The Lemonpeel Angelfish (Centropyge flavissimus) Marshall Islands The Lemonpeel Angelfish (Centropyge flavissimus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Dwarf Lemonpeel Angel is found throughout Indo-Pacific oceans however, specimens have been reported inhabiting the reefs in Kaneohe Bay off Oahu, Hawaii as well as off the coast of Florida.   They are not endemic to the […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Scooter Blenny (Synchiropus ocellatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Ocellated Dragonet, Scooter dragonet, Red scooter dragonet, Red scooter blenny, Starry dragonet, or Stellate dragonet is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to the Marquesan Islands. The Scooter Blenny, actually a dragonet (not part of the blenny family) is […]

The Black Back Butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Black-backed Butterflyfish, Melannotus Butterflyfish or Blackback Butterflyfish is widespread through the Indo-Pacific region. It’s range extends from the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, northward to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island, and throughout Micronesia. The Black Back Butterflyfish […]

Sunset Butterflyfish (Chaetodon pelewensis) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Dot Dash Butterflyfish, Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish, Spotbanded Butterflyfish, Pelewensis Butterflyfish, and erroneously the Punctato Butterflyfish, is found on coral reefs in the South Pacific Ocean. In the southern Pacific Ocean its range extends from Papua New Guinea to the Tuamotu Archipelago.   It is abundant in […]

The Punctato Butterflyfish (Chaetodon punctatofasciatus), known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Dot Dash Butterflyfish, Spotband Butterflyfish, or Spot-band Butterflyfish, are found in the Indo West Pacific Ocean from Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Rowley Shoals and the northern Great […]

The Margined Butterfly (Chelmon marginalis) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Western Beaked Butterflyfish, Willemawillum, Three-Stripe Butterflyfish, Marginalis Butterflyfish, and Margined Coralfish is endemic to Australia and ranges from the Houtman Abrolhos in Western Australia, around the coasts of northern Australia to the northern Great Barrier Reef, and the reefs in the Coral […]

Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Beaked Butterflyfish, Beaked Coralfish, or Orange Stripe Butterfly are found in the Western Pacific from Andaman Sea to the Ryukyu Islands, and Australia. Copperband Butterflyfish are usually encountered as single fish or in pairs in estuaries, silty inner reefs, and rocky shorelines of […]

The Black Tang (Zebrasoma rostratum) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Black Longnose Tang, Longnose Surgeonfish, Longnose Tang, and Longnose Sailfin Tang is an uncommon species found in the western central Pacific Ocean. In the Eastern Pacific, the Black Tang is found in the Line, Marquesas, Society, Tuamoto, and Pitcairn Island groups and […]

The Orangeshoulder Tang (Acanthurus olivaceus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Orange Epaulette Surgeonfish, Orangespot Surgeonfish, Orangeband Surgeonfish, Olive Tang, Yellow Orange Tang, and Orangeshoulder Surgeonfish is found throughout tropical Indo-West Pacific waters. The Orangeshoulder Tang ranges from Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands to southern Japan; Western, North, and Eastern Australia, Indonesia, […]

Black Cap Basslet (Gramma melacara) is a deep water species found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and range from the West Indies to the Bahamas. Black Cap Basslets are a peaceful, solitary species that inhabit the outer vertical reef slopes and drop offs at depths from 35 to 600 feet. Although they are occasionally […]

Domino Damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as 3-Spot Domino Damselfish, Three Spot Damselfish, or Threespot Dascyllus are native to the Indo Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa, to the Pitcairn Islands, southern Japan, areas of the Phillippines, and Australia. Adults Domino Damselfish are usually found in small groups around […]

The Interruptus Angel (Centropyge interruptus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Japanese Angelfish or Japanese Pygmy Angelfish is another rare species found in relatively large concentrations in Southern and Central Japan, and in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway and Kure. The Interruptus Angel is a relatively peaceful species that in nature grows up […]

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 […]

The Ruby Red Dragonet (Synchiropus sycorax) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Ruby Dragonet, Moyer’s Dragonet, and Red Wine Scooter Dragonet is only found around Jolo Island within the Sulu Peninsula in the Philippines. The Ruby Red Dragonet is a deep water dragonet that is found alone, in pairs, and occasionally in small […]

The Bristletooth Tomini Tang (Ctenochaetus Tominiensis) known to tropical fish keeping enthuisiasts as the Tomini Surgeonfish and Flame Fin Tang is found in the Western Central Pacific and ranges from Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern Great Barrier Reef, Solomon Islands, Palau, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga. Although Bristletooth Tomini Tangs are commonly found in […]

The Blue Damselfish (Chrysiptera cyanea) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Blue Devil Damselfish, Orangetail Damselfish, Orangetail Blue Damselfish, Red tail Australian Damsel, Blue Demoiselle, Sky Blue Damsel, Sapphire Devil, Devilfish, Hedleys Damselfish, Cornflower Serteant Major, and Blue Devil. Blue Damselfish are common throughout Indo West Pacific waters along the eastern edge of […]

Although the Venezuelan Red Sailfin Cory Catfish (Corydoras aeneus) or Red Sailfin Venezuelan Cory Catfish is said to be found throughout much of South America from Colombia and Trinidad in the north, to as far south as the Río de la Plata drainage on the border of Uruguay and Argentina; true Corydoras aeneus “venezuela” are […]

The Head and Tail Light Tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Beacon Fish originates in South America in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins, parts of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru and Brazil.   Because of its popularity with tropical fish keeping enthusiasts worldwide, they are bred in huge numbers for […]