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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.
Red-Tailed Black Shark
The Red-Tailed Black Shark is a tropical fish species with a very distinctive appearance. Native to Thailand, this ornamental fish has a rather aggressive temperament, being relatively gentle toward other species but fighting fiercely with its own kind.
Red Swordtail
The Red Swordtail, also known as the Red Xiphophorus, has a natural body color of pale blue-green. Its biggest feature is the sword-like tail; females have no sword. It is a common and indispensable aquarium fish, easy to keep.
Rummy-nose Tetra
The Rummy-nose Tetra is native to Brazil. Its head and snout are bright red, hence the alias Red-nose Fish; its body is silver-white and nearly transparent. It is named Rummy-nose Tetra because the caudal fin has stripes like a pair of scissors.
Black Ghost Knifefish
The Black Ghost Knifefish, also known as the Ghost Knife or Feather Knife, gets its name from its unusual shape and entirely jet-black body. It hunts with extreme speed and swims nimbly, which is one of its distinguishing features.
Black Neon Tetra
The Black Neon Tetra, also known as the Black Tetra or Black Neon, is native to Brazil and belongs to the tetra group, because its appearance and habits are very similar to other tetras—small and exquisite, looking beautiful in the aquarium. It has a gentle temperament but is territorial, and can be kept with other peaceful fish or shrimp.
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.
Blackspot Barb
The Blackspot Barb is mainly distributed in southern Asia—India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar—and is named for the large black spot on its caudal peduncle, its main distinguishing feature. It is omnivorous and easy to keep.
Hooded butterflyfish
The Hooded Butterflyfish, also known as the Red Sea Emperor Butterflyfish and called the Red Sea Noble in Hong Kong, is mainly distributed in the western Indian Ocean. Its unusual name comes from its distinctive appearance—overall the body is squarish and rounded.
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.