If you’re looking for low-maintenance fish that are great for beginners, this list has got you covered. All of these freshwater ... These small fish can thrive either on their own or with tank mates, ...

Price Tag: $50-$150 The brightly colored Discus fish is native to the Amazon River basin in South America but is incredibly popular as a freshwater aquarium ... small size, love for the deep water and ...

Arapaima are the largest freshwater fish in South America—and a keystone species in the Amazon River ecosystem.

Every day, local fishermen visit Ernesto Rojas to sell him small, colorful fish plucked from rivers in the Colombian jungle that end up in aquariums around the world. The septuagenarian has dedicated ...

Threats like habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, and unsustainable water use are pushing rivers, lakes, and wetlands ...

but freshwater fishes Freshwater fish rank first when it comes to pet numbers. This global hobby is good for our health - researches show that having a fish tank (or visiting an aquarium) reduces ...

Freshwater prawn males can reach a total length of 12.6 inches (320 mm); females 9.8 inches (250 mm). Their long and slender claws (chelipeds) are blue or orange in color ... The freshwater prawn ...

Recent discoveries of two new shark species in Puget Sound have sparked public interest and may encourage greater conservation efforts.

Seafood Watch, a nonprofit organization run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium ... on fish farms in Vietnam. Swai production in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam is one of the largest freshwater fish farming ...

The giant freshwater stingray may be the ... The rays have also been targeted for the burgeoning aquarium trade, though it is now illegal to fish for stingrays in Thailand.

A report has warned of a "catastrophic" decline in freshwater fish, with nearly a third threatened ... we need to consider both large and small waters, and to protect all our freshwaters: ponds ...

GloFish were first developed from zebrafish (Danio rerio), a small gold and blue striped ... to create a red flourescent fish from sea coral DNA, and an orange-yellow one from another type of ...