Does anyone know a good website or place that has a really nice selection of fish or just information about fish. I seem to constantly find new fish and never know the names. LiveAquaria has a okay selection but they are still missing some fish. Just looking for info with pictures and names. Thank you for your time.
Looking for a list of Marine fish
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These are my preffered sources of information:
www.saltwateraquariumblog.com
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Saltwater Fish: Marine Aquarium Fish for Saltwater Aquariums
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If you want a complete list then: https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/identification/specieslist.php?famcode=362&areacode=&spines=&fins=
Though you'll need a good understanding of taxonomy.
Though you'll need a good understanding of taxonomy.
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This is cool man, thanks!
I gotta get me one of those
Very good book. Problem though is last version (3rd edition) was January 1, 2000 and hundreds of more species have come into the market while many are no longer to be found but still a good reference
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The links in my quote below have a ton of good info like this, but none of them have all of the info.
For fish pics, info, and names when basically all you know is what the fish looks like, Reeflex, Fish Base (the link above the quote specifically), and Salt Corner would (IMO) probably be the easiest ones to use when attempting to find a fish (especially if you're not well versed in the taxonomy), but - as with all of the databases below - the more you know about what the fish is taxonomically/by common name, the easier it would be to find the fish. (Just as a note here, Salt Corner is primarily hobby oriented, Reeflex and Solar Slug both have some hobby related aspects, the rest are pretty much entirely professional oriented.)
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For fish pics, info, and names when basically all you know is what the fish looks like, Reeflex, Fish Base (the link above the quote specifically), and Salt Corner would (IMO) probably be the easiest ones to use when attempting to find a fish (especially if you're not well versed in the taxonomy), but - as with all of the databases below - the more you know about what the fish is taxonomically/by common name, the easier it would be to find the fish. (Just as a note here, Salt Corner is primarily hobby oriented, Reeflex and Solar Slug both have some hobby related aspects, the rest are pretty much entirely professional oriented.)
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Just to add for anyone interested, a page with a bunch of sea slug related links, including the Sea Slug Forum, which is good enough that I've also listed it below:I'm not sure about any API's (I'm not sure if anyone has programmed an API for reef keeping yet), but here are some good databases with info (some are better and/or easier to use than others):
WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
www.marinespecies.org
Welcome to Saltcorner! A saltwater aquarium reference site for hobbyists.
Marine Aquarium Library, Articles, Questions and Answers, Photo Galleries, and Product / Book Reviews.www.saltcorner.comSearch FishBase
www.fishbase.seTreatmentBank - Plazi
TreatmentBank is a service to liberate data from scholarly publications and disseminate it as FAIR dataplazi.org
Corals of the World
www.coralsoftheworld.orgThe Sponge Guide
spongeguide.uncw.edu
World Porifera Database
www.marinespecies.orgSponge Barcoding Project - covering the complete taxonomic range of Porifera
The Sponge Barcoding Project is the first worldwide barcoding project on any non-bilaterian taxon and covers the complete taxonomic range of Porifera.www.spongebarcoding.org
Sea anemones: Actiniaria.com
actiniaria.com
These last few are either in a different language (not in English) or have both English and another language on the site:
Mainpage Reeflex
reeflex.net
DORIS - Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et la flore Subaquatique
Le site DORIS de la FFESSM vise à recenser, illustrer et décrire le maximum d'espèces, communes ou rares, visibles en plongée dans nos eaux de métropole et d'outre-mer.doris.ffessm.fr
| Nederlands Soortenregister
www.nederlandsesoorten.nl
Starfish: Photos of fishes, invertebrates (molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, worms, corals, sponges, jellyfish and more), reptiles, rays and sharks. Start your dive into the coral reef!
Zubi's wetpage: coralreef, scuba diving, marine animals, photos, travelogs, frogfish / starfish: Korallenriff, Unterwasserfotos, Reiseberichte (Tauchen Asien und Rotes Meer), Anglerfischwww.starfish.ch
Edit: Remembered a few more:
wildsingapore homepage
You CAN make a difference for Singapore's wild places! Simply explore, express and ACT! Find out more in this one-stop location on Singapore's wildlife and wild places.www.wildsingapore.com
The Biodiversity of Singapore
A Digital Reference Collection for Singaporesingapore.biodiversity.onlineIndian River Lagoon Species Inventory Home
irlspecies.orgBOLD Systems v3
v3.boldsystems.org
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Just indicating, I wish there was a later version with added specimens. Been doing this 40 years and seen many more than in the book. As stated- its a great referenceI've been doing this for a long time
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