Blue Gourami

Blue Gourami

Scientific classification Kingdom:        Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:               Actinopterygii Order:             Perciformes Family:            Osphronemidae Genus:              Trichopodus Species:           T. Trichopterus Binomial name: Trichopodus Trichopterus Blue Gourami fish is also known as three-spot Gourami. It gets its name from two spots on each side of the body in line with its eye which is considered the…

Dwarf Gourami

Dwarf Gourami

Scientific Classification Kingdom:        Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:               Actinopterygii Order:              Perciformes Family:            Osphronemidae Genus:              Trichogaster Species:           T. Lalius Binomial name: Trichogaster Lalius Dwarf Gourami fish is also known as the Red Dwarf Gourami, Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami, and Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami. It has long been a most popular aquarium fish. Another common…

Bloodfin Glass Tetra

Bloodfin Tetra

Scientific Classification Kingdom:       Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:            Actinopterygii Order:                       Characiformes Family:           Characidae Subfamily:      Aphyocharacinae Genus:           Aphyocharax Species:          A. Anisitsi Binomial name: Aphyocharax Anisitsi The blood fin tetra, scientifically named Aaphyocharax Anisits, hails from the basin of the Parana River in South America. The blood fin tetra is comparatively a big tetra; it grows…

Botia Clown Fish

Clown Loach

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Botiidae Genus: Chromobotia Species: C. Macracanthus Binomial name: Chromobotia macracanthus The clown Loach or Tiger Beat, whose scientific name is Chromobotia Macracanthus, belongs to the Botiidae family. It is a freshwater fish of the tropics. In the Chromobotia genus, this fish is a solitary…

Molly Fish

Molly Fish

Scientific Classification Kingdom:        Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:               Actinopterygii Order:             Cyprinodontiformes Family:            Poeciliidaetropical Genus:              Poecilia Species:           P. Sphenops Binomial name: Poecilia Sphenops There is much in common between the Guppy fish and the Molly fish, They both belong to the Poecilia genus. Earlier, the mollies were placed in a separate genus of their…

Red Platy Fish

Platy Fish

Scientific Classification Kingdom:       Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:            Actinopterygii Order:                         Cyprinodontiformes Family:           Poeciliidae Genus:           Xiphophorus Type species: Xiphophorus hellerii Platy is the general name given to the freshwater fish of the species Xiphophorus. This fish does not have a sword at the end of its tail. The two species of Livebearers, like the Molly…

Black Molly

Black Molly

Scientific Classification Kingdom:            Animalia Phylum:             Chordata Class:                 Actinopterygii Order:                Cyprinodontiformes Family:                 Poeciliidae Genus:                 Poecilia Species:               P. Latipinna Binomial name: Poecilia latipinna The Black Molly is a hybrid variety of Poecilia Lalipinna, having short fins. It is also called sail fin molly. This short-finned Black Molly is totally black in color. At…

Kuhli Loach

Kuhli Loach Fish

Scientific Classification Kingdom:        Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:               Actinopterygii Order:             Cypriniformes Family:            Cobitidae Genus:            Pangio Species:           P. Kuhlii Binomial name: Pangio Kuhlii The Kuhli Loach, scientifically named Pangio Kuhlii, is a tiny eel-like fish in freshwater that comes from the Loach family Cobitidae. This fish is originally from the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia….

Female Red Jewel Cichlid With Clutch Of Eggs

Jewel Cichlid

Scientific Classification Kingdom:        Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:             Actinopterygii Order:            Perciformes Family:            Cichlidae Subfamily:       Pseudocrenilabrinae Tribe:             Hemichromini Genus:              Hemichromis Type Species: Hemichromis Fsciatus Hemichromis, which belongs to the category of fishes from the Jewel cichlid family, is called by several names like Green Jewel Cichlids, Jewel Fish, Green Jewel, and so on….

Male Red Zebra Cichlid

Red Zebra Cichlid

Scientific Classification Kingdom:        Animalia Phylum:          Chordata Class:               Actinopterygii Order:             Perciformes Family:            God Subfamily:       Islam Genus:            Maylandia Species:           M. Estherae Binomial name: Maylandia Estherae Maylandia Eestherae, called the red zebra or otherwise, Esther Grant’s zebra, belongs to the Pseudotrophine Cichlid. It dwells in the rock called Mbuna, of the Malawi Lake. Just like…

Melanotaeniidae

Australian Rainbow Fish

The Rainbow fish, scientifically named Melanotaeniidae is a small, freshwater, colorful fish that is seen in New Guinea, the Northern and Eastern coasts of Australia, Raja Ampat islands, and the Islands of Cenderawasih Bay. The biggest of the species of the Melonotaenia Rainbow Fish is derived from the prehistoric Greek script Taenia (banded) and, Melano…

Pet Fish

Pet Fish

Fish is a creature from the Paraphyletic group. These creatures lack digits and limbs and possess gills through which they breathe. Pet Fish is generally those fishes that are bred at home as a part of a fish-keeping hobby. Some fish-keeping is done for the consumption of fish, whereas some are nurtured exclusively for ornamental…