Schooling freshwater fish: V

All schooling freshwater fish whose common name starts with V, in alphabetical order. Each card links to its care guide.

12 species

Vaillant's chocolate gourami
Sphaerichthys vaillanti
Freshwater
2.2 in (5.5 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)70–77°F (21–25°C)
Van Heurn's rainbowfish
Melanotaenia vanheurni
Freshwater
7.3 in (18.5 cm) · 66 gal (250 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Veiltail tetra
Hyphessobrycon elachys
Freshwater
0.9 in (2.4 cm) · 10 gal (38 L)68–79°F (20–26°C)
Venezuelan orange cory
Osteogaster aenea
Freshwater
2.4 in (6 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)68–79°F (20–26°C)
Vestitus otocinclus
Otocinclus vestitus
Freshwater
1.6 in (4 cm) · 14 gal (54 L)72–81°F (22–27°C)
Vietnamese white cloud
Tanichthys micagemmae
Freshwater
1.2 in (3 cm) · 12 gal (45 L)64–73°F (18–23°C)
Vilma's tetra
Hyphessobrycon vilmae
Freshwater
1.4 in (3.5 cm) · 15 gal (55 L)72–81°F (22–27°C)
Vinaceus tetra
Hyphessobrycon vinaceus
Freshwater
1.6 in (4 cm) · 14 gal (54 L)72–81°F (22–27°C)
Violet cory
Hoplisoma simile
Freshwater
2.2 in (5.5 cm) · 12 gal (45 L)70–81°F (21–27°C)
Vogelkop blue-eye
Pseudomugil reticulatus
Freshwater
1.4 in (3.5 cm) · 11 gal (40 L)75–82°F (24–28°C)
Volcano cory
Osteogaster hephaestus
Freshwater
1.6 in (4 cm) · 15 gal (55 L)75–82°F (24–28°C)
Volcano rasbora
Rasbora vulcanus
Freshwater
1.8 in (4.5 cm) · 15 gal (55 L)73–79°F (23–26°C)

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