Clownfish
July 2nd, 2009Clown fish, also known as Anemone fish, are a group of fishes found on tropical reefs where they form symbiotic relationships with anemones. Except for the species Premnas biaculeatus, all known species of clowfish belong to the genus Amphiprion. Amphiprion is today home to 27 recognized species of fish, but there are indications of some of them actually being hybrids rather than true species so this number might change as future research sheds more light on the subject.
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Volitans Lionfish – Pterois Volitans
February 24th, 2009Pterois volitans, a venomous Scorpionfish native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, is known under many different English names, including Common Lionfish, Red Lionfish, Peacock Lionfish, Turkey fish, Scorpion Volitans, Red Firefish, and even Butterfly-cod and Ornate Butterfly-cod. Using its scientific name is the safest course of action if you wish to avoid mix-ups, because some of these common names are used for other member of the genus Pterois as well.
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Harlequin Shrimp
The Harlequin shrimp lives in freshwater sponges which it cleans by eating debris and algae from the surface of the sponge. This feeding behaviour has earned them their scientific name Caridina spongicola.
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Meramec Saddled Darter
A new species of darter has been described that inhabits the Meramec River drainage of Missouri, USA; more particularly the northern Ozark region of Missouri.
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Another new species of electric knifefish has been described.
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A new species of wrasse, named Halichoeres sazimai, has been described from the Western South Atlantic off the southern and south-eastern coasts of Brazil.
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A new species of South American electric knifefish has been described by Brazilian ichthyologists Julia Giora and Luiz Malabarba.
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The ASU institute has now published its Top 10 list of new species from 2008, in collaboration with an international committee of taxonomists.
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A new species of catfish of the genus Mystus has been described by Heok Hee Ng and Maurice Kottelat in the latest issue of the journal Copeia.
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More or less all types of Tilapia are easy to breed. Learn more about how to breed them.
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The articles in this articles series will teach you how to breed easily bred tropical fish species that can be found in most fish stores.
We will start with perhaps the easiest species of all: the convict cichlid.
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Do you want to breed plecos? If so, you’re not alone. Hopefully, this article will provide you with some of the information you need to successfully breed plecos in your home aquarium. Good luck!
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The Banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) is probably the most common species in the aquarium trade, but it is very hard to breed in aquariums and very little is know about its breeding habits and requirements. It has however been bred more or less accidentally on a number of occasions.
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The Kribensis cichlids (Pelvicachromis pulcher) is easy to keep and breed compared to many other small cichlids and will display the same entertaining parental behaviour that we recognize from so many other, more demanding African cichlids
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