Common Fish Names Beginning With the Letter T

There are a whole lot of pet fish species on the market, from the extra generally identified ones like goldfish and bettas, to extra uncommon fish species like wolf cichlids or killifish. And with so many choices accessible, it may be troublesome to slender them down, and even start to decide on the perfect fish in your dwelling aquarium.

Narrowing down pet fish species alphabetically is one good technique to begin. Beneath is a listing of widespread aquarium fish names starting with the letter T and their scientific names.

• Taillight tetra (Bryconops melanurus): The identify of this fish is derived from its physique because it appears to mirror gentle, from the top and tail. The headlight is positioned behind the attention and the opposite is on the base of the caudal fin.
• Tail-spot corydoras (Corydoras caudimaculatus): This can be a very peaceable fish that does nicely in a neighborhood fish. Whereas it will not hassle its tankmates, it does are inclined to “bumble” across the aquarium and would possibly annoy different fish that dwell on the underside. 
• Speaking catfish (Amblydoras hancocki): Like its identify, the speaking catfish makes an audible noise like a croak, significantly when caught. They are often amusing and charming, however as a result of they’re nocturnal, they’re going to hardly ever be seen.
• Tanganyika lampeye (Lamprichthys tanganicanus): A dominant male of this species, which sports activities elaborate fins, will set up declare a big territory amongst rocks. 
• Tanganyika catfish (Lophiobagrus cyclurus): A small catfish from Lake Tanganyika in Africa, it is often known as the multipunk, cuckoo catfish, or cuckoo squeakers.
• Tapah catfish (Wallago leerii): Legend has it that this ate up human corpses for hundreds of years! This can be a harmful fish and it is identified to chew the hand that feeds it. It as soon as reached greater than six ft in size, although now the breed is smaller.
• Tarpon (Megalops cyprinoldes): A tarpon has an organ like a primitive lung—a swim bladder that may fill with air.

Extra Fish That Start With T

• T-barb (Barbus lateristriga)
• Temporalis cichlid (Telmatochromis temporalis)
• Tenuis tetra (Mimagoniates lateralis)
• Ternetzi anostomus (Anostomus ternetzi)
• Texas cichlid (Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum)
• Thick-lipped gourami (Colisa labiosa)
• Thomas’ chaetostoma (Chaetostoma thomasi)
• Threadfin acara (Acarichthys heckelli)
• Threadfin rainbowfish (Irantherina werneri)
• Thread-finned cichlid (Acarichthys heckelii)
• Three spot eartheater (Geophagus daemon)
• Three spot gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus)
• Three-lined pencilfish (Nannostomus trifasciatus)
• Three-lined pimelodid (Pimelodus albofasciatus)
• Three-lined rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)
• Three-spot earth eater (Satanoperca daemon)
• Three-spot gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus)
• Three-spot tetra (Odontostilbe kriegi)
• Three-striped dwarf cichlid (Apistogramma trifasciata)
• Three-striped pencilfish (Nannobrycon eques)
• Ticto barb (Barbus ticto)
• Tiger barb (Barbus schuberti)
• Tiger characin (Hydrocynus vittatus)
• Tiger loach (Botia helodes)
• Tiger ray (Potamotrygon menchacai)
• Tiger shovelnose catfish (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum)
• Tiger tetra (Hoplias malabaricus)
• Tiger tilapia (Tilapia mariae)
• Tinfoil barb (Barbodes schwanefeldii)
• Tire monitor eel (Mastacembelus armatus)
• Toae cichlid (Neolamprologus toae)
• Tretocephalus cichlid (Neolamprologus tretocephalus)
• Trewavas’ mbuna (Labeotropheus trewavasae)
• Trewavas’ neolebias (Neolebias trewavasae)
• Trimac cichlid (Cichlasoma trimaculatum)
• Tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus)
• True crimson Congo tetra (Micralestes stormsi)
• Turquoise severum (Heros appendiculatus)
• Twig catfish (Farlowella acus)
• Twin-stripe pencilfish (Nannostomus digrammus)
• Two level tetra (Brycinus bimaculatus)
• Two-banded cichlid (Telmatochromis bifrenatus)
• Two-lined pencilfish (Nannostomus bifasciatus)
• Two-rayed banjo catfish (Bunocephalus hypsiurus)
• Two-spot barb (Barbus bimaculatus)
• Two-spot cichlid (Cichlasoma bimaculatum)
• Two-spot pink bagrid (Mystus micracanthus)
• Two-spot rasbora (Rasbora elegans elegans)