Rearing reef fish in a bucket; It's easier than you think, andprofitable too

摘要

A surge in the interest of keeping marine ornamental fishes recently took place after release of the cartoon film "Finding Nemo," about the dramatic life of a captured anemonefish and his way back to the ocean. Specifically, the film created a significant increase in the demand for anemonefishes. Anemonefishes belong to the family Pomacentridae, with approximately 325 species. Within the family Pomacentridae, all 28 known anemonefish species belong to the two genera Amphiprion and Premnas, which comprise the Amphiprioninae, one of four pomacentrid subfamilies. The only other damselfishes that sometimes reside with anemones are Dascyllus trimaculatus, and D. albisella, which belong to another subfamily, the Chrominae. For some essential biology about the anemonefishes and their host, I strongly recommend consulting Fautin and Allen's prize-winning field guide to anemonefishes and their host. This guide is available as a book and as a free on-line web edition (http://biodiversity.uno.edu/ebooks/intro.html).