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 numeric fields as planning defaults 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.