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Pictures of Fish Dojo Loach Pictures and Dojo Loach Fishes Kind

Dojo Loach is a freshwater fish of loach family and native to Asia. It is very popular as an aquarium fish throughout the world. Dojo loach is also known by an alternate name Weather Loach due to their ability to detect changes in barometric pressure at the time of likely storms. Dojo loach is a hardy fish that can live in poor quality water and can also survive out of water for some time. Besides being popular aquarium fish, Dojo Loach is also a common food fish in East Asia, where they are grown in large scale through fish farming.

Dojo loach is a slender and eel-like fish that can grow up to 30cm (1 feet) long. They come in various colors ranging from yellow to olive green and lighter brown or grey. Their mouth is surrounded by three sets of barbels, which are used to sift through silt or pebbles to locate their food. Besides, they also use the barbels to to dig under gravel and sand to hide them in case of threats from their predators. Dojo loach is a bottom-dwelling scavenger and feeds mainly on on algae and other organic materials and small aquatic creatures.

Pictures of Fish Dojo Loach Pictures and Dojo Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dojo Loach Pictures and Dojo Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dojo Loach Pictures and Dojo Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dojo Loach Pictures and Dojo Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dojo Loach Pictures and Dojo Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dragonet Pictures and Dragonet Fishes Kind

Dragonet is a small fish of diverse families found in the tropical waters of the western Indo-pacific. Dragonets are well known for highly colorful appearance and cryptic patterns. Dragonets are generally bottom-dwelling fishes and prefer sandy or rocky surfaces or sometimes near reefs. Bright colors and showy fins make them the most popular aquarium fishes, mandarin dragonets being the most commercial variety for aquariums. Generally, they work best in reef aquariums of size 55 gallons and more.

Dragonet has an elongate and a scaleless body with strong spine guards, which may be poisonous in some of the species. Their fins are large, elongate and showy. They have flattened and triangular heads with large mouth and eyes. Size of dragonets varies depending upon the species; the largest (Longtail Dragonet) reaches a length of 30 cm (1 feet) and the other hand, smallest species (Saint Helena Dragonet) is just 2 cm long. Dragonets feed on crustaceans, worms and other small invertebrates picked from the substrates. In captivity, dragonets eat only live food, often starving to death if sufficient live food items are available.

Pictures of Fish Dragonet Pictures and Dragonet Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dragonet Pictures and Dragonet Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dragonet Pictures and Dragonet Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dragonet Pictures and Dragonet Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dwarf Gourami Pictures and Dwarf Gourami Fishes Kind

Dwarf Gourami is a highly popular aquarium fish due to its almost translucent blue color and red to dark orange  vertical stripes. They have originated from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh; however, they have become widespread outside of the native range. Dwarf gouramis inhabit slow moving streams, rivulets and lakes with plenty of vegetations. Fish breeders have created many different colored varieties of dwarf gouramis such as neon red or neon blue.

Dwarf gouramis are small fish with an average size of 4-5 cm with the largest size of about 9cm. Male fishes have diagonal stripes of alternating blue and red colors while females are silvery. They have touch sensitive cells on their pelvic fins. Average lifespan of dwarf gouramis is about four years but with proper care in captivity, they can live much longer. Being peaceful fish, they work well in most of the aquariums with other varieties of fishes. They can easily tolerate high temperatures up to 27 degree celsius. They prefer algae and meaty foods and also eat frozen or freeze-dried flakes, bloodworms, tubifex and shrimps.

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Pictures of Fish Dwarf Gourami Pictures and Dwarf Gourami Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dwarf Gourami Pictures and Dwarf Gourami Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dwarf Gourami Pictures and Dwarf Gourami Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dwarf Gourami Pictures and Dwarf Gourami Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Discus is a genus of three species of freshwater Cichlid Fish native to Amazon River Basin. With their widespread popularity as excellent aquarium fish, aquaculture of discus has become a major industry in Asia. The name discus has been derived from their typical body shape resembling a discus or a disc. All the three species of discus have different geographic distribution in Brazil, Columbia and Peru.

Like all the Cichlid fish, discus have a laterally compressed body shape. However, lack of extended finnage gives them a more rounded shape. Sides of discus fish are generally patterned in shades of green, red, brown and blue. Their length and height of a fully grown discus fish are almost same, about 20-25 cm. Discus is usually a shy and peaceful inhabitant in the aquariums. They tend to be sensitive to excessive noise and disturbance.  Discus fish come in three layers of colors: the base color (cream to red-brown), a secondary color (blue or green metallic color) and the black pigment that covers the vertical bars and allows the fish to darken or lighten its color.

Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Devario is a genus of fishes with short barbels and deeper bodies than Danio species. Some of the species also have vertical and horizontal stripes. They range in size from 5-15 cm long. Devarios are native to freshwater rivers and streams of Southeast Asia. Many species of Devarios have beautiful colors and are available as popular aquarium fish all over the world. Some of the species have been recently discovered in remote inland areas of Laos and Myanmar.

Devarios usually do not live for more than two to three years and many species are annuals in the wild. Even in aquariums, Devarios never live for more than five years.  They feed on small aquatic insects, crustaceans, worms and planktons. Large number of Devarios are used all over the world as aquarium fish, mainly due to their bright colors and easy care. In the aquariums, Devarios a wide variety of food items including flakes, frozen food and shrimps. They are generally good community fish but they should be kept in the tanks that are long enough for their active swimming.

Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Elephantnose Pictures and Elephantnose Fishes Kind

Elephantnose fish is an elephantfish native to the rivers of West and Central Africa especially in the lower Niger River Basin. They prefer muddy and slow moving rivers and pools with submerged branches. Elephantnose is the most commonly available aquarium fish in various aquarium stores throughout the United States.

Elephantnose has a dark brown to black laterally compressed body with a rear dorsal fin and anal fin of the same length. Their most striking feature is a elephant-trunk-like protrusion from their head. The protrusion is not actually a nose but a sensitive extension of the mouth that it used for self defense, communication, navigation and for finding their food items such as worms and insects. This organ and rest of the body is covered with electro-receptors. They have a very poor eyesight and hence they use a weak electric field for locating and catching their prey and for navigating in dark waters. They usually live from 6 to 10 years.

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Pictures of Fish Elephantnose Pictures and Elephantnose Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Elephantnose Pictures and Elephantnose Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Elephantnose Pictures and Elephantnose Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Chimera Fishes Pictures and Chimera Fishes Kind

Chimera is a species of fish related to sharks and rays. It is also called by other names such as rat fish, rabbit fish or ghost sharks. Chimeras generally live at ocean floors at a depth of around 2600 meters in the temperate regions.

Chimera has an elongated soft body with a bulky head and grow up to 150 cm long. Their skeleton is constructed of cartilage and skin smooth without any scales. Their color ranges from black to brownish grey. Most of the chimeras have a venomous spine located in front of the dorsal fins to defend themselves from their predators. Some of the species have lengthy tail and their snout is modified into an elongated sensory organ. Chimeras resemble sharks in some of the aspects; however, unlike sharks, male chimeras also have retractable sexual appendages on its forehead  and in front of the pelvic fins. Besides, chimeras also lack sharp and replaceable teeth found in sharks. Instead, they have three pairs of large permanent grinding tooth-plates.

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Pictures of Fish Chimera Fishes Pictures and Chimera Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Catfish is a bony fish with prominent barbels that resemble a cat’s whiskers. Size and behaviors of catfish vary with the type of species. Giant catfish (up to 300 kg) is found in southeast Asia and longest (up to 8 feet) catfish is found in Eurasia. Besides its prominent barbels, features of skull and swimbladder are also important in defining as fish being catfish. It finds extensive commercial use for food and in aquarium. Catfish are found in inland or in coastal areas, mostly in shallow running water, of almost all the continents barring Antarctica.

Greatest diversity and population of catfish is found in tropical South America, Africa and Asia. Some of the species have also penetrated in freshwater habitats in Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. Few of the families also live underground. Catfish feed through suction or gulping instead of biting and cutting their prey. Body of most of the species have no scales and possess strong, hollow and spine-like ray on the dorsal and pectoral fins. More informations

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Cat Shark belongs to shark family that are found abundantly in temperate and tropical seas throughout the world. Cat sharks have more than 110 species and contrary to their name, many of the cat shark species are commonly known as dogfish. Depending upon the species, they can be found in very shallow waters as well as at the depths of more than 2000 meters.

Cat sharks can be easily distinguished from other sharks by their elongated cat-like eyes and two small dorsal fins. Cat sharks feed on invertebrates and small fish. Most of the species are not very large, generally up to 60-70 cm long. However, some of the varieties found in deep waters of South China Sea can grow up to 4 meters (13-feet) in length. Many of the species have patterned appearance with stripes, spots and patches. Coral cat shark and Australian marbled cat shark that never grow more 2-feet are most commonly preferred cat sharks for home aquarium. Read more!

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind