Species Profiles
2402 articles- Mystic Sunset Chalice (Echinophyllia sp.) Care GuideThe Mystic Sunset Chalice is an aquacultured Echinophyllia sp. colour morph; a slow-growing plating chalice whose care follows the Echinophy
- Watermelon Chalice (Echinophyllia sp.) Care GuideThe Watermelon Chalice is an aquacultured Echinophyllia sp. colour morph named for its green-and-red coloration; care follows the Echinophyl
- Echinophyllia aspera (Chalice Coral) Care GuideEchinophyllia aspera is a widespread Indo-Pacific chalice coral with plating, encrusting growth and bright corallite eyes; IUCN status Least
- Mycedium elephantotus (Elephant Skin Coral) Care GuideMycedium elephantotus is a laminar Indo-Pacific chalice coral with outward-pointing, nose-shaped corallites; common on sheltered reefs.
- Merulina ampliata (Ridge Coral) Care GuideMerulina ampliata is a widespread Indo-Pacific stony coral forming laminar plates with fan-like ridges; IUCN status Least Concern.
- Psammocora stellata (Cactus Coral) Care GuidePsammocora stellata is an Indo-Pacific small-polyp stony coral with a granular surface that grows encrusting before forming thick branches;
- Leptastrea purpurea (War Coral) Care GuideLeptastrea purpurea is a hardy, encrusting Indo-Pacific stony coral known for high thermal tolerance and a brooding reproductive strategy.
- Sphaerocaryum malaccense Care GuideSphaerocaryum malaccense is a rare Asian grass with narrow blades; an experimental aquarium plant used as a midground texture.
- Trichocoronis rivularis Care GuideTrichocoronis rivularis (accepted name Shinnersia rivularis), the Mexican oak leaf, is a fast-growing stem plant from Mexico and Texas.
- Limnophila 'Mini Vietnam' Care GuideLimnophila sp. 'Mini Vietnam' is a compact Asian stem plant with fine whorled leaves, suited as a delicate midground accent with CO2.
- Marsilea drummondii Care GuideMarsilea drummondii, the Australian nardoo, is an aquatic clover fern that forms a low foreground carpet under modest light.
- Ammannia 'Bonsai' Care GuideAmmannia sp. 'Bonsai' is a compact aquarium stem plant; its flowers identify it as true Rotala indica (family Lythraceae).
- Fissidens nobilis Care GuideFissidens nobilis is a feathery freshwater moss from tropical Asia, grown attached to hardscape under low light in planted aquariums.
- Nitella flexilis Care GuideNitella flexilis, the smooth stonewort, is a soft, fine-branched charophyte green alga of the family Characeae that lacks the calcification
- Chara vulgaris Care GuideChara vulgaris, the common stonewort, is a calcified charophyte green alga of the family Characeae that thrives in hard, alkaline fresh wate
- Ottelia mesenterium Care GuideOttelia mesenterium is a Sulawesi endemic of the family Hydrocharitaceae with strongly undulate leaves; a collector species that is very dif
- Ottelia alismoides Care GuideOttelia alismoides (duck lettuce) is an aquatic plant of the family Hydrocharitaceae with rosettes of broad leaves and white floating flower
- Aponogeton natans Care GuideAponogeton natans is a South Asian species of the family Aponogetonaceae from wetlands and rice fields, suited to shallow tanks and paludari
- Aponogeton rigidifolius Care GuideAponogeton rigidifolius is a Sri Lankan species of the family Aponogetonaceae with stiff, strap-like dark-green leaves, used as a slow-growi
- Limnocharis flava Care GuideLimnocharis flava is a marsh emergent of the family Alismataceae with triangular leaves and yellow flowers, suited to paludariums and margin
- Sunburst Anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus) Care GuideSerranocirrhitus latus is a secretive Western Pacific anthias that often swims upside down beneath caves and overhangs.
- Peach Fairy Anthias (Mirolabrichthys dispar) Care GuideMirolabrichthys dispar, the peach fairy anthias, lives along shallow outer reef slopes with moderate currents in the Pacific.
- Purple Queen Anthias (Mirolabrichthys tuka) Care GuideMirolabrichthys tuka, the purple queen anthias, forms large aggregations along reef drop-offs and is a demanding plankton feeder.
- Bicolor Anthias (Pseudanthias bicolor) Care GuidePseudanthias bicolor, a synonym of Nemanthias bicolor, is an Indo-Pacific anthias of lagoon patch reefs and outer reef slopes.
- Truncated Anthias (Pseudanthias truncatus) Care GuidePseudanthias truncatus is a synonym of the stocky anthias Pseudanthias hypselosoma, an Indo-Pacific anthias of protected lagoon reefs.
- Flame Anthias (Pseudanthias ignitus) Care GuidePseudanthias ignitus is an Indian Ocean anthias of clear-water outer reef slopes that lives in harems and feeds on zooplankton.
- Ventralis Anthias (Pseudanthias ventralis) Care GuidePseudanthias ventralis is a secretive deep-water Pacific anthias from caves and drop-offs, considered difficult to maintain.
- Redbar Anthias (Pseudanthias parvirostris) Care GuidePseudanthias parvirostris is a small, deep-water Indo-West Pacific anthias that forms harems on outer reef slopes.
- Yellowfin Anthias (Pseudanthias flavicauda) Care GuidePseudanthias flavicauda is a small western Pacific anthias known from Fiji and Tonga, found on deeper reefs.
- Randall's Anthias (Pseudanthias randalli) Care GuidePseudanthias randalli is a western Pacific anthias of deep drop-offs and channel walls, found in small groups.
- Lori's Anthias (Pseudanthias lori) Care GuidePseudanthias lori is an Indo-Pacific anthias of deeper drop-offs that feeds on crustacean larvae and fish eggs.
- Resplendent Anthias (Pseudanthias pulcherrimus) Care GuidePseudanthias pulcherrimus is a deep-reef anthias of the western Indian Ocean that lives in small groups near caves and ledges.
- Squarespot Anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) Care GuidePseudanthias pleurotaenia is a Pacific anthias whose males bear a square flank patch; it is a protogynous hermaphrodite.
- Yellowstripe Anthias (Pseudanthias tuka) Care GuidePseudanthias tuka is an Indo-West Pacific anthias that feeds on planktonic crustaceans and fish eggs over outer reef slopes.
- Evans's Anthias (Pseudanthias evansi) Care GuidePseudanthias evansi is an Indian Ocean anthias that feeds on zooplankton in groups over outer reef slopes.
- Dispar Anthias (Pseudanthias dispar) Care GuidePseudanthias dispar is a schooling Pacific anthias that feeds on zooplankton along outer reef slopes.
- Bluestriped Fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) Care GuidePlagiotremus rhinorhynchos is an Indo-Pacific fangblenny that mimics the cleaner wrasse and bites scales and mucus from other fish.
- Red-spotted Rockskipper (Blenniella chrysospilos) Care GuideBlenniella chrysospilos is a small Indo-Pacific combtooth blenny that grazes algae on shallow surge-swept reef flats.
- Chestnut Eyelash-Blenny (Cirripectes castaneus) Care GuideCirripectes castaneus is an Indo-West Pacific algae-grazing blenny of wave-swept reef flats, bearing fringes of cirri on the head.
- Dusky Blenny (Atrosalarias fuscus) Care GuideAtrosalarias fuscus is a dark algae-grazing blenny of the Indo-Pacific that shelters among live and dead coral branches.
- Floral Blenny (Petroscirtes mitratus) Care GuidePetroscirtes mitratus is a small Indo-Pacific sabretooth blenny of shallow lagoons that nests in empty mollusc shells.
- Canary Fangblenny (Meiacanthus oualanensis) Care GuideMeiacanthus oualanensis is a fang blenny endemic to Fiji, named after the island of Ovalau in the western central Pacific.
- Striped Poison-Fang Blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) Care GuideMeiacanthus grammistes is a venomous striped fang blenny of the western Pacific, mimicked by the blenny Petroscirtes breviceps.
- Smith's Fangblenny (Meiacanthus smithi) Care GuideMeiacanthus smithi is a fang blenny of the Indo-West Pacific, found on coastal and inner reefs of Sri Lanka and the Java Sea.
- Mozambique Fangblenny (Meiacanthus mossambicus) Care GuideMeiacanthus mossambicus is a fang blenny of the western Indian Ocean, found over reefs with light to moderate coral cover.
- Blackline Fangblenny (Meiacanthus nigrolineatus) Care GuideMeiacanthus nigrolineatus is a venomous fang blenny of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, feeding on zooplankton above the reef.
- Forktail Blenny (Meiacanthus atrodorsalis) Care GuideMeiacanthus atrodorsalis is a venomous fang blenny of the western Pacific, feeding on zooplankton and small benthic invertebrates.
- Yaeyama Blenny (Ecsenius yaeyamaensis) Care GuideEcsenius yaeyamaensis is a small Indo-West Pacific combtooth blenny that grazes algae on shallow coastal reefs.
- Gulf Blenny (Ecsenius pulcher) Care GuideEcsenius pulcher is a combtooth blenny restricted to the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and adjacent coasts; it is benthic and lays demersal adh
- Hartzfeld's Cardinalfish (Apogon hartzfeldii) Care GuideApogon hartzfeldii is a benthic, nocturnal cardinalfish of the western Indo-Pacific that shelters on sheltered reef flats and shallow lagoon