Title: Identify fish suitable for home aquaria.
Course: Small Animal Care I (18102-36) > Section: Caring for and Managing Fish

Identification should include

- common terms used for fish, including male and female internal and external anatomy
- the major types of fish suitable for home aquaria
- the characteristics of each type.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a fish’s scientific classification (e.g., kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species)?
- What are the four classes of fish? How do they differ?
- What are the dangers of adding too many fish at once into a new aquarium?
- Why is it important to know the feeding habits and other behaviors of different fish species before putting them together into the same aquarium?
- Why is it important to select the species of fish prior to setting up and equipping the aquarium?