Common Name: Sailfin Dottyback
Species Name: Oxycercichthys velifera (Lubbock 1980)
Range: Western Pacific Ocean: Philippines, Indonesia, and Great Barrier Reef
Size: up to 5 inches (12.5 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit inshore reefs
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 75 - 79°F (24 - 26°C). Natural diet consist mainly of zooplankton and benthic crustaceans. Feed meaty/freeze-dried foodstuffs. They are far too aggressive to be kept with fish its own coloration, size or smaller. Even though it's safe with corals, it's not safe with tubeworms and shrimp. May even attack fish larger than itself! Rarely seen in the trade.
Aquarium Suitability: * * * * *
Anemonefishes - Angelfishes - Anthias - Assessors - Bannerfish - Basslets (Dottybacks and Grammas) - Batfishes - Blennies - Boxfishes - Brotulas - Butterflyfishes - Cardinalfishes - Catfishes - Cuttlefish - Damselfishes - Dartfishes - Dragonets - Drums - Eels - Filefishes - Flashlight fishes - Flatheads - Frogfishes - Goatfishes - Gobies - Groupers - Hamlets - Hawkfishes - Helmut Gurnards - Jacks - Jawfishes - Lion fishes - Livebearing Brotula - Lizardfishes - Mollies - Moorish Idol - Parrotfishes - Pinecone fishes - Pipefishes - Porcupine fishes - Pufferfishes - Rabbitfishes - Rays - Sand Perches - Scats - Scorpionfishes - Seabasses - Seahorses - Sea Moths - Sharks - Shrimpfishes - Snappers - Soldierfishes - Spinecheeks - Squirrelfishes - Surgeonfishes (Tangs) - Sweetlips - Tilefishes - Triggerfishes - Trumpetfishes - Wrasses
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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.