Source transparency

• Species care sheets and sizing guidance from widely used aquarium references and serious hobby publishers.
• Where available, primary taxonomic or fisheries sources for naming and range, used carefully for aquarium context.
• Conservation of conflicting hobby advice: when two good sources disagree on temperature or tank size, we record the more conservative planning value unless we have a strong reason not to.
• Community knowledge only when it repeats across independent, experienced sources, not single viral posts.

Many profiles include a sources list: titled links with short notes about what each link supports (for example, temperature range vs adult size). Those URLs are stored as provided; Fishori does not invent citations. If a profile has no URLs yet, treat the numbers as a careful starting point until you verify them yourself.

Aquarium writing contradicts itself constantly, especially for maximum size and “minimum tank.” When that happens, we prefer the interpretation that avoids the most painful beginner failure modes: stunting, chronic aggression from crowding, and predation on obvious size gaps. That can mean a profile reads stricter than your favourite YouTube channel. That is intentional.

researchStatus describes internal review depth (for example, whether a record still needs verification). It is not a peer-review badge. It is honesty about how far we have cross-checked the file.

sourceConfidence is a coarse read on how solid the numbers feel given what is linked and how tightly the fields line up. Low confidence does not mean “wrong”; it means “check this species twice before you spend money.” None of this is scientific certainty: aquarium care is messy, and Fishori stays explicitly conservative.

evidenceNotes are short, human-readable remarks on a profile: where a number came from, why we chose a conservative tank minimum, disagreements we noticed, or gaps we still have. They are meant for transparency, not marketing copy. If a note says we are uncertain, believe it.