Fish That Start With T - Page 2 of 2
Browse all aquarium fish species with common names beginning with "T". Each profile includes care requirements, water parameters, tank size recommendations, and compatibility information for freshwater, marine, and brackish species.
Tonguetied minnow
Exoglossum laurae
Exoglossum laurae (tonguetied minnow) is a freshwater leuciscid minnow of cool, clean, rocky streams in parts of the eastern United States. It has a distinctive ventral mouth adapted for benthic feeding, and it is associated with pebble/rock nest spawning behavior documented for Exoglossum in scientific literature.
Tosa stargazer
Uranoscopus tosae
Uranoscopus tosae is a stargazer that lives out on deeper sandy-muddy bottoms and does the classic stargazer thing - buries itself and waits to ambush prey. It is a venomous, bottom-sitting predator from the western Pacific, and it is really more of an ocean fishery/bycatch species than anything you would realistically keep in a home aquarium.
Tumba tetra
Alestopetersius tumbensis
This is one of those lesser-seen Congo Basin African tetras, a small, silvery shoaler that really comes alive when you keep it in a proper group. It is from the Lake Tumba/Malebo Pool area, and like a lot of alestids it is an active midwater swimmer that appreciates space and clean, well-oxygenated water.
Tussy's small red fighter
Betta tussyae
Betta tussyae is a tiny little blackwater betta from peat swamp forests in Pahang, Malaysia, and it stays small enough that you can really do it justice in a compact, heavily planted tank. It likes soft, very acidic water and a calm setup with lots of leaf litter and cover, and it will absolutely use the labyrinth organ to gulp air like other bettas.
Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
Uranoscopus cognatus
Uranoscopus cognatus is a chunky little stargazer that spends its life on the bottom, often buried with just the eyes and mouth peeking up like a grumpy sand-trap. It is a marine ambush predator from the Indo-west Pacific, and while it is super cool to look at, it is really not a practical aquarium fish unless you are set up for a specialized predator tank.
Twosaddle Corydoras
Corydoras weitzmani
Weitzman's cory is one of those super sleek Corydoras that looks like it's wearing a little mask-clean lines, subtle patterning, and that classic cory "busy little vacuum" vibe. The best part is watching a whole group cruise the bottom together, then suddenly zip to the surface for a gulp of air like tiny torpedoes.