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angelfish

1. any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
2. a South American cichlid, Pterophyllum scalare, of the Amazon region, having a compressed body and large dorsal and anal fins: a popular aquarium fish
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Andrew Flitcroft, finance director at Angelfish, said: "Angelfish is delighted to increase its holding in yboo and to be negotiating the potential injection of substantial funds to secure the roll out and expansion of the yboo model.
The research also explored the diets of Arabian angelfish, demonstrating that while angelfish are mainly known to specialize on sponges elsewhere in the world, off the shores of the UAE sponges account for only a very small portion of their diets.
The objective of this study was to assess feeding frequency and deprivation based on growth performance, parasite infestation and cost-benefit in angelfish farming.
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The 21-year-old American, who is majoring in chemistry, is focusing on three species of fish popularly sold in UAE markets: the hamour, the two-bar sea bream and the angelfish. She obtains tissue samples of these species and analyses them genetically, paying attention to variations between them.
Diving into those clear waters I witness an aquarium on the house reef, as bi-coloured parrotfish mingle with emperor angelfish, stripy Oriental sweetlips share space with bright orange clownfish.
Try your hand at snorkeling alongside parrotfish, clownfish, angelfish and much more.
Genetically engineered angelfish (Pterophyllum) glow in a tank during a news conference before the 2012 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei on November 7.
For this purpose; 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 ml/l doses of clove oil were applied on angelfish which is one of the known stressful species during transportation.
tetras and angelfish, fan-tailed guppies and silver dollars, uncertain
A couple hotbeds of inshore activity this month will be the ocean and bayside flats adjacent to North Key Largo's Broad and Angelfish creeks and the waters around Florida Bay's Nine-Mile Bank.
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