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Puntius fasciatus

The Melon Barb is an active, but initially timid, medium sized barb ideal for a community of other barbs or similar sized fish. These fish should be kept in groups and provided with open swimming spaces as well as hiding spots and some vegetation around the tanks edges.

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Molly

Poecilia latipinna

The Black Molly is a short-finned hybrid variation of Poecilia latipinna, the Sailfin Molly. The Black Molly is all black in coloration with short fins. They may have patches of a slight gold or silver coloration when a juvenile, but will outgrow this with age. Mollies have the ability to adapt to a variety of salt levels in the aquarium.

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Ornamental Fish

Ornamental fish and there Distribution

Some of the exotic fishes found in India are 1. Carassius carassius 2. Ctenopharyngodon idella 3. Cyprinus carpio 4. Hypothalmichthys molitrix 5. Tilapia mossambica 6. Puntius javanicus 7. Osphronemus gouramy

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India has abundant water resources in which several species of indigenous variety of fishes survives successfully. Until now the fish culture in India was mainly dependent upon the culture of some of the most common Indian species like Labeo, Catla and Mrigal.

foreign breeds

But it has been found in recent years that the introduction of the foreign breeds of fishes to Indian fresh water ponds and reservoirs and their culture in isolated condition or in suitable combination with the Indian counter-parts yields a higher production. In this view a number of fish species have been imported from foreign countries and introduced into Indian fresh water. Since, these fish are not the natives of this country, are called as exotic fishes.

Major Ornamental Fishes

Featherbacks

The family Notopteridae contains ten species of osteoglossiform (bony-tongued) fishes, commonly known as featherbacks and knifefishes. They are small fishes living in freshwater or brackish environments in Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.

Angels

The scientific name for the freshwater angelfish is quite descriptive. Pterophyllum is derived from the Greek word for "winged leaf" and scalare means "like a flight of stairs" in reference to the dorsal fin. It is a Latin word that can also mean "ladder". Angelfish are laterally compressed or look like a disc on edge with long fins coming out of the top and bottom and have 2 'feelers' in front of the anal or bottom fin. The tail is vertically oriented and may be ffrom scoop shovel shape to long and relatively narrow depending on the variety.

Origin Amazon region of South America

Oscar fish

Astronotus ocellatus Oscars are extremely intelligent fish capable of being conditioned to do many little tricks. They quickly learn to recognizing those that feed them and reacting accordingly (usually begging for food). They have a unique presence, intelligence, and attitude that makes owning them a true joy to those that love them. This combined with the fact that Oscar can live just as long as a dog makes them more like a pet than most other fish could ever be. Each fish seems to be an individual with its own unique nuances, making owning one of these fish even more appealing

Gende

puntius sahyadrensis

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical,Distribution Asia: Yenna River in Satara District, Maharashtra, India. It's in Inhabits in hill streams