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Black and White Percula Clownfish
The Black and White Percula Clownfish is considered a hybrid variety and is widely regarded as very easy to keep; it differs from the standard Ocellaris Clownfish only in body color, and it is also very easy to breed.
Red and White Phoenix-Tail Pearlscale
Red and White Phoenix-Tail Pearlscale is a variety of Pearl Scale goldfish prized for its granular pearl-like scales and symmetrically spotted red-and-white pattern, best kept in stable, slightly alkaline water.
Orange Arowana
The Orange Arowana is a variety of Asian arowana kept by some as a feng shui fish. With a suitable environment and scientific care it is not difficult to keep. Fully grown fish reach about 90 cm, with orange-red gill covers and orange scales, and are the most affordable of the red arowana varieties.
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.
Similis Shell Dweller
The Similis Shell Dweller (Neolamprologus similis) is a tiny, gentle Lake Tanganyika shell-dwelling cichlid that curls inside empty snail shells. Popular but with low fecundity, it is best kept as a single species in a shell-sand tank.
White-lipped Mud Turtle
A strikingly pretty mud-turtle relative - the 'mango-head' morph can flush yellow onto limbs and shell. Friendly and mid-priced, but it cannot brumate and must be kept heated year-round.
Philippine Sailfin Lizard
The Philippine sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus) is the largest agamid, famed for the tall sail on its tail; semi-aquatic and IUCN Vulnerable, it is a challenging but rewarding advanced keeper's lizard.
Texas Diamondback Terrapin
The Texas Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis) is a rare and prized subspecies of the diamondback terrapin. Thanks to conservation, its numbers are rising; the white-skinned 'super Texas' form is considered top quality and can fetch very high prices.
Black Marsh Turtle
The Black Marsh Turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis), also called the Siamese temple turtle, is a medium-sized black freshwater turtle from Southeast Asia. Wild numbers are low, but captive-bred individuals now meet demand. An IUCN Vulnerable species, it is not for beginners.
Burmese Black Turtle
The Burmese Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga indopeninsularis) is one of the seven subspecies of the Indian black turtle (three-keeled turtle). Common in Chinese pet markets — almost all sourced from wild capture — it is inexpensive but plain-looking, so it is kept in modest numbers.