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Splash Tetra
The Splash Tetra is a characin. Unlike others of its family that eat their own eggs, it protects them in a special way. Also called the Four-lined splashing tetra, it reaches 6–8 cm and is native to the Amazon basin.
Gold Gourami
The Gold Gourami has a golden body and is a distinctive ornamental fish. Its temperament is gentle and it can be mixed with other tropical fish. Unusually, it can live in oxygen-poor water thanks to its auxiliary breathing organ, the labyrinth.
Golden Tetra
The Golden Tetra has a very distinctive appearance. Although a tetra, note that its shimmering golden-yellow body comes from a parasitic bacterial glow. Under aquarium lighting it looks especially beautiful.
Yellow Oranda
The Yellow Oranda is a goldfish variety. Because goldfish varieties are so varied and still being hybridized, hobbyists with little experience may confuse them, but the Yellow Oranda has distinctive features. Its head growth is especially notable.
Zebra Turkeyfish
The Zebra Turkeyfish has a very distinctive appearance and a somewhat aggressive temperament; territorial males vigorously drive away other males from their domain. Because of its unusual distribution, it is not very common in home aquaria.
Red-Tailed Black Shark
The Red-Tailed Black Shark is a tropical fish species with a very distinctive appearance. Native to Thailand, this ornamental fish has a rather aggressive temperament, being relatively gentle toward other species but fighting fiercely with its own kind.
Rusty Angelfish
The Rusty Angelfish, also known as the Red Bride, is characterized by a rust-red lower body and a black upper body. It is mainly from Japan, the Philippines, and the western Pacific.
Red Tiger Head Goldfish
The Red Tiger Head Goldfish has a body shape similar to the High-head Goldfish. Like all goldfish, it is a cold-blooded animal that adapts well to its environment. Its head top shows a faint 'king' (wang) pattern in the middle.
Sohal Tang
The Sohal Tang, also known as the Arabian Tang, lives on coral plains and usually reaches 25 to 30 cm in the aquarium, up to 40 cm in the wild. It is relatively easy to keep but prone to lateral line erosion and head-and-lateral-line erosion disease.
Siamese Algae Eater
The Siamese Algae Eater is native to Southeast Asia. Its overall gray-brown color and slender body make it very suitable for display. It can reach a maximum length of 15 cm and live over 10 years.