Tropical ornamental fish: ornamental fish refer to those fish with bright colors or strange shapes and ornamental value. Tropical ornamental fish refers to ornamental fish living in tropical waters. It is divided into tropical freshwater ornamental fish and tropical seawater ornamental fish. The earliest recorded place to raise tropical ornamental fish in the world is France. There are more than 2000 species of tropical ornamental fish in the world. Among them, angelfish, peacock fish, swordtail fish, moonlight fish, marifish, blue dragon, golden dragon, kiss fish, red lily, pearl horse, spaceship fish, red-eyed golden crucian carp, tiger skin fish, zebra fish, rainbow shark, red-finned silver crucian carp, silver shadow fish, black tail fish, traffic lights, lotus lanterns and piranha.

Tropical ornamental fish mainly come from rivers and lakes in tropical and subtropical regions. They are widely distributed, mainly in Southeast Asia, Central America and South America. Among them, the Amazon river system in South America produces the most tropical ornamental fish with the most beautiful shape and color.

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Chinese name

Tropical ornamental fish

Latin scientific name

Tropical ornamental fish

boundary

animal kingdom

door

Chordata

subdivide

Vertebrate subfamily

quick

navigate by water/air

Ornamental value of main varieties in distribution range

morphological character

Tropical freshwater fish

There are many kinds of tropical freshwater ornamental fish, with different sizes, different bodies, different characteristics, colorful and very beautiful. Depending on the original habitat.

There are three kinds of famous tropical freshwater ornamental fish. One is the variety of lamps, which are small, exquisite and beautiful, looming and very popular. The second is the angelfish series, which is elegant, gentle and elegant, with the demeanor of a land fairy and very beautiful. 3. Arowana series, known as "living fossils", is precious, beautiful and popular. [2][3]

Tropical marine fish

Ornamental fish in tropical seawater are particularly bright in color and rich in body patterns. Many varieties have the nature of self-protection, some have artificial eyes on the body surface, some have sharp blades on the tail handle, some have hard and poisonous thorns, some can secrete poisonous juice in the body, some can change their body color at will, and some are good at imitating, which fully shows the magical charm of nature. [2][3]

Tropical ornamental fish

distribution range

Mainly from three regions: first, many countries and regions in the Amazon River basin of South America, such as Colombia, Paraguay, Guyana, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and other places;

Second, many countries and regions in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka and other places;

The third is the three major lakes in Africa, namely, Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika. [3]

principal item

Tropical marine ornamental fish consists of more than 30 families, among which the common species are Sparidae, Papilionidae, Echinopteridae, Sparidae and so on. The famous species are Queen Fairy, Queen Fairy, Emperor Fairy and Moonlight Butterfly.