Trip to Kanyakumari: Chapter 5: Aqua World Fish Exhibition, Kanyakumari: Part 2

5th December 2008, 06:00 pm

Fishes in the exhibition:

Name: Green Terror
Family: Cichlidae
Species: Rivulatus
Size: 8 inches
Distribution: South American Ecuador and Peru

Green Terror

Name: Guppy Fish
Size: 4-6 cms.
Food: Flakes, Spirulina, lettuce, spinach, freeze dried foods, mosquito larvae
This is the most popular aquarium species in the world. There are many types of Guppy fish and with breeding you can get new variables.

Guppy Fish

Name: Arowana
Size: Upto 90 cms.
Distribution: Thailand, Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Indonesia.
The Chinese believe that Arowana will bring wealth, fortune and prosperity to the owners.

Arowana

Name: Serrasalmus Rhombeus
Kingdom: Animalia
Family: Serrasaimidae
Size: About 45 cms.
Origin: Central and South America and in Africa
There are about 500 species.

Serrasalmus Rhombeus

Name: Tiger Prawn
Scientific Name: Penaeus esculentus
Size: 35 cms.
Food: Their diet consists of molluses, crustaceans, poluchaete worms

Tiger Prawn

Name: Sea Angel
Family: Notopteridae
Distribution: Coast of Africa and Asia
Size: Upto 20 cms.
Food: Worms

Sea Angel

Name: Kissing Gourami (Helostoma temmincki)
Size: 5 inches
Diet: The Kissing Gourami is an omnivore and requires both algae-based foods as well as meat food. An algae-based flake food along with freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex and brine shrimp will provide these fish with proper nutrition.
Origin: Farm raised, Florida

Kissing Gourami

Tiger Prawn

Name: Sand Lobster
Family: Palinuridae
Species: Orientalis
Distribution: West and South East Coast of India
Feed: Snails, Clams, Crabs and Sea Urchin