Quick “at a glance” care sheets for many of the most commonly kept aquarium fish.
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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Heterotis niloticus
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Pantodon buchholzi
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Xenomystes nigri
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African Leaf Fish
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Ctenopoma acutirostre
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Parachanna obscura
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Ajolote, Axolotl, Mexican Salamander, Mudpuppy.
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Ambystoma mexicanum
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Aphanius dispar dispar
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Archerfish
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Toxotes jaculatrix
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Argentine Pearl Killifish
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Austrolebias bellottii
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Polypterus delhezi
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Tetraodon suvattii
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Notopterus notopterus
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Auranti
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Channa aurantimaculata
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Petrocephalus bovei bovei
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Badis, Dwarf Chameleon Fish
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Badis badis
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Polypterus delhezi
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Black Arowana
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Osteoglossum ferreirai
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Black Crappie
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Pomoxis nigromaculatus
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Black Ghost Knifefish
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Apteronotus albifrons
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Austrolebias nigripinnis
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Blue Green Llampeye, Bluegreen Lampeye
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Procatopus aberrans
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Blue Gularis
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Fundulopanchax sjoestedti
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Lucania goodei
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Fundulopanchax gardneri
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Ataeniobius toweri
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Brown Ghost
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Apteronotus leptorhynchus
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Bumble Bee Goby
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Brachygobius Xanthozona
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Tetraodon fluviatilis
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Checkerboard Darter
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Characidium fasciatum
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Myxocyprinus asiaticus
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Chocolate Lyretail
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Aphyosemion australe
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Pseudepiplatys annulatus
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Clown Knife
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Chitala chitala
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Congo Puffer
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Tetraodon schoutedeni
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Achirus achirus
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Dragon Goby
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Gobioides broussoneti
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Dwarf Puffer
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Carinotetraodon travancoricus
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Electric Catfish
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Malapterurus electricus
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Elephant Nose
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Gnathonemus petersi
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Fahaka Puffer
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Tetraodon lineatus
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Figure Eight Puffer
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Tetraodon biocellatus
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Fire Eel
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Mastacembelus erythrotaenia
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Four-eyed fish
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Anableps anableps
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Achirus lineatus
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Potamotrygon motoro
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Eigenmannia virescens
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Tetraodon fluviatilis
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Green Spotted Puffer
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Tetraodon nigroviridis
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Tetraodon mbu
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Allomogurnda nesolepis
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Golden Wonder Killi
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Aplocheilus lineatus
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Guenther’s Nothobranch
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Nothobranchius guentheri
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Tetraodon palembangensis
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Indian Glass Fish
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Parambassis ranga
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Jardini Arowana
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Scleropages jardini
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Stigmatogobius sadanundio
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Micropanchax macrophthalmus
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Neovespicula depressifrons
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Lyretail Killie
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Aphyosemion australe
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Malabar Puffer
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Carinotetraodon travancoricus
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Mamfenis Panchax Killifish
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Fundulopanchax gardneri mamfensis
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Monodactylus argenteus
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Mudskipper
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Periophthalmus barbarus
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Nandus
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Nandus nandus
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Xenentodon cancila
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Nile Puffer
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Tetraodon lineatus
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Aplocheilichthys normani
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Potamotrygon motoro
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Ornate Bichir
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Polypterus ornatipinnis
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Tetraodon palembangensis
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Peacock Gudgeon
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Tateurndina ocellicauda
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Luciocephalus aura
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Lepomis gibbosus
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Mogurnda mogurnda
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Rainbow Snakehead, Asiatic Snakehead, Walking Snakehead
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Channa bleheri
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Channa micropeltes
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Ropefish, Reedfish
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Erpetoichthys calabaricus
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Chitala blanci
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Scarlet Badis
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Dario dario
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Scatophagus argus
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Senegalus (Cuvier) Bicher
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Polypterus senegalus senegalus
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Silver Arowana
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Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
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Mogurnda mogurnda
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Short-tailed Pipefish
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Microphis brachyurus brachyurus
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Siamese Tigerfish
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Datnioides microlepis
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Parachanna obscura
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Gymnothorax tile
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South American Leaf Fish
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Monocirrhus polyacanthus
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Lepidosiren paradoxa
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South American Puffer
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Colomesus asellus
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Spiny Eel
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Macrognathus aculeatus
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Spotted Climbing Perch
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Ctenopoma acutirostre
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Striped Panchax
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Aplocheilus lineatus
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Tiretrack Eel
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Mastacembelus armatus
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Eigenmannia virescens
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Twostripe lyretail
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Aphyosemion bivittatum
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Violet Goby
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Gobioides broussoneti
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Rhinogobius duospilus
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Polypterus retropinnis
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Zig-zag Eel
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Mastacembelus armatus
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