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Onion Snail
The Onion Snail is rare in species, mostly spherical with a thin, brittle shell. The shell surface is plain and translucent, abundant in tropical soft-coral reefs, with a few in the deep sea.
Kissing Gourami
The Kissing Gourami (Helostoma temminckii), also called the Kissing Fish, is a common, well-known tropical ornamental. Many think its 'kissing' shows love, but it is actually territorial fighting.
White Corydoras
The White Corydoras is native to South American waters and is now mostly captive-bred. An albino form of the Bronze Cory, it has a milky white body with clear red eyes, is gentle, and is kept in schools. Egg-laying and good with small fish, it suits planted tanks as a bottom fish.
Aegean Killifish
The Aegean Killifish (Aphyosemion celiae) is native to West Africa and shaped like the harp killifish, 6-7 cm long. It likes weakly acidic water and higher temperature (optimal 24-28 C), eats live foods like bloodworms and artemia, and is hardy and easy to keep.
Brown Oranda with Curled Opercula
In goldfish, curled opercula is usually a disease sign, but the Brown Oranda with Curled Opercula has gill covers that grow everted from inside out like a wound - a hereditary variation.
Sunburst Butterflyfish
The Sunburst Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) is pale tea-colored in front and dark yellow behind. Though not vivid at depth, it is liked by some aquarists and can mix with other butterflies, including its own kind, if added together.
Cinnabar-eye Big Butterfly-tail Goldfish
The Cinnabar-eye Big Butterfly-tail Goldfish is a goldfish variety with a pure white belly and only cinnabar-red eyes, very striking. Gentle, it is beloved by hobbyists.
Brown Oranda with Red Head
The Brown Oranda with Red Head is a goldfish variety, a rather precious one of the Wen-jin group. Because it resembles the Purple Oranda, care is needed when buying to tell them apart.
Pearl Lined Lamprologus
The Pearl Lined Lamprologus (Neolamprologus tetracanthus) is mainly distributed in Lake Tanganyika, favoring the boundary of rock and sand. A cichlid with strong territoriality and fast growth, it is best kept alone.
White-face Butterflyfish
The White-face Butterflyfish (Chaetodon mesoleucos), also called the White-face Butterflyfish, has a white face with complex colors behind it, giving the name 'white-face butterflyfish'. Unfriendly to its own kind, it is not suited to gentle community fish.