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Caeruleus - Labidochromis caeruleus
Callolepis Cichlid - Cichlasoma callolepis
Calophysus Catfish - Calophysus macropterus
Campbell's Tigerfish - Datnioides campbelli
Candy Stripe Goby - Awaous strigatus
Cape Lopez Lyretail - Aphyosemion australe
Cape York Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia splendida
Cardinal Tetra - Paracheirodon axelrodi
Carolina Pigmy Sunfish - Elassoma boehlkei
Carpinte Cichlid - Cichlasoma carpinte
Chain Loach - Botia sidthimunki
Chankaensis Bitterling - Acheilognathus chankaensis
Channel Catfish - Ictalurus punctatus
Checkerboard Cichlid - Crenicara punctulatum
Cherry Barb - Puntius titteya
Chessboard Cichlid - Dicrossus filamentosa
Chinese Algae Eater - Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
Chinese Paradise Fish - Macropodus ocellatus
Chipokae Mbuna - Melanochromis sp.
Chocolate Cichlid - Hypselecara coryphaenoides
Chocolate Gourami - Sphaerichthys osphromenoides
Chrysonotus Cichlid - Copadichromis chrysonotus
Chunky Hap - Protomelas annectens
Cigar Shark - Leptobarbus hoevenii
Cinnamon Killifish - Aphyosemion cinnamomeum
Cinnamon Loach - Pangio pangia
Clarias Catfish - Clarias batrachus
Clay Hoplo - Hoplosternum littorale
Climbing Perch - Anabas testudineus
Cloudy Doradid - Rhinodoras dorbignyi
Clown Barb - Barbus everetti
Clown Knifefish - Chitala chitala
Clown Loach - Botia macracanthus
Cobalt Cichlid - Melanochromis johannii
Coccina Betta - Betta coccina
Cochliodon Pleco - Cochliodon cochliodon
Cochu's Blue Tetra - Boehlkea fredcochui
Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma cacatuoides
Colombian Blue Tetra - Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis
Colombian Shark - Arius seemani
Colombian Tetra - Hyphessobrycon columbianus
Combtail - Belontia signata
Commerson's Glassfish - Ambassis commersoni
Common Gourami - Osphronemus gorami
Common Hatchetfish - Gasteropelecus sternicla
Compressed Cichlid - Altolamprologus compressiceps
Congicus Saddled Bichir - Polypterus endlicheri congicus
Congo Citharin - Citharinus congicus
Congo Pufferfish - Tetraodon murius
Congo Tetra - Phenacogrammus interruptus
Convict Cichlid - Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
Copper Mouthbrooder - Pseudocrenilabrus philander
Cosby Gourami -Trichogaster trichopterus
Costa Rican Blue Eyed Cichlid - "Cichlasoma" sajicai
Craggy-Headed Banjo Catfish - Bunocephalichthys verrucosus
Croaking Gourami - Trichopsis vittata
Crystal Tetra - Hemigrammus unilineatus
Crystal-Eyed Catfish - Mystus wyckii
Cuban Cichlid - Cichlasoma tetracanthus
Cuban Gar - Atractosteus tristoechus
Cuckoo Synodontis - Synodontis multipunctatus
Cupid Cichlid - Biotodoma cupido
Cutter's Cichlid - Cichlasoma septemfasciatum
Cuvier's Pike Characin - Boulengerella lucia
Cyan Hap - Pseudotropheus cyaneus

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