Common Name: Sand Tilefish / Sand Blanquillo
Species Name: Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1787)
Range: Western Atlantic Ocean: North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Honduras, Venezuela, and to Southeast Atlantic: Ascension Island
Size: Up to 24 in (60 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit shallow reef areas and builds mounds of rubble near grassbeds
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 81°F (22 - 27°C) and a natural diet of benthic invertebrate and small fishes. Requires a meaty diet, and requires two or three feedings per day. Not seen in the trade that I know of. Shown here for identification only.
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.