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Blind Cave Fish
The blind cave fish is a very special ornamental fish, born without eyes. Its ancestors lived mainly in caves, the deep sea, or muddy waters, and over generations the fish lost its sight; some are even born with eyes that soon vanish.
Malawi Eye-biter
The Malawi eye-biter, also called the horseface cichlid, reaches 25 cm as an adult and is native to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Its bizarre, knife-like face and compressed body make it a striking and popular cichlid.
Madagascar Rainbowfish
The Madagascar rainbowfish, also called the Madagascar rainbow or stone beauty, is native to Madagascar. Adults reach 6 to 8 cm and are admired for the shifting bands of color that play across their bodies as the light changes.
Honey Gourami
The Honey Gourami, commonly called the Lalius, is relatively easy to sex by appearance. Not demanding about water and gentle, it can be mixed with other similar temperate tropical fish.
Convict Cichlid
The Convict Cichlid (Nine-bar) is a small cichlid among American cichlids. Despite its small size it is tough, often beating larger fish. Easy to keep and sturdy, its toughness makes it good with large cichlids.
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.
Black Angelfish
The Black Angelfish has a very distinctive appearance, hence its aliases Black Flying-fox and Ink Swallow. It is a mutant variety of the angelfish, with a body shape very similar to the angelfish but an entirely ink-black color, very unique and beautiful, and loved by many aquarists.
Zebrafish
The Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a small, gentle, hardy freshwater fish with blue-and-silver stripes. Famous as a model organism in genetic and medical research, it is also an easy, community-friendly beginner fish.
Mottled Dwarf Cichlid
The Mottled Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma guttata), also called the Giefere Dwarf Cichlid, is a slender South American dwarf cichlid from the Orinoco basin. It needs soft, acidic water and is prone to gill diseases, so tank cleanliness is essential.