Anyone with freshwater fish that look like saltwater so as to be more cost efficient.
EX.
Pleco=Sharks
Bosmani rainbowfish=Blue hiptus tang
EX.
Pleco=Sharks
Bosmani rainbowfish=Blue hiptus tang
Freshwater, saltwater, alternatives
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I’m not sure either substitutions you made really work. There are almost no behavioral or appearance (especially in the case of the rainbowfish and tang) related traits that match between the two.
To me, a substitution has to both look and act like the other fish in question. Even better is when it’s a direct relative.
Any freshwater puffer = any marine puffer
Spiny eels (or even better is freshwater moray) = moray eel
Large cats (paroon, Colombian, etc.) = sharks
Severum cichlid = kole tang
Most dwarf cichlids = damsels + clowns (if you have Joe both you would see that these act just the same)
Freshwater gobies and blennies = marine gobies and blennies
Red zebra cichlid = anthias
Noevespicula depressifrons = Lionfish/scorpionfish
To me, a substitution has to both look and act like the other fish in question. Even better is when it’s a direct relative.
Any freshwater puffer = any marine puffer
Spiny eels (or even better is freshwater moray) = moray eel
Large cats (paroon, Colombian, etc.) = sharks
Severum cichlid = kole tang
Most dwarf cichlids = damsels + clowns (if you have Joe both you would see that these act just the same)
Freshwater gobies and blennies = marine gobies and blennies
Red zebra cichlid = anthias
Noevespicula depressifrons = Lionfish/scorpionfish
Cichlids would be the way to go. Tanganyikan cichlids look like they belong on a reef.
The only fish that stands out as unique to freshwater but looks saltwater to me is the Madagascar cichlids that look like tangs.
The only fish that stands out as unique to freshwater but looks saltwater to me is the Madagascar cichlids that look like tangs.
I’ve always thought oto look like ramoras (the ones that clean sharks), but I can see the resemblance to neon gobies too.
Tiger barbs are closer to chromis imo, they both are a schooling fish that readily kill each other in aquariums.
datnoids, barramundi (Lates in general) = also can groupers
goonch catfish = shark like looks but definitely not active
arowana = oarfish
can definitely see pinstripe damba and discus being confused for a saltwater fish