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Species world map

Where do aquarium species come from?

Every fish, plant, shrimp and snail in the catalogue, mapped to its native waters. Drag to explore, scroll or pinch to zoom, and click a pin to see everything from that region, perfect for planning a biotope tank.

South America — 21 speciesSoutheast Asia — 21 speciesBrazil — 20 speciesIndia — 17 speciesThailand — 12 speciesAmazon basin — 12 speciesBorneo — 9 speciesSumatra — 8 speciesSri Lanka — 8 speciesWest Africa — 8 speciesParaguay River basin — 7 speciesEastern USA — 7 speciesOrinoco basin — 6 speciesMalay Peninsula — 6 speciesBangladesh — 6 speciesChina — 6 speciesCentral America — 6 speciesMekong / Chao Phraya — 5 speciesColombia — 5 speciesVenezuela — 5 speciesBolivia — 5 speciesVietnam — 5 speciesUpper Guinea coast — 5 speciesIndonesia — 5 speciesArgentina — 5 speciesTaiwan — 5 speciesSoutheastern United States — 5 speciesUpper Amazon basin — 4 speciesMyanmar — 4 speciesPeru — 4 speciesCameroon — 4 speciesNepal — 3 speciesNorthern Australia — 3 speciesJapan — 3 speciesEastern Australia — 3 speciesHong Kong — 3 speciesWestern Ghats, India — 2 speciesWest Papua — 2 speciesKorea — 2 speciesBhutan — 2 speciesCuba — 2 speciesCentral Africa — 2 speciesSouthern China — 2 speciesRio Negro — 1 speciesRio das Mortes, Brazil — 1 speciesMadeira basin — 1 speciesJava — 1 speciesRio Guaporé — 1 speciesLaguna de Patos, Venezuela — 1 speciesGuangdong, China — 1 speciesLake Valencia, Venezuela — 1 speciesMainland Southeast Asia — 1 speciesWestern Guyana / Suriname — 1 speciesEssequibo basin, Guyana — 1 speciesGuyana — 1 speciesCongo Basin — 1 speciesGanges & Indus basins — 1 speciesRio Cristalino, Brazil — 1 speciesNew Zealand — 1 speciesMadagascar — 1 species

Drag to pan · scroll to zoom · click a pin

Building a biotope? Use the species finder to filter by water and region, then check compatibility in the tank planner. For the water itself, see the water chemistry guide and blackwater aquariums.