The Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to Aquarium Fishes |
Common terms and phrases
40 cm Family adipose fin algae Amazon basin anal fin angelfish aquarists aquarium aquarium fishes areas barb Barbus barbels bred breeding tank brine shrimp brine shrimp nauplii bubble-nest butterflyfish catfish caudal fin characin cichlid clownfish colorful community tank coralfish Corydoras dark Diet dorsal and anal dorsal fin East Africa eggs are laid eggs hatch elongated external sex differences feed female lays fine-leaved plants flanks gill cover guards Guyana home aquarium India Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific except Hawaii juveniles labyrinth fishes Length loach lower water mainly male Melanesia mouth mouthbrooder nauplii pairs of barbels parents peaceful fish pectoral fins pelvic fins Philippines Queensland Rasbora rear rocks s-mh slender slimmer small shoal smaller South-east Asia spawning Sri Lanka stripe substrate suitable Sumatra surface swimming temperature tetra Thailand tiny live food transverse bands tropical usually wild wrasse young Zaïre