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Freshwater

System realm sorts species by the broad kind of environment they belong to, such as terrestrial, freshwater or marine. Wikipedia notes the giant panda lives "in six montane regions," entirely on land, placing it firmly in the terrestrial realm rather than a freshwater or marine one. This dimension groups species that depend on the same broad kind of environment.

Freshwater

507 entries

Common Group

Taxonomy

Habitat

Conservation Status

Ecosystem

Everyday Group

Diet

Population Trend

Threats

Relationship to People

Living or Extinct

Where It Lives

Acanthamoeba

Adelphobates galactonotus

African Bullfrog

African butter catfish

African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis)

African Dwarf Crocodile

African Helmeted Turtle

African marsh harrier

African openbill

Alderfly

Alligator Gar

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Amano Shrimp

Amargosa River pupfish

Amazon Milk Frog

Amazon River Dolphin

American Alligator

American Bullfrog

American Flamingo

American Paddlefish

American pickerel

American Toad

Amoeba Proteus

Amphilophus labiatus

Amphipod

Ancistrus cirrhosus

Andean Horsetail

Anderson's Salamander

Andrias Japonicus

Apistogramma hongsloi

Apistogramma panduro

Arapaima

Arctic Grayling

Argentine Horned Frog

Asian Small-clawed Otter

Aspergillus flavus

Aspergillus Niger

Astyanax jordani

Atacama Desert Giant Horsetail

Atlantic Mudskipper

Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

Atlantic Tarpon

Aulacomnium palustre

Australian grayling

Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)

Australian pelican

Australoheros facetus

Axolotl

Backswimmer

Bagarius bagarius

Baikal Seal

Bald Cypress

Bald Eagle

Barred bichir

Beardslee trout

Beaver

Belted Kingfisher

Beluga Sturgeon

Betta edithae

Bichir

Bigmouth buffalo

Black swan

Black Tern

Black-tailed godwit

Blue acara

Blue Crab

Blue Wildebeest

Bluegill

Bombina Orientalis

Bonobo

Bowfin (Amia calva)

Brown Algae

Brown Pelican

Brown Trout

Bryozoan

Bull Shark

Butomus umbellatus

Buxbaumia

Buzzing tree frog

Caddisfly

Caecilian

California Tiger Salamander

Callinectes Sapidus

Canada goose

Cane Toad

Capybara

Carpet Beetle

Ceratium

Ceratopteris Richardii

Chain pickerel

Channel Catfish

Chara Vulgaris

Cherax Destructor

Cherax Quadricarinatus

Cherry Shrimp

Chinese Alligator

Chinese Hibiscus

Chinese Mitten Crab

Chinese Softshell Turtle

Chinook Salmon

Chlamydomonas

Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii

Christmas Fern

Chytrid Fungus

Cinnamon Fern

Cirsium vulgare

Claviceps Purpurea

Clear Lake hitch

Coconut Palm

Common Carp

Common crane

Common Frog (Rana temporaria)

Common Green Darner

Common greenshank

Common Kingfisher

Common Loon

Common Midwife Toad

Common moorhen

Common Musk Turtle

Common pochard

Common redshank

Common redstart

Common ringed plover

Common Roach

Common sandpiper

Common shelduck

Common Snapping Turtle

Common Spadefoot

Common Stonewort

Common tern

Convict cichlid

Copepod

Coralline Algae

Cottonmouth

Crayfish

Crenicichla punctata

Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis

Cuban Tree Frog

Culex pipiens

Cyanophora Cuspidata

Cyanophora Paradoxa

Cyanophora Sudae

Cyperus alternifolius

Cyprinus yilongensis

Dalmatian Pelican

Daphnia Pulex

Diatom

Diving Beetle

Dobsonfly

Dolichospermum Flos-Aquae

Dragonfly

Duckweed

Dunlin

Eastern Newt

Ectocarpus Siliculosus

Electric Eel

Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Entoproct

Equisetum Arvense

Equisetum palustre

Ergot

Euglena

Euglena Gracilis

Euphorbia palustris

Eurasian bittern

Eurasian chaffinch

Eurasian coot

Eurasian curlew

Eurasian Otter

Eurasian teal

Eurasian whimbrel

European herring gull

European Perch

European Pilchard

European Spiny Lobster

European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea)

European Water Clover

European water vole

Fairy Shrimp

Field Horsetail

Fire Salamander

Fire-bellied Toad

Firefly

Firemouth Cichlid

Firewood catfish

Fishing Cat

Floating Crystalwort

Florida Softshell Turtle

Foraminifera

Freshwater Mussel

Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)

Frosted Flatwoods Salamander

Gammarus Pulex

Gastrotrich

Gerris lacustris

Gharial

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Giant Freshwater Stingray (Urogymnus polylepis)

Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Giant Salvinia

Giant Water Bug

Giant Water Lily

Giardia Lamblia

Girardia tigrina

Golden Apple Snail

Goldeneye cichlid

Goldfish

Goliath heron

Goliath Tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath)

Gonyaulax

Grass Snake

Gray Tree Frog

Great Blue Heron

Great crested grebe

Great Crested Newt

Great diving beetle

Great Egret

Great Horsetail

Great Pond Snail

Great Ramshorn Snail

Greater Flamingo

Greater scaup

Greater Siren

Green sandpiper

Green terror

Grey plover

Greylag Goose

Ground Beetle

Gull-billed tern

Harbor Seal

Heliamphora glabra

Herring Gull

Hippopotamus

Hirudo Medicinalis

Horse Fly

Horsehair Worm

Horsetail

House Sparrow

Hoverfly

Iberian Ribbed Newt

Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis

Iris pseudacorus

Ivanacara bimaculata

Jabiru

Jack Dempsey (fish)

Japanese Giant Salamander

Jullien's golden carp

Kuhli loach

Laetacara curviceps

Lake Lerma Salamander

Lake Patzcuaro Salamander

Lake Quillwort

Lake whitefish

Largemouth Bass

Lemna minor

Leora's Stream Salamander

Lesser black-backed gull

Little grebe

Little ringed plover

Little Stint

Loa Loa

Longnose Gar

Long-toed Salamander

Mallard

Marabou Stork

Marbled Crayfish

Marbled Newt

Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)

Marsh Bryum

Marsh Frog

Marsh Horsetail

Marsh rabbit

Marsh sandpiper

Matamata

Mayfly

Medicinal Leech

Mesonauta festivus

Mexican Giant Horsetail

Mexican tetra

Microcystis Aeruginosa

Mole Salamander

Mongolian grayling

Moray Eel

Mosquito

Mosquito Fern

Mozambique Tilapia

Mrigal carp

Mud Crab

Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)

Mugger crocodile

Murray cod

Muskrat

Mute Swan

Naegleria

Naegleria Fowleri

Natterjack Toad

Nelumbo nucifera

Neocaridina Davidi

Neolamprologus brichardi

Neotropical Otter

Neuse River Waterdog

Nile Crocodile

Nile Monitor

Noble Crayfish

North American Beaver

North American River Otter

Northern Crested Newt

Northern Giant Horsetail

Northern Pike

Northern pintail

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Northwestern Salamander

Nostoc Commune

Nothobranchius furzeri

Nothobranchius rachovii

Notophthalmus Viridescens

Nutria

Nymphaea candida

Oldham's leaf turtle

Olm

Omul

Opisthorchis viverrini

Orinoco Crocodile

Osmunda japonica

Pacific golden plover

Pacific Oyster

Pacu

Painted Turtle

Palmate Newt

Panama Disease Fungus

Parachromis managuensis

Paramecium

Paramecium Caudatum

Payara

Peaceful betta

Pectinatella magnifica

Periophthalmus Barbarus

Petenia splendida

Petromyzon Marinus

Pheasant-tailed jacana

Phragmites australis

Pied Stilt

Pimelodus pohli

Pink Salmon

Pipa Pipa

Platypus

Poison Dart Frog

Polypterus Senegalus

Pond slider

Potamon Fluviatile

Powdery Mildew

Protopterus Annectens

Prototheca Wickerhamii

Prunus maackii

Prymnesium Parvum

Pterophyllum altum

Puerto Hondo Stream Salamander

Pufferfish

Purple-fringed Riccia

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Pygmy Marmoset

Quagga Mussel

Quillwort

Rainbow Trout

Red Fox

Red Kite (Milvus milvus)

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

Red Swamp Crayfish

Red-bellied Piranha

Redbreast tilapia

Redclaw Crayfish

Red-crowned Crane

Red-eared Slider

Red-throated loon

Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander

Ribbon Worm

Ribes aureum

River tern

Roseate Spoonbill

Roundworm

Rove Beetle

Royal Fern

Ruddy turnstone

Sacramento pikeminnow

Sacred Lotus

Salamandra Salamandra

Salicornia europaea

Saltcedar

Sand martin

Sandhill Crane

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

Scleropages jardinii

Scouring Rush

Sea Anemone

Sea Lamprey

Sea Sponge

Sedge warbler

Seed Shrimp

Sensitive Fern

Serbian Spruce

Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens)

Signal Crayfish

Silver trout

Skeletonema Costatum

Slender Riccia

Smallmouth buffalo

Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata)

Smooth Horsetail

Smooth Newt

Snowy Egret

Solenogaster

South American Lungfish

Southern Giant Horsetail

Southern River Otter

Spectacled Caiman

Sphagnum

Sphagnum cuspidatum

Spirogyra

Spotted dove

Spotted redshank

Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

Spotted tilapia

Spotted-necked Otter

Spring Peeper

Springtail

Stonefly

Stonewort

Surinam Horned Frog

Surinam Toad

Swamp Cypress

Synodontis petricola

Tadpole Shrimp

Tanganyika Killifish

Tanganyika lates

Tardigrade

Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Crayfish

Taxodium Distichum

Taylor's Salamander

Teleocichla cinderella

Terek sandpiper

Tetrahymena

Tetrahymena Thermophila

Texas Blind Salamander

Thalassiosira Pseudonana

Threespine Stickleback

Three-spined Stickleback

Tick

Tiger Salamander

Titicaca Water Frog

Toluca Stream Siredon

Toxoplasma

Toxoplasma Gondii

Trichinella Spiralis

Triops cancriformis

Triops longicaudatus

Tropheus moorii

Trypanosoma

Tubifex Tubifex

Tucuxi

Tufted duck

Two-toed Amphiuma

Ulva Intestinalis

Vampire Crab

Vampyrella

Volvox

Vorticella

Walking Catfish

Wallace's Flying Frog

Walleye

Water Bear

Water Boatman

Water Fern

Water Horsetail

Water Hyacinth

Water Lily

Water Moss

Water Slater (Asellus aquaticus)

Water Spider

Water Sprite

Water Strider

Wels Catfish

West African Lungfish

West Indian Manatee

Western marsh harrier

Western Toad

Whirligig Beetle

White Stork

White wagtail

White Water Lily

Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Whooping Crane

Willow Moss

Willow warbler

Wolffia Globosa

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Wood sandpiper

Wood Turtle

Woodlouse

Wuchereria Bancrofti

Xenopus Laevis

Yabby

Yangtze Finless Porpoise

Yellow Perch

Yellow-spotted River Turtle

Zebra Mussel

Zebra Nerite Snail

Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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Sources

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceContains: Polar BearView the Source

Lion (Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteContains: African LionView the Source

Beaver (Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, National Park Service)

National Park ServiceContains: BeaverView the Source

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