The underwater world is amazing and diverse. Some species of fish are so beautiful that they "migrated" from the waters of the seas and oceans to home and office aquariums. But the ocean continues to amaze people with the beauty of its inhabitants, and today in our underwater journey the most beautiful fish in the world are represented.
A small list of the most beautiful fish according to most-beauty.ru:
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Mandarin Duck / Synchiropus splendidus
The small and colorful inhabitant of the oceans got its name because of its similarity with the bright clothes of the Chinese mandarin.
A fish with a colorful body pattern lives near coral reefs, preferring protected, calm lagoons and coastal reefs.
Because of the beauty, tangerines are also popular as aquarium fish, but keeping them in aquariums is quite difficult, since it is difficult for them to find food. Mandarin duck is rightfully one of the most beautiful inhabitants of the seas and oceans. In addition, it is included in our rating of the most beautiful animals on the planet.
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Lion fish / Pterois radiata
A beautiful scorpion fish can pose a threat to humans. And the inhabitant of the deep sea received such a name because of the fins, which, developing, look like a mane of a lion.
A lion fish hunts, forcing small fish into recesses or among reefs, and swallows them at high speed. Injuries of acute fins, which contain toxic poison, are dangerous for human life and health.
By the way, on most-beauty.ru you can also find out about the most poisonous fish on our planet.
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Imperial angel. Pomacanthus imperator
The coral dweller not only has a romantic name, it is also one of the most beautiful fish in the deep ocean.
The purple body of the angel is decorated with bright yellow with orange tinge stripes. The emerald head of the imperial angel has a characteristic surprisingly beautiful mask around the eyes.
Interestingly, the fish changes its color throughout life. Young growth has a black color with white and blue stripes.
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Picasso Triggerfish / Rhinecanthus aculeatus
Triggerfish has an unusual, even strange color. The belly is almost white, but the back is greenish-olive in color. Through the eyes, as if separating the head from the body, there passes a black strip with a bluish border.
The inhabitant of the Indian-Pacific region is quite aggressive, but spends her aggression mainly on relatives. An unusual fish likes to swim in the warm waters in shallow water, among reefs and stone crevices.
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Parrot fish. Scaridae
Photo by: Rickard Zerpe
This unusual name was received not because of the bright color, but because of the mouth, like a bird's beak. With the help of a powerful front of the head, she crushes small mollusks and crustaceans.
All representatives of this species have an unusual and bright color. But during sleep in the sea waters form an unusual cocoon of mucus, which protects the fish from natural enemies.
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Clown Fish / Amphiprion
In the warm and saturated waters of the Red Sea in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, an amazing clown fish lives. It got its name due to its unusually bright color and active behavior.
In the ocean depths, there are 28 species of clown fish. Interestingly, all young individuals are males, and then throughout life they all change their gender to female. And the death of the female acts as an incentive for such a change.
This beautiful fish gained worldwide fame after the release of the animated film “Finding Nemo”.
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Fiery Centropyge / Centropyge loricula
One of the brightest and most colorful fish lives among the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean. Fiery beauties can also be found off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands.
A small fish grows up to 7-10 centimeters in length. The body of the fish has a fiery red color with small vertical stripes of black on the sides. It was from the unusual color that the fish received such a resounding name.
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Blue surgeon. Paracanthurus hepatus
A fish with such an unusual name became the prototype of the main character of the Disney cartoon. Lives in tropical waters from the coast of Africa to Japan.
The body of the animal is ovoid with flattened sides, painted blue with dark stripes. But the caudal fin is sharply highlighted in yellow.
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Seal litter box. Pterapogon kauderni
Photo by: Amada44 / CC BY-SA
The birthplace of this unusual fish is the Indonesian island of Bangai. Lives mainly in large groups of up to 500 individuals.
Among other exotic species, it is distinguished by large caudal and dorsal fins, which have black stripes. Convex eyes on a relatively small body indicate that the fish are very active in the dark.
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Lyalius. Colisa lalia
A small labyrinth fish chose small rivulets of India for living, preferring to stay in dense thickets of algae.
The tall oval body has an amazing color from the alternation of silver red and greenish stripes. The red border is also on the fins of Lalius.
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Discus. Symphysodon
From the waters of the Amazon, a beautiful fish has spread all over the world and has become popular in aquarium fish farming. In the figure, there are nine vertical stripes on a rounded and flattened body on the sides.
It prefers small rivers and calm ponds, avoiding large currents. Discus feed mainly on insect larvae and freshwater shrimp.
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Moorish idol. Zanclus cornutus
The second name of this fish is “Horned Zankl” - from the Greek word “beveled”. The inhabitant of temperate and tropical waters has a large beautiful fin.
Black, white, and yellow stripes alternating throughout the body make the Moorish idol unusually beautiful. It can live at a depth of up to 180 meters, choosing mainly areas with a solid sea bottom.
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Butterfly fish. Pantodon buchholzi
Butterfly fish or moth fish or pantodon lives in fresh water bodies of the African continent, but also in the depths of the sea right up to the shores of southern Japan and Hawaii.
Stripes pass through the whole body of this linear fish, and the color is densely saturated with yellow, black and white shades. But the fins are coffee pink with a purple tint.
Butterfly fish usually keep near the surface of the water, hunting small insects. Can jump out of the water while hunting or fleeing predators.
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Flag perch. Pseudanthias squamipinnis
The habitat of the colored flag perch is the tropical reefs of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Nature generously gave coloring to this amazing fish.
In the directories you can find the name "Scaltefin". It is very difficult to keep in aquariums, as in the natural environment it eats live food. Like many coral inhabitants, the fish changes sex.
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French angel. Pomacanthus paru
Among the wide variety of angel fish, the French angel is incredibly beautiful because of the bright, contrasting yellow-black color.
The birthplace of this amazing individual is considered to be the Atlantic, not far from the island of Newfoundland. They can grow up to 42 centimeters, so keeping them at home is very problematic.
Conclusion
Tropical beauties have long been fond of home aquariums and aquariums, adapted to living in captivity. Sometimes it is the work of aquarists and breeders, in most cases, helps to save amazing views of beautiful and unusual fish.
The development and improvement of diving equipment allows you to see the inhabitants of coral reefs in the natural environment of their life. This allows us to get more and more interesting photos and videos of beautiful fish.
The editors of most-beauty.ru asks you to write in the comments what other beautiful fish, in your opinion, should be on our list.
Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its initial publication in July 2017.