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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.
Brown Surgeonfish
The Brown Surgeonfish, also known as the Algae-eating Surgeonfish or Lavender Tang, is a tropical marine fish named for its lavender-purple anal and caudal fins. Reaching up to 21 cm, it inhabits the Indo-Pacific and feeds mainly on algae.
Bloodfin Tetra
The Bloodfin Tetra, also known as the Redfin Fish or Redfin Characin, is named for its silvery-white body and blood-red fins. Native to Argentina, it is a lively, schooling fish that is very easy to keep, requiring only stable water quality and nutritious food.
Wrought Iron Butterflyfish
The Wrought Iron Butterflyfish, also known as the Black Discus, is a striking marine fish with a black body covered in white-edged scales that look like sequins. Native to the northwestern Pacific, it is a beautiful but challenging species best left to experienced aquarists.
Panda Dwarf Cichlid
The Panda Dwarf Cichlid's females and males are easy to tell apart; females have few markings and lower display value. It is a very nervous fish, easily frightened, and a frightened female may eat her own eggs after spawning.
Vagabond Butterflyfish
The Vagabond Butterflyfish is a small reef fish, 80 to 120 mm long and quite rare. It is mainly found in tropical warm waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Because of its small size, it should not be mixed with aggressive fish.
Clown Dwarf Cichlid
The Clown Dwarf Cichlid is often imported mixed with the Cockatoo and Agassiz's dwarf cichlids. It is distinctive for a black vertical stripe on the body and red-blue speckles on the gill cover. Because imports are scarce, it is not widely kept.
Chinese Paddlefish
The Chinese Paddlefish (Bai sturgeon) is the largest freshwater fish in China. Its very long, elephant-trunk-like snout gives it the common name 'Elephant-nose Fish'. It is a large, fierce fish mainly in the middle and lower Yangtze, also surviving in brackish estuaries and occasionally entering large lakes; it is a semi-anadromous migrant.
Angelicus Catfish
Also called the Starry Night, the Angelicus Catfish has a blue-purple body dotted with white spots like a star-filled night, hence the nickname. It is a top specimen of the genus Synodontis and a precious, much-sought variety.
Magpie Goldfish
The Magpie Goldfish, short for 'Magpie', has a blue-based body color and is named for its overall resemblance to a magpie. It mostly derives from blue goldfish such as the Blue Oranda or Blue Dragon Eye.