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Blackbacked butterflyfish
The Blackbacked Butterflyfish, commonly known as the Sunburst Butterflyfish or Dawn Butterflyfish, is a member of the Chaetodontidae family in the order Perciformes. It is mainly distributed in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its habits are like those of other butterflyfish, but its appearance is more distinctive.
Black and White Percula Clownfish
The Black and White Percula Clownfish is considered a hybrid variety and is widely regarded as very easy to keep; it differs from the standard Ocellaris Clownfish only in body color, and it is also very easy to breed.
Easter Island Butterflyfish
The Easter Island Butterflyfish is a tropical ornamental fish with a pointed snout (not tubular), a single dorsal fin, and scales bearing gray-white spots that form a net-like pattern.
Archerfish
Also known as the 'Spray Gun Fish,' the archerfish is a classic brackish-water species commonly found in aquarium shops at affordable prices. Its distinctive bulging eyes allow it to see not only surface objects but also aerial targets above the waterline.
Hatchetfish
Also known as the Swallow Fish, Chest-Knife Fish, or Sternoptyx, the hatchetfish is a group of unusually shaped small freshwater fishes. Its body is extremely laterally compressed with a greatly protruding belly, giving it the silhouette of an ancient stone axe—hence the name.
Toadfish
The toadfish shares the same body shape as the lionfish, with an enormous head that can account for up to one-third of its total body length. Also known as the freshwater lionfish, this species is remarkable for its ability to change body coloration to match its surroundings.
Eight-banded Butterflyfish
The eight-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon octofasciatus) is a small, warm-water coral-reef butterflyfish named for its 8 black vertical bands. Ornamental only (never eaten), it is one of the harder reef species to keep and needs a mature reef aquascape plus coral-poly and algae-based feeding.
Australian Lungfish
The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), also called the Queensland lungfish, is the largest of the living lungfishes and a true 'living fossil' that breathes with both gills and a lung. Native to the rivers of Queensland, Australia, it is a protected species and not part of the ornamental aquarium trade.
Dusky Butterflyfish
The Dusky Butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavirostris), traded as the black butterflyfish or 'Australian emperor butterfly', is a dark-bodied, yellow-finned marine butterflyfish from Australia. Moderately difficult — its specialized, largely corallivorous diet makes acclimation the real challenge. Needs a 300 L+ reef-aware setup.
Japanese Butterflyfish
The Japanese butterflyfish (Chaetodon nippon), a small and comparatively easy butterflyfish marked by a crescent-shaped black blotch on the rear of its body. A temperate species happiest below 26°C, omnivorous and suited to a reef-style aquarium of at least 190 L.