The small, attractive juvenile form of the Twinspot Wrasse is most often seen in the aquarium trade, but don’t be fooled – this fish will turn from white with orange eyespots and black dots to a dark green monster when it matures. They typically reach about two feet long in captivity, [...]
The Bluehead wrasse is a beautiful, outgoing wrasse. In the wild it cleans larger fish and feeds on small fish, bristleworms, and crustaceans. Even mantis shrimps are on the menu. It won’t eat live corals, but it will consume any shrimp, crabs, sessile invertebrates or marine worms such as [...]
The Richmond Wrasse is a popular but infrequently offered wrasse for reef aquariums. Females and juveniles are pale green with orange stripes and two false eye spots. Males have iridescent blue lips, fin edges, and smooth blue stripes on a burgundy face. The males’ prominent orange stripes [...]
The Splendor Wrasse is a really colorful wrasse from the Red Sea that doesn’t get too large, usually reaching a length of about 1 foot. You can often find small individuals of about 6-8 inches with full color. It is not as aggressive as some of the other hogfish and needs plenty of hiding [...]
The Twinspot Maori (Oxycheilinus bimaculatus) is an aggressive fish that reaches a max size of about 6 inches. It’s identified by its spade shaped tail, which comes to a long point. They will eat many prepared foods including pellets and flakes. They will also eat small invertebrates so if [...]
The Snooty Wrasse is a smaller hogfish that grows to about 3 or 4 inches and usually aren’t that aggressive. Like the other hogfish, they will eat small invertebrates, so if you place them into a reef tank you need to take that into consideration. Does well in FO or FOWLR tanks and can be [...]
A wrasse from the Red Sea that shows up for sale from time to time in LFS. Comes in a number of different colors and markings and can be confused with other wrasses, usually the Ring Tail or the Napoleon Wrasse. Adult coloration is an iridescent purple with purple stripes on and around the head; [...]