Identification Prints

Identification prints and posters for the aquarium retailer

What aquarium identification prints does Animal Graphics make?

Animal Graphics produces large-format identification prints that name and picture the species a customer is looking at. The library covers marine fish and invertebrates, hard and soft corals, marine angelfishes, butterflyfishes, wrasses, mini-reef and predatory reef fishes, koi, Rift Lake cichlids, and a freshwater compatibility guide, each with common and scientific names plus informative text.

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What an identification print is for

An identification print does a job a price tag cannot. Hung above a sales system or a display tank, it turns a wall of unlabeled livestock into a browsable guide, so a shopper can match the fish in the water to its common name, its scientific name, and a line of care or origin information. That answers the first three questions a customer asks before they ever flag down staff, which shortens the sale and cuts the load on your team.

The prints are built around photographic plates grouped the way the hobby actually thinks: anemonefishes and anemones together, the butterflyfishes as a set, the hard corals on one sheet, the soft corals and mushroom anemones on another. A retailer can outfit a marine section, a freshwater wall, and a pond display from one consistent visual language rather than a patchwork of mismatched signage.

The print library, group by group

On the marine side the identification titles span anemonefishes and anemones, butterflyfishes, marine angelfishes, wrasses, mini-reef fishes, predatory reef fishes, hard corals, soft corals with mushroom anemones and zoanthids, and reef invertebrates. On the freshwater side the headline titles are koi, Lake Tanganyika cichlids, Lake Malawi cichlids, and a freshwater aquarium fish compatibility guide that customers read before they mix species in one tank.

Each title is a standalone reference, so you buy only the sections your store actually sells. A pure freshwater shop skips the coral plates; a coral-and-frag specialist leans into them. The compatibility guide earns its wall space in almost any store, because the question it answers, what can live with what, is the one that drives returns and unhappy customers when it goes unanswered.

Sizes, finishes, and where prints earn their keep

The identification prints are produced at a large display size suitable for hanging above tanks and racks, and a laminated finish is available for any title so it survives splashes, humidity, and the occasional wet hand on the sales floor. Laminate is the practical default in a fish room; an unlaminated print is fine in a dry office, a back room, or a framed display away from water.

Beyond the standard catalog titles, the same plates feed custom prints, transparencies, and backlit graphics for zoos and public aquariums that need to present information in low ambient light. If a retail title is close to what you need but not exact, the studio side can adapt it, which is covered under services.

What to look for

Choosing the right materials

Buy by the section you sell. Each title stands alone, so a freshwater store skips coral plates and a reef store leans in.
Choose laminated for the fish room. A laminated finish survives splashes and humidity; unlaminated suits dry display only.
Lead with the compatibility guide. The freshwater compatibility print answers the question that drives returns when unanswered.
Match plates to your livestock. Marine angelfishes, butterflyfishes, wrasses, and corals are grouped the way the hobby shops.
Plan for low-light displays. Zoos and aquariums can move the same images to backlit transparencies and duratrans.

From the catalog

Identification Prints materials

Each slot below is reserved for a catalog item we produce. Availability, sizes, and pricing are confirmed by request; we are filling these in as the catalog comes online.

Catalog item Marine identification print set (9 titles)

Feature the full reef-fish and invertebrate set as the hero offering.

Catalog item Freshwater identification print set (4 titles)

Koi, Tanganyika, Malawi, and the compatibility guide.

Catalog item Freshwater compatibility guide print

Strongest single-title pick for almost any store.

Catalog item Laminated finish upgrade

Offer on any title for fish-room durability.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is an aquarium identification print?

It is a large-format photographic poster that pictures a group of species with their common names, scientific names, and brief information. Retailers hang them above tanks and livestock racks so shoppers can identify what they are looking at without staff help, which shortens the sale.

Which identification print titles are available?

Marine titles cover anemonefishes and anemones, butterflyfishes, marine angelfishes, wrasses, mini-reef fishes, predatory reef fishes, hard corals, soft corals, and reef invertebrates. Freshwater titles cover koi, Lake Tanganyika cichlids, Lake Malawi cichlids, and a freshwater aquarium fish compatibility guide.

Are the prints durable enough for a fish room?

Yes, when laminated. A laminated finish is available on any title and stands up to the splashes, humidity, and handling of a working fish room. Unlaminated prints are best kept in a dry office, back room, or framed display away from water.

Can I buy just one print instead of a full set?

Yes. Every identification title is sold as a standalone reference, so you buy only the sections your store actually carries. Many freshwater-only stores start with the compatibility guide and koi titles and add marine plates later if they expand.

Do the prints show scientific names or just common names?

Both. Each plate pairs the common name a shopper uses with the scientific name staff and serious hobbyists rely on, plus a line of informative text. That dual naming is what makes the prints useful as a teaching tool, not just decoration.