Offers practical advice on fishkeeping, identifies more than five hundred fish, and discusses their diet, breeding requirements, care, and feedin Section one is an illustrated introduction to fish keeping. It investigates the evolution of aquarium fish, and fish anatomy and morphology. Other topics include: sexual dimorphism and reproduction, development of fish eggs, fish breeding and methods of protecting eggs and fry and the native waters of freshwater aquarium fish. Section Two is an assessment of over 500 aquarium fish from throughout the world. Fish are grouped into families and each is discussed with regard to distribution, diet, breeding requirements, feeding and general care of fry. Each fish is superbly illustrated in full colou