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Grows large, needs lots of swimming room and is a schooling fish so a 125-gallon would be good for 3-4 [49] Black shark: Labeo chrysophekadion: 90 cm (35 in) Apollo Shark: Luciosoma setigerum: 22 cm (8.7 in) Siamese algae eater, fringe barb: Crossocheilus langei: 16 cm (6.3 in) Many other fish in the order Cypriniformes are also sold under this ...
The black and white snapper has a wide Indo-Pacific range. It occurs along the eastern coastline of Africa from the Red Sea south as far as South Africa, the Seychelles, islands in the Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and western Mascarenes, east to the Maldives, Laccadives, the Chagos Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island and Sri Lanka.
Requires a minimum 825 gallon aquarium with a 7 cm (2.7 in) deep sand bed and no rockwork. May live for 8 to 10 years in an aquarium. [70] 119 cm (46.9 in) [104] Atlantic guitarfish: Pseudobatos lentiginosus: No: Requires a minimum 200 gallon aquarium preferably with no aquascaping. Uncommon in the aquarium trade. [70] 76 cm (29.9 in) [105]
The stripey has a deep, compressed body which has a rounded back, it has a distinctive pattern of oblique black and yellow, sometimes white, stripes. The stripes extend onto the dorsal and anal fins, and there is a black stripe which runs from the forehead to just to the rear of the eye. [6] [7] The maximum total length is 16 centimetres (6.3 ...
Dascyllus melanurus, known commonly as the four stripe damselfish, blacktail dascyllus, humbug damselfish, blacktail damselfish, and blacktail humbug, is a species of fish in the family Pomacentridae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes kept as an aquarium pet. [1]
A comparison of the three remarkably similar fish: the Moorish idol (left), schooling bannerfish (top) and pennant coralfish (bottom) Moorish idols are notoriously difficult to maintain in captivity. They require large tanks, often exceeding 380 L (84 imp gal; 100 US gal), [21] are voracious eaters, and can become destructive. [21]
Gyotaku (魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "stone impression", fish print(ing)) is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing , where ink is applied to a fish which is then pressed onto paper, was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art ...
The overall colour is pale brown with a white abdomen. The pectoral fins are coloured greenish-blue and yellow while the dorsal fin is yellow. [4] This species can reach a length of 102 centimetres (40 in) total length. The greatest recorded weight for this species is 5.8 kilograms (13 lb). [2]