Common Name: Green / Spotted Scat
Species Name: Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Range: Widespread in the Indo-Pacific Ocean
Size: Up to 14 in (35 cm) wide and 26 in (67 cm) long
Natural Environment: Coastal estuaries and river entrances, including brackish water
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 77 - 82°F (25 - 28°C) and in the wild it is a scavenger and eats a wide range of things include excrements from other animals. Requires a varied diet with several feeding per day. Should also be supplied with a wide variety of vegetable matter. A good algae grazer and have tried them in my reef aquariums, where they appeared to be well behaved.
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.