1. Overview of tropical freshwater ornamental fish
Tropical freshwater ornamental fish are mainly distributed in Southeast Asia, South America and the Three Lakes region of Africa. Most of these freshwater ornamental fish live in streams, rivers and lakes, and are native fish in these areas and have very high ornamental value. Tropical freshwater ornamental fish species, families and genera are abundant. Mainly introduce the common part of the aquarium market representative fish, tropical freshwater ornamental fish prices vary widely, like fish friends can understand the next, expensive such as 21K gold, Thai tiger skin fish high price is scary, some only a few dollars a piece, start to play is OK.
Southeast Asian appellations
The main production areas are Thailand, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and other places. Tonle Sap Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, and is rich in more than 300 kinds of freshwater fish, many of which can be raised as both edible fish and ornamental fish. Arowana, native to Malaysia, is well known in the ornamental world. There are also tiger skin fish and Thai crucian carp produced in Thailand. It is native to the Mekong Basin of the red-tailed catfish, tiger head shark (also known as Genghis Khan fish) and so on.
Amazon Henan appellation
It is found in the Amazon Basin, including Colombia, Paraguay, Guyana, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and other regions. There are mainly lampfish (Medaka family), catfish family, silk-footed perch and so on.
Three Lakes region of Africa
The three major lakes in Africa are Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyik. The main ornamental fish is cichlid.
Second, the introduction of common tropical freshwater ornamental fish
1. Glass cat
It is found in Thailand, Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia. Also known as the cat's head crystal fish, it is very beautiful, the biggest feature is that the fish body is transparent, the bones are clearly visible, and the internal organs only account for about five percent of the whole body.
Glass cat
2. Kiss the fish
Commonly known as kissing fish, kissing fish, kissing mouth fish, fragrant kissing fish, kissing fighting fish, etc., perch, kissing perch, nail-billed fish genus. When two fish meet each other, they face each other and kiss each other, hence the name. It is produced on the islands of Java and Borneo in Southeast Asia. The body is oblong. The head is large and the mouth is large, especially the lips are thick and large, with fine serrations.
Kiss the fish
3. Blind fish
Native to Mexico. It is a very beautiful ornamental fish, with a body length of about 8 cm, covered with bright silver scales, and all the fins are creamy.
Mexican blind fish
4. Zebrafish
Also known as blue striped fish, flower striped fish. Origin India and Bangladesh. Zebrafish are fusiform in the body, about 5 cm long, with a rounded thorax and abdomen, and a flattened tail. The whole body tone is yellow, the back is olive, from the back to the abdomen, the fin, there are many dark blue longitudinal stripes to the tail fin, full of stripes like zebras and get the name.
Zebrafish
5. Pearl salamander
It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia in Asia. The pearl vest is perhaps the most beautiful of the tropical fish of the fighting fish family and the most popular fish for aquarium lovers. The silver-brown body, and even the edges of the fins, are covered with pearl-like spots, which is particularly graceful and luxurious, which is also the origin of its name.
Pearl vest
6. Elves
The famous straw tank tool fish, with a very shy and introverted personality, is easily disturbed by other fish when eating algae.
7. Lamp fish
Also known as black neon red light fish, black light fish. Origin Brazil. The body shape is similar to that of the red lotus lightfish. Body color is darker. There are three longitudinal stripes on the side of the body, the top strip is yellow-green, the middle one is white, and the lower one is a wide black band. The fins are transparent.
Lamp fish
8. Peacock fish
Also known as rainbow fish, million fish. Originally real estate in Venezuela, Guyana, West Indies and other places. Peacock fish is slender in shape and has a very beautiful flower tail, hence the name peacock fish.
Peacock fish
9. Tennis fish
It is found in South America on the Amazon River in Guyana. It is about 10 cm long, the feeding water temperature is 22 to 26 degrees Celsius, and the water quality requires weak acidity to neutrality. The body is fusiform, pointed, silvery-gray, with large scales, and each scale has black spots, so there are uniform black dots throughout the fish body, and there is a black line from head to tail on the side of the body.
Tennis fish
10. Madagascar rainbow fish
Also known as Madagascar rainbow fish, stone beauty, origin of Madagascar, rainbow silver fish family. The ovoid side is flattened, the dorsal fin is divided into two front and back, the dorsal fin and fin are symmetrical up and down, and the fins are low and wide like bands. The whole body is turquoise, with the light environment appearing pink, light yellow, light purple, silvery white color changes, very beautiful, dorsal fin, fin, tail fin has a black edge.
Madagascar rainbow fish
11. Moonlight Fish
Also known as full fish, crescent fish. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala. Adult males are 5 to 6 cm long and females can reach 8 to 9 cm. The body is short and flattened, and the abdomen is slightly rounded. In natural waters, its original species has a body color of brown and black, with sporadic blue spots on the side of the body and half-moon-shaped black markings on the tail stalk.
Moonlight fish
12. Tiger skin fish
Also known as four fish, four crucian carp. Origin Malaysia, Indonesia Sumatra Island, Kalimantan Island and other inland waters. Tiger skin fish is tall, prismatic, and flattened. The body color is pale yellow, with red stripes and small dots, and 4 vertical black stripes from beginning to tail, which resemble tiger skin.
Tiger skin fish
13. Anti-swimming cat
Also known as the inverted catfish, it is native to Africa's Lake Tanganyik, Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria, Lake Nigeria, Lake Nizh and the Sayi River System. It is a very interesting tropical ornamental fish, its color and body shape are not very beautiful, but what attracts people is its swimming posture. They can swim swiftly on their stomachs. The body color of the fish is tan, and when swimming, the abdomen is facing the sky, which is a must among ornamental fish.
Anti-swim cat
14. Ratfish
Subfamily Nail catfish. The ratfish has two small whiskers next to its mouth, resembling a small mouse swimming in the water, hence the name ratfish. Ratfish is a kind of ornamental fish that is easier to raise, do not change the water frequently when feeding, ratfish like old water, changing water too frequently will make them suffer from skin diseases, because the native of ratfish is in South America, they like turbulent rivers, in order to make it faster to adapt to the environment, can appropriately increase the flow of water. Ratfish also need some shelter or hiding places for them to rest, and they can put some sunken wood and the like when rearing. Common species are white rat fish, gold-winged pearl rat, panda rat, clear moss mouse, red-headed rat, black-waisted rat, and white leopard rat.
Ratfish
15. Thunder Dragon Fish
Suborder Ichthyosaurs, fish of the family Pterophoridae. It is a very common type of edible fish. As ornamental fish, the more well-known species range from the giant Dorman to the petite rainbow dragon. Species of thunder arowana are the moon snake (alias pearl red thunder dragonfish. Guangdong called seven star fish, mountain flower fish, mountain spot fish, point scale fish, scale star fish, star light fish; Guangxi called star fish, Zhang Gong fish), southern snakehead and so on.
Thunder Dragon Fish
16. Three Lakes Cichlid
A genus of fish in the genus Seabream in the family Cyprinidae, the ornamental fish of the family Cichlididae. Among the world's fish, it can be said that cichlids are one of the most evolutionary fish species, spreading in all major waters around the world, with about 200 genera and more than 2,000 species. The Three Lakes Cichlid is the collective name of the three major lakes in Africa, the Malawi Lake Cichlid, the Lake Tanganyk Cichlid and the Lake Victoria Cichlid. Wild populations are brightly colored, more ornamental, and slightly less reproduced.
Three Lakes cichlid
17. Red-tailed black shark
The name sounds fierce, but it is actually a small carp of the family Cyprinids produced in Southeast Asia. It was popular around the 1990s and rarely seen since. At present, it is mostly seen on the market as its close relative, the rainbow shark. Likes to chase other fish, especially the same kind of fish. It is recommended that there is only one red-tailed black shark in a fish tank. The red-tailed black shark is also a very good breed, the water quality requirements are very low, like old water, so it is not advisable to change the new water. The red-tailed black shark prefers a half-light and half-dark living environment, has less courage, and likes to hide in the grass. The fish is a miscellaneous food and is famous for its fish tank cleaners.
Red-tailed black shark
18. Thai fighting fish
It is found in Thailand, Malaysia and other places. The body is long, flattened laterally, the dorsal back of the head is shallowly curved, and the back and ventral margins are straight. The dorsal fin is located later and has a longer fin; the ventral fin is located below the pectoral fin; the fin base is very long, the fin is well developed, the anterior fin is short and gradually elongated backwards; the caudal fin is fanned. Wild fish have a duller body color and shorter fins. After long-term artificial breeding, many varieties are currently raised, and their body colors are colorful. There are red, white, blue, yellow and other colors, and there are mixed varieties, and the fin color also has red, blue, purple, white and other colors. Since the dorsal fin, fin and tail fin are very developed, especially the male fish's fins are long and hanging, which is very dashing, coupled with the beautiful body color, it is of great ornamental value. Suitable for aquariums densely planted with aquatic plants, it can be mixed with small and polyculture, but similar fish cannot be polycultured. There are also Chinese fighting fish produced in southern China.
Thai Fighting Fish
19. Silver shark
Aliases blackfin pocket-lip fish, Cyprinidae, Cyprinidae. It is native to many watersheds in the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It is a representative species of carp ornamental fish, with large scales shining silver light, resembling a trumpet shark, but very gentle personality, sensitive and easy to frighten, good at jumping.
Silver shark
20. Red apple fish
Also known as New Guinea rainbow fish, tongue scale fish, red beauty, native to the island of New Guinea, belongs to the rainbow silver mandala family. Body length 10-15 cm, oval lateral flattened, pointed head, dorsal fin divided into two front and back, the body of the body of the abdomen bright red, back tea brown, dorsal fin, fin bright red, caudal fin bright red, like a swimming fire.
Red apples
21, swallow beauty
Native to western Ireland and the waters of Queensland, it is a carpiaceae that is a lamp fish from Australia. Nicknamed the silkfin rainbowfish, New Guinea rainbow fish, originally distributed in Australia and western Ireland, it is an oviparous fish, artificial reproduction is more difficult, and the color of the body surface is roughly divided into orange, blue and blue colors because of different species. The fins are long and ethereal, resembling a swallowtail. The dorsal fin is pink, the fin is black at the tip, and the upper and lower lobes of the caudal fin have pink edges
Swallow beauty
22. Blood finfish
Also known as redfin fish, red finfish, redfin carp. Origin Argentina. The fish body is subspinded, long, up to about 5 cm, flattened on the sides. The dorsal fin is centered and similar in shape to a flag-pulling fish. The ventral fin is later in the ventral position, and the fin and adipose fin are also behind. The caudal fin is forked. Silvery white, pale bluish brown on the back, blood red on each fin.
23. Red-tailed catfish
Also known as red-tailed cats, paparazzi whales. Origin of the Amazon River. The body of the fish is up to 1 meter long, the head, back, thorax and abdomen are flat and broad, and the buttocks and tail are flattened and narrow. Small eyes, large wide mouth, and 3 pairs of long whiskers around the mouth. The dorsal part of the head is pale black with dark spots, and the abdomen is creamy yellow, between black and milky yellow, from the snout to the tail stalk, and there is a white band running through it, which is very distinct.
Red-tailed catfish
24. Seven-star knifefish
It is found in Southeast Asia and is also a popular ornamental fish. A more accurate Chinese name would be baokong humpback.
Seven Star Knife