Pelicier’s Perchlets (Plectranthias pelicieri) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Pelicier’s Anthias, Pelicier Hawk. Mottlet Perchlet or Red Blootched Perchlet are found in the Indian Ocean around the tropical west coast of Africa. Another distinct population exists in Melanesia; a sub region of Oceania, northeast of Australia. Pelicier’s Perchlets are an uncommon deepwater reef […]

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The Sagamai Perchlet (Plectranthias sagamiensis) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Threadtail Perchlet is a highly sought after deep water anthiadine species found in western Pacific waters from Japan, south to the Philippines and southern Indonesia. The Sagamai Perchlet was originally discovered in Sagami Bay, Honshu Japan where it gets its name, sagamiensis. […]

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The Cherry Sakura Anthias (Sacura margaritacea) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Cherry Anthias, Sakura Anthias or in Japan; Sakuradai, is a rare deep-water species of marine anthias native to the Northwest Pacific Ocean, the coastal waters of Japan and a unique population farther south. Cherry Sakura Anthias range extends across Eastern Asia […]

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Ignitus Anthias (Pseudanthias ignitus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Flame Anthias, Flame Basslet, Flame Fairy Basslet, Flame Fairy Anthias, and Indian Flame Anthias are found in the eastern Indian and far western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The range of the Flame Anthias extends into the Maldives, the Andaman Islands, the Similan […]

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Squarespot Anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Pink Square Anthias, Mirror Basslet or Squarespot Fairy Basslet is found throughout Indonesia, Micronesia and Samoa. Its range in the Pacific Ocean extends from Indonesia to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Rowley Shoals in the eastern Indian […]

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Purple Queen Anthias (Pseudanthias tuka) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Queen Purple Anthias, Amethyst Anthias, or Sailfin Anthias are Native to the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Its range extends from Mauritius, Maldives in the Indian Ocean; to the Philippines, Indonesia, Palau, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Society Islands in the Western and Central […]

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The Sunburst Anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Fathead Sunburst Anthias and Square Block Anthias are native to the Western Pacific Ocean. Its range is quite broad, stretching from the islands of southern Japan down to the northern coast of Australia It extends as far north as Taiwan and the […]

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Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Scalefin Anthias, Squamipinnis Anthias, Sea Goldie, and Orange Fairy Basslet is found throughout Indo-Pacific waters, from the Red Sea to the East Coast of Africa all the way to the outer islands of Polynesia in the Central Pacific. Lyretail Anthias are generally found […]

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The Dispar Anthias (Pseudanthias dispar) known to tropical fish keeping enthiusiasts as the Redfin Anthias, Lyretail Anthias, Peach Anthias, Nemanthias Lyretail, or Madder Seaperch, is widely distributed throughout the tropical Indo Pacific. Its range extends from the Red Sea and Christmas Island in the east Indian Ocean to the Line Islands, north to the Yaeyama […]

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The Bartlett’s Anthias (Pseudanthias bartlettorum) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Bartlett’s Fairy Bass is found in the western Pacific Ocean and ranges from Palau, Kosrae in the Caroline Islands, Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Tabuaeran in Kiribati and Tonga. The Bartlett’s Anthias is normally encountered in areas with strong currents […]

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The Blotched Anthias (Odontanthias borbonius) known to tropical fish keeping enthsiasts as the Borbonius Lyretail Anthias, Borbonius Anthias, or Blotchy Anthias is a rare deep water species that is native to the Western Indian Ocean; specificially around the Mauritius and Réunion islands. Blothched Anthias are are often found in loose groups or schools in the […]

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The Striped Blenny(Meiacanthus grammistes) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Striped Fang Blenny, Line-spot Harptail Blenny, Gammistes Blenny, or Striped Poison Fang Blenny is found in the Western Pacific Ocean and ranges from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea to the Ryukyu Islands. The Striped Blenny is a solitary combtooth blenny […]

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The Kenya Tree coral (Capnella) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Capnella coral, Cauliflower coral, Colt coral, Taro Tree Coral, Tree Coral, Broccoli Soft Coral, Brown Cauliflower Coral, Soft Tree Coral, African Tree Coral and Nepthea coral is found throughout the Indo Pacific with a range that extends from the coast of Africa […]

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The Panda Goby (Paragobiodon lacunicolus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Blackfin Coral Goby, Panda Clown Goby, Blackfin Goby, Panda Coral Goby, and Nano Goby is native to the islands of the Indo Australian Archipelago in the Western Pacific Ocean and ranges from the Seychelles and Chagos Islands to the Line and Tuamoto […]

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The Black Clown Goby (Gobiodon atricirratus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Azure Goby or Black Goby, is native to the Western Pacific Ocean, with a wide distribution throughout the coral rich waters of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Melanesia. Like all members of the Gobiodon genus, the Black Clown Goby  is a cryptic, coral […]

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The Court Jester Goby (Koumansetta rainfordi) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Rainford’s Goby or Old Glory Goby is found in the Western Pacific . Koumansetta rainfordi‘s range extends from the southern Great Barrier Reef in Australia to Tonga; north to Taiwan and the Philippines, and throughout Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, […]

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The Hi Fin Red Banded Goby (Stonogobiops nematodes) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Striped Goby, Blackray Shrimp Goby, Yellow Nose Goby, Filament-finned prawn-goby, Antenna Goby, High-fin Goby, Red-banded Goby, and Barber-pole Goby is native to the western Pacific and Indian Ocean from the Seychelles to the Philippines, and Bali. The Hi Fin […]

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The Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Algae Blenny, Sailfin Blenny, Sailfin Algae Blenny, Rock Blenny, or Jewelled Rockskipper is native to Indo Pacific waters, including the Red Sea, the western Pacific Ocean, and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Ranging from East Africa and the Red Sea, to […]

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The Midas Blenny (Ecsenius midas) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Midas Goby, Midas Cleaner Blenny, Yellow Blenny, Golden Midas Blenny, Lyretail Blenny, Persian Blenny or Yellowtail Blenny is is primarily found in the Indo-Pacific region from the Gulf of Aqaba and southeast coast of Africa, to the Marquesan Islands. Its range includes the […]

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The Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Tail-spot Combtooth-blenny, Stigma Blenny, or Tailspot Coralblenny is found in the Red Sea and Western Pacific Ocean and is native to the coastal waters of the Philippines and Indonesia. The Tail Spot Blenny is a peaceful herbivore that inhabit the rocky […]

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