Other fish species not covered by other forum threads.

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Pseudanthias cooperi-redstrip anthias.
Very common in the southeast in waters from 80 feet and deeper, though from time to time are found in shallow waters.
These fish eat any marine meats and need the same conditions as latezonatus, clarkii,conspicts and so on.
All these require temps no greater then 25c,hard water, low uvr and stable conditions



standard anthias.



pink anthias



Pentapodus sp or blue wiptail.
Not overly common anywhere really and not much info on these very pretty fish though a few are found in open ocean or estuaries.
A very easy fish to keep in the reef aquarium with the use of all marine meats and they have to be watched as they can be picked on as they are a food chain fish.



Diploprion hifasciatum or soap fish or yellow emperor.
Very common little predator in the south east and a very easy fish to keep.
Will eat fish and shrimp up to three quaters of its size and is very fast at this.
Not a good fish to have if not a part of a predator tank or similar.




Golden moray and the next is a snowflake eel.
Both are moray eels as near all marine eels are and pretty much eat anything meat based, including other tank dwellers that can fit in their mouth and these eels may end up on your carpet or in a small space in your system somewhere.






Amblygobius phalaena and a Istigobius decoratus goby.
Both of these fish are extremely common in the southeast and feed on a diet mainly from the substrates surface of small inverts.
Apply some fresh marine meat foods and some feeder shrimp such as krill and they will settle in nicely and really on totally fresh marine foods.
They are harmless to most others except there own kind and like to live in pairs.






Trachichthys australis or roughy or soldier fish.
Found only in east ausy waters from the early parts of the barrier reef to the great Australian bite,very common in the south east.
A tough harmless fish that though hard to start it feeding is an easy fish to keep remembering it likes a place to hide out of the light and temps no greater than 26 degrees.



Cleidopus gloriamaris or pinneapple fish.
Very common from south barrier reef to victoria than from albany in south WA north to geraldton.
Not an easy fish to start feeding unless using tiny inverts as they feed of a night on planktonic to small shrimps mainly.
The left and right name refers to the utilized bioluminescent bacteria lighting they have just under each eye to aluminate the waters at night to hunt for and attract planktonic life to feed on when small.
As they get bigger, they feed on more basic small shrimp and to a less a degree, fish as well.
The variations of this fish consist only two types in the world and the one pictured is our endemic species to Auz and are a popular catch for the over seas commercial market.
You always see some around wrecks at night like heaps of little head lights,a very common fish here in the south east




Cirrhitichthys falco or pixy hawk.
A very common and equally easy fish to keep on most foods with some marine meats in it.
The pixy is part of the aggressive hawk family but is normally not much of a problem to most tank fish and inverts that are not very small.








Scolopsis bilineata or monocle bream.
Very common in the southeast.
These are a very easy fish to keep in the aquarium and as an adult are very pretty.
They will eat your small inverts.




Mieacanthus lineatus or harptail blennie.
Very common on the non swell side of islands and in quiet reef areas.
Very harmless and a pretty fish, sometimes mistaken for a fang blenny which mimics these.
Easy to keep on a diet of small inverts and marine meats.




Bodiamus mesothorax or black belt hog fish.
Quite common the south east up through the barrier reef.A very easy fish to keep on an invert and other marine meats diet.These should not be trusted with small inverts.








Solonostomus paradoxus or harlequin ghost pipe fish.
Very common in river mouths and non-surge reefs in the southeast from January to April.
These need the same care in the aquarium as a sea horse.











Istiblennius meleagris or female lawmower blennie.
There are several variations of these fish in the south east and one or two are not in the books yet.
This more common one found in very shallow waters is kept quite well on a mixture of algae in the tank and sushis wrapp hung i9n the tank and a mix of marine meats and algaes with cunjivoe as well.
A very good adition to any tank,though they will try to jump out!
female

male



Datylopus datylopus or Fingered dragonet.
Not an overly common fish in the south east but we find a few here and there.
With an established tank and lots of foods such as krill and other feeder shrimp combined with most fresh marine foods they are easy to feed.
These fish will try to jump out so that should be remembered if getting one of these rare fish in the shops.




Neosynchiropus ocellatus or dragonet.
These are very common in shallow reefs not in swell afected areas.Though very harmlees in a ref tank they can be a bit fussy in what they eat in the same ways of a madarin fish.





Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides or clown sweet lip or harlequin sweet lip.
Not overly common in numbers, we find a few each year in the south east and they are found nearly all over the tropical pacific waters.
A very easy fish to keep on an invert and algae diet and as a juvenile they do not bother your inverts to much.













Apogon cyanosoma or orange lined cardinal.
Very common in the south east and northwards.
A very easy to keep in an aquarium on most marine foods and breed.




Apogon aureus or ring tail cardinal fish.
Extremely common in the southeast in deep dirty waters from 40 feet and deeper.
Not easy to get out of the water healthy,but once in the tank they eat anything you give them.







Balistoides conspicillum or clown triggor.
Quite common in the south east and most of the tropical pacific areas. Very easy to keep on a mainly invertebrate (crabs, shrimp) diet.
These are of a nasty nature normally and should not be kept with weak varieties of fish or any inverts really and most certainly not in a reef tank.




Pseudobalistes fucus.or yellow spot triggor.
The same as the clown trigger in every way other than colour.