Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Western Indian Ocean: Kenya to Sodwana Bay, South Africa.
Size: 2 inches (4 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits urchin spines in tidepools and usually found at depths between 15 – 85 feet (5 – 25 m) where it feeds on crustaceans/zooplankton during evening hours.
General Husbandry: Has a silvery overall color, and is quite rare in the wild where it lives among the spines of urchins. As of 2016, not collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Siphamia
FYI: Shown here for identification only.