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Fish Spotlight – Anampses lennardi

by | Apr 13, 2017 | Fish, Reef, Science

This week our featured fish spotlight is A. lennardi.  This extremely rare and beautiful wrasse is seldom imported into the United State but if you are lucky enough to find one of these fish and it’s in your budget then this is a wrasse you might want to consider for your reef aquarium.  This week in fact, Quality Marine received in some of these fish for the first time in several years.   A. lennardi, also known as Lennard’s wrasse, has neon blue and yellow horizontal lines and it ranges from the Eastern Indian Ocean to Northwestern Australia but it is seldom available in the US aquarium trade.  It’s not that the fish is so rare in the wild.  The rarity has more to do with where the

Halichoeres chrysus: A Hardy Little “Banana with Fins” That’s Just Right for Beginners

by | Apr 2, 2017 | Fish, Science

Yellow coris wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) Known by a variety of common names—banana wrasse, canary wrasse, golden wrasse, yellow coris, et al—Halichoeres chrysus is hardy, readily available, reasonably affordable, well suited to modest-sized systems, and among the better choices for beginners. Of course, owing to all these positive attributes, this wrasse is justifiably popular among many seasoned salties, as well. Physical traits I like to describe the typical wrasse body shape as akin to a banana with fins, which is especially apt for H. chrysus given its coloration. That color, as most of its common names imply, is bright yellow to orange-yellow overall with one to several dark ocelli, or eyespots, in the dorsal fin. Faint green streaks may also be visible on the head. Maximum length is around 4½ inches. Feeding In nature, H.

Eightline Flasher Wrasse in the Wild

by | Jan 11, 2017 | Fish, Photography

As anyone who reads me posts knows, I spend a fair bit of time photographing the fish and reefs of the Red Sea. As you can imagine, I’ve developed a fascination with species that are endemic to the region, of which there are quite a...