The Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish

by Mills, Dick; Tullock, John H.

• ISBN13: 9780764153006
• ISBN10: 0764153005
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

Aquarium hobbyists will love this beautifully illustrated identifier of more than 230 freshwater and marine species, all suitable for home tanks. Vivid, nearly life-size, full-color photos show each fish. Photos are supplemented with descriptions, waters where each fish is found in nature, and the fish's typical behavior in an aquarium. Symbol keys explain at a glance whether the fish is a herbivore, omnivore, or predator, its compatibility with other fish, and its ease of keeping on a 1-to-10 scale. Among the 150 freshwater species shown are minnows, cichlids, labyrinth fishes, catfishes, loaches, cold water cyprinids including goldfish varieties, and many others. The 84 marine species, both tropical and cold water, include angelfishes, damselfishes, tropical blennies, pufferfish, eels, tropical groupers, and others.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(8)
History of Fishkeeping	8	(2)
Fish Physiology	10	(4)
Basic Aquarium Needs	14	(4)
Availability and Choice	18	(2)
Health Problems	20	(2)
FRESHWATER FISH	22	(114)
Cyprinids	24	(26)
Characins	50	(20)
Cichlids	70	(22)
Labyrinthfishes	92	(8)
Catfishes	100	(16)
Other Egg-layers	116	(14)
Livebearers	130	(6)
MARINE FISH	136	(82)
Anemonefishes and Damselfishes	138	(12)
Angelfishes	150	(8)
Butterflyfishes	158	(8)
Surgeonfishes and Tangs	166	(6)
Triggerfishes and Filefishes	172	(4)
Wrasses	176	(8)
Blennies and Gobies	184	(6)
Boxfishes, Cowfishes, and Pufferfishes	190	(6)
Eels	196	(4)
Groupers and Basslets	200	(6)
Other Marine Species	206	(12)
Glossary	218	(2)
Index of Scientific Names	220	(2)
Index of Common Names	222	(2)
Credits and Acknowledgments	224