Common Name: Rosy Basslet
Species Name: Lipogramma roseum Robins & Colin, 1979
Range: Western Central Atlantic Ocean: Isla de Providencia to Puerto Rico
Size: up to 2 inches (5 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit shallow reefs at depths of 15 to 100 feet (5 - 30 m)
General Husbandry: Prefer a temperature range of 72 - 79ºF (22 - 26ºC) and natural diet consist mainly of zooplankton. May eat small shrimp and bristle worms. Feed meaty/freeze-dried foodstuffs twice a day, and needs numerous hiding places and a dimly lit environment Not normally found in the aquarium trade - described here for identification purpose should it show up in the trade.
Aquarium Suitability: *
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* - Suited for the reef aquarium;
** - Better suited for the fish-only aquarium;
*** - Better left in nature;
**** - Needing an aquarium larger than 125 gallons; and,
***** - Needing their own private environment/special tankmates.