Possible Compatible Species for Pimephales promelas
Note: This is a rule based search which makes certain assumptions based on characteristics including size, temperament, temperature and pH. As with all advice, please use common sense before combining any two species.
| Scientific Name | Common Names | Synonyms | Family | |
| Ilyodon furcidens | Bass goodeid Goldbreasted goodied Goldbreasted splitfin | Characodon furcidens Ilyodon xantusi | Goodeidae | |
 | Parachromis motaguensis | Mortagua Cichlid Red Tiger | Cichlasoma motaguense Herichthys motaguense Heros motaguensis | Cichlidae |
| Rasbora borapetensis | Blackline Rasbora Brilliant Rasbora Red-tailed Rasbora | Cyprinidae | ||
| Archocentrus spinosissimus | Spiney Cichlid Spinner Cichlid Spinos Cichlid | Cichlasoma immaculata Cichlasoma spinosissimum immaculata Cichlasoma spinosissimus Heros spinosissimus | Cichlidae | |
| Acarichthys heckelii | Elusive Cichlid Heckle's Acara Thread-finned Acara Thread-finned Cichlid | Cichlidae | ||
 | Parachromis loisellei | Loiselle's Cichlid | Loiselli | Cichlidae |
 | Cichlasoma grammodes | Mini-Dovii Sieve Cichlid | Herichthys grammodes Nandopsis grammodes | Cichlidae |
 | Hemichromis lifalili | Blood Red Jewel | Cichlidae | |
 | Epalzeorhynchos bicolor | Red Tailed Black Shark Redtail Shark | Labeo bicolor | Cyprinidae |
 | Mesonoemacheilus triangularis | Batik Loach Zodiac Loach | Balitoridae | |
| Nothobranchius palmqvisti | Palmqvist's Nothobranch | Aplocheilidae | ||
| Tetraodon suvatii | Arrowhead Puffer Hognose Puffer Mekong Puffer Pignose Puffer | Monotrette suvatii | Tetraodontidae | |
 | Colomesus asellus | Amazon Puffer South American Puffer | Tetraodontidae | |
 | Thorichthys helleri | Heller's Cichlid | Astronotus helleri Cichlasoma champotone Cichlasoma champotonis Cichlasoma helleri Herichthys helleri Heros helleri | Cichlidae |
 | Theraps wesseli | Wessel's Cichlid | Cichlidae | |
 | Archocentrus centrarchus | Flier Cichlid | Cichlasoma centrarchus Herichthys centrarchus Heros centrarchus | Cichlidae |
 | Cryptoheros sp. 'honduran red point' | Blue Convict Honduran Red Fin Honduran Red Point | Cichlidae | |
 | Amphilophus robertsoni | False Firemouth Robertson's Cichlid Turquoise Cichlid | Astatheros robertsoni Cichlasoma robertsoni Heros robertsoni | Cichlidae |
 | Cryptoheros nanoluteus | Yellow Convict | Archocentrus nanoluteus Cichlasoma nanoluteus Heros nanoluteus | Cichlidae |
 | Butis butis | Crazy Fish Duckbill Sleeper | Cheilodipterus butis Eleotris butis | Eleotridae |
 | Rocio octofasciatum | Jack Dempsey | Cichlasoma octofasciatus Heros octofasciatus | Cichlidae |
| Pimephales promelas | Fathead Minnow Rosy Red Tuffy | Cyprinidae | ||
 | Cichlasoma salvini | Salvinis Cichlid Tricolor Cichlid Yellowbelly Cichlid | Cichlasoma tenue Heros salvini Heros triagramma | Cichlidae |
 | Aequidens rivulatus | Green Terror Rivulatus | Chromis rivulata | Cichlidae |
 | Melanotaenia goldiei | Goldie River Rainbowfish | Aristeus goldiei | Melanotaeniidae |
| Crenicichla strigata | Striped Pike Cichlid | Crenicichla johanna strigata | Cichlidae | |
| Lepomis marginatus | Dollar sunfish | Pomotis marginatus | Centrarchidae | |
| Danio kerri | Blue Danio | Danio kerri | Cyprinidae | |
| Syncrossus hymenophysa | Banded Loach Green Tiger Botia Tiger Loach Zebra Loach | Cobitis hymenophysa | Cobitidae | |
 | Tetraodon biocellatus | Eye Spot Puffer Figure Eight Puffer | Chelonodon biocellatus | Tetraodontidae |
 | Aulonocara stuartgranti | Grant's Peacock | Cichlidae | |
 | Herotilapia multispinosa | Rainbow Cichlid | Heros multispinosus | Cichlidae |
 | Cryptoheros sajica | T-Bar Cichlid | Archocentrus sajica Cichlasoma sajica | Cichlidae |
 | Amphilophus citrinellus | Midas Cichlid | Amphilophus citrinellum Archocentrus citrinellus Cichlasoma citrinella Cichlasoma citrinellum Herichthys citrinellus Heros citrinellus | Cichlidae |
 | Toxotes jaculatrix | Archerfish Sciaena jaculatrix | Toxotidae | |
 | Thorichthys meeki | Firemouth Cichlid | Cichlasoma hyorhynchum Cichlasoma meeki Herichthys meeki Heros meeki Thorichthys helleri meeki Thorichthys meeki | Cichlidae |
| Skiffia multipunctata | Plettet Skiffia Spotted Sawfin Spotted Skiffia | Goodea multipunctata Ollentodon multipunctatus Xenendum multipunctatum | Goodeidae | |
 | Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus | Black Convict Cichlid Convict Cichlid Zebra Cichlid | Archocentrus nigrofasciatus Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum Heros nigrofasciatus | Cichlidae |
 | Altolamprologus compressiceps | Compressed Cichlid | Lamprologus compressiceps Neolamprologus compressiceps | Cichlidae |
 | Aequidens pulcher | Blue Acara | Aequidens pulchrus Cychlasoma pulchrum | Cichlidae |
| Amphilophus trimaculatum | Three Spot Cichlid Trimac Cichlid | Three-spot Cichlid | Cichlidae | |
 | Polypterus senegalus | Cuvier's Bichir Dinosaur Eel Dragonfin Polypterus Senegal Bichir | Polypteridae | |
 | Laetacara dorsigera | Red breasted acara Red-breasted flag cichlid | Acara dorsiger | Cichlidae |
 | Baryancistrus sp. LDA33 | Big White Spot, White Spot, LDA33/L 142, Snowball Pleco | Loricariidae | |
 | Xenotoca eiseni | Red Tail Goodeid Red Tail Splitfin | Characodon eiseni | Goodeidane |