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Singular Bannerfish
The singular bannerfish is easily confused with the pennant coralfish, but photos show it has two black bars on the side and a yellow-white body that darkens with age.
Threadfin Butterflyfish
The threadfin butterflyfish is gentle and a small warm-water coral-reef fish, not for food, and not hard to keep. In the wild it likes rubble zones, algae beds, rocky reefs, or coral reefs.
Bicolor Dottyback
The bicolor dottyback, also called the false gramma, has a very special color: the front half is purple, the rear half bright yellow, vividly. It is strongly territorial and will fight fish two to three times its size.
Paucis Dwarf Cichlid
The Paucis dwarf cichlid was earlier called the blue lyretail dwarf cichlid, later renamed from a foreign translation. Males show a bright pale-blue metallic sheen, very pretty, but both keeping and breeding are very hard.
Starck’s Demoiselle
The Starck's demoiselle has a very distinctive look: its head and sides are vivid blue, and the dorsal, pectoral, and caudal fins are yellow. In the wild it lives near rock outcrops or crevices on the outer slopes of sandy-bottom channels.
Mosquitofish
The mosquitofish is mainly from the southern United States and northern Mexico and has spread into lowland waters south of the Yangtze. It feeds mainly on small invertebrates and mosquitoes, hence the name.
Saddle Valentini Puffer
The saddle Valentini puffer, also called the black-saddle puffer, lacks pelvic fins, but this does not stop it swimming freely in the tank. When startled, such as by a net, it inflates to protect itself.
Auriga Butterflyfish
The auriga butterflyfish is a very popular butterflyfish, fairly easy to keep and gentle enough to mix with other ornamental fish. It is omnivorous, taking prepared foods and live foods alike.
Double-banded Dwarf Cichlid
The double-banded dwarf cichlid was first found in 1906; in the wild it lives among layers of fallen leaves in the rainforest, so keep it with black-water treatment. It is fairly easy to keep, needing only stable water and temperature.
Shusui Koi
The Shusui koi is an asagi-type koi of the German carp line, which is why many confuse it with the asagi. By color layout it splits into three kinds: flower Shusui, yellow Shusui, and red Shusui.