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Maroon Clownfish pictures and Maroon Clownfish Informations

The scientific name of the maroon clownfish is premnas biaculeatus. This species of clownfish swims the waters of the Great Barrier Reef as well as the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It is also known as the maroon anemonefish or the spine-cheeked clownfish. As with other clownfish species, the notable feature of this fish breed is its stripes, which are normally white but may also be yellow in some fish.

Female clownfish are physically larger than their male counterparts. Moreover, the color of female clownfish is darker red in color compared to their brighter male partners. To keep a maroon clownfish happy and healthy in an aquarium, one must note a ratio of 30 gallons of water per clownfish. Since it lives communally with the sea anemone in its natural habitat, it is also recommended, but not required, to provide the same in an aquarium setting. For feeding, maroon clownfish enjoy herbivore diets as well as frozen shrimps.

Pictures of Killifish and Killifish Informations

Dedicated fish owners and breeders are enchanted with the Killifish. It belongs to the family of fish species called aplocheilidae, which are found in tropical and subtropical areas around the globe except Australia. Killifish are very beautiful in appearance but are quite a handful in terms of care and maintenance. Killifish come from diverse habitats and each breed has different needs that vary from simple to difficult to maintain. Only top quality food and water must be utilized to keep the Killifish healthy and happy. The lifespan of the Killifish is extraordinarily short. They live in puddles of mud. Hatching and maturation are completed in just three weeks.

Killifish come in many species differing greatly in pattern and color. The male Killifish are brighter in color and have larger dorsal fins than their female partners. Killifish have heads that are flat on top. These fish have curved, long and pointed teeth.

Black Moor Goldfish Pictures and Black Moor Goldfish Informations

The Black Moor Goldfish is exactly like the Telescope Goldfish, except that it is black in color. It belongs to the Cyprinidae family of fish species. Compared to the common goldfish, the Black Moor Goldfish has a rounder body and is sometimes egg-shaped. Its protruding bulbous eyes are its most prominent feature. Its color is velvet black due to metallic scales that are richly colored. Fins are long and flowing.

Black Moor Goldfish make ideal pets because they can survive in cold temperatures. Every goldfish collector is sure to have this species in his or her tank, as the Black Moor is one of the most favored species of goldfish around the world.

Young Black Moor Goldfish are dark bronze in color with eyes that are not protruding. As these fish mature, their colors become black and the eyes become telescopic. Interestingly, when placed on warmer water, some black moor goldfish?s colors can turn to metallic orange, just like the common goldfish.

Pictures of Fish Angelfish and Angelfish Informations

The Angelfish belongs to the family of cichlidae fish species. It is considered as one of the world?s most beautiful and enchanting fish species. The Angelfish is not just an attractive fish but also a very hardy one. The unique disk body shape of Angelfish as well as its beautiful patterns and colors make this breed a very impressive member of the aquarium display showcase.

Angelfish come from Central and South America and thrive in a community of similar fish. However, it is not sociable to smaller fish species. When young, they stick together with their own kind. When they are older, they are inclined towards pairing and become territorial in nature. Angelfish are omnivores. Their diet consists of fresh, live and flake food and pellets. For treats, you may give bloodworms and brine shrimp that may be served either live or frozen. Interestingly, Angelfish also feed on spinach and lettuce.

Pictures of Fish Angelfish and Angelfish Informations

Pictures of Fish Angelfish and Angelfish Informations

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.

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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 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 Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Bat Ray is an eagle ray fish that can be found in muddy or sandy sloughs, estuaries, bays, kelp beds and rocky-bottomed shoreline in the eastern Pacific Ocean between the Oregon coast and the Gulf of California. Largest specimens of bat ray can grow up to 90 kg with a wingspan of 1.8 meters. Bat rays can live in environment with large range of salinities. Currently, bat rays are fished commercially in Mexico but not in the United States.

Bat rays feed on mollusks, crustaceans and small fish on the seabed. They use their wing-like pectoral fins to move sand and expose prey animals. They can dig trenches up to 20 cm deep to expose buried prey. Like other stingrays, bat rays have a venomous spine in its tail near the base, which is not considered dangerous to human beings except when attacked or frightened. Bat rays are very popular in marine parks where the visitors are often allowed to touch or stroke ray, usually on the wing.
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Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Australian Lungfish Fishes Pictures and Australian Lungfish Fishes Kind

Australian Lungfish or Queensland lungfish is one of the only six extant lungfish species in the world. It belongs to an ancient family of fleshy finned species. It is one of the oldest living vertebrate genera on the planet. Australian lungfish is the representatives of six extant and ancient air-breathing lungfishes that flourished during the Devonian period (around 400 million years ago) and is the most primitive surviving member of this lineage. Australian Lungfish is generally a sedentary species that spends its life withing a restricted area.

Out of the five other fresh water lungfish species, four are found in Africa and one is found in South America. Australian lungfish can live out of the water for several days if it is kept moist. However, it cannot survive total water depletion unlike its African counterparts. They live in slow-flowing waters and rivers including water reservoirs that have some aquatic vegetation present on the banks. It can be found over mud, sand or gravel bottoms. Although Australian lungfish is tolerant of cold but it prefers waters with temperature 15 to 25 degree centigrades.

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Pictures of Fish Australian Lungfish Fishes Pictures and Australian Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Australian Lungfish Fishes Pictures and Australian Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Australian Lungfish Fishes Pictures and Australian Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Australian Lungfish Fishes Pictures and Australian Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Australian Lungfish Fishes Pictures and Australian Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Arowana is a fresh water bony fish. Arowana family of fish has a bony head and elongate body that is covered by large and heavy scales with a mosaic pattern of canals. Dorsal and the anal fins have soft rays and are long. Pectoral and ventral fins are small. Arowana is also sometimes known as bonytongues, as they have a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth ? tongue, equipped with teeth that bite against teeth on the roof of the mouth.

Arowana can obtain oxygen from air by sucking into the swim bladder that is lined with capillaries like lung tissues. It is a carnivorous fish, often being specialized surface feeder. It is an excellent jumper, with some of the species being capable of jumping up to 6 feet (2 meters) from the water surface to catch insects and birds from overhanging branches of trees in South America. Due to the excellent jumping capabilities, they have been nicknamed as ‘water monkeys’. It has often been rumored that Arowana have captured prey as large as low flying bats and small birds.

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Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind