Glossary
shoal
A group of fishes, normally of the same species, that remain close to each other for some reason. Differs from a school in that individuals are not necessarily swimming together in the same direction. Also used to refer to a shallow area in a water body.
Used in 101 species profiles
- Anostomus anostomus
- Anostomus ternetzi
- Aphyocharax anisitsi
- Aphyocharax nattereri
- Astyanax leopoldi
- Brycinus longipinnis
- Brycon cephalus
- Catoprion mento
- Charax condei
- Copadichromis azureus
- Copadichromis borleyi
- Copadichromis ilesi
- Copadichromis virginalis
- Corydoras pygmaeus
- Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum
- Cryptoheros myrnae
- Ctenopoma weeksii
- Cyprichromis leptosoma
- Cyrtocara moorii
- Dianema longibarbis
- Dianema urostriatum
- Distichodus affinis
- Distichodus sexfasciatus
- Exodon paradoxus
- Fossorochromis rostratus
- Glossolepis incisus
- Glossolepis wanamensis
- Gnathochromis permaxillaris
- Gymnocorymbus bondi
- Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
- Hampala dispar
- Hampala macrolepidota
- Hampala salweenensis
- Hasemania nana
- Hemigrammus barrigonae
- Hemigrammus belottii
- Hemigrammus bleheri
- Hemigrammus cupreus
- Hemigrammus hyanuary
- Hemigrammus levis
- Hemigrammus pulcher
- Hemigrammus rhodostomus
- Hemigrammus stictus
- Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri
- Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus
- Hyalobagrus flavus
- Hydrocynus goliath
- Hydrocynus vittatus
- Hypselobarbus jerdoni
- Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
- Inpaichthys kerri
- Laemolyta taeniata
- Lamprologus callipterus
- Leporinus fasciatus
- Limia nigrofasciata
- Loricaria simillima
- Marosatherina ladigesi
- Mchenga flavimanus
- Melanotaenia affinis
- Melanotaenia australis
- Melanotaenia boesemani
- Melanotaenia fluviatilis
- Melanotaenia gracilis
- Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi
- Melanotaenia irianjaya
- Melanotaenia lacustris
- Melanotaenia maccullochi
- Melanotaenia praecox
- Melanotaenia splendida inornata
- Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata
- Melanotaenia splendida splendida
- Melanotaenia trifasciata
- Moenkhausia pittieri
- Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
- Mystus mysticetus
- Nannaethiops unitaeniatus
- Neolamprologus pulcher
- Ophthalmotilapia ventralis
- Oreochromis tanganicae
- Paracyprichromis brieni
- Paracyprichromis nigripinnis
- Pareutropius buffei
- Pethia erythromycter
- Petitella georgiae
- Phenacogrammus interruptus
- Pimelodus ornatus
- Pseudanos trimaculatus
- Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi
- Pseudocrenilabrus philander
- Pterophyllum leopoldi
- Semaprochilodus insignis
- Semaprochilodus taeniurus
- Steatocranus casuarius
- Steatocranus tinanti
- Synodontis multipunctata
- Tateurndina ocellicauda
- Theraps bocourti
- Trichogaster fasciata
- Trichogaster lalius
- Triportheus angulatus
- Xenotilapia melanogenys