A quick look at some of the interesting fish for sale in the shops over the last few months.
On sale as: Megalodoras uranoscopus.
Supplier: Maidenhead Aquatics, Beverley, East Yorkshire, 01482 679079.
Price: £20.
On sale as: Coffee bean tetra, Hyphessobrycon takasei.
Supplier: Coxwell Aquatics, Albrighton, Shropshire, 01902 375111.
Price: £4.95.
On sale as: Weedy scorpion fish, Rhinopias frondosa.
Supplier: The Waterzoo, Peterborough, 01733 312142.
Price: £225.
On sale as: Mbu puffer, Tetraodon mbu.
Supplier: Maidenhead Aquatics, Beverley, East Yorkshire, 01482 679079.
Price: £85.
On sale as: Aequidens sp. ‘Peru’ F1.
Supplier: Coxwell Aquatics, Albrighton, Shropshire, 01902 375111.
Price: £4.95.
On sale as: Adonis plec, Acanthicus adonis.
Supplier: Maidenhead Aquatics, Beverley, East Yorkshire, 01482 679079.
Price: £30.
On sale as: Desert goby, Chlamydogobius eremius.
Supplier: Coxwell Aquatics, Albrighton Shropshire, 01902 375111.
Price: £6.95.
On sale as: Krobia sp. ‘Xingu Red Cheeks’.
Supplier: Coxwell Aquatics, Albrighton, Shropshire, 01902 375111.
Price: £3.95.
On sale as: African lungfish, Protopterus annectens.
Supplier: Maidenhead Aquatics, Beverley, East Yorkshire, 01482 679079.
Price: £65.
On sale as: Purple pencilfish, Nannostomus rubrocaudatus.
Supplier: Coxwell Aquatics, Albrighton, Shropshire, 01902 375111.
Price: £9.95.
On sale as: Cryptoheros sp. ‘Honduran Red Point’ F1
Supplier: Coxwell Aquatics, Albrighton Shropshire, 01902 375111.
Price: £4.95.
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This item was first published in the October 2009 issue of Practical Fishkeeping magazine. It may not be reproduced without written permission.