Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Chagos Islands and Japan.
Size: 3 inches (9 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits deep protected rocky reefs and usually found at depths between 100 – 200 feet (30 – 60 m) where it feeds on small fishes and crustaceans/zooplankton during evening hours.
General Husbandry: Has a silvery body with a dark spot on the caudal peduncle. As of 2016, not collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Apogon/Ostorhinchus
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
Can technically be found also listed as: Ostorhinchus fukuii.