No one can fail to be intrigued by a fish that shoots down its prey, and in public aquaria there is almost always a small crowd of people around the archer fish tank, all hoping that the fishes will perform.
Glofish 70 gobies 260–261 breeding 230, 231 suckerlike device 261 goldfish 74, 332–343 breeding 326, 327, 328, 341 designing ponds for 300 diseases 324 feeding 316, 337 hand-stripping 326 indoor tanks 312, 313 origins and ancestry 22, 334 pigmentation and sheen 333 scales 16
Some Asian species are far more popular in their home region than elsewhere in the world, often because of the myths and folklore that surround them. The Dragon Fish of Southeast Asia, for example, is believed to bestow good fortune on its keeper.
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.
