Fun Fish Facts
Did you know that....
One in ten pet owners has fish.
In the United States one in ten households has at least one freshwater aquarium.
Almost half of home aquarists have been active hobbyists for five years or more.
Florida produces and supplies 95 percent of the tropical fish sold in North America.
The population of home tropical fish exceeds 200 million specimens.
In nature about 40% of all fish live in freshwater.
There are more fish on Earth than birds or mammals.
New fish are being discovered all the time. It's believed there may be 28,000 different species.
Blind Cave fish are born with eyes, but as they grow up skin grows over them.
The Croaking Gourami croaks when it is mating
Climbing Perch can walk on dry land and even climb trees.
Prize winning Koi have sold for tens of thousands of dollars for just one fish.
Discus feed their babies on mucus they excrete from their bodies.
Female Guppies can have up to five litters of babies from mating only one time.
Tennessee's 130,000 square foot public freshwater aquarium is the largest in the world.
The finest Caviar comes from a freshwater fish - the Beluga Sturgeon.
Arowana babies live in their fathers' mouth until they are big enough to be on their own.
Cardinal Tetras bright stripe makes it hard for predators to select one fish in the school.
Well cared for Goldfish can live to be as much as 70 years old.
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