Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Peninsula from Red Sea to Persian Gulf.
Size: 3 inches (7 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits coral and rocky outer reefs at depths between 3 to 65 feet (1 – 20 m) where it feeds mainly on planktonic crustaceans (copepods, mysis, and shrimp larvae), fish eggs, and algae.
General Husbandry: Quite drab, having a olive brown body with the tail fin greenish grey with a wide black band on each lobe and a narrow blue upper and lower edging.
No aquarium husbandry exists for this species.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Labroidei
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Chrominae
Genus: Chromis
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
