UK's first aquarium for extinct-in-the-wild freshwater fish opens today
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Check out this cheeky chappy, flashing a toothy grin! It's a critically endangered Pinstripe damba (Partroplus menarambo) from threatened rivers of Madagascar. These fish have teeth that can crunch through the shells of snails.
This cute little fella is a Kotsovato from threatened rivers of Madagascar. These fish change colour from tan to mottled marmalade red when breeding.
This beautiful male Forktail blue-eye is from Australian creeks. The fins of the male fish turn bright yellow when they’re attracting females.
The Red-cheeked goby is from Vietnamese streams. Males build burrows out of stones for females to lay their eggs inside.
It's no surprise that this spotty guy is called the spotted hillstream loach fish. The species is from Vietnamese streams. Males perform fluttering displays to impress females.
What a colourful creature! Meet the Threadfin rainbowfish from Australian creeks. Males are very colourful and often spar with each other.
This is the brightly coloured Lemon cichlid from Lake Tanganyika in Africa.
Check out the tail on this beauty! Here's a sardine cichlid from Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Males do a courtship dance mid-water to impress females.
This prehistoric-looking creature is called La Palma pupfish and is from Mexican desert springs. Already extinct in the wild, these fish once lived in an area about the size of a garden shed. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo has one of the last remaining populations!
This is the Greek killifish from Greek springs. These fish have upturned mouths so they can gulp bugs that have fallen onto the surface of the water.
What gorgeous colours! Meet the Sainthouse's killifish from Africa. These fish deal with annual dry seasons by laying their eggs in crevices. The eggs dry out, but are rehydrated three months later when the rainy season returns, and the young fish then hatch from the eggs into the water.
Even though this fish is called the Powder-blue panchax, adult males can be red, blue or gold. It comes from the threatened rivers of Madagascar.
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