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1                    Aquatic Creatures







            Water or aquatic animals are either vertebrate or invertebrate animals, which live in
            aquatic all through or most of their lives. These animals may breathe air through lungs
            or gills by extracting the oxygen that is dissolved in water.

            Read the clues about some amazing fishes and name them.


             1                          This fish is native to the         2                       This is the largest
                                     Pacific and popular in the salt                               clade within the
                                      water aquarium trade. It is                                   heterobranches
                                        small, brightly-coloured                                    with more than
                                        member of the dragonet                                       3,000 known
                                                  family.                                               species.





             3                        It is an aquarium fish. It belongs to a family of the Gourami family.
                                      The  body  length  of  the  fish  is  seven  centimeters  and  it  appears  in
                                      colours of red, green, opaque, albino, orange, yellow and blue etc.




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              These species are found in South America, Australia, United States
              and China. They seem like seen aquarium fish. The body length of
              this fish is about 36 cm and mass of the body is 1.4 kg. They grow
              quickly and are carnivorous.


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                                      It is the member of the order Stoma-topoda. It can reach 30 cm in
                                      length. It appears in a variety of colours, from shades of browns to
                                      bright neon colours.






                   This Corner                                        Clue Corner

                All fish are cold-blooded animals that live            a)  Oscar                b)  Nudibranch
                in  the  water.  They  have  backbones,  fins          c)  Mantis Shrimp        d)  Mandarin Fish
                and gills.
                                                                       e)  Siamese Fighting Fish


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