Tropical Fish Profiles, covering the care and upkeep of many aquarium tropical freshwater fish

This page will give a completely detailed profile of the selected fish, from A to Z. The profiled fish will be chosen randomly by Badman, and will come from the complete genre of tropical fish. New profiles are added on a regular basis. If you would like to submit a profile for the site please contact me. Don’t forget to let us know you experiences with this fish by filling out the

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• Common name: This is the name usually used in the aquarium trade Many species go by a number of common names. Use the scientific name as the final guide to identifying your fish.
• Scientific name: All fish are assigned a two-part scientific name. As the relationships between species are revised, new scientific names are sometimes assigned. The scientific names used for each species were correct at the time of writing, but are may not be the most current.
• Fish Size: Almost all the sizes quoted come from the fishbase site (www.fishbase.org), this is the best referance available.
• Use the fishbase: site (www.fishbase.org) to find the current valid scientific name of a species. Where the scientific name has changed recently, or where an incorrect synonym is still in common use, this synonym is provided in brackets

Profiled Fish

Alphabetical Order / Family Order, Common Name / Family Order, Scientific Name