The roughly 5-centimeter-long freshwater fish is a popular ornamental species ... the mostly transparent ghost catfish becomes iridescent. Microscopic striped structures in the fish’s ...

Neon tetras are rather small ornamental fish. They grow to an average of ... Neon tetras' most stunning features are the two iridescent stripes on each side of their body. A blue one runs from ...

Over 40 per cent of ornamental fish seizures from Brazil between 2012 and 2019 were of the iridescent cardinal tetra. Authorities in Brazil have seized thousands of live freshwater fish native to the ...

These small fish, popular for home aquariums because ... When light shines through their bodies, they take on a colourful iridescent shimmer despite having no pigment in the transparent parts ...

Female fish have alternating teal and yellow stripes on their sides and more dulled golden yellow hues, another photo shows. Researchers found iridescent minnows “in the headwaters of streams ...

But which of the colorful, iridescent underwater creatures are ... All these factors should be considered when choosing ornamental fish before moving them into their new home.

They are the most economically valuable ornamental fish of the Amazon state ... But in the presence of external light, the stripe becomes iridescent. Moreover, by focusing the light at different ...

A long, cape-like fin trails behind it, and the whole creature looks more like a rainbow kite flying in the night sky than a fish swimming in the depths of the ocean. The iridescent creature is ...

With flashy colors, iridescent scales ... the Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association, and Ornamental Fish International—that emailed a joint statement to National Geographic.