02 / Aquatic collection
Aquatics extends the cabinet below the waterline: a record of residents, environments, behavior, and care.
Six organism records now span freshwater and marine life, with identifications kept as exact—and as qualified—as the photographs allow.
Organism index
Each record pairs a representative portrait with the visual traits used for identification. Domestic lineages, branded strains, and look-alike marine species stay qualified where a photograph cannot support a narrower claim.
Aquatic record
AQ–01Poecilia cf. sphenops · domestic strain
A domestic short-fin molly with a yellow ground color and irregular black marbling. Commercial fancy-molly ancestry is not fully traceable, so the identification is recorded conservatively.
Aquatic record
AQ–02Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
A high-bodied South American tetra recognized by two dark shoulder bars and its broad, dark anal ‘skirt.’
Aquatic record
AQ–03Balantiocheilos melanopterus
A juvenile Southeast Asian cyprinid—not a true shark—showing a silver body, deeply forked tail, and distinct black fin margins.
Aquatic record
AQ–04Paracheirodon innesi
The iridescent blue lateral stripe and red band restricted to the rear half distinguish this species from the cardinal tetra.
Aquatic record
AQ–05Briareum sp.
An encrusting colonial octocoral forming a dense field of fluorescent-green, eight-tentacled polyps. Identification is retained at genus because separating Briareum species depends heavily on microscopic sclerites and specimen provenance.
Aquatic record
AQ–06Artemia sp. · branded captive strain
A small captive colony of brine shrimp raised from dormant cysts. The animals first appeared as translucent nauplii with constant, jerking movement before developing into visibly shrimp-like juveniles.
New aquatics import
These photographs reinforce records already in the index. They are filed as supplementary plates, preserving both the images and the distinction between a new photograph and a new resident.
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
An anatomical close-up filed against the existing resident record rather than counted as a second animal.
Paracheirodon innesi
An environmental plate that preserves the fish in the visual context of its planted freshwater system.
Artemia sp.
A close observational plate making the otherwise minute animals legible within their branded aquarium habitat.
Systems archive
The collection is also organized by habitat. Each system record pairs an overall view with a closer detail, keeping scale, layout, and the surrounding equipment legible.
System record
TK–01The largest freshwater system in the cabinet: a bow-front display organized around pale branching wood, a planted midground, and open swimming water.
System record
TK–02A compact planted system shaped around one sculptural driftwood form, dark substrate, and a long-finned betta moving through the right side of the tank.
System record
TK–03A compact marine system built from sand and porous rockwork, with corals, an anemone, and clownfish documented under blue reef lighting.
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