What are the criteria for being considered a
"brackish water" organism. Some only travel temporarily twixt
the sea and/or freshwater for feeding or breeding purposes. Others are
more full-time residents of partly salty in-between
environments.
Should we include the Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas... that
swims up the Amazon, Mississippi more than a thousand miles as
brackish? The same species is landlocked in Lake Nicaragua... yes, a
freshwater shark!
Glassfish, Family Ambassidae
Parambassis randa Aquarium pic.
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So ugly they're beautiful, the Toadfishes, Family Batrachoididae. |
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Spadefishes, Family Ephippidae, often called
Batfishes in the pet-fish interests. The genus Platax,
other than the notorious P. pinnatus have been kept in
brackish settings. They do get quite large, quickly.
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"Mud Pond" Killifish, Cyprinodontiforms of Assorted
Families, Jordanella floridae |
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Snappers that go both
ways, Family Lutjanidae |
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Some of the Silversides, Order Atheriniformes,
mainly known as Rainbowfishes, Family
Melanotaeniidae and other families. |
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Loaches, family
Cobitidae, particularly the Clown Loach is known to cruise coastal
areas of its native Indonesia, venturing in and out of
seawater. |
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Freshwater to Brackish Pipefishes, Family Syngnathidae |
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Scats, Family
Scatophagidae |
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
http://www.geocities.com/rubentolon/index.html
Anon. 1981. Where watery worlds mingle... Aquariums Australia 2:1,
1981.
Anon. 1975. Tanks with brackish or mixed water. Aquarium Digest
International 3:4, 75.
Burgstaller, B.J. 1978. The brackish system. FAMA 8/78.
Castro, Alfred D. 1996. Fishes for the brackish aquarium. Pt.s I,
II. 5,6/96.
Dawes, John. 1989. Bolstering sales of brackish water fish. Pets
Supplies Marketing Magazine. 7/89.
Gibbs, Max. 1995. The brackish aquarium. For the adventurous
fishkeeper looking for something different from the conventional
tropical freshwater or marine aquarium, the brackish tank offers a
challenge. FAMA 4/95.
Gos, Michael. 1980. The brackish system, pt.s 1,2. FAMA 11,12/80
Gos, Michael W. 1977. The brackish aquarium. TFH 10/77.
Monks, Neale. 2001. Giving into temptation. A personal top ten of
brackish-water fish. TFH 9/01.
Taylor, Edward C. 1996. Creating a brackish-water biotope. Pet
Business Magazine. 11/96.
Taylor, Edward C. 1982. Keeping a brackish aquarium, pt.s 1,2. TFH
5,6/82.
Volkart, Bill. 1989. The brackish aquarium: Pt. 1, setting up, Pt.
2, plants, Pt. 3 the fishes. TFH 6,7,8/89
Wolf, Jim. 1998. Fish on the brink (brackish). Odyssea. J. of the
Mar. Aq. Soc. of L.A. 4/98.