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