale scraperCapoeta aculeata
- Capoeta aydinensis
- Banarescu's barbCapoeta banarescui
- Bergama barbCapoeta bergamae
- Taurus scraperCapoeta caelestis
- Caucasian scraperCapoeta capoeta
- Grusinian scraperCapoeta ekmekciae
- Capoeta fusca
- Herat scraperCapoeta heratensis
- Capoeta kaput
- Kor scraperCapoeta macrolepis
- Capoeta oguzelii
- Capoeta razii
- Sevan khramulyaCapoeta sevangi
- Capoeta shajariani
- Tigris scraperCapoeta umbla
- Antakya barbelCarasobarbus chantrei
- Cape whitefishCheilobarbus capensis
- Enteromius amatolicus
- Enteromius karkensis
- Goldie barbEnteromius pallidus
- Enteromius treurensis
- Smallmouth yellowfishLabeobarbus aeneus
- Labeobarbus jubae
- Labeobarbus kylei
- Labeobarbus microbarbis
- Labeobarbus nedgia
- Labeobarbus osseensis
- Labeobarbus platyrhinus
- Labeobarbus rocadasi
- Labeobarbus ruasae
- Labeobarbus ruwenzorii
- Labeobarbus somereni
- Labeobarbus tornieri
- Albanian barbelLuciobarbus albanicus
- Iberian barbelLuciobarbus bocagei
- Caspian barbelLuciobarbus caspius
- Luciobarbus graecus
- Ebro barbelLuciobarbus graellsii
- Luciobarbus guiraonis
- Luciobarbus leptopogon
- Maghreb barbelLuciobarbus maghrebensis
- Tensift riffle barbelLuciobarbus magniatlantis
- Luciobarbus mursa
- Luciobarbus nasus
- Rabat barbelLuciobarbus rabatensis
- Rifian barbelLuciobarbus rifensis
- Luciobarbus steindachneri
- Zayan barbelLuciobarbus zayanensis
- Mystacoleucus lepturus
- Dark mahseerNaziritor chelynoides
- Baoshan MahseerNeolissochilus baoshanensis
- Neolissochilus pnar
- Spinulosus mahseerNeolissochilus spinulosus
- Maluti minnowOreodaimon quathlambae
- Pethia nigripinnis
- Pethia tiantian
- Poropuntius cogginii
- Yellow Tail Brook BarbPoropuntius deauratus
- Poropuntius exiguus
- Poropuntius fuxianhuensis
- Poropuntius hampaloides
- Eastern Cape redfinPseudobarbus afer
- Agulhas redfinPseudobarbus agulhas
- Smallscale redfinPseudobarbus asper
- Burchell's redfinPseudobarbus burchelli
- Berg redfinPseudobarbus burgi
- Forest redfinPseudobarbus outeniqua
- Doring River redfinPseudobarbus phlegethon
- Giant redfinPseudobarbus senticeps
- Pseudobarbus skeltoni
- Gamtoos redfinPseudobarbus swartzi
- Slender redfinPseudobarbus tenuis
- Verlorenvlei redfinPseudobarbus verloreni
- Schizopygopsis yalongensis
- Systomus binduchitra
Catfish · 20 fish
- Amphilius atesuensis
- BarbudoAuchenipterus nuchalis
- Chiloglanis igamba
- Three-lined torrent catfishGlyptothorax trilineatus
- Lerma catfishIctalurus dugesii
- Rio Verde catfishIctalurus mexicanus
- TamboatáLepthoplosternum pectorale
- Leptodoras myersi
- Leptodoras praelongus
- Ozark madtomNoturus albater
- Smoky madtomNoturus baileyi
- Chucky madtomNoturus crypticus
- Elegant madtomNoturus elegans
- Saddled madtomNoturus fasciatus
- StonecatNoturus flavus
- Least madtomNoturus hildebrandi
- Margined madtomNoturus insignis
- Wels catfishSilurus glanis
- Tremeuchiloglanis baishuiensis
- Tremeuchiloglanis chishuiensis
Corydoras · 4 fish
Danios & Rasboras · 3 fish
Eels · 1 fish
Gobies & Gudgeons · 14 fish
- Cran's bullyGobiomorphus basalis
- Upland bullyGobiomorphus breviceps
- Common bullyGobiomorphus cotidianus
- Giant bullyGobiomorphus gobioides
- Bluegill bullyGobiomorphus hubbsi
- Redfin bullyGobiomorphus huttoni
- Lake Biwa gobyRhinogobius biwaensis
- Rhinogobius filamentosus
- Formosa gobyRhinogobius formosanus
- Japanese driftwood gobyRhinogobius kurodai
- Rhinogobius maculafasciatus
- Rhinogobius mizunoi
- Rhinogobius similis
- Rhinogobius zhoui
Gouramis · 2 fish
Killifish · 48 fish
- Amatolebias patriciae
- Gölçük toothcarpAnatolichthys splendens
- Burdur killifishAnatolichthys sureyanus
- Aphanius vladykovi
- Aphyosemion abacinum
- Red-finned killiAphyosemion amoenum
- Golden aphyosemionAphyosemion aureum
- Aphyosemion bamilekorum
- Buytaert's killifishAphyosemion buytaerti
- Aphyosemion coeleste
- Red-Barred LyretailAphyosemion elberti
- Elegant killifishAphyosemion elegans
- Aphyosemion georgiae
- Herzog's killiAphyosemion herzogi
- Aphyosemion hofmanni
- Lönnberg's LyretailAphyosemion loennbergii
- Aphyosemion maculatum
- Aphyosemion mimbon
- Aphyosemion ocellatum
- Ogowe killifishAphyosemion ogoense
- Aphyosemion teugelsi
- Aphyosemion thysi
- Aphyosemion wachtersi
- Blackfin pearlfishArgolebias nigripinnis
- Argentine pearlfishAustrolebias bellottii
- Austrolebias juanlangi
- Austrolebias paucisquama
- Barredtail pearlfishCynolebias ladigesi
- Bocochi pupfishCyprinodon salvadori
- Charco Palma pupfishCyprinodon veronicae
- Diapteron fulgens
- Diapteron seegersi
- Epiplatys huberi
- Whiteline topminnowFundulus albolineatus
- Giant killifishFundulus grandissimus
- Plains topminnowFundulus sciadicus
- Ruaha lampeyeLacustricola omoculatus
- Lacustricola usanguensis
- Laimosemion torrenticola
- Bluefin killifishLucania goodei
- Catarina pupfishMegupsilon aporus
- Black lampeyeMicropanchax antinorii
- Notholebias minimus
- Chiapas killifishProfundulus hildebrandi
- Tlaloc candalarius
- Uluan killifishTlaloc portillorum
- Spanish toothcarpValencia hispanica
- Valencia robertae
Livebearers · 7 fish
Loaches · 317 fish
- Aborichthys barapensis
- Aborichthys boutanensis
- Aborichthys cataracta
- Aborichthys pangensis
- Aborichthys verticauda
- Vietnamese giraffe loachAnnamia normani
- Annamia thuathienensis
- Balitora elongata
- Vietnamese hillstream loachBalitora haithanhi
- Balitora longibarbata
- Balitora meridionalis
- Balitora nigrocorpa
- Balitora nujiangensis
- Balitora vanlani
- Balitora vanlongi
- Barbatula altayensis
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula
- Barbatula compressirostris
- Barbatula conilobus
- Spanish stone loachBarbatula hispanica
- Barbatula kirinensis
- Barbatula restricta
- Siberian stone loachBarbatula toni
- Zeta stone loachBarbatula zetensis
- Barbatula zhangwuensis
- Beaufortia cyclica
- Beaufortia elongata
- Beaufortia leveretti
- Beaufortia niulanensis
- Bibarba wenliuensis
- Cobitis afifeae
- Cobitis ajdan
- Danube spined loachCobitis albicoloris
- Cobitis aliyeae
- Azerbaijani spined loachCobitis amphilekta
- Cobitis anabelae
- Cobitis arachthosensis
- Zipper loachCobitis arenata
- Cobitis battalgilae
- Cobitis battalgili
- Beyşehir spined loachCobitis bilseli
- Japanese striped loachCobitis biwae
- Cobitis brevipinna
- Northern Iberian spined loachCobitis calderoni
- Choi's spiny loachCobitis choii
- Cobitis crassicauda
- Dalmatian spined loachCobitis dalmatina
- Cobitis derzhavini
- Cobitis dolichorhynchus
- Tigris spined loachCobitis elazigensis
- Danubian spined loachCobitis elongatoides
- Cobitis emrei
- Cobitis erkakanae
- Ceyhan spined loachCobitis evreni
- Cobitis fasciola
- Cobitis fimbriata
- Stone loachCobitis fuerstenbergii
- Cobitis gladkovi
- Cobitis gracilis
- Cobitis hereromacula
- Cobitis herzegoviniensis
- Cobitis jadovaensis
- Japanese spined loachCobitis japonica
- Cobitis joergbohleni
- Japanese striped loachCobitis kaibarai
- Göksu spined loachCobitis kellei
- Cobitis laoensis
- Orontes spined loachCobitis levantina
- Cobitis longicorpus
- Cobitis longimanus
- Luther's spiny loachCobitis lutheri
- Moroccan spined loachCobitis maroccana
- Cobitis matsubarae
- Cobitis megaspila
- Siberian spined loachCobitis melanoleuca
- Cobitis nalbanti
- Neretva spined loachCobitis narentana
- Ohrid spined loachCobitis ohridana
- Cobitis osurgeticus
- Pannonian spined loachCobitis pannonica
- Phrygian spined loachCobitis phrygica
- Cobitis pirii
- Cobitis poecilopleura
- Pontic spined loachCobitis pontica
- Angitis spined loachCobitis punctilineata
- Cobitis qujiangensis
- Cobitis sakahoko
- Cobitis satunini
- Japanese striped loachCobitis schlegeli
- Cobitis shikokuensis
- Siberian spined loachCobitis sibirica
- Sakarya spined loachCobitis simplicispina
- Cobitis squataeniatus
- Cobitis stenocauda
- Cobitis striata
- Struma spined loachCobitis strumicae
- Spined loachCobitis taenia
- Cobitis takenoi
- Don spined loachCobitis tanaitica
- Cobitis trichonica
- Cobitis tricirrhata
- Cobitis troasensis
- Vardar spined loachCobitis vardarensis
- Vettonian spined loachCobitis vettonica
- Cave angel fishCryptotora thamicola
- Bukhara stone loachDzihunia amudarjensis
- Dzihunia turdakovi
- Ellopostoma mystax
- Compact hillstream loachErromyzon compactus
- Erromyzon kalotaenia
- Formosania chenyiyui
- Gastromyzon cornusaccus
- Inger's hillstream loachGastromyzon ingeri
- Gastromyzon introrsus
- Gastromyzon katibasensis
- Kashgarian loachHedinichthys yarkandensis
- Hemimyzon khonensis
- Hemimyzon macroptera
- Nan hillstream loachHemimyzon nanensis
- Internet Celebrity LoachHemimyzon pengi
- Shen's river loachHemimyzon sheni
- Taitung hillstream loachHemimyzon taitungensis
- Hemimyzon yaotanensis
- Heminoemacheilus hyalinus
- Two-lined hillstream loachHomaloptera bilineata
- Taiwan hillstream loachHomaloptera taiwanica
- Sucker loachHomaloptera valenciennesi
- Nebulous hillstream loachHomalopteroides nebulosus
- Homalopterula gymnogaster
- Homatula anteridorsalis
- Homatula guanheensis
- Variegated stone loachHomatula variegata
- Homatula wenshanensis
- Homatula wuliangensis
- Hypergastromyzon abditus
- Iksookimia yongdokensis
- Kuschakewitsch loachIskandaria kuschakewitschi
- Tajik loachIskandaria pardalis
- Chinese hillstream loachJinshaia sinensis
- Katibasia insidiosa
- Koreocobitis rotundicaudata
- Labiatophysa labiata
- Labigastromyzon fangi
- Rice loachLefua costata
- Hotoke loachLefua echigonia
- Lefua torrentis
- Yellow-line loachLeptobotia flavolineata
- Leptobotia microphthalma
- Red-lip loachLeptobotia rubrilabris
- Tientai Spined LoachLeptobotia tientainensis
- Liniparhomaloptera disparis
- Metahomaloptera longicauda
- Metahomaloptera omeiensis
- Misgurnus buphoensis
- Misgurnus chipisaniensis
- Russian weather loachMisgurnus mohoity
- Mustura prashadi
- Mustura sijuensis
- Nemacheilus terekensis
- Oreonectes barbatus
- Oreonectes duanensis
- Oreonectes microphthalmus
- Angora loachOxynoemacheilus angorae
- Oxynoemacheilus arsaniasus
- Oxynoemacheilus axylos
- Paphlagonian sportive loachOxynoemacheilus banarescui
- Oxynoemacheilus bergi
- Kura loachOxynoemacheilus brandtii
- Oxynoemacheilus cemali
- Oxynoemacheilus cilicicus
- Oxynoemacheilus elsae
- Oxynoemacheilus evreni
- Oxynoemacheilus fatsaensis
- Banded Tigris loachOxynoemacheilus frenatus
- Oxynoemacheilus gyndes
- Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis
- Oxynoemacheilus karunensis
- Melid loachOxynoemacheilus kaynaki
- Krynicki's loachOxynoemacheilus merga
- Işıklı loachOxynoemacheilus mesudae
- Oxynoemacheilus muefiti
- Amu-Darya stone loachOxynoemacheilus oxianus
- Oxynoemacheilus parvinae
- Mancilik dwarf loachOxynoemacheilus paucilepis
- Persian stone loachOxynoemacheilus persa
- Oxynoemacheilus phasicus
- Oxynoemacheilus pindus
- Oxynoemacheilus sarus
- Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola
- Oxynoemacheilus simavicus
- Oxynoemacheilus theophilii
- Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii
- Parabotia dubia
- Manchurian spiny loachParabotia mantschuricus
- Hyrcanian crested loachParacobitis hircanica
- Eastern crested loachParacobitis longicauda
- Paracobitis malapterura
- Paracobitis maolanensis
- Paracobitis molavii
- Paracobitis persa
- Blind cave loachParacobitis posterodorsalus
- Eastern crested loachParacobitis rhadinaea
- Paralepidocephalus translucens
- Paramisgurnus nahangensis
- Paranemachilus pingguoensis
- Paraprotomyzon lungkowensis
- Turkmenian crested loachParaschistura cristata
- Paraschistura makranensis
- Paraschistura montana
- Paraschistura turcmenica
- Plesiomyzon baotingensis
- Pseudogastromyzon lianjiangensis
- Myers' hillstream loachPseudogastromyzon myersi
- Pseudogastromyzon peristictus
- Pseudohomaloptera vulgaris
- Baltic spined loachSabanejewia baltica
- Danube spined loachSabanejewia bulgarica
- Sabanejewia kubanica
- Italian spined loachSabanejewia larvata
- Romanian spined loachSabanejewia romanica
- Eastern Carpathian golden loachSabanejewia vallachica
- Sasanidus kermanshahensis
- Schistura acuticephala
- Schistura afasciata
- Schistura callichroma
- Schistura caudofurca
- Saddleback loachSchistura devdevi
- Schistura greenei
- Schistura kloetzliae
- Schistura megalodon
- Schistura notasileum
- Schistura sexnubes
- Seminemacheilus tubae
- Sinogastromyzon chapaensis
- Sinogastromyzon hsiashiensis
- Sinogastromyzon lixianjiangensis
- Sinogastromyzon macrostoma
- Sinogastromyzon nantaiensis
- Sinogastromyzon rugocauda
- Sinogastromyzon tonkinensis
- Travancoria elongata
- Travancore loachTravancoria jonesi
- Triplophysa alticeps
- Triplophysa altipinnis
- Triplophysa aluensis
- Triplophysa anterodorsalis
- Triplophysa aquaecaeruleae
- Triplophysa arnoldii
- Triplophysa bellibarus
- Triplophysa bleekeri
- Triplophysa brachyptera
- Triplophysa brevibarba
- Tibetan stone loachTriplophysa brevicauda
- Triplophysa chandagaitensis
- Triplophysa choprai
- Triplophysa crassicauda
- Triplophysa cuneicephala
- Triplophysa daryoae
- Gray loachTriplophysa dorsalis
- Triplophysa drassensis
- Blind cave loachTriplophysa erythraea
- Triplophysa eugeniae
- Fergana stone loachTriplophysa ferganaensis
- Triplophysa flavicorpus
- Triplophysa furva
- Triplophysa fuxianensis
- Triplophysa gerzeensis
- Snow loachTriplophysa gracilis
- Triplophysa huanglongensis
- Triplophysa incipiens
- Triplophysa intermedia
- Triplophysa jianchuanensis
- Triplophysa kafirnigani
- Triplophysa kashmirensis
- Triplophysa lacustris
- Triplophysa leptosoma
- Lihu blind loachTriplophysa lihuensis
- Triplophysa longianguis
- Triplophysa luochengensis
- Triplophysa macromaculata
- Triplophysa macrophthalma
- Triplophysa markehenensis
- Triplophysa microphysa
- Triplophysa nandanensis
- Triplophysa nasalis
- Talas stone loachTriplophysa paradoxa
- Small plateau loachTriplophysa parvus
- Triplophysa pseudostenura
- Rosy cave loachTriplophysa rosa
- Triplophysa rotundiventris
- Triplophysa sellaefer
- Severtsov's loachTriplophysa sewerzowi
- Triplophysa shiyangensis
- Triplophysa stenura
- Stewart's stone loachTriplophysa stewarti
- Tibetan stone loachTriplophysa stolickai
- Spotted thicklip loachTriplophysa strauchii
- Triplophysa tanggulaensis
- Triplophysa tenuicauda
- Triplophysa tenuis
- Issyk-kul naked loachTriplophysa ulacholica
- Triplophysa xichangensis
- Triplophysa xingshanensis
- Triplophysa zhenfengensis
- Turcinoemacheilus bahaii
- Turcinoemacheilus hafezi
- Turcinoemacheilus minimus
- Turcinoemacheilus saadii
- Vanmanenia intermedia
- Vanmanenia microlepis
- Vanmanenia multiloba
- Vanmanenia nahangensis
- Plain of Jars hillstream loachVanmanenia orcicampus
- Yunnanilus chuanheensis
- Yunnanilus niulanensis
- Yunnanilus sichuanensis
- Yunnanilus spanisbripes
Piranhas & Pacus · 2 fish
Plecos · 16 fish
- Branicki's Rubbernose PlecoChaetostoma branickii
- Rubbernose PlecoChaetostoma microps
- Fin-Banded Rubbernose PlecoChaetostoma thomsoni
- Yaracuy Rubbernose PlecoChaetostoma yurubiense
- Cordylancistrus nephelion
- Cordylancistrus pijao
- Cascudo-rabo-seco-do-paranáHarttia gracilis
- Cascudinho-pardoHisonotus laevior
- Hisonotus montanus
- Kronichthys lacerta
- Stone PlecoLithoxus lithoides
- Pareiorhaphis garapia
- CascudoPareiorhaphis garbei
- Pareiorhaphis vestigipinnis
- Pareiorhina cepta
- Rineloricaria tropeira
Pygmy Sunfish · 2 fish
Rainbowfish · 2 fish
Tetras · 30 fish
- PiquirãoAphyocharax dentatus
- Astyanax cremnobates
- Giant swamp tetraAstyanax maximus
- Astyanax pirabitira
- Astyanax tumbayaensis
- Brachyalestes fwaensis
- Bryconamericus galvisi
- Bryconamericus guizae
- Bryconamericus huilae
- Bryconamericus miraensis
- Bryconamericus misei
- Bryconamericus patriciae
- Pocha del SurCheirodon australe
- Cheirodon galusdae
- Kilian's TetraCheirodon kiliani
- Creagrutus cerritulus
- GuapuchaGrundulus bogotensis
- La Cocha TetraGrundulus cochae
- Hemibrycon antioquiae
- Hemibrycon cairoensis
- Darien TetraHemibrycon dariensis
- Hemibrycon paez
- Hemibrycon rafaelensis
- Hemibrycon sanjuanensis
- Jumping TetraHemibrycon tridens
- Hyphessobrycon coelestinus
- Hysteronotus megalostomus
- Knodus mizquae
- Microgenys weyrauchi
- Schindler's ToothyOligosarcus schindleri
Records come from each species' sources; a fish with no recorded temperature range is not listed.
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