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Fish Glossary
| Black volitan lion fish (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes have attractive stripes on their body in black, white, burgundy or red. Their pectoral fin looks like a fan. The dorsal fin contains spines which are tall and banded. These spines are venomous and the pain of the sting resembles that of a bee. They often eat shrimps and crustaceans or tiny fishes. |
| Red volitan lion fish (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes just like the black volitan lion fishes have stripes on their body in colors like white, burgundy, black etc. They also have pectoral fins resembling a fan. The dorsal fin contains spines that are venomous. Their sting is equally painful like a bee. They need a lot of place to hide and the tank size should be minimum 30 gallons. |
| Antennata lion fish (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes can be identified with their blue spots on the pectoral fins which are large in size. They are quite adaptive to the aquariums and need enough places to hide easily. They are not aggressive by nature but can swallow the small fishes. The minimum size of the tank should be 30 gallons with ample space to swim freely. |
| Fu Man Chu lion fish (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are commonly collected from Tahiti. They have vertical stripes on their body which can be red, black or white. The fanlike pectoral fins and the spiny dorsal fins are common like the other lion fishes. All the spines are venomous and pains if stung. These are carnivorous fishes which like to eat small fishes and crustaceans. |
| Dwarf or Zebra lion fish (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are mostly found in Indonesia. They have similar vertical striped body; fan shaped pectoral spins and spiny dorsal fins. They need tanks with the size of 30 gallons. There should be a lot of hiding places with swimming area in the aquarium. They are carnivorous and like to eat small fishes and crustaceans. |
| Radiata lion fish (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are also found in Tahiti. Their body is covered with stripes in black, red and white colors. Their pectoral fins look like fans and the dorsal fins are equipped with venomous spines. They like it in the aquariums if there is ample space to swim around and lots of places to hide. The size should be 30 gallons. |
| Bamboo cat shark (Saltwater Fish) | |
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This is one of the most easy to maintain shark in an aquarium. Though this fish grows up to 40 inches in their natural habitats but in the aquariums most of them are seen within the size range of 7 and 11 inches. These are bottom dwellers and they need an expert keeper to survive in captivity. |
| Assorted Stingray (Saltwater Fish) | |
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The stingrays are the marine fishes with long and thin tails. They are venomous and their sting can be as fatal as causing death. Their tail contains serrated barb which can be as long as 37 centimeters. Their body is absolutely flat and they swim around elegantly in the water. They are not really aggressive by nature. |
| Brown Banded bamboo cat shark (Saltwater Fish) | |
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They have barbells in their mouth which resemble the looks of a cat. They are commonly found in the Indo-pacific oceans. They are bottom dwellers and nocturnal by nature. The adult sharks can grow up to 41 inches. They like hiding places like caves in the aquariums. They are passive fishes and do not like to swim much. |
| Blue Spotted stingray (Saltwater Fish) | |
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Their body contains a rhomboid disk. The body color could be whitish or gray. The spots on their body are sized like eyes and they are Blue. But there are smaller spots as well which are black in color. Their tails are double to their body size. The end portions of the tails are banded white and black. |