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*List of freshwater aquarium fish species

A vast number of species of fish have been successfully kept in the home aquarium. This list gives only some of the most commonly-kept species.

 

Added: Thu Jan 12 2006
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*List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species

Invertebrates are commonly introduced into freshwater aquaria. There are several snail species, numerous shrimps, and crayfish that are found in aquaria. Some of these species are:

 

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*Marine aquarium fish

Marine aquarium fish species are much more difficult to deal with in the aquarium than freshwater varieties. Many species will be completely incompatible and, necessitate the careful selection of species when choosing which fish to include.

 

Added: Fri Jan 13 2006
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Anchovy

The anchovies are a family (Engraulidae) of small but common schooling saltwater plankton-feeding fish. Their distribution is worldwide. Anchovies preserved by gutting and salting in brine, matured then packed in oil are an important food fish,

 

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Armored catfish

The armored catfishes are a family Loricariidae of catfish noted for the covering of bony plates covering their bodies (In Latin, lorica means corselet). Some other traits of this family include a mouth on the underside (which may or may not have conspicuous barbels), papillae (small projections) on the ventral (lower) lip, relatively long intestines and the adipose fin absent or, when present, with a spine at anterior border.

 

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Bass(fish)

Bass (rhyming with "mass") is a name shared by many different species of popular game fish. The striped bass belongs to the family of Percicthyidae and its other members include white bass and white perch. The striped bass and white bass are also known as temperate basses.

 

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Batoidea

Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes containing more than 500 described species in thirteen familes. They are commonly known as rays, but that term may also be used specifically for batoids in the order Rajiformes, the "true rays".

 

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Bengal Danio

The Bengal Danio or Sind Danio (Danio devario) is a subtropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, this fish is sometimes found in community tanks by fish-keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of 4.0 inches (10.0 cm).

 

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Black cod

Black cod (Paranotothenia microlepidota) is a marine fish with distribution ranging from New Zealand to sub-antarctic seas. They have also been fished off the Great Australian Bight, the Chilean coasts and off the Falkland Islands. It is also known as the smallscaled cod.

 

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Black Ghost Knifefish

The Black Ghost Knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in South America in the Amazon Basin in Peru and from Venezuela through Paraguay in the Paraná Rivers. They are sometimes found in aquaria. The fish is all black except for a single white ring on its tail. It moves mainly by undulating a long fin on its underside. It will grow to a maximum length of 20 inches (50 cm centimeters).

 

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