Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to Line and Tuamoto Islands, and north to Southern Japan and south to Great Barrier Reef and Rapa.
Size: 4 inches (10 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits sheltered lagoons and reefs, and found near crevices and caves during the day. Usually found at depths between 10 – 85 feet (3 – 25 m) where it feeds on small fishes and crustaceans/zooplankton during evening hours.
General Husbandry: Husbandry: Has a silvery coppery body with a dark saddle on the upper caudal peduncle. As of 2016, not yet purposely collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Apogon/Nectamia
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
Can technically be found also listed as: Nectamia savayensis.
