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Ebook freshwater aquarium fish MISCELLANEOUS FISH Blotched Mudskipper Periophthalmus barbarus
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[Ebook] 500 freshwater aquarium fish – Miscellaneous Fish – Blotched Mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus)

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Mudskippers are fascinating fish that live in burrows on mangrove flats and spend a great deal of time out of water grazing the mud surface for microalgae and other tiny organisms. All species can prove challenging to keep and are not suitable for beginners. Male Blotched Mudskippers have spectacularly colored dorsal fins that they flick open and shut during displays. Two other species are also occasionally available: P. papilio (Butterfly Mudskipper) and P. vulgaris (Blue Flagfin); both have similar characteristics and requirements to those of P. barbarus.

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[Ebook] Encyclopedia of Aquarium & Pond Fish – Introduction to Freshwater Fish – Setting up the tank – Brackish water

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The conditions encountered by fish living in estuaries and mangroves, where fresh water and saltwater meet, can be recreated in a brackish water aquarium. The equipment required is much the same as for freshwater aquariums, but the substrate is usually sandy, so power filters are more appropriate than undergravel systems.

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[Ebook] Encyclopedia of Aquarium & Pond Fish – Introduction to FISHKEEPING – Diversity

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Fish have colonized almost every aquatic environment on the planet. Blackfin Icefish inhabit the freezing depths of the Antarctic Ocean, while Desert Pupfish thrive at over 104°F (40°C) in pools in the Nevada Desert. The huge diversity of fish habitats worldwide has driven the evolution of the countless shapes, sizes, and colors that make fish so fascinating to keep.

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[Ebook] The New Guide to Aquarium Fish – Brackish Water Fishes – Four-eyed Fishes

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Retail outlets tend to stock only a few brackish water fishes because people usually want either marines because of their flamboyant colours or freshwater as they are easiest. The main brackish water fishes available are Scats, Monos, Archers, Arius catfishes, Mudskippers, Anableps, and Brachygobius, plus, if you want to see them at their best, Sailfin mollies (Poecilia sp.). This last group has been dealt with in the Cyprinodonts chapter.

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