Aquarium Keeping
14 entries in the Diagonal butterflyfish compendium.
Symphysodon aequifasciatusA jewel of the Amazon that demands the water of its slow, dark rivers to thrive.Poecilia reticulataA tiny livebearer whose dazzling males have made it the world's most popular aquarium fish.Pterophyllum scalareSail-finned elegance from the Amazon's blackwater rivers.Betta splendensA labyrinth-breathing fighter from Thai rice paddies, now the world's most iconic freshwater ornamental.Paracheirodon innesiA living jewel of the Amazon, blazing in schools of electric blue and ember red.Amphiprion ocellarisThree white bands, one stubborn little orange fish that owns the anemone.Astronotus ocellatusA tank-sized, brainy cichlid that watches you back.Carassius auratusA thousand years of selective breeding distilled into the world's most iconic ornamental fish.Paracanthurus hepatusA cobalt flash of reef life that demands space, patience, and a serious algae-based diet.Tetraodon nigroviridisA slow, sly, green-and-black face that watches you back.Danio rerioA stripe of silver-blue that helped decode the vertebrate genome.Scleropages formosusA prehistoric river dragon, leaping between the surface and the open sky.Cichlasoma atratumA Neotropical stream cichlid whose specific identity remains to be firmly anchored in the literature.Pseudotropheus saulosiElectric-blue males and golden-yellow females guard every rock in Lake Malawi's Mouth region.
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