Saltwater Aquarium Typical Fish List
The number and types of saltwater fish you can keep in the home aquarium is nearly endless but the ones you should keep for your particular setup is usually much more limited. Be sure that all your tank inhabitants have the proper environment and tank mates for their particular needs.
You need to exercise extreme caution to ensure you do not add anything to your aquarium environment that will harm or be harmed by other inhabitants of that tank. Research each fish addition you make to be sure its right for your own tank environment.
Here are a list of each fish species type, with lists of all the common saltwater aquarium kept fish species.
- Angelfish (Pomacanthidae)
- Batfish (Platacidae)
- Blennies (Blenniidae)
- Boxfish (Ostraciidae)
- Butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae)
- Cardinalfish (Apogonidae)
- Clownfish (Pomacentridae)
- Damselfish (Pomacentridae)
- Dottybacks (Pseudochromidae)
- Eels (Muraenidae)
- Fairy Basslets (Grammidae)
- FileFish (Monocanthidae)
- Groupers And Basses (Serraniae)
- Gobies (Gobiidae And Microdesmidae)
- Hawkfish (Cirrhitidae)
- Jawfish (Opistognathidae)
- Lionfish And Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)
- Mandarinfishes And Dragonets (Callionymidae)
- Pipefish And Seahorses (Syngnathidae)
- Puffers (Tetraodontidae)
- Rabbitfish (Siganidae)
- Squirrelfish And Soldierfish (Holocentridae)
- Tangs And Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae)
- Triggerfish (Balistidae)
- Wormfish (Microdesmidae)
- Wrasses (Labridae)