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Saltwater Fish Species Profiles Index

Gateway to Aquarium Care and More Information About Saltwater Fishes

By Stan & Debbie Hauter, About.com

Sorted alphabetically by families from Angelfishes to Wrasses, click on the pictures shown on this index to read individual fish species aquarium care and other profile information about the saltwater fishes in each family group.

Blenny Profiles

Click on this picture to read Blenny Species ProfilesPhoto © Joanne Hill

Butterflyfish Profiles

Click on this picture to read Butterflyfish Species ProfilesPhoto © Keoki & Yuko Stender

Goby Profiles

Click on this picture to read Goby Species ProfilesPhoto © Frank Ungaro

Moray Eel Profiles

Photo © Debbie & Stan Hauter

Hawkfish Profiles

Click on this picture to read Hawkfish Species ProfilesPhoto © R. Tebben

Miscellaneous Fish Profiles

Click on this picture to read Miscellaneous Fish Species ProfilesPhoto © Keoki and Yuko Stender
Includes: Banded Bamboo Shark, Blue-Lined Snapper, Blue-Spot Grouper, Boxfish, Flying Gurnard, Leafy Sea Dragon, Long-Finned Batfish, Moorish Idol, Orangetail Filefish, Parrotfishes, Red and White Squirrelfish.

Poisonous / Venomous Species Profiles

Photo © Ryan Achenbach
This group includes Scorpion, Box and Cow, Family Tetraodontidae Puffer, Family Holocentridae Squirrel fish species, as well as toxic invertebrates that should be avoided.

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