User:Jaspergeli/List of my favorite organisms to be kept in captivity

Animals

• Achatina achatina - African giant snail
• Acheta domesticus - House cricket
• Amatitlania nigrofasciataus - Convict cichlid
• Ambystoma mexicanum - Axolotl
• Ambystoma talpoideum - Mole salamander
• Amia calva - Bowfin
• Amphiprion percula - Orange clownfish
• Andrias davidianus - Chinese giant salamander
• Apogon imberbis - Cardinalfish
• Aracana aurita - Striped cowfish
• Artemia salina - Brine shrimp
• Astacus astacus - European crayfish
• Asterias rubens - Common starfish
• Astronotus ocellatus - Oscar
• Astyanax mexicanus - Mexican tetra
• Atelerix albiventris - Four-toed hedgehog
• Aurelia aurita - Common jellyfish
• Balantiocheilus melanopterus - Bala shark
• Balistes vetula - Queen triggerfish
• Barbonymus schwanenfeldii - Tinfoil barb
• Belone belone - Garfish
• Betta splendens - Siamese fighting fish
• Boa constrictor - Boa

Boa constrictor imperator - Common boa

• Bombyx mandarina - Silkmoth
• Brachygobius doriae - Bumblebee goby
• Branchiostoma lanceolatum - European lancelet
• Bufo bufo - Common toad
• Bufoceratias wedli
• Callionymus lyra - Common dragonet
• Camponotus pennsylvanicus - Black carpenter ant
• Cancer pagurus - Edible crab
• Canis lupus - Gray wolf

Canis lupus lupus - Eurasian wolf or common wolf

• Carassius gibelio - Prussian carp
• Caridina cantonensis - Bee shrimp
• Caridina multidentata - Amano shrimp
• Carinotetraodon lorteti - Redeye puffer
• Carinotetraodon travancoricus - Malabar pufferfish or Dwarf pufferfish
• Cavia aperea - Brazilian guinea pig
• Channa orientalis - Ceylon snakehead
• Channa striata - Striped snakehead
• Chelydra serpentina - Common snapping turtle
• Cherax destructor - Common yabby
• Cherax quadricarinatus
• Chromis chromis - Damselfish
• Clarias anguillaris - Mudfish
• Clarias batrachus - Walking catfish
• Coelognathus erythrurus - Philippine rat snake
• Coelognathus radiata - Radiated ratsnake
• Coenobita cavipes
• Coenobita clypeatus - Caribbean hermit crab
• Colossoma macropomum - Tambaqui
• Coptotermes gestroi - Asian subterranean termite or Philippine milk termite
• Correlophus ciliatus - Crested gecko
• Cornu aspersum - Garden snail
• Coturnix coturnix - Common quail
• Coturnix japonica - Japanese quail
• Crangon crangon - Brown shrimp, common shrimp, bay shrimp and sand shrimp
• Crossocheilus oblongus - Siamese algae eater
• Cynops orientalis - Chinese fire belly newt
• Cyprinus carpio - Common carp
• Danio margaritatus - Celestial pearl danio or galaxy rasbora
• Danio rerio - Zebrafish or Zebra danio
• Decapterus macarellus - Mackerel scad
• Diapheromera femorata - Common walkingstick
• Dichotomyctere fluviatilis - Green pufferfish
• Elassoma zonatum - Banded pygmy sunfish
• Elacatinus oceanops - Neon goby
• Engraulis encrasicolus - European anchovy
• Erpetoichthys calabaricus - Reedfish
• Eublepharis macularius - Leopard gecko
• Eutropis multifasciata - East Indian brown mabuya
• Farlowella acus - Twig catfish or whiptail catfish
• Gambusia affinis - Mosquitofish
• Garra rufa - Doctor fish
• Gekko gecko - Tokay gecko
• Gramma loreto - Royal gramma
• Gromphadorhina portentosa - Madagascar hissing cockroach
• Gymnocorymbus ternetzi - Black tetra
• Helix pomatia - Burgundy snail, Roman snail, Edible snail
• Hemidactylus frenatus - Common house gecko
• Hemigrammus ocellifer - Head-and-tail light tetra
• Paradoxurus hermaphroditus - Asian palm civet
• Hirudo medicinalis - Medicinal leech
• Hyphessobrycon eques - Jewel tetra
• Hyphessobrycon megalopterus - Phantom tetra
• Hypostomus plecostomus - Common pleco
• Indotyphlops braminus - Brahminy blind snake
• Kaloula pulchra - Banded bullfrog
• Laevicaulis alte - Tropical leatherleaf
• Lasius niger - Black garden ant
• Lepidosiren paradoxa - South American lungfish
• Lichanura trivirgata - Rosy boa
• Lissachatina fulica hamillei - Giant African land snail
• Litopenaeus setiferus - White shrimp, gray shrimp, lake shrimp, green shrimp, or common shrimp
• Litopenaeus vannamei - Whiteleg shrimp
• Loligo vulgaris - European squid
• Lumbricus terrestris - Common earthworm
• Lymnaea stagnalis - Great pond snail
• Macropodus operularis - Paradise fish
• Macrotocinclus affinis - Golden otocinclus
• Mesocricetus auratus - Golden hamster
• Mikrogeophagus ramirezi - Ram cichlid
• Moenkhausia pittieri - Diamond tetra
• Monopterus albus - Asian swamp eel
• Melopsittacus undulatus - Budgerigar
• Mus musculus - House mouse
• Mustela nivalis - Weasel

Mustela nivalis nivalis - Common weasel

• Mylossoma aureum
• Necturus maculosus - Common mudpuppy
• Neocaridina davidi
• Neoceratodus forsteri - Queensland lungfish
• Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel
• Occidozyga laevis - Common puddle frog
• Oryctolagus cuniculus - European rabbit
• Oryzias latipes - Japanese rice fish
• Osphronemus gorami - Giant gourami
• Osphronemus exodon - Elephant ear gourami
• Ostracion cubicus - Yellow boxfish
• Otocinclus vittatus
• Paedocypris progenetica
• Pagurus bernhardus - Common hermit crab
• Palaemon adspersus - Baltic prawn
• Palaemon varians - Common ditch shrimp
• Palaemonetes paludosus - Eastern grass shrimp
• Pandaka pygmaea - Dwarf pygmy goby
• Pandalus borealis
• Pangio kuhlii - Kuhli loach
• Pangio oblonga - Java loach
• Pantheropis guttatus - Corn snake
• Pantodon buchholzi - Freshwater butterflyfish
• Paracanthurus hepatus - Palette surgeonfish
• Paracheirodon innesi - Neon tetra
• Passer domesticus - House sparrow
• Passer montanus - Eurasian tree sparrow
• Pelodiscus sinensis - Chinese softshell turtle
• Pelvicachromis pulcher - Rainbow krib
• Penaeus monodon - Tiger prawn
• Perca fluviatilis - European perch
• Petaurus breviceps - Sugar glider
• Phasianus colchicus - Common pheasant
• Phenacogrammus interruptus - Congo tetra
• Phodopus sungorus - Striped hamster
• Phodopus roborovskii - Desert hamster
• Phoxinus phoxinus - Common minnow
• Phyllium siccifolium - Leaf insect
• Piaractus brachypomus - Pirapitinga
• Pictichromis paccagnellae - Royal dottyback
• Pimephales notatus - Bluntnose minnow
• Planaria torva
• Platichthys stellatus - Starry flounder
• Plodia interpunctella - Indian mealmoth
• Poecilia reticulata - Guppy
• Poecilia latipinna - Sailfin molly
• Poecilia sphenops - Molly
• Poecilia vivipara
• Pogona barbata - Common bearded dragon
• Polypterus bichir - Nile bichir
• Pomacea canaliculata - Channeled applesnail
• Pomacea maculata
• Pomoxis annularis - White crappie
• Potamon fluviatile
• Premnas biaculateaus - Maroon clownfish
• Pristella maxillaris - X-ray tetra
• Procambarus clarkii
• Procavia capensis - Rock hyrax
• Proteus anguinus - Olm
• Protopterus annectens - African lungfish
• Protoreaster nodosus - Horned sea star
• Psettodes bennetti - Spiny turbot
• Psettodes erumei - Indian halibut
• Pseudobranchus striatus - Northern dwarf siren
• Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai cardinalfish
• Pterois volitans - Red lionfish
• Pterophyllum scalare - Freshwater angelfish
• Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus - Orinoco sailfin catfish
• Pterygoplichthys pardalis - Amazon sailfin catfish
• Puntigrus partipentazona - Partipentazona barb
• Puntigrus tetrazona - Sumatra barb
• Pyralis farinalis - Meal moth
• Python regius - Ball python
• Rana temporaria - Common frog
• Ranina ranina - Frog crab
• Rhinella marina - Cane toad
• Rhodeus amarus - European bitterling
• Rattus norvegicus - Brown rat
• Rattus rattus - Black rat
• Salpingotulus michaelis - Baluchistan pygmy jerboa
• Scarturus tetradactyla - Four-toed jerboa
• Sciurus vulgaris - Red squirrel
• Sepia officinalis - Common cuttlefish
• Serranus tortugarum - Chalk bass
• Serrasalmus rhombeus - Redeye piranha
• Siren lacertina - Greater siren
• Solenopsis mandibularis - Fire ant
• Sorex araneus - Common shrew
• Sphenodon punctatus - Tuatara or sphenodon
• Stenopus hispidus - Banded coral shrimp or banded cleaner shrimp
• Strix aluco - Tawny owl
• Sundathelphusa
• Tanichthys albonubes - White cloud mountain minnow
• Tenebrio molitor - Mealworm
• Tapinoma sessile - Odorous house ant
• Terrapene carolina carolina - Eastern box turtle
• Testudo graeca - Common tortoise
• Tetraodon lineatus - Fahaka pufferfish
• Toxotes jaculatrix - Banded archerfish
• Trachemys scripta scripta - Yellow-bellied slider
• Trichogaster chuna - Honey gourami
• Trichogaster fasciata - Banded gourami
• Trichopodus trichopterus - Three spot gourami
• Trigonostigma heteromorpha - Harlequin rasbora
• Tubifex tubifex - Sludge worm or Sewage worm
• Tyto alba - Barn owl or common barn owl
• Xenopus laevis - African clawed frog
• Xiphophorus maculatus - Southern platyfish
• Zebrasoma flavescens - Yellow tang
• Zebrasoma veliferum - Sailfin tang

Plants

• Acacia penninervis
• Acer negundo - Box elder maple
• Acer platanoides - Norway maple
• Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore maple (or false plane tree (as its similar to plane trees particularly the oriental plane tree))
• Acer saccharinum - Silver maple
• Acer saccharum - Sugar maple
• Aegagropila linnaei - Marimo
• Agave americana - Sentry plant or century plant
• Alisma plantago-aquatica - Common water-plantain or common water plantain
• Allium cepa - Onion
• Allium sativum - Garlic
• Alternanthera philoxeroides - Alligator weed
• Amphibolis antarctica - Wire weed or sea nymph
• Anacardium excelsum
• Anacardium occidentale - Cashew
• Andropogon distachyos
• Anthoceros punctatus
• Anubias barteri
• Anthoceros punctatus
• Anthurium andraeanum
• Apium graveolens - Celery
• Aponogeton
• Areca catechu - Areca palm
• Arum maculatum - Arum lily
• Asparagus officinalis - Asparagus
• Azolla cristata - Carolina mosquitofern or Carolina azolla
• Azolla filiculoides
• Azolla nilotica
• Azolla pinnata - Azolla, mosquitofern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern, or water velvet
• Bacopa aquatica - Waterhyssop or water hyssop
• Bacopa monnieri - Waterhyssop or water hyssop
• Bambusa vulgaris - Common bamboo
• Bidens pilosa
• Bidens tripartita
• Bolbitis serratifolia
• Brasenia schreberi - Water shield
• Bromelia karatas
• Cabomba aquatica - Fanwort
• Cardamine flexuosa
• Casuarina equisetifolia - Australian pine
• Caulerpa lentillifera - Sea grapes
• Caulerpa racemosa - Sea grapes
• Caulerpa sertularioides
• Caulerpa taxifolia
• Cenchrus echinatus
• Centella asiatica - Centella, Asiatic pennywort or Indian pennywort, or Gotu kola
• Ceratophyllum demersum - Common hornwort
• Chaetomorpha melagonium
• Chara vulgaris - Common stonewort
• Cichorium intybus - Chicory
• Chlorococcum infusionum
• Chlorodesmis comosa
• Chlorodesmis fastigiata
• Chlorophytum comosum - Spider plant
• Chlorophytum laxum - Bichetii grass, Siam lily, False lily turf or Wheat plant
• Citrus medica - Citron
• Citrullus lanatus - Watermelon
• Cladophora
• Cocos nucifera - Coconut palm
• Codium tomentosum
• Convolvulus arvensis
• Cornus mas - Cornelian cherry
• Crassula aquatica - Water pygmyweed or common pygmyweed
• Crassula helmsii - New Zealand pigmyweed
• Crassula ovata - Jade plant
• Crassula perfoliata
• Crinum americanum - Florida swamp-lily, String lily, and Southern swamp crinum
• Crinum asiaticum - Poison bulb, Giant crinum lily, Grand crinum lily, Spider lily
• Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia
• Cucurbita pepo
• Cycas circinalis - Queen sago
• Cymodocea nodosa - Slender seagrass
• Cyperus alternifolius - Umbrella plant
• Cyperus esculentus
• Dianthus caryophyllus - Carnation
• Dionaea muscipula - Venus flytrap
• Delonix regia - Flame tree
• Dillenia indica - Elephant apple
• Dracaena braunii - Sander's dracaena, Ribbon dracaena, L:ucky bamboo, Curly bamboo or Chinese water bamboo
• Dracaena fragrans - Cornstalk dracaena
• Dracaena reflexa - Song of India
• Drosera rotundifolia - Common sundew
• Echinodorus grisebachii - Amazon sword
• Echinopsis eyriesii
• Echinopsis spachiana
• Egeria densa - Large-flowered waterweed
• Eichhornia crassipes - Common water hyacinth
• Eleocharis palustris - Common spikerush
• Elodea canadensis - Canadian waterweed
• Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi
• Enhalus acoroides
• Epipremnum aureum - Devil's vine
• Equisetum arvense - Field horsetail
• Erythranthe cardinalis - Scarlet monkeyflower
• Ficus carica - Common fig
• Ficus sycomorus
• Fontinalis antipyretica - Common water moss
• Ginkgo biloba - Ginkgo
• Glechoma hederacea - Ground ivy, gill-over-the-ground, creeping charlie, or field balm
• Gnetum gnemon
• Gomphrena globosa - Globe amaranth
• Halimeda tuna
• Halodule uninervis - Narrowleaf seagrass
• Halophila ovalis - Paddle weed, spoon seagrass, spoon grass, or dugong grass
• Helanthium tenellum - Pygmy chain sword
• Hemianthus callitrichoides - Dwarf baby tears
• Hiptage benghalensis - Hiptage
• Hydrilla verticillata - Hydrilla
• Hydrocharis morsus-ranae - Common frogbit
• Hydrocotyle leucocephala - Brazilian marsh/water pennywort
• Hydrocotyle verticillata - Whorled marsh/water pennywort
• Hydrocotyle vulgaris - Common marsh/water pennywort
• Hygrophila difformis - Water wisteria
• Hygrophila polysperma - Dwarf hygrophila
• Hymenophyllum tunbrigense - Tunbridge filmy fern
• Hypnum cupressiforme - Hypnum moss
• Imperata cylindrica - Cogon grass
• Ipomoea aquatica - Water spinach
• Juncus acutus - Spiny rush
• Lagenaria siceraria - Calabash
• Lemna minor - Common duckweed
• Lactuca sativa - Lettuce
• Lamium purpureum - Purple dead-nettle
• Lantana camara
• Lilaeopsis brasiliensis - Micro sword
• Lilaeopsis chinensis - Micro sword
• Lilium candidum - Madonna lily
• Limnobium laevigatum - West Indian spongeplant, South American spongeplant and Amazon or smooth frogbit
• Lotus corniculatus
• Luffa aegyptiaca - Sponge gourd
• Lycopodium clavatum - Common clubmoss
• Maclura pomifera - Osage orange
• Malpighia glabra
• Malus sylvestris - European crab apple
• Malva sylvestris - Common mallow
• Mangifera indica - Mango
• Marchantia polymorpha - Common liverwort
• Marsilea crenata
• Marsilea hirsuta
• Marsilea minuta - Dwarf waterclover
• Marsilea quadrifolia - Four-leaf clover or European waterclover
• Medicago sativa - Alfalfa
• Mentha aquatica - Water mint or watermint
• Mentha × piperita - Peppermint or pepper mint
• Mentha spicata - Spearmint or spear mint, garden mint, and common mint
• Micranthemum umbrosum
• Microsorum pteropus - Java fern
• Morus alba - White mulberry
• Morus nigra - Black mulberry
• Muntingia calabura - Calabur tree
• Myriophyllum spicatum - Eurasian watermilfoil
• Najas marina - Spiny water nymph
• Nasturtium officinale - Watercress
• Nephelium lappaceum - Rambutan
• Nitella opaca
• Nuphar lutea - Yellow water-lily
• Nymphaea alba - European white water lily
• Nymphaea gigantea - Giant water lily
• Nymphaea lotus - Tiger lotus
• Nymphaea mexicana - Yellow water lily
• Nymphoides peltata - Fringed water-lily, Yellow floatingheart or Water fringe
• Nypa fruticans - Nipa palm
• Oenanthe fistulosa - Tubular water dropwort
• Oenanthe javanica - Java water dropwort
• Oenanthe sarmentosa - Water parsley
• Ophiopogon japonicus - Dwarf lilyturf
• Oryza sativa - Asian rice
• Oxalis acetosella - Common wood sorrel
• Oxalis stricta - Common yellow woodsorrel
• Pachyrhizus erosus - Jicama
• Papaver somniferum - Opium poppy
• Penicillus capitatus
• Panicum miliaceum - Proso millet
• Passiflora incarnata - Maypop
• Peperomia scutellariifolia
• Peperomia pellucida
• Phalaris arundinacea - Reed canary grass
• Phalaris aquatica - Bulbous canary grass
• Phalaris canariensis - Canary grass
• Phalaris paradoxa - Awned canary grass
• Phleum pratense - Timothy-grass
• Phyllospadix scouleri - Scouler's surfgrass
• Physcomitrella patens
• Pilea serpyllacea
• Pinus balfouriana - Foxtail pine
• Pinus cembroides - Pinyon pine
• Pinus contorta - Lodgepole pine
• Pinus gerardiana - Chilgoza pine
• Pinus heldreichii - Bosnian pine
• Pinus krempfii - Krempf's pine
• Pinus leiophylla - Chihuahua pine
• Pinus nelsonii - Nelson's pine
• Pinus oocarpa - Egg-cone pine
• Pinus palustris - Longleaf pine
• Pinus pinaster - Maritime pine
• Stone pine - Pinus pinea
• Pinus ponderosa - Ponderosa pine
• Pinus rzedowskii - Rzedowski's pine
• Pinus squamata - Qiaojia pine
• Pinus strobus - Eastern white pine
• Pinus sylvestris - Scots pine
• Piper nigrum - Black pepper
• Pistia stratiotes - Water lettuce
• Pisum sativum - Pea
• Platanus kerrii
• Platanus orientalis - Oriental plane tree
• Plectranthus amboinicus
• Plectranthus caninus
• Plectranthus fruticosus
• Plectranthus scutellarioides
• Poa pratensis - Common meadow grass
• Pogostemon plectrantoides
• Polypodium vulgare - Common polypody
• Populus tremula - Aspen
• Portulaca oleracea - Common purslane
• Portulacaria afra - Elephant bush
• Posidonia oceanica - Neptune grass, Mediterranean tapeweed, or Mediterranean seagrass
• Potamogeton natans - Broad-leaved pondweed, floating pondweed, or floating-leaf pondweed
• Premna serratifolia
• Prunus cerasus - Sour cherry
• Prunus dulcis - Almond
• Prunus domestica
• Prunus laurocerasus - Cherry laurel
• Prunus persica - Peach
• Psilotum nudum - Skeleton fork fern
• Pteris longifolia - Longleaf brake
• Pterocarpus indicus
• Pterocarpus officinalis
• Pyracantha coccinea - Scarlet firethorn
• Rosa majalis - Cinnamon rose
• Ruta graveolens - Common rue
• Sagittaria sagittifolia - Arrowhead
• Salvinia natans - Floating fern
• Sansevieria hyacinthoides - Snake plant
• Sansevieria trifasciata - Snake plant
• Santalum album
• Sapindus saponaria
• Sarracenia flava - Yellow pitcher plant
• Sarracenia purpurea - Purple pitcher plant
• Saxifraga granulata - Meadow saxifrage
• Solanum nigrum - European black nightshade
• Solanum tuberosum - Potato
• Salix alba - White willow
• Salix amygdaloides - Peach-leaved willow
• Salix arbuscula - Mountain willow
• Salix cordata - Sand dune willow
• Salix floridana - Florida willow
• Salix fragilis - Crack willow
• Salix glauca - Gray willow
• Salix herbacea - Dwarf willow
• Salix humboldtiana - Humboldt's willow
• Salix lanata - Woolly willow
• Salix purpurea - Purple willow
• Salix sitchensis - Sitka willow
• Salix viminalis - Basket willow
• Spirodela polyrhiza - Common duckmeat
• Stapelia hirsuta - Starfish flower or carrion plant
• Stuckenia pectinata - Sago pondweed or fennel pondweed
• Swietenia mahagoni - American mahogany
• Syngonium podophyllum - Arrowhead plant
• Syringodium filiforme - Manatee grass
• Taxiphyllum barbieri - Java moss
• Taraxacum officinale - Common dandelion
• Thalassia testudinum - Turtlegrass or turle grass
• Thalassodendron ciliatum - Sickle-leaved cymodocea
• Trifolium pratense - Red clover
• Turnera ulmifolia
• Udotea flabellata
• Ulva lactuca - Sea lettuce
• Vallisneria spiralis - Straight vallisneria, tape grass, or eel grass
• Verbena officinalis - Common vervain or Common verbena
• Vicia sativa - Common vetch
• Vitex agnus-castus - Chaste tree
• Vitex negundo - Chinese chaste tree
• Vitis vinifera - Common grape vine
• Wolffia arrhiza - Spotless watermeal
• Wolffia globosa - Asian watermeal
• Zingiber officinale - Ginger
• Zephyranthes atamasca - Atamasco-lily or Rain-lily
• Zostera marina - Common eelgrass

Funguses/Fungi

• Agaricus bisporus - Button mushroom
• Agaricus campestris - Field mushroom
• Amanita muscaria - Fly agaric
• Boletus edulis - Penny bun
• Cantharellus cibarius - Chanterelle
• Clitocybe nebularis - Clouded agaric
• Cortinarius violaceus - Violet webcap
• Flammulina velutipes - Enokitake
• Grifola frondosa - Hen of the woods
• Psathyrella aquatica
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Schizophyllum commune
• Tuber aestivum - Summer truffle

Protists

• Amoeba proteus
• Ascophyllum nodosum - Rockweed
• Eucheuma cottonii
• Eucheuma denticulatum
• Euglena gracilis
• Euglena viridis
• Fucus vesiculosus - Bladder wrack
• Laminaria digitata - oarweed or horsetail kelp
• Macrocystis pyrifera - Giant kelp
• Nereocystis luetkeana - Edible kelp or bull kelp
• Noctiluca scintillans - Sea sparkle
• Oxyrrhis marina
• Paramecium
• Saccharina latissima - Sugar kelp