ACANTHURIDAE Acanthurus sohal The sohal tang is one of the most beautiful of the Acanthurids. It can accept artificial vegetable food, but it prefers to feed on brine shrimps and ground mussels. Its territorial behavior sometimes makes it aggressive. Size: 25 cm. Naso brevirostris Young longnose unicorn fish do not have a horn. A related […]
LIVE FISH ACANTHURIDAE (TANGS) Native to the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, the tangs are less common in the Atlantic ocean. An upright spine on the caudal peduncle has earned them the alternative name of surgeonfish, as this spine resembles a scalpel. It plays a defensive role and can represent a danger […]
ZANCLIDAE SIGANIDAE These are distinguished by spiny spokes which secrete a venomous substance. A prick is painful for an aquarist, although not as much as one caused by a lionfish (but it is still advisable to consult a doctor). These small-mouthed fish are herbivorous. Siganus Several of these species are commercially available. The peaceful rabbitfish […]
LIVE FISH Bodianus mesothorax The young are brown-black with dark patches on the fins that disappear in the bicolor adult. The harpfish swims continuously, and it must therefore be given a large space with room to move about, although the aquarium must also provide it with shelters. The adults do not tolerate members of their […]
LABRIDAE Gomphosus coeruleus The birdmouth wrasse can live in couples, but two males will not tolerate each other. it is easy to keep and its feeding poses no special problems. The adult male is greenblue, the female brown-purple. Size: 30 cm male), 20 cm (female). Labroides dimidiatus This wrasse is “cleaning” an Acanthurus […]