Many people like to keep ornamental fish at home, this is part of the hobby, but also can bring a very good decorative role to the home, ornamental fish species are very much, so in the choice of a lot of people do not know which kind of good, in order to know which kind of ornamental fish is good, to understand the Ornamental Fish Types is the premise. At the same time, it also depends on friends' personal preferences and tastes. Today we have a list of Ornamental Fish Types, ornamental fish pictures and names, hope to bring you a reference role.
Types of Ornamental Fish:
There are many types of ornamental fish, and they are usually divided into three categories in the world ornamental fish market, namely, temperate freshwater ornamental fish, tropical freshwater ornamental fish and tropical saltwater ornamental fish.
1, temperate freshwater fish
Temperate freshwater ornamental fish are mainly red crucian carp, Chinese goldfish, Japanese koi, and so on, which are mainly from China and Japan. The body shape of red crucian carp is similar to edible crucian carp, which is divided into red crucian carp, red and white crucian carp and five-flower crucian carp according to different body colors, etc. They are mainly stocked in the lakes or fountains of tourist attractions, such as "Nine Curved Bridges" in the Old City God Temple of Shanghai, "Flower Harbor Fish Watching" in Hangzhou, etc. The originator of the Chinese goldfish is a number of goldfish. The originator of the Chinese goldfish is the red crucian carp, which first appeared in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, in a release pond. In 1163 A.D., the Southern Song Emperor Zhao Gong kept a large number of goldfish in his palace. The domestication of goldfish is from the palace to the folk and gradually popularized.
2, tropical freshwater fish
Tropical freshwater ornamental fish mainly from the tropical and subtropical regions of the rivers, lakes, they are distributed in a wide range of geographical areas, a wide range of varieties, varying in size, physical characteristics of different, colorful, very beautiful. According to the different original habitat, they mainly come from three regions: First, the Amazon River Basin in South America, many countries and regions, such as Colombia, Paraguay, Guyana, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, etc.; Secondly, many countries and regions in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, etc.; Thirdly, three major lakes in Africa, that is, Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika. Lake Ike.
The more famous varieties of tropical freshwater ornamental fish have three major series. First, the lamp species, such as red and green lamp, head and tail lamp, blue triangle, red lotus lamp, black lotus lamp, etc., they are small and exquisite, wonderful and beautiful, hidden, very popular. The second is the fairy fish series, such as red colorful, blue colorful, striped blue and green colorful, black fairy, sesame fairy, mandarin duck fairy, red-eyed diamond fairy, etc., they are dashing and elegant, gentle and elegant, and have the style of the land fairy, very beautiful. Third, the dragonfish series, such as silver dragon, red dragon, gold dragon, black dragonfish, etc., they are known as the "living fossil", valuable and beautiful, popular.
3, tropical saltwater fish
Tropical saltwater ornamental fish consists of more than three dozen families, the more common varieties of bird snapper family, butterfly fish family, spiny butterfly fish family, the family of rough skinned snapper, and so on, and its famous varieties of queens, queens, emperors, moonlight butterflies, moonlight butterfly, butterfly, the character butterflies, seahorses, red clowns, the blue devil, and so on. Tropical saltwater ornamental fish are particularly brightly colored and richly patterned. Many species have a self-protective nature, some body surface born with false eyes, some tail handle born with sharp edges, some spines are hard and toxic, some of the body can secrete poisonous juice, some of the body color can be arbitrary changes in the body shape of a good imitation, Linlin total, strange, fully demonstrated the magic of nature.
Appreciation and breeding of ornamental fish is a very interesting leisure activities for humans today. It allows us to appreciate the underwater aquatic world of all sorts of wonders, some like the lake and mountains, some like the peaks and mountains of the jungle, exotic flowers and grasses, leaf and vine bushes, and a variety of fish, colorful, the game among them, but also with the help of the role of light and shadow, crystal clear, gorgeous, so that the people are dazzled and fascinated by the infinite reverie. In many tourist attractions, commercial buildings, hotels, entertainment and exhibition venues, you can see their silhouettes. In many families, also raised a variety of different types of goldfish, fairy fish and other various tropical fish, saltwater ornamental fish, become the courtyard or a scene in the hall, elegant and chic, pleasing to the eye. But raising ornamental fish is a technical work, the need for scientific methods of guidance, in order to cope with the situation, the fish to raise a good, to meet the needs of their own ornamental entertainment.
Common tropical fish species:
1, glass cat: originating in Thailand, Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia. Also known as the cat head crystal fish, very good-looking, the biggest feature is that the fish body is transparent, the skeleton is clearly seen, the viscera only accounted for less than 5% of the whole body.
2, kissing fish: also known as kissing fish, kissing fish, peach blossom fish, kissing fish, kissing fish, kissing fish, etc., in the taxonomy belongs to the order of perch, kissing perch, nail mouth fish, fish like each other, "kissing" and famous. The body length of the kissing fish is generally 20-30 centimeters. The body is oblong. The head is large, the mouth is large, especially the lips are thick and large, and there are fine serrations.
3, blind fish: native to Mexico. It is a very beautiful ornamental fish with a body length of about 8 cm, clad in bright silver scales and all the fins are cream-colored.
4, zebrafish: also known as blue striped fish, flower striped fish. Originally from India and Bangladesh. Zebrafish body pike-shaped, about 5 centimeters long, the chest and abdomen is more rounded, the tail is laterally compressed. The whole body tone yellow, back olive color, from the back to the abdomen, anal fin, there are a number of dark blue longitudinal stripes straight to the caudal fin, full of stripes like zebra and named.
5, pearl vest: originated in Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia. Pearl vest is perhaps the most beautiful of the fighting fish family of tropical fish, but also the most popular fish aquarists. Silver-brown body, and even the fins are covered with pearl-like spots, looks particularly elegant, which is also the origin of its name.
6, the elf: to trailing algae and mutant species of powerful destructive force known. Even so, Te's personality is very shy and introverted, and he is easily disturbed by other cohabitants while eating algae.
7, yellowfin pomfret: Originally from the coast of Southeast Asia to the coast of South Africa. Length 10-23 centimeters, rhombus-shaped, laterally compressed, dorsal and anal fins of similar shape and size, the front of the anal fins backward curved like a finger. The body color is silvery white, the dorsal fin and tail are golden yellow, and the head has 2 black horizontal stripes running through the eyes and the back edge of the gill cover.
8, black lotus lamprey: also known as black neon red lamprey, black lamprey. Originally from Brazil. The body shape is similar to the red lotus lamprey. The body color is dark. There are three longitudinal stripes on the side of the body, the uppermost of which is yellowish-green, the middle one is white, and the following one is a wider black band. The fins are all transparent.
9, head and tail lamprey: also known as electric lamprey. Originally from Guyana and the Amazon River Basin in South America. The body length is 4-5 centimeters. The body is long and laterally compressed, with a short head and rounded belly. The upper part of the two eyes and the tail have a golden yellow spot, in the light, reflecting the golden yellow and red color.
10, peacock fish: also known as rainbow fish, million fish. Originally from Venezuela, Guyana, the West Indies and other places. Peacock fish body shape is slender, with extremely beautiful flower tail, so the name peacock fish. Male fish body length of about 4 centimeters, the tail (including the caudal peduncle and caudal fin) accounted for about 2/3 of the total length; female fish body length of 5-6 centimeters, tail length accounted for more than 1/2 of the total length.
11, tennis fish: distribution of the Amazon River in South America, Guiana body length: about 10CM water temperature 22 ~ ~ 26 (preferred) water quality: weakly acidic to neutral, long pike-shaped body, head pointed. Body silver gray scales are very large, each scale has a black point, so there are uniform black points on the entire body of the fish, the side of the body has a black line from the head to the tail
12, Madagascar rainbow: also known as the Madagascar rainbow fish, stone beauty, origin Madagascar, the rainbow silver hanhong fish family. The body length is 6-8cm, ovoid and laterally compressed, the dorsal fin is divided into two before and after, the dorsal and anal fins are symmetrical above and below, and the fins are low and equal in width like a band. The whole body lime green, with the light environment appears pink, yellowish, light purple, silver-white color changes, very beautiful, dorsal fins, anal fins, caudal fins have black edges.
13, moonfish: also known as full fish, crescent fish. Distributed in Mexico, Guatemala. Adult males are 5-6 centimeters long, and females can reach 8-9 centimeters. The body is short and laterally compressed, and the belly is slightly rounded. In natural waters, its original varieties of body color guard brown and black, the side of the body has sporadic blue spots, the caudal peduncle has a half-moon shaped black markings.
14, tiger fish: also known as four between the fish, four between the carp. Origin Malaysia, Indonesia Sumatra, Kalimantan and other inland waters. Tiger fish body high, like prismatic, laterally compressed, long 5?/FONT>6 cm. Body color tone light yellow, covered with red spots and dots, from head to tail there are four vertical black stripes, spot calumny like tiger skin.
15, blue triangular fish: also known as triangular fish, alien side. Originally from Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia Sumatra. Blue triangular role is a very beautiful small fish, sub-fusiform, body length 3-5 cm, generally 4 cm. Large eyes, the iris of the eye glows red. Dorsal vermillion color, front of the torso silver, dorsal, caudal and anal fins red, pectoral and ventral fins transparent. The prominent feature of the blue triangular fish is that there is a black triangular spot in the middle of the torso to the tail, glittering blue light.
16, rose crucian carp: the original property of India. The body of the fish is fusiform, 5-7 centimeters long, up to 14-15 centimeters under wild conditions. Juvenile fish are silver-white on the body, and as they grow, the back is silver-white, the dorsal side is yellow-green, there is a black round spot on the back body, and there is also a black spot on the dorsal fin.
17, black skirt fish: also known as half black, black butterfly fish, originating in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, etc., belongs to the family of carp. Body length 6-8cm, flat disk-shaped. The body color is silver-gray, with wide anal fins, black color, especially eye-catching, so it is called black skirt. Replacement of new water or encountered when the shock, the black skirt color gray temporary fade, but once quiet down, the color will become black again.
18, goldfish: also known as Baiyunshan fish, Baiyun goldfish, Tang fish. Origin of China's Guangdong Guangzhou suburb of Baiyunshan stream. Jinshi fish body pike-shaped, full length 3-4 centimeters, large eyes. Body color dorsal brown with blue, abdominal silver white, both sides of the body along the lateral line there is a gold glittering gold line, this gold line at one end of the black eye, the other end is a black spot equivalent to the black eye.
19, anti-swimming cat: also known as the reverse swimming catfish native to Africa, Lake Tanganyik, Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria, Lake Nigeria, Lake Niger and the Say system are produced. A very interesting and strange tropical ornamental fish, its color and size are not very beautiful, but the attraction is its swimming posture - they are blatantly belly to the sky agile swimming ground. Fish body color is brownish-brown, swimming belly over the sky, in the ornamental fish is one of the best, the upper part of the color is lighter than the lower part.
20, the Congo flag fish: also known as the Congo neon fish, Congo fish. Originally from the Congo River system in Africa. Fish body length of 8-10 centimeters, fusiform. The head is small, the eyes are large, and the mouth slit is upward. The dorsal fin is high and narrow. The ventral and anal fins are large.
Red Tropical Fish Species:
1, red apple: also known as the New Guinea rainbow fish, tongue scale fish, red beauty, originating from the island of New Guinea, belongs to the rainbow silver Han fish family. Body length 10-15cm, ovoid lateral compression, head pointed, dorsal fin is divided into two before and after, the body of the fish belly bright red, back tea brown, dorsal fins, anal fins bright red, caudal fin bright red, red in the aquarium, like a swimming fire, very beautiful.
2, silver screen lights: also known as silver screen fish, native to the Amazon River in South America, Guyana and other places, belongs to the family of carp. Body length 5-7cm, spindle cone. Silver gray, black scale edges, bright red spots on the upper part of the eye, red reflective spots on the iris, the base of the caudal fin has a black broad transverse band pattern.
3, swallow beauty: originated in the waters of western Ireland and Queensland, belonging to the family Carpidae, is a lamprey from Australia. The body length is 3cm and the body is in the shape of a pointed pike. The body color is light yellowish green, the dorsal fin is divided into two, the second dorsal fin and the end of the anal fin extends backward like a needle, the fin tip is long and flowing, like a swallow tail. The dorsal fin is pink, the anterior end of the anal fin is black, and the upper and lower lobes of the caudal fin have pink edges.
4, electric beauty: also known as the small rainbow, originating in Australia, belongs to the rainbow silver Han family. The body length is 5-6cm, spindle cone. The dorsal fin is divided into two before and after, the dorsal fin, anal fin up and down symmetry, fins low and equal width like a band. The body color is yellowish green, with several dotted pink longitudinal lines on the side of the body. There is a red round spot on the gill cover, the dorsal and anal fins are bright red, and the caudal fin is but red. The fish body is surrounded by a red rim, in the light is like a blue ghost with red light, very beautiful.
5, blood fin fish: also known as red fin fish, red fin fish, red fin fat carp. Originally from Argentina. Fish body sub-fusiform, long, up to about 5 centimeters, lateral compression. The dorsal fin is centered, similar in shape to the flagellates. The ventral fin is posterior, and the anal and adipose fins are also posterior. The caudal fin is forked. It is silvery white, with a light greenish-brown dorsal surface and blood-red fins.
6, the new big hook tugger: originated in South America, the Amazon River, Colombia, etc., belongs to the carp family. The body length is 5-6cm, body color is peach, dorsal fin is tall and black, anal fin is wide and pink with black edge, upper and lower caudal fins have a red spot, the position is relative, very beautiful.
7, neon swallows: originating in Australia, belongs to the family of carp. The body length is 4-5CM, cylindrical. Body color consists of yellow, blue, orange, black and other colors, head chest golden yellow. The dorsal fin is divided into two segments, the lower part of the second dorsal fin is black with yellow edges, and the upper and lower lobes of the anal and caudal fins are yellow at the edges and black in the middle. The body of the fish is colorful and very beautiful.
8, mandarin fish: also known as mandarin fish Sunset red Origin: southern Mexico Appearance and habits: tricolor fish body shape like a peacock mother fish, body length of 6-8 cm, body width stout. The male's dorsal fin is taller than its own length and width, and when it is raised high on its back, it is really amazing. The body color consists of three colors, clear, light sea blue body, red tail fin, yellow fins, bright and vivid, so coordinated, people never get tired of seeing.
9, bundled edge fish: region of origin (country) Sumatra. Body shape and habits Bundle side of the fish body length of 4 to 5 centimeters, diamond-shaped. Dorsal and dorsal fins are high, the anal fin is wide, the caudal peduncle is short, and the caudal fin is forked. The body color is a mixture of olive and red, decorated with red, blue and green dots, and the fins are rose-red. The most distinctive feature is the black edges of the fins and the edges of the scales, which are still in the juvenile stage, and there are obvious black edges on each fin.
10, red-tailed catfish: also known as the red-tailed cat, doggy whale. Origin of the Amazon River. Fish body length of up to 1 meter, head, back, chest, abdomen flat and broad, buttocks, tail more lateral flat and narrow. Small eyes, large mouth, and 3 pairs of long baleen around the mouth. The color of the back of the head is light black with black spots, the abdomen is creamy yellow, and between the black and creamy yellow, from the muzzle to the caudal peduncle, there is a white band running through it, which is very distinct.
11, Baiyun Jinshi: Native to China, Baiyun Jinshi features! Rose-purple color on the whole body, a gold line on the lateral line, and a light pink abdomen. The pectoral fins are transparent, the caudal fin is red near the tail c, and the outer edges of the rest of the fins are red.
12, red-finned crucian carp: also known as Thai crucian carp, red-finned crucian carp. Originally from Thailand, Indonesia Sumatra, Kalimantan. Fish body fusiform, much like our country's crucian carp, but the body width, long 30?/FONT>35 cm, in the local food fish. Adult body color silver glitter, dorsal and caudal fins bright red, the caudal fin and the red and black edge pattern.
13, traffic lights: is a tropical fish in the more famous ornamental fish, cheap and easy to breed, and is very suitable for growing in the grass tank. Body length of about 4 centimeters. The whole body covered with greenish-green color, from the head to the tail has a bright blue-green band, the body of the back half of the blue-green band below a red band, the abdomen blue-white, red and blue bands through the whole body, brilliant, like in the aquarium in the lower and middle layers of the group to swim constantly.
14, red nose scissors: native to Brazil, South America. The body type is similar to other species of the same genus. The head is red and the muzzle is bright red, so it is also known as the red nose fish. The whole body is silver-white, almost transparent, with black and white stripes on the caudal fin similar to the scissors fish, hence the name.
What ornamental fish are suitable for different people
1, the first fish or to raise inexpensive small fish as well, and then your tank is very small, small fish is more suitable for you to raise in a tank of this size. Small fish such as traffic lights, red nose scissors, short snappers in the second line of short snappers, Dutch phoenix, etc., these fish colorful, moody and gentle, very suitable for beginners to keep. The variety of fish should not be too many varieties of fish in a tank no more than 4 kinds of fish as a limit, and should be a fish-based, such as the main traffic light is a very good match.
2, if you are ready to raise only fish do not raise grass, to raise the best and good-looking map fish, map fish known as "piglet fish", which can be seen in its laziness and the degree of good breeding. Map fish have various colors and patterns, you can choose according to your preference, and add a scavenger, which can help to save some care work. If you want to keep an aquarium with aquatic plants, it will take more time and wisdom to set up. After you have built it, it is very labor-saving, more suitable for "lazy people" (I take care of a one-meter-two colorful aquarium aquarium, only one and a half hours per week), it is recommended that you plant a stemmed aquatic grass with strong adaptability, and then raise very easy to raise traffic lights (of course, you can also add a few other small fish that you like), this is not only good to raise but also inexpensive, even if you have a temporary setback, the loss will not be too much. A temporary setback, the loss is not big, do not look at the traffic light dozens of together, the red light is lit, the blue light flashes, swim go in the green water plants, its momentum is very spectacular, can not be said to be the best choice for beginners.
3, such as conditions, it is recommended to raise tropical fish, in fact, tropical fish is easier than raising goldfish; seawater fish maintenance is also more complex than freshwater tropical fish, far from saying that you can change the water once a year as simple as that is the business to promote you to the high-priced seawater aquariums and play gimmicks. Don't be skeptical.
Here's how to raise a good tropical fish:
Tropical fish is not difficult to raise, in general, where careful breeding, management, pay attention to the stocking density, to avoid changes in water temperature; to maintain good water quality, fresh bait, quality, quantity, feeding and other major aspects of the ornamental fish can be raised well.
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