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Cherry Barb
The Cherry Barb (Puntius titteya) takes its name from its cherry-red color, which deepens in mature males. Gentle and well suited to planted tanks, it is a popular ornamental fish.
Triangle Butterflyfish
The Triangle Butterflyfish (Chaetodon triangulum) is native to the coral reef waters of the Indian Ocean and is very beautiful. As a marine fish it is somewhat challenging, so providing suitable saltwater conditions is essential.
Arcuate Corydoras
The Arcuate Corydoras (Corydoras arcuatus), also called the Indian Cory, Arched-back Cory, or Arrow Cory, is a common, well-known cory species that is robust and easy to keep, and is well suited to schooling in the aquarium.
Common Hatchetfish
The Common Hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla) is best known for its bulging, belly-like abdomen and is a common ornamental fish. Gentle and a surface-dwelling species, it suits tanks with floating plants.
Silver Gourami
The Silver Gourami, also known as the Moonlight Gourami or Silver Man, is an all silver-white, robust fish that is easy to keep - a good beginner ornamental fish. However, newly hatched fry are harder to raise and have a lower survival rate than other gouramis.
Silver Celestial Eye Goldfish
The Silver Celestial Eye Goldfish is a variety of Dragon-back goldfish whose eyeballs protrude from the sockets and turn upward and forward toward the sky, hence the name sky-gazing eye. It is a relatively rare goldfish variety.
Swallow Beauty
The Swallow Beauty, also called the Swallow Beauty Lantern Fish, gets its name from pelvic fins that have mutated into two long, pointed fins shaped like a swallow. It was first discovered by a German aquarist in 1973.
Peacock Bass
The Peacock Bass (Cichla ocellaris), also known as the Crown Three-Band Cichlid, is a large predatory cichlid reaching 30-60 cm as an adult. A fierce carnivore, it should be fed live prey or trained onto fish-meat chunks and must not be kept with smaller tank mates.
Chinese Sucker
The Chinese Sucker is a peculiar, brightly colored freshwater fish unique to China, also called the Chinese Sailfin Sucker and known as the 'Asian mermaid' in Southeast Asia. A Class II protected species, it is prized by aquarists for its distinctive shape and the auspicious 'smooth sailing' symbolism.
Asian Arowana
The Asian Arowana is a primitive, endangered species known as a 'living fossil' and called 'Dragon Spitting Pearl' in Hong Kong. Resembling the legendary dragon, it is one of the most popular and expensive ornamental fish, distributed across Southeast Asia.