Here are some of the approximate life spans of fish... they often live for less or a bit more depending on disposition and care.


Adolfos Cory - 5 years
Angelfish - 10+ years
Apistogramma - 3 to 5 years
Archer Fish - 5 years
Armored Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Axelrods Rainbowfish - 5 years

Bala Shark - 10 years
Bandit Cory - 5 years
Banjo Cat - 7 to 15 years
Banjo Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Betta - 2 to 3 years
Black-Banded Leporinus - 5+ years
Black Neon Tetra - 5 years
Black Phantom Tetra - 5 years
Black Shark - 4 to 10 years
Black Widow Tetra - 5 years
Blackfin Cory - 5+ years
Bleeding Heart Tetra - 5 years
Blindcave Fish - 5+ years
Bloodfin Tetra - 10+ years
Blue Gourami - 4 years
Boeseman's Rainbow - 5 years
Bolivian Ram - 4 years
Bronze Cory - 5 years

Cardinal Tetra - 4 years
Cherry Barb - 5 to 7 years
Chocolate Gourami - 4 years
Clown Loach - 15+ years
Columbian Tetra - 5 years
Congo Tetra - 5 years
Convict - 10 to 18 years

Debauwi Catfish - 8 years
Diamond Tetra - 5 years
Discus - 10 to 18 years
Dojo Loach - 10 years
Dwarf Gourami - 4 years

Emperor Tetra - 6 years

Festivum - 10+ years
Figure 8 Puffer - 5 years
Firemouth - 10 to 15 years
Frontosa - 8 to 15 years

Giant Danio - 5 to 7 years
Glassfish - 8 years
Glowlight Tetra - 5 years
Gold Barb - 5+ years
Goldfish - 10 to 30 years
Guppy - 3 to 5 years

Harlequin - 6 years
Hatchetfish - 5 years
Hog Nose Brochis - 10 years
Honey Gourami - 4 years

Jack Dempsey - 10 to 18 years
Jordan's Catfish - 10+ years

Killifish - 1 to 2 years
Kissing Gourami - 5 years
Kribensis - 5 years

Lake Kutubu Rainbow - 5 years
Lake Madagascar Rainbow - 5 years
Lake Wanam Rainbow - 5 years
Lemon Cichlid - 8 years
Lemon Tetra - 5 years
Leopard Danio - 5 to 7 years
Leporinus - 5+ years

Livingstoni - 10+ years
Marigold Swordtail - 4 years
Midas Cichlid - 15+ years
Mollie - 4 years
Moonlight Gourami - 4 years

Neon Rainbow - 3 to 4 years
Neon Tetra - 5 to 10 years

Oscar - 10 to 18 years
Otocinclus - 5 years

Pacu - 10 years
Pearl Danio - 5 years
Pearl Gourami - 4 years
Pictus Catfish - 8 years
Piranha - 10 years
Platy - 3 to 5 years
Pleco - 7 to 15 years
Powder Blue Gourami - 4 years

Rafael Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Rainbow Shark - 4 to 10 years
Rams - 4 years
Rasboras - 5 to 10 years
Red Bellied Piranha - 10 years
Red Eye Tetra - 5 years
Red Fin Shark - 8 years
Red Hook Silver Dollar - 10+ years
Red Rainbow - 5 years
Red Tailed Catfish - 15 years
Red Tuxedo Platy - 4 years
Red Wagtail Platy - 4 years
Rosy Barb - 5 years
Royal Pleco - 10+ years
Rummy Nose Tetra - 5+ years

Sailfin Molly - 3 years
Severum - 10+ years
Silver Dollar - 10+ years
Silver Pacu - 10 years
Silvertip Tetra - 5 years
Swordtails - 3 to 5 years

Texas Cichlid - 10+ years
Tiger Barb - 6 years
Tinfoild Barb - 10 years

Upside Down Catfish - 5 years

Weather Loach - 10 years
Whiptail - 10+ years
White Cloud Mountain Minnow - 5 to 7 years
Wimple - 20+ years

Yellow Tetra - 5 years

Zebra Cichlid - 10+ years
Zebra Danio - 5 years