In this post, we will see the book Multicoloured Fins by V. Datskevich.

About the book

A little book describing various colourful fish and habits and habitats. It describes various tropical and non-tropical fish which are reared in aquariums.

The book was translated from Russian by was published in by Publishers.

You can get the book here.

PS: This book brings back special memories for me. Till some years back I had two planted aquariums which hosted a variety of fish. One of the tanks had wild guppies and other fish collected from various streams and lakes. I used river sand as a substrate and plants would be very healthy. I have had vallisneria, hydrilla, ludwigia, amazon swords, cadomba, water ferns along with several other aquatic plants, though crown were water lilies which would continuously flower in the tanks. I have had almost all fish mentioned in the book at some point of time, so it was refreshing to know a bit more about them and their scientific names as well.