Saltwater Tropical Fish

Three Band Pennant Butterfly Fish - also known as the Coralfish, has a tall dorsal fin that feathers out like a pennant. The body has three brown stripes on a white background with a brown stripe over the eye, and yellow around the mouth. A peaceful fish, it can be paired off if placed in the tank together. Compatible with dartfish, cardinalfish, clownfish, hogfish, parrotfish. Grows to 7”. Requires tank of 80 gallons or more with rock overhangs for a den. Omnivorous, but would benefit from presence of live rock.

Scarlet Fin Soldier - also known as the Tahitian Squirrelfish, it is a bright red, with thin, white horizontal stripes. Can be kept in small groups if the aquarium is 70 gallons or more and provides lots of swimming and hiding places. A nocturnal fish that hides during the day or when the light is on, and feeds at night. Compatible with tangs and surgeons, and likes live rock. Grows to 9”.

Firefish Goby - also known simply as the Firefish, its head is yellow, the anterior portion of the elongated body is white, and the end of the body is colored in red to orange. The dorsal fin, tail, and anal fin are heavily outlined in black. In the wild, they are found in small groups over a reef. In a saltwater aquarium, as a small fish, they can be kept either in pairs or small groups if the capacity is 30-gallons or greater. Compatible with dragonets, foxfish, hawkfish, jawfish. Grows to 3”.

Maculosus Angelfish - also known as the Yellowbar Angelfish. Juvenile fish of 2” are a deep blue, outlined with metallic blue. There are vertical white bars on the body and a yellow tail. As the fish matures, the white bars disappear, and are replaced by a single vertical bar. At 4”, the vertical bar turns a bright yellow, and a neon blue pattern appears. Semi-aggressive and hard to breed, it is recommended to keep only one in a 100-gallon tank. Not good for reef aquariums, due to their appetite for soft coral. Compatible with batfish, groupers, puff fish, anglers and grunts. Grows to 12”.

Ocellaris Clownfish - also known as the False Percula Clownfish and False Clown Anemonefish, because of the similarity in patterns. A medium orange color with irregular white stripes, they tend to darken with age. A peaceful fish that can be kept in pairs, they are also easy to breed. Compatible with damsels, gobies, grunts, wrasse, dragon nets and file fish. Grows to 4”.

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