Venezuela sits to the north of South America, but has a wide range of habitats in which fish live. The country includes part of the Andes to the west, coastal mangrove forests in the north, and much rainforest both lowland and higher altitude cloud forest. Many of the species most often seen in the aquarium trade are the lowland Amazonian species: catfish, dwarf cichlids and characins - but also livebearers. Check out the profiles of some Venezuelan aquarium fish below.
Apistogramma hongsloi
Corydoras adolfoi Adolfo's cory cat
Corydoras aeneus Bronze corycat
Gasteropelecus sternicla Silver hatchet fish
Lasiancistrus tentaculatus Woodeating Lasiancistrus
Papiliochromis ramirezi Ram
Paracheirodon axelrodi Cardinal Tetra
Poecilia reticulata Guppy
Poecilia sp. Endlers Livebearer
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum Tiger shovelnose catfish
Avoid tankbusters! Too many tropical fish stores sell small fish that will continue growing until too big for any home aquarium. Rehousing can be very difficult indeed. Avoid species such as the shovel-nosed and red tailed catfish
