The spectacular colors exhibited by male bluenose shiners in breeding condition place them among the most beautiful minnows in North America. As the common name indicates, breeding males have bright blue snouts. The extremely enlarged dorsal, pelvic, and anal fins are also colorful. Bluenose shiners usually inhabit quiet backwaters and vegetated pools of streams and rivers. 

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One of the most beautiful glass-perch from Indonesia. Males develop extended dorsal and anal fin spines and posses red pigmentation (which give the name Rose-flame) in all unpaired fins, whereas females are basically colourless and lack extended fin spines. Gymnochanda species are gregarious by nature and ideally a group of 8-10 specimens should be the smallest purchased.

One of the most popular fish for aquascape setup. 'Denisonii' named for Sir William Thomas Denison (1804-1871), governor of Madras, India from 1861-1866. Unfortunately, this species now listed as Endangered species in IUCN Redlist, due to Collection for the international aquarium pet trade. In addition, there is an on-going decline in habitat quality at prime habitats of this species due to pollution from plantations as well as domestic sources. Destructive fishing for larger food fish using dynamites and plant poisons also affect this 'Miss Kerala' as they share habitats with the larger cyprinids.
more information on IUCNRedlist site: www.iucnredlist.org/details/169662/0

Medium-sized Gourami with olive-greenish colour with faint transverse stripes on its sides. The snakeskin gourami can also produce ‘cracking’ noises, especially during breeding or territorial exchanges. Compared to other gourami species, the snakeskin gourami is less frequently sold as aquarium fish but is more commonly used as food fish in their native lands, like tom yum in Thailand. In Indonesia, especially Borneo, we usually make dried-salty-gourami or we call it as "Sepat Asin".