5. Five Saltwater Fish You Won’t See at Water Colors Leave a comment
This time Ben, Charles, and Amy talk about the saltwater fish they hope never to see at Water Colors. There’s some debate over why a fish doesn’t belong in a reef tank, but there are certainly some they can all agree on!
If you’re interested in this subject, don’t forget to listen to our first episode to hear the freshwater version. Let us know which fish are on your list.
Species Listed in this Episode:
– Catalina goby (Lythrypnus dalli)
– Porcupine pufferfish (Diodon holocanthus)
– Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
– Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
– Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
– Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
– Leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata)
– Smoothhound sharks (Mustelus spp.)
– Remoras (Family: Echeneidae)
– Cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
– Tarpons (Megalops spp.)
– Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
– Pinnate batfish (Platax pinnatus)
– Harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides)
– Engineer goby (Pholidichthys leucotaenia)
– Sixline wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)
– Damselfishes (Subfamily: Pomacentrinae)
– Yellow/Lemon damselfish (Pomacentrus moluccensis)
– Dusky damselfish (Stegastes adustus)
– Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
– Domino damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus)
– Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
– Parrotfishes (Family: Scaridae)