Freshwater Marble Angelfish

Domestic freshwater angelfish are the result of many years of selective breeding of various color attributes such as background body color stripes spots marbled color orange and black and even operculum gill cover pigmentation.

Freshwater marble angelfish.

6 gold marble super veil freshwater angelfish. The fins are long and thin with delicate looking webbing and will typically extend past the length of the body. Tropical freshwater angelfish are one of the most popular cichlids found in the hobby today. Angelfish do not shy away from people observing them in the tank.

Freshwater angelfish are new world cichlids of the genus pterophyllum. Aquarium owners are drawn to them because of their unique elegant appearance their mild mannered disposition and their inquisitive nature. Pterophyllum heckel 1840 type species platax scalaris g. 3 gold marble super veil freshwater angel fish dime to quarter size.

It prefers a well planted tank of at least 30 gallons with soft slightly acidic water. This fish thrives in flooded forests and dense vegetation which can be replicated in the home aquarium. Freshwater angelfish scientific classification kingdom. All pterophyllum species originate from the amazon basin orinoco basin and various rivers in the guiana shield in tropical south america.

The marble veil angel is a strain of angelfish that has a black white and yellow marbled pattern. Freshwater angelfish three medium black s. Live freshwater fish 1 5 zebra lace.