Thursday, January 19, 2012

Top 5 Most Beautiful Fish in the World

Mandarin fish


The Mandarinfish  is a small, brightly-colored member of the dragonet family, which is popular in the saltwater aquarium trade.
Juvenile Emporor Angel Fish

Juveniles are dark blue with electric blue and white rings; adults have yellow and blue stripes, with black around the eyes. It takes about 24 to 30 months for an emperor angelfish to acquire its adult colouring. They grow to 40 cm (15.75 in) in length.

Lion Fish

The red lionfish is a venomous coral reef fish. Red lionfish are clad in white stripes alternated with red, maroon, or brown. Adults can grow as large as 17 inches (43 cm) in length while juveniles may be shorter than 1 inch (2.5 cm).They can live up to 10 years.
Clown Trigger Fish


The fish can reach up to about 50 cm (20 in) in length. It has strong jaws .This fish has unique coloration. The ventral surface has large, white spots on a dark background, and its dorsal surface has black spots on yellow.
 Nudibranch


A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage.They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms. The clade Nudibranchia is the largest clade within the heterobranchs, with more than 3,000 described species.

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