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Fish Glossary
| Sunrise Dottyback (Saltwater Fish) | |
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The Sunrise Dottyback is commonly found in the “Gulf of Aden” and Red sea. Their body is a beautiful combination of yellow, white and blue. The ventral part of the body is white and the yellow stripes expends from the mouth to the tail. They prefer to stay around corals and are solitary by nature. They need a lot of hiding places to be happy. |
| Orchid Dottyback (Saltwater Fish) | |
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They are quite popular as a choice for the aquariums. Their body color is fluorescent violet. They are not very shy and swim in an elegant manner. They are found in the waters of red sea and prefer to stay in colonies. They are also called the “King Solomon’s fish.” They like to have the zooplanktons for diet. |
| Pacific candy basslet (Saltwater Fish) | |
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The pacific candy basslet is one of the most interesting looking fishes found in the saltwater aquariums. Their body is striped with orange and violet. This is a quite hardy species and can adjust in all sorts of environment. They will need very less care top survive. The caudal fins contain large black spots with purple borders. |
| Orange peel pseudochromis (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are found only in the waters of Indonesia. They are quite rare and were discovered recently in the year of 2004. They have splendid looks and are just perfect to adjust in captivity. They can be bluish or greenish by color and the male members have red streaks on both sides of their body. |
| Bicolor pseudochromis (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes live in the coral reefs of the Indo-pacific Ocean. Their common name is Bicolor Dottyback. They are very agile by nature and swims well. Their body is quite colorful and can add a lot of beauty to the aquariums. They are efficient hunters and can eat bristle worms easily. They can be kept in the 20 gallon aquariums. |
| Magenta pseudochromis (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are very colorful and often are very curious by nature. The color is bright purple. They can grow up to 3 inches which means they are not a very large species. Now they are bold enough to stay close to the hands of the owner when he feeds it. They are easy to maintain and can stay in 20 gallon aquariums. |
| Diadema pseudochromis (Saltwater Fish) | |
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They are bright yellow in color and contain a purple stripe on their head which look like they are carrying purple hair. They are also known by the name of Diadema dottyback. They can be kept in the aquariums sized at 20 gallons. They prefer to eat tiny planktons like kills, brine shrimps and mysid shrimps. |
| Royal gamma basslet (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are commonly found in the water of Caribbean. Their body coloration is divided into two parts. The forward portion of the body is colored bright purple and the posterior part is stark yellow. They are quite easy to keep and do not grow into a large specimen. This is the reason why you can keep them in small tanks. |
| Chalk basslet (Saltwater Fish) | |
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The chalk basslet are the peaceful ones which often adapt to any aquarium environment easily. Though they are not really aggressive by nature but should be kept with other peaceful species. They like to be provided with a lot of hiding places. They should be kept in the aquariums with 20 gallons size. These are carnivorous fishes. |
| Swiss Guard basslet (Saltwater Fish) | |
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They are also known by the name of Peppermint basslet. They are extremely colorful and prefer to stay in the reefs. They are quite small in size and hence can fit in the aquariums with the size of 10 gallons. They are carnivorous and like to be fed on marine fishes, mysid shrimps and other meat based food. |