CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Are zebrafish, red and green lights, balls, and angelfish freshwater fish?

1. Are zebrafish, red and green lights, balls, and angelfish freshwater fish?

Yes, they are all tropical freshwater fish.

Zebrafish Scientific Name

Cyprinidae (Danio)

The picture below shows the zebrafish Danio rerio (original color type)

The zebrafish is 4-6 cm long and has a spindle-shaped body. Its back is olive-colored, and its sides have several silver-blue vertical stripes extending from the gill cover to the tail. The anal fin also has vertical stripes similar to the body color, and the tail fin is long and forked. The male fish has lemon-colored vertical stripes; the female fish has blue vertical stripes with silver-gray vertical stripes.

Artificially bred color patterns

Traffic light

Characidae Neon Characin Paracheirodon Small tropical fish

The picture below shows the neon tetra Paracheirodon innesi, also known as fluorescent tetra, red and green tetra, and neon tetra

(Main feature: the back half of the body is red)

The picture below shows Paracheirodon axelrodi, commonly known as South American neon tetra and red tetra

(Main feature: the lower part of the body is red)

Ball Mary (scientific name) (a small tropical fish species bred artificially, with black, yellow, red, white and flowery colors)

Poeciliidae Poecilia Tropical fish

The picture below shows the sail-fin flower Poecilia velifera

There are also many varieties of artificially bred angelfish.

Cichlidae Pterophyllum Tropical fish

The picture below shows the giant angelfish Pterophyllum scalare

It lives in swamps or rivers with dense aquatic plants. When it rests among the plants, its body color becomes a good protective color. It is carnivorous, gentle, and easy to breed. (But it will attack smaller tetras)

2. Is the pearl spot a freshwater fish?

Also called grouper, it is a freshwater fish.

3. Is pearl fish a freshwater fish?

Yes, please note: Pearl fish is pearl vest fish

Pearl fish is a member of the family Osphronemidae. It has an oblong body, flattened laterally, and a shallow forked tail fin. It can be up to 12 cm long. The fish is silver-gray in color, and its body and fins are covered with pearl-shaped spots, so it is called "pearl fish". Pearl fish originates from Southeast Asia, one of the birthplaces of tropical fish, and is abundant in Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia. The whole body of the pearl fish is silver-gray, and the belly and even the edges of the fins are inlaid with pearl-like gray round spots. When it swims slowly, its whole body sparkles with colorful pearls, which makes it look particularly elegant, soft and pleasing to the eye, and is deeply loved by people.

4. Could you please tell me what kind of fish this is and what is its name?

[English name] Leeri Gourami. In China, it is translated as Pearl Vest Ball or Pearl Ball Vest.

【Family】Labyrinidae

【Origin】Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand

【Rearing conditions】PH:6.5-8.5, 22-28℃, 5-20dGH

【Physical characteristics】The silver-brown body and even the edges of the fins are covered with pearl-like spots, which makes it look particularly elegant and noble. From its mouth to the base of the caudal peduncle, there is a stripe composed of black round spots along the lateral lines on both sides of the body. The pelvic fins of the pearl vest have evolved into a pair of thin, long, golden-yellow filamentous tentacles, which can swing back and forth and left and right at ordinary times, like a bamboo stick for the blind to explore the way, and are extremely sensitive. The dorsal and pelvic fins of male fish are long and elegant, with sharp ends at the ends of the fins, while the fins of female fish are relatively smooth. In the sexual maturity stage, the area below the eyes of male fish to the abdomen area presents a bright orange or fiery red "marriage color", while the abdomen of female fish only appears to be more swollen, and the body color is not as beautiful as that of male fish. The maximum body length is 10cm.

[Features of breeding] They are gentle and suitable for mixed breeding with small fish. They are not picky eaters and prefer carnivorous baits. They are easy to breed tropical fish, but they are suitable for living in weakly acidic water environments, so they cannot live well in some environments with high pH, ​​making it difficult for them to show their beautiful colors.

[Reproduction characteristics] Reproduction is very easy, just like other labyrinth fishes

[Other notes] The so-called pearl vest ball is actually a degenerate or mutant species of pearl vest fish. The ball is more particular about the body being round, the rounder the better. For example, the Dutch Phoenix ball also has different round bodies and different prices.

5. Basic characteristics of pearl fish

The pearl fish is long and oval, flattened laterally, with a shallow forked tail fin, and can be up to 12 cm long. The fish is silver-gray in color, with pearl-shaped spots all over its body and fins, hence the name pearl fish.

The lower part of the mouth and chest are shiny golden yellow, and from the mouth to the base of the caudal peduncle, along the lateral line, there is a black longitudinal stripe composed of black spots on each side of the body. The front part of the anal fin is golden yellow, and the pelvic fins have evolved into filamentous tentacles, which are golden yellow.