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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.
Severum Cichlid
The Severum (Cichlasoma severum), also known as the Pineapple Fish, originates from Guyana, Brazil, and the Amazon basin and was introduced to China in the 1990s. With a distinctive look and robust body, it is gentle except during breeding and is a popular cichlid.
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.
Bala Shark
The Bala Shark (Balantiocheilus melanopterus), native to Thailand and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo, is a popular ornamental fish thanks to its silvery beauty and robust, easy-to-keep nature.
Redeye Tetra
The Redeye Tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae) reaches 5-7 cm as an adult, with a silver-gray body. Very peaceful and fond of schooling, it occupies the mid-upper layers and is easy to keep. It is a close relative of the head-and-tail light tetra and easily confused with it by beginners.
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.
Leaf Fish
The Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus), also known as the Dead-leaf Fish or Many-spined Leaffish, is native to the Amazon River and Guyana. Its body form is so unusual that when motionless on the substrate it is almost indistinguishable from a fallen leaf.
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.