Categories for Fish

Naive Melody

April 5, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Fish, Arowanas, Stingrays, and Pufferfish, Botiids/Pointface Loaches, Cypriniformes, Fish, Loaches, Pufferfish, Uncategorized

Choosing to live a life as an explorer, taxonomist, or biologist is a deeply romantic path that one wouldn’t choose...

Wowee Malawi

March 29, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish African Cichlids, Cynotilapia, Fish, Labidochromis/Melanochromis, Lake Malawi Cichlids, Lake Malawi Mbuna, Other Mbuna, Uncategorized

We all know Lake Malawi is big, but wrapping our heads around its very real massiveness is a difficult task...

Your Tetra Well Spring

March 22, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Central and South American Tetras, Characins, Fish, Hyphessobrycon, Other Central and South American Tetras, Pristellinae, Uncategorized

Spring is upon us! The birds celebrate her return with festive song, as this Wednesday marked the

Old World Pie

March 15, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish African Cichlids, African Tetras, Distichodus, and Neolebias, All Other Catfish, Catfish, Characins, Distichodus, Neolebias, and African Darter Tetras, Fish, Old World Cichlids, Pelvicachromis, Pelvicachromis and other Chromidotilapini, Synodontis and other Squeaker Catfish

March 14th may seem like any other day to most of us...

Break into Barbs!

March 8, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Asian Barbs, Barbs, Cyprinids, Cypriniformes, Fish, Other Asian Barbs, Pethia and Puntigris, Uncategorized

What is a barb? A sharp, pointed projection, or a non-phylogenetic grouping of fork-tailed, energetic, and easy-to-care-for cyprinids?

Catfish Lover’s Delight

March 1, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Catfish, Catfish, Fish, Other Catfish

Ranking fourth in landmass, the South American continent has a ridiculously large number of biomes for its size.

The Road to Resilience

February 22, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Chocolate Gouramis, Cyprinids, Cypriniformes, Danios and Rasboras, Dwarf Gouramis, Gouramis, True Rasboras

Resilience is a term used to describe the ability of an ecosystem to “bounce back” from perterbance...

You’re the Burmese Knees!

February 15, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Danios, Danios and Rasboras, Fish, True Rasboras

Happy Valentine’s weekend aquarists! We hope you’re stuffed full of heart-shaped candies in the candlelight with the smell of roses in the air, but what if...

The Far Out Far East

February 8, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Danios, Danios and Rasboras, Fish, Hillstream/Sucker Loaches, Loaches, True Rasboras

Friday fun quiz!: What region of the world is home to 5 major river systems and the oldest rainforest (70 million years!)?

Dam(n)ing the Mekong

February 1, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Fish, Loaches, Other Loaches

The longest river in the southeast Asia, the Mekong, is a major source of welfare for the people of Southeast Asia. In Laos alone...

Go Home Evolution, You’re Drunk

January 25, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Fish, Arowanas, Stingrays, and Pufferfish, Fish, Pufferfish

What is a meme? A viral internet phenomenon? An image with an appropriately comic phrase? A staple of millennial and social media culture?

Lakes Have Layers

January 15, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish African Cichlids, Cyprichromis Types, Fish, Lake Tanganyika Cichlids, Lamprologus Types, Neolamprologus, Other Tanganyikan Cichlids

What do ogres, onions, and lakes have in common?