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Sphagnum magellanicum, commonly called Magellanic bogmoss, Magellan's sphagnum, Magellan's peatmoss or midway peat moss, is a widespread species of moss found in wet boreal forest in the far south and southwest of South America and in northern North America and Eurasia.

Sphagnum magellanicum at the Sphagnum cultivation at the Universität Greifswald and the Greifswald Moor Centrum. (alt text from Wikimedia)

Copeina guttata, the red-spotted tetra or red spotted copeina, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lebiasinidae, the pencifishes, splashing tetras and related fishes.

Title: The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes
Identifier: completeaquarium00inne (find matches)
Year: 1936 (1930s)
Authors: Innes, William T. (William Thornton), 1874-1969
Subjects: Aquariums; Goldfish
Publisher: New York, Halcyon house
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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Fig. 267. Pristella riddlei (Slightly reduced) Although not brightly colored, this little fish has many admirers. Milk-white spots on dorsal and anal fins, immediately adjoining intense black, spots, make an outstanding effect, especially as the fish is very active. We do not often meet with opaque white in fins. Lower dot in dorsal is yellow; tail is reddish. From Venezuela and Guiana and the lower reaches of the Amazon. Breeding habits, page 238 (No. 5). 1 1 . â ' \ â : â :â â .' 'â L. j . -J Fig. 268. Copeina guttata (Also known as Pyrrhulina guttata) (Life size) An outstanding aquarium fish on account of its delicate lavender shade and some- what unusual fin formation. It is a suitable member for a "happy family" aquarium. Breeding habits, page 238 (No. 5). 272

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Campylomormyrus numenius, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa: in the Pool Malebo, in the middle Congo River and its northern tributaries, and in the Lualaba, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Nymphaea gigantea, commonly known as the giant waterlily or blue waterlily, is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Nymphaeaceae which is native to parts of northern and eastern Australia, and possibly New Guinea, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere.

The giant waterlily (Nymphaea gigantea) along with the water snowflake (Nymphoides indica), in natural habitat near Ingham, Queensland, September 2014 (alt text from Wikimedia)

Andreaea nivalis, commonly known as snow rock-moss, is a species of moss in the Andreaea family found in Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Greenland, Spain, Japan, Russia and Poland.

Snow Rock Moss (Andreaea nivalis) (alt text from Wikimedia)