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2881 articles- Two-spot Bristletooth (Ctenochaetus binotatus) Breeding GuideWhy Ctenochaetus binotatus is not bred at home: this Indo-Pacific bristletooth tang spawns pelagically and produces drifting acronurus larva
- Tomini Tang (Ctenochaetus tominiensis) Breeding GuideWhy Ctenochaetus tominiensis is not bred at home: this small bristletooth surgeonfish is a pelagic free-spawner whose acronurus larvae drift
- Lopez's Unicornfish (Naso lopezi) Breeding GuideWhy Naso lopezi is not bred at home: as a member of the unicornfish genus it is a pelagic free-spawner with drifting acronurus larvae and an
- Vlaming's Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) Breeding GuideWhy Naso vlamingii is not bred at home: this colour-changing unicornfish spawns in open-water aggregations with pelagic acronurus larvae and
- Spotted Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris) Breeding GuideWhy Naso brevirostris is not bred at home: this large unicornfish forms pelagic spawning aggregations and produces long-lived acronurus larv
- Bluespine Unicornfish (Naso unicornis): Breeding GuideNaso unicornis pair-spawns in open reef water and produces pelagic larvae. Its huge adult size and long planktonic stage make breeding it in
- Indian Naso Tang (Naso elegans): Breeding GuideNaso elegans is an Indian Ocean unicornfish related to N. lituratus that, like its genus, spawns in open water and produces pelagic larvae.
- Sohal Tang (Acanthurus sohal): Breeding GuideAcanthurus sohal is a large, intensely aggressive Red Sea surgeonfish that broadcasts eggs into the surge-swept reef edge. Its pelagic larva
- Indian Mimic Tang (Acanthurus tristis): Breeding GuideAcanthurus tristis is an Indian Ocean surgeonfish whose juveniles mimic the angelfish Centropyge eibli. It reproduces by open-water broadcas
- Mimic Lemonpeel Tang (Acanthurus pyroferus): Breeding GuideAcanthurus pyroferus is famous for juveniles mimicking Centropyge angelfish, but reproduction follows the genus: open-water broadcast spawni
- Chronixis Mimic Tang (Acanthurus chronixis): Breeding GuideAcanthurus chronixis is a rare, possibly atoll-endemic surgeonfish that reproduces by open-water broadcast spawning like its genus. Its pela
- Whitefreckled Tang (Acanthurus maculiceps): Breeding GuideAcanthurus maculiceps is an Indo-West Pacific surgeonfish that, like its relatives, broadcasts eggs into open reef water and produces plankt
- Powder Black Tang (Acanthurus nigricans): Breeding GuideAcanthurus nigricans shows facultative monogamous, territorial behavior and broadcasts its eggs into open water. Its pelagic acronurus larva
- Lined Tang (Acanthurus lineatus): Breeding GuideAcanthurus lineatus lives in male-controlled harems and spawns in pairs within aggregations, releasing pelagic eggs over the reef. Its drift
- Atlantic Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus): Breeding GuideAcanthurus coeruleus forms resident spawning aggregations and broadcasts its eggs into open Caribbean reef water. Its planktonic acronurus l
- Orange-shoulder Tang (Acanthurus olivaceus): Breeding GuideAcanthurus olivaceus reproduces by releasing eggs and sperm into open reef water, producing drifting acronurus larvae. This pelagic strategy
- White-cheek Tang (Acanthurus japonicus): Breeding GuideAcanthurus japonicus is a pelagic broadcast spawner that releases gametes into the open water column over reefs. Its planktonic acronurus la
- Achilles Tang Breeding GuideBreeding Acanthurus achilles: a Pacific surgeonfish that broadcast-spawns pelagic eggs producing acronurus larvae; it is not an established
- Black Long-nose Tang Breeding GuideBreeding Zebrasoma rostratum: a Central Pacific surgeonfish that broadcast-spawns pelagic eggs producing acronurus larvae; it is not a home-
- Gem Tang Breeding GuideBreeding Zebrasoma gemmatum: a rare western Indian Ocean surgeonfish that broadcast-spawns pelagic eggs producing acronurus larvae; it is no
- Desjardin's Sailfin Tang Breeding GuideBreeding Zebrasoma desjardinii: a large Indian Ocean surgeonfish that broadcast-spawns pelagic eggs into open water, producing acronurus lar
- Ambon Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis amboinensis: a Western Pacific demersal nest spawner where the male clears and guards a substrate nest, the female lays adh
- Yellow-fin Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis flavipectoralis: an Indian Ocean demersal nest spawner where the male clears and guards a substrate nest, the female lays a
- Yellow Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis nitida, the Barrier Reef Chromis: a demersal nest spawner from eastern Australia and one of the first chromis reared in cap
- Two-color Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis dimidiata: a Red Sea demersal nest spawner in which the male clears and guards a substrate nest, the female lays adhesive e
- Half-and-Half Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis retrofasciata: a small Western Pacific demersal nest spawner that lives among branching coral, with the male tending the ne
- Paletail Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis xanthura: a Western Pacific demersal spawner that nests in sand under ledges, with the male clearing and guarding the nest,
- Brown Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis multilineata: a Caribbean demersal nest spawner where the male tends a substrate nest, the female deposits adhesive eggs, a
- Blue Reef Chromis Breeding GuideBreeding Chromis cyaneus: a demersal nest spawner in which the male clears a substrate nest, the female lays adhesive eggs on it, and the ma
- Black-Axil Chromis (Chromis atripectoralis) Breeding GuideChromis atripectoralis is an oviparous Indo-Pacific chromis that lays demersal eggs adhering to the substrate, guarded and aerated by the ma
- Blue-Green Chromis (Chromis caerulea) Breeding GuideChromis caerulea belongs to the blue-green chromis (Chromis viridis) group, demersal nest spawners in which the male prepares and guards a n
- Blue-streak Damsel (Neoglyphidodon oxyodon) Breeding GuideNeoglyphidodon oxyodon is an oviparous Western Pacific damselfish that lays demersal eggs on the substrate, guarded and aerated by the male.
- Bowtie Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon melas) Breeding GuideNeoglyphidodon melas is an oviparous Indo-West Pacific damselfish that lays demersal eggs on the substrate, guarded and aerated by the male.
- Behn's Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon nigroris) Breeding GuideNeoglyphidodon nigroris is an oviparous Indo-West Pacific damselfish that lays demersal eggs on the substrate, guarded and aerated by the ma
- Cocoa Damselfish (Stegastes variabilis) Breeding GuideStegastes variabilis is a territorial Western Atlantic damselfish that lays demersal eggs on the substrate, guarded and aerated by the male.
- Longfin Damselfish (Stegastes diencaeus) Breeding GuideStegastes diencaeus is a territorial Caribbean algae-farming damselfish that lays demersal eggs on the substrate, guarded and aerated by the
- Sapphire Damsel (Pomacentrus pavo) Breeding GuidePomacentrus pavo is an oviparous Indo-Pacific damselfish that lays demersal eggs on the substrate, guarded and aerated by the male. Pelagic
- Charcoal Damsel (Pomacentrus brachialis) Breeding GuidePomacentrus brachialis is an oviparous damselfish that lays demersal eggs on the substrate, guarded and aerated by the male. Pelagic larvae
- Neon Damsel (Pomacentrus coelestis) Breeding GuidePomacentrus coelestis is an oviparous damselfish that deposits demersal eggs on the substrate, with males guarding and aerating the nest. It
- Allen's Damsel (Pomacentrus alleni) Breeding GuidePomacentrus alleni is an oviparous damselfish that lays demersal eggs adhering to the substrate, with males guarding and aerating the clutch
- Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) Breeding GuideDascyllus albisella is a Hawaiian endemic damselfish that spawns demersal eggs on the substrate, with males guarding and aerating the clutch
- Reticulated Dascyllus Breeding GuideHow the central Indo-Pacific Dascyllus reticulatus spawns demersal eggs that the male guards and aerates near branching coral, ahead of a ha
- Black-Tail Dascyllus Breeding GuideHow the western Pacific four-stripe humbug Dascyllus melanurus follows the damselfish pattern of demersal spawning and male egg care, with a
- Three-Spot Damsel Breeding GuideHow the Indo-Pacific domino damsel Dascyllus trimaculatus spawns demersal eggs that the male guards, with juveniles sheltering in anemones a
- Three-Stripe Damsel Breeding GuideHow the Indo-Pacific humbug Dascyllus aruanus spawns daily near its coral head, with the male building and guarding nests before a hard-to-r
- Springer's Damselfish Breeding GuideHow the small western Pacific Chrysiptera springeri follows the damselfish pattern of paired demersal spawning and male egg care, with a har
- Fiji Blue Devil Damsel Breeding GuideHow the western Pacific Chrysiptera taupou pairs to spawn, with the male guarding and tending the demersal eggs before a difficult pelagic l
- Arnaz's Damselfish Breeding GuideHow Chrysiptera arnazae, a small Indonesia/PNG reef damsel described in 2010, spawns demersal eggs that the male guards and aerates ahead of
- Starck's Damsel Breeding GuideHow the western Pacific Chrysiptera starcki pairs to spawn, with the male preparing a rubble nest and defending the eggs before a difficult
- Blue Devil Damsel Breeding GuideHow the Indo-Pacific blue devil Chrysiptera cyanea pairs to spawn demersal eggs that the male guards and aerates, ahead of a hard-to-rear pe