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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Banggai cardinalfish, Kaudern’s Cardinal
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Pterapogon kauderni
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Bicolor or Royal Dottyback
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Pseudochromis paccagnellae
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Blue Leg Hermit Crab
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Clibanarius tricolor
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Centropyge bispinosus
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Flame Angel
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Centropyge loricula
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Firefish
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Nemateleotris magnifica
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Mandarinfish
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Synchiropus splendidus
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Midas Blenny
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Ecsenius midas
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Pajama Cardinalfish
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Sphaeramia nematoptera
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Pearly Jawfish
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Opistognathus aurifrons
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Picasso Triggerfish
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Rhinecanthus aculeatus
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Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
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Lysmata amboinensis
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Volitan Lionfish
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Pterois Volitans
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Yellow Watchman Goby
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Cryptocentrus cinctus
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Other Species
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| New World Cichlids | African Cichlids |
| Detailed Fish Profiles | Characins |
| Cyprinids | Anabantidae |
| Loaches | Livebearers |
| Miscellaneous species | Catfish |
| Freshwater Inverts and Animals | Rainbow fish |
Some photos are from the: Eyewitness Handbooks: Aquarium Fish; The visual guide to more than 500 marine and freshwater fish varieties, by Dick Mills.
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