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Contents: Preface. 1. Recognising a Fish. 2. Ornamental Fish Diversity. Division I: Freshwater ornamental fishes. Division II: Brackish water ornamental fishes. Division III: Marine ornamental fishes. 3. Anecdote of Ornamental Fish Keeping.  4. Fabrication and Setting Up of Aquarium. 5. Equipment, Accessories and Decors. 6. Water Quality Management. 7. Aquarium Plants. 8. Ornamental Invertebrates and Vertebrates.  9. Nutriment and Feeding of Ornamental Fishes. 10. Reproductive Strategies in Ornamental Fishes. 11. Transport of Ornamental Fishes.  12. Ornamental Fish Diseases and Their Control. 13. Application of Genetics and Biotechnology in Ornamental. 14. Application of Best Management Practices in Ornamental Fish Farming. 15. Entrepreneurship Development and Economics of Fish Breeding  and Culture Units.  16. The Potential Scope of Ornamental Fish Industry and the Trade.  Index.

Ornamental Fish in Hobby and Harvest is a journey into the fascinating world of ornamental fishes, through informative narration, enriched with tables, photographs, and diagrams. This book comprises sixteen chapters featuring almost all the intrinsic aspects of the subject. This publication on the worthwhile biological inquest is a valuable venture to fulfil the course requirement of undergraduate and post-graduate students. The author aspires that this endeavour will be highly beneficial to researchers, hobbyists and entrepreneurs alike.