Deniz akvaryumu balık türleri listesi

Bu liste, deniz akvaryumu balık türleri listesidir. Listede akvaryum ticaretinde yaygın bir şekilde bakımı yapılan balıklar bulunur. Bazı ender bulunan tuzlu su akvaryumu canlıları ise bu listede bulunmuyor olabilir. Her türün altında kısa açıklamalar verilmiş ve türle ilgili bilgi edinilmesi sağlanmaya çalışılmıştır.

Melekbalığı (Büyük)

300px|sağ| Bir Kraliçe Melekbalığı

Bu tür büyüklüğü ile göz doldurur ve oldukça dayanıklı bir balık türü olarak kabul edilir. Ancak boyutları önemli bir sorundur. Çünkü en az 180 galon yani 681 litre civarında büyük tanklar gerektirir. Bu tür büyük tanklarda ömrünü rahatça geçirebilir. İki büyük melekbalığı aynı akvaryum içerisinde beslenebilir. Büyük bir akvaryumda bakılmaları şartıyla ve gerekli ortam sıcaklığı sağlandığında farklı renk ve vücut şekilleri rahatlıkla görülebilir. Ancak asıl önemli olan melekbalıklarının bakımında sebze diyetleri önemli bir yer tutar. Akvaryumlarında gerektiğinde saklabilecekleri büyük kayalar ve bitkiler olması gerekmektedir. Oldukça korkak olan bu balık türü için bu tür yerler hem olgunlaşmaları hem de yavrulama zamanlarında büyük önem taşırlar. Balıklar gelişmeye devam ettiği süre içerisinde de önemli renk değişikliklerini uğrarlar.

 Yaygın adı  Görüntü Taksonomi  Reef uyumu Bakım seviyesi  Tanım Maksimum boyut Mavi halkalı Melek balığı, Annularis Melek balığı, Bluering Melek balığı   120px|center Pomacanthus annularis  Uyumsuz  Orta seviye En az 500 litre tanklarda iyi bakımla yaklaşık 15-20 yıl yaşar.    Arap Melek balığı, Asfur Melek balığı 120px|center Pomacanthus asfur  Uyumsuz  Kolay     Bellus Melek balığı  120px|center Genicanthus bellus  Evet Orta seviye  Her yanında açık mavi tonları hakimdir. Seksüel dimorfizm: dişilerde geniş siyah bantlar, erkeklerde ise turuncu bantlar bulunur.    Mavi Melek balığı, Atlantik Blue  120px|center Holacanthus bermudensis  Uyumsuz  Orta seviye Balığın yüzgeçlerinde bulunan pulların sarı kenarları sayesinde yüzerken suya sarı bir ışıltı yayar. Blue Angelfish has an overall aqua hue with a yellow shimmer and yellow edges on the fins and scales. The Blue Angelfish does not have the striking blue crown or other blue highlights of the Queen Angelfish. This species has been known to reproduce with the Queen Angelfish, making a half breed that looks like a mixture between the two species.    Bluespotted angelfish  120px|center Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus  No  Difficult    Blueface angelfish  120px|center Euxiphipops xanthometopon  No  Moderate     Cortez angelfish  120px|center Pomacanthus zonipectus  No  Moderate  Darkly hued with yellow stripes.    Emperor angelfish  120px|centerPomacanthus imperator  No  Moderate  Juveniles are black with blue-white spiraling; adults are blue with yellow stripes, accented with white and black and a blue mask. Will easily be the dominate angelfish if housed with other angels.   French angelfish  120px|center Pomacanthus paru  No Difficult  Juveniles are black with 3 yellow vertically running stripes, may also display blue on pelvic fins. Adults lard black with white vertical stripes.    Gray angelfish  120px|center Pomacanthus arcuatus  No  Easy to Moderate  Light grey with dark spots and bluish/grey mask over face. Closely related to French Angelfish.    Griffis angelfish  Apolemichthys griffisi  No  Moderate     Half-moon angelfish  120px|center Pomacanthus maculosus  No  Easy  Blue with yellow splotch-like marking on side.    Koran angelfish  120px|center Pomacanthus semicirculatus  No  Moderate  Grey towards the face, becoming a navy blue towards the caudal fin with striking iridescent blue accents throughout.    Majestic angelfish or blue girdled angelfish  120px|center Pomacanthus navarchus  No  Moderate  Yellow dorsal and caudal fins connecting to "saddal" with dark blue dots. Dark blue underside and anal fin. Electric blue separating yellow and dark blue.    Passer angelfish or King angelfish  120px|center Holacanthus passer  No  Moderate  Very dark blue with yellow caudal fin and distinctive white stripe.   Personifer angelfish  Chaetodontoplus meridithii  No  Moderate     Queen angelfish  120px|center Holacanthus ciliaris  No  Moderate  Tan coloured with yellow caudal fin and neon blue outlined fins. This species has been known to reproduce with the Blue Angelfish, making a half breed that looks like a mixture between the two species.    Royal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus  No  Expert  Orange and blue striped with dark blue dorsal fin and lemon yellow caudal fin.   Scribbled angelfish  120px|center Chaetodontoplus duboulayi  No  Moderate     Japanese swallow angelfish  Genicanthus semifasciatus  Yes  Moderate  Black and tan striped back with yellow blaze beginning at the mouth and tapering off towards the centre of the side, with light blueish grey underside. Has distinctively shaped tail resembling that of a swallow.    Sarı Kuyruklu Hint Melek Balığı - Krema Melek Balığı  120px|center Apolemichthys xanthurus  Hayır  Kolay    

Angelfish (Dwarf)

300px|sağ| A Flame angelfish

Although Dwarf Angelfish are smaller and generally more manageable than their larger counterparts, they still have some specific care requirements. They are omnivores, but plenty of vegetable matter, preferably in the form of macroalgae, should be provided for their grazing pleasure. Their suitability for reef tanks is hotly debated, so add at your own risk. Specimens that have been successfully maintained in reef aquaria include the Flame and Coral Beauty angels. However, for obvious reasons they should not be put into tanks with expensive decorative macroalgae.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Barred angelfish   Centropyge multifasciata  With caution  Difficult  White fish with vertical black stripes that change to yellow at the belly    Bicolor angelfish  120px|center  Centropyge bicolor  With caution  Moderate     Brazilian flameback angelfish  120px|center  Centropyge aurantonotus  With caution  Moderate     Coral beauty angelfish  120px|center Centropyge bispinosa  With caution  Easy to Moderate  Reddish body with blue back and orange fins. A shy fish that prefers multiple hiding locations.    Cherubfish or Pygmy angelfish  120px|center  Centropyge argi  With caution  Easy To Moderate  Blue colored body with an orange yellow head.    Eibli angelfish  120px|center  Centropyge eibli  With caution  Moderate  Tan coloured body with vertical brown stripes and large distinctive black splotch covering the back of the fish, including the caudal fin.    Flame angelfish  120px|center Centropyge loricula  Yes  Easy to Moderate  Vivid orange-red with vertical black stripes and blue patches toward the end of the dorsal and anal fins.    Half-black angelfish   Centropyge vroliki  With caution  Difficult  Anterior is gray to pearly white with orange accent around eye, posterior is deep black.    Herald's angelfish  120px|center  Centropyge heraldi  With caution  Moderate  Completely lemon yellow, with a brown marking around the eye.    Keyhole angelfish   Centropyge tibicens  No  Easy  Centropyge type species. Overall black with an elongate vertical black blotch on the middle of the upper sides. When small, mainly black with a white bar. Dorsal and anal fins with submarginal blue line; most of the pelvic and the anterior portion of the anal fin yellow. Caudal fin with submarginal blue line.    Lemonpeel angelfish  120px|center Centropyge flavissima  With caution  Moderate Bright yellow with distinctive dark semicircle by operculum.    Multicolor angelfish   Centropyge multicolor  With caution  Moderate     Orange-back angelfish  120px|center  Centropyge acanthops  With caution  Moderate  Dark blue with golden yellow blaze running from the face down the dorsal fin, with a colourless caudal fin.    Pacific pygmy angelfish   Centropyge flavicauda  With caution  Moderate      Potter's angelfish  120px|center  Centropyge potteri  With caution  Difficult  Similarly coloured to the Coral Beauty, but with a blue body and reddish fins.    Rusty angelfish   Centropyge ferrugata  Yes  Easy to Moderate  Tan coloured body with dark spots and a reddish tint around the anal fin.    Venustus angelfish   Sumireyakko venustus  With caution  Moderate   

Anthias

300px|sağ| A Squareback anthias

Although Anthias resemble damsels in shape and size, the two should never be confused. Where damsels are the goats of the Saltwater world, Anthias (also called "Fairy Basslets in) are finicky and many starve to death in captivity. In the wild, they eat zooplankton, and will not accept anything but in the aquarium. They also need to be fed nearly constantly, three times a day at least. The best way to ensure the health and longevity of an Anthias is to attach a refugium where you can grow copepods to "drip" into the display tank. Unlike many other saltwater aquarium inhabitants, they can be kept in groups.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBartlett's anthias  120px|center  Pseudanthias bartlettorum  Yes  Moderate  Back and face light yellow, underside pink with a swallowtail-shaped caudal fin.   Bicolor anthias   Pseudanthias bicolor  Yes  Difficult  Similarly shaped and coloured to Bartlett's Anthias, but with a slightly more rounded back.   Cooper's anthias   Pseudanthias cooperi  Yes  Difficult  Orange back and finnage with white patch below the mouth running down toward the anal fin with pink sides.   Diadem anthias   Pseudanthias parvirostris  Yes  Difficult  Pink fish with yellow streak on top of head running along the lateral line. Caudal fin is red with yellow tips.   Orangehead anthias   Pseudanthias heemstrai  Yes  Difficult  Pink underside with orange back and mask, dark red splotch on caudal fin, along with iridescent blue anal and pelvic fins.   Redbar anthias  Pseudanthias rubrizonatus  Yes  Difficult  Tannish-pink with a single vertical red stripe and a dorsal fin with the skin between the rays pulled back like on a lionfish.   Lyretail anthias, Sea Goldie 120px|center  Pseudanthias squamipinnis  Yes  Difficult  Females are orange with lyre-shaped caudal fin. Males are fuchsia with red markings on fins   Squareback anthias 120px|center  Pseudanthias pleurotaenia  Yes  Difficult  Red back and pink underside with distinctive blue square shaped marking and blue fins.   Stocky anthias   Pseudanthias hypselosoma  Yes  Difficult  Orange back with cream colored underside. As its name suggests, slightly stockier than other Anthias.   Threadfin anthias  120px|center  Pseudanthias huchtii  Yes  Difficult  Olive green with black caudal fin and red stripe running from the eye to the pectoral fin.   

Bass and groupers

300px|sağ| A Blue Dot Grouper

In this exceedingly large group of fish, few are considered proper aquarium inhabitants, for various reasons including diet and size. Basses vary greatly from species to species. Appropriate research should be done before purchasing a specimen. Many unsuspecting hobbyists bring home cute little specimens of popular aquarium fish such as the lyretail grouper, only to realize several months later that they do not have the resources to care for a meter-long that may cost hundreds of dollars a month to feed.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAfrican grouper   Cephalopholis taeniops  No  Easy    Vermillion seabass  120px|center  Cephalopholis miniata      Blacktip grouper  120px|center  Epinephelus fasciatus  No  easy  The tips of the spines of the dorsal fin are black, and it may have a dark red cap above the eyes. There is a variant with a uniformly pale body except for the frontal part.   Blue and Yellow grouper   Epinephelus flavocaeruleus  No  Moderate    Blue dot grouper  120px|center Cephalopholis argus  No  Moderate  Deep black to tan fish with blue spots throughout.   Blue line grouper  Cephalopholis formosa  No  Moderate  Dark tan with horizontal blue stripes that are not particularly straight. The caudal fin has more of these stripes, and they radiate from the base of the fin out to the tips.   Chalk bass   Serranus tortugarum  Yes  Easy to Moderate  Blue iridescent body with distinctive black topside that is interrupted by small vertical blue stripes.   Coney grouper  120px|center  Cephalopholis fulva  No  Moderate    Golden grouper   Mycteroperca rosacea  No Moderate    Golden stripe soapfish 120px|center  Grammistes sexlineatus  No  Moderate  Chocolate brown with light yellow horizontal stripes. Similar in patterning to C. argus (with exception to the coloration).   Harlequin bass   Serranus tigrinus  Yes  Easy to Moderate  Very striking black and white checkerboard pattern all over, with very long tapering nose.   Leaflip grouper  Pogonoperca punctata  No  Moderate  Sports a large, hinged mouth and is tan with little spots. Has brown triangle shaped markings down the spine.   Marine beta 120px|center  Calloplesiops altivelis  Yes  Easy    Miniatus grouper or Vermillion seabass 120px|center  Cephalopholis miniatus  No  Moderate  Orange to red with large blue spots throughout.   Orange spot grouper  Cephalopholis panamensis  No  Easy    Panther grouper  120px|center  Cromileptes altivelis  No  Difficult  Gorgeous pure white fish with black spots and a distinctive "hump" on the head, leading to a popular common name, "Humpback Grouper".   Painted comber  120px|center  Serranus scriba  No  Easy to Moderate  Large fish with classic Bass body, Silvery in colour with vertical tan stripes and a blue underside.   Polleni grouper  Cephalopholis polleni  No  Moderate    Red flag grouper  Cephalopholis urodeta  No  Moderate  Very similar to C. miniatus, but the caudal fin is dark.   Lyretail grouper 120px|center  Variola louti  No  Moderate  Silver back changing to red around the underside, darkening toward the caudal fin, which is lyre-shaped with neon green edging.   Saddle grouper   Plectropomus laevis  No  Easy    Spotted grouper  Epinephelus summana  No  Moderate  Dark black fish with many light green spots all over body, increasing in number toward the posterior.   Strawberry grouper   Cephalopholis spiloparaea  No  Moderate    V tail grouper   Cephalopholis urodelus  No  Easy-Moderate    

Basslets & Assessors

300px|sağ| A Royal Gramma

Basslets and Assessors are small, long bodied fish strongly resembling Anthias. Their care requirements, however, are closer to those of damsels. They should be kept individually, and generally not with other fish of similar shape and colour. Feeding is easy: they will generally eat any meaty foods offered. Good water quality should be maintained at all times.

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| Black cap gramma ||120px|center || Gramma melacara || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || Purple with a black mask beginning at the mouth and ending at the base of the dorsal fin. || align="center" |  
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| Blue assesor || || Assessor macneilli || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to Moderate || Entirely navy blue with white edging of the dorsal fin. || align="center" |  
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| Royal gramma ||120px|center || Gramma loreto || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to Moderate || Purple head and anterior, abruptly changing to yellow about halfway down the body. Has black marking through eye and another on the dorsal fin. Do not confuse with the Brazilian Gramma or the Bicolor Dottyback. || align="center" |  
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| Brazilian gramma || || Gramma brasiliensis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to Moderate || Very similar to the royal gramma, however the change from purple to yellow occurs farther down the body and the black markings are absent. || align="center" |  
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| Yellow assessor|| || Assessor flavissimus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to Moderate || Bright lemon yellow with peach fringing of the dorsal fin and around the eye. || align="center" |  
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Batfish

300px|sağ| A Dusky Batfish

Batfish are gorgeous and striking fish that are not common in aquaria for one major reason: they get huge. A two or three hundred gallon tank is needed for one, minimum, and larger is better. They start out as tiny, manageable-looking cuties, which often fools aquarists into purchasing them for their small aquariums. However they quickly grow to gargantuan proportions, and require large amounts of food as well as space, so beware. They are not reef safe and should be fed plenty of large meaty foods. 
Batfish change greatly as they grow, however the potential aquarist is most likely to see them in their juvenile form, so that is the description of the colouration here. They all have generally the same body shape: disk-like with tall dorsal and anal fins, similar to a Freshwater Angelfish.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeOrbiculate batfish  120px|center Platax orbicularis ||align="center" | No || align="center" | Difficult || Brown with generally random black markings resembling a rotting leaf. || align="center" |  
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|Dusky batfish || 120px|center ||Platax pinnatus  No  Difficult  Dark black body completely edged by distinctive yellow and orange.   Teira batfish  120px|center Platax teira || align="center" | No || align="center" | Difficult || Silver with black fins and a black stripe across the face. || align="center" |  
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Blennies
300px|sağ| A Lawnmower Blenny

Blennies are popular aquarium fish, and for good reason. They are peaceful, colorful, and many are downright helpful. For example, the aptly named Lawnmower Blenny will keep your green algae well trimmed and presentable. With the exception of Fang Blennies, Blennies are totally reef safe- in fact a reef environment is really best for them because they can be shy and the intricate rockwork of a reef provides ample hiding spaces. They are omnivores and should be fed a varied diet of frozen or live foods and plant matter. Blennies do not have teeth or functional jaw, so food must be small enough for them to swallow whole.
Blennies are often confused with Gobies, but there is an easy way to tell the difference. Gobies have two distinct dorsal fins, Blennies have a single dorsal fin that runs the length of their body. Also, Gobies' pelvic fins are fused to form a sucker, similar to Remoras.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeSpinyhead blenny  120px|center Acanthemblemaria spinosa  Yes  Moderate  Brown checkered body with distinctive yellow frills on head.   Bicolor blenny  120px|centerEcsenius bicolor  Yes  Easy to moderate  Characterized by the striking contrast of a blue head and upper torso followed by a yellow orange lower torso.   Black combtooth blenny Ecsenius namiyei  Yes Easy   Blackline fang blenny  Meiacanthus nigrolineatus  No  Easy to moderate  Yellow bodied with bright blue mask and dark black line running from the eye to the caudal fin.   Black sailfin blenny Atrosalarias fuscus  Yes Moderate    Blue & gold blenny Enchelyurus flavipes  Yes  Easy    Bundoon blenny  Meiacanthus bundoon  No  Easy to moderate  Black with lighter patch over caudal fin. Very distinctive swallowtail caudal fin.   Canary fang blenny 120px|centerMeiacanthus oualanensis  No  Easy to moderate  Similarly shaped to M. bundoon, but canary yellow.   Diamond blenny  120px|center Malacoctenus boehlkei  Yes  Moderate  Gray with black splotches, and a yellow mask. Shaped more like hawkfish than a blenny.  Ember blenny  Cirripectes stigmaticus  No  Moderate    Lawnmower blenny  120px|centerSalarias fasciatus  Yes  Moderate to difficult  Tan and brown striped and spotted with iridescence. Requires Mature Tank.   Linear blenny  Ecsenius lineatus  No  Easy    Midas blenny  120px|center Ecsenius midas  Yes  Easy to moderate  Although often seen yellow, this fish has the ability to change its color to match the surroundings. It has a very distinctive swallowtail shaped caudal fin.   Molly Miller blenny  120px|center Scartella cristata  Yes  Easy to moderate  Mottled tan, white, and black covering the body and fins.   One spot blenny Crossosalarias macrospilus  No  Easy    Red lip blenny  120px|center Ophioblennius atlanticus  Yes  Easy to moderate  Black to grayish yellow with red patch over mouth.   Red Sea mimic blenny  120px|center Ecsenius gravieri   Moderate  Sky blue anterior fading to yellow towards the tail, with a black stripe running the eye to the base of the caudal fin.   Sailfin blenny  120px|center Emblemaria pandionis  Yes  Moderate  Very similar to Salarias fasciatus but slightly darker and with a much larger dorsal fin.   Segmented sailfin blenny Salarias segmentatus  Yes  Easy    Starry blenny Salarias ramosus  Yes  Easy    Striped blenny 120px|center Meiacanthus grammistes  Yes  Moderate    Tail spot blenny  120px|center Ecsenius stigmatura  Yes  Moderate  Drab tan all over with dark spot at the base of the caudal fin and a light yellow line through eye.   Two-spot blenny  Ecsenius bimaculatus  Yes  Moderate  The top half of this fish is black towards the front and fades to white closer to the tail. The bottom half is white with two distinctive black spots right under the pectoral fins.   Convict blenny  120px|center Pholidichthys leucotaenia  Yes  Moderate  Not actually a blenny but from closely related family Pholidichthys. Juvenile has black eel-shaped body with a distinctive white stripe running down the body. Adults are yellow and black striped.   

Boxfish & Blowfish

300px|sağ| A Dogface Pufferfish

Members of the family Tetraodontidae, Boxfish, Blowfish or Pufferfish and their cousins Cowfishes and Porcupinefishes can be very personable and quirky pets, for the prepared.  
They are not thought of as an ordinary aquarium tank mate, but are quickly gaining popularity. They do pose a hazard in the community tank however. They are capable of releasing a very powerful toxin which can kill other fish and in some cases, the boxfish itself. They generally only use it when threatened or dying, but can become disturbed easily with aggressive tank mates or overcrowded aquarium. Generally they are reef safe, though they will pick at invertebrates if not fed well enough. 
Many people think puffed up Pufferfish, like in the picture, are cute, but an owner should never subject their pet to this as they are often unable to expel the air should they be out of the water. To prevent this, never remove a puffer from the water.

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|Golden puffer || 120px|center || Arothron meleagris || align="center" | No || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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|Hawaiian blue puffer || 120px|center || Canthigaster papua || align="center" | No || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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|Hawaiian saddle puffer || 120px|center || Canthigaster coronata || align="center" | No || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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|Hawaiian spotted puffer || 120px|center || Canthigaster jactator || align="center" | No || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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|Helmet cowfish || 120px|center || Tetrasomus gibbosus || align="center" | Caution || align="center" | Expert || Tan with dark speckles and brown spots at the base of the caudal fin. ||align="center" |  
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|Immaculate puffer || || Arothron immaculatus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" |  
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|Longhorn cowfish || 120px|center|| Lactoria cornuta || align="center" | Caution || align="center" | Expert || Grayish tan with very distinctive "horns" near the eyes and under the caudal fin. || align="center" |  
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|Scribbled boxfish || || Ostracion solorensis || align="center" | Caution || align="center" | Moderate || Dark navy blue with iridescent "scribbling" and spots. || align="center" |  
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|Dogface pufferfish|| 120px|center ||Arothron nigropunctatus Caution  Moderate  Tan with a brown mask over eyes and other over mouth. Also has yellow markings on the pectoral and dorsal fins.   Map puffer  120px|center  Arothron mappa  No  Moderate     Porcupine pufferfish  120px|center  Diodon holocanthus  No  Moderate  Tan with slightly darker spots throughout and very conspicuous spines that lay flat against the body. When puffed up, the spikes stand up and make the fish completely inedible.   Spotfin porcupinefish  120px|center  Diodon hystrix  No  Moderate  White and covered in small black spots.   Sharpnose pufferfish  120px|center  Canthigaster rostrata  Caution  Difficult  Cream, with reddish purple topside and underside, and yellow on the caudal fin.   Star puffer  120px|center  Arothron stellatus  No  Easy    Stars and stripes puffer  120px|center Arothron hispidus  No  Moderate     Striped dogface puffer 120px|center  Arothron manilensis  No  Moderate    Valentini pufferfish  120px|center  Canthigaster valentini  Caution  Moderate  Tan with giraffe-like spots and dark brown markings that resemble saddles over the back. Has distinctive bright green eyes.   Whitebelly puffer   120px|center   Canthigaster bennetti  No  Moderate     Yellow boxfish  120px|center  Ostracion cubicus  Caution  Expert  Usually seen as a juvenile, bright yellow with little black spots. When it reaches maturity it is gray with yellow lines and pink lips.   

Butterflyfish

300px|sağ| A sickle butterflyfish

Butterflyfish, when properly cared for, can make beautiful and distinctive additions to fish only marine aquariums. Often large and usually not suited for those with smaller aquariums, nor those of the faint of heart. Nevertheless, when fed a varied diet and kept in pristine conditions, Butterflyfish will usually thrive. That is, if you choose the right species. With Butterflyfish, usually a fish is going to survive, or it's not. Many species simply cannot be kept in captivity, and potential keepers must take care to only purchase those species that have a fighting chance. Also, be very picky about which specimen you choose- any sign of mishandling should be taken as a red flag.  
The following species are relatively hardy and an experienced aquarist should have no trouble with them, so long as they are diligent.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeCopperbanded butterflyfish  120px|center  Chelmon rostratus  Caution  Difficult  Silver with black edged gold stripes, a long nose, and a black eyespot on the dorsal fin.   Schooling bannerfish  120px|center  Heniochus diphreutes  No  Moderate  Sometimes referred to as the "Poor Man's Moorish Idol" because of the resemblance. White and black striped with yellow caudal fin and a dorsal fin that forms a long, thin banner.   Longnose butterflyfish  120px|center  Forcipiger flavissimus  No  Moderate  From the pectoral fins forward, black above the eye and silver below, with an exceptionally mouth. Past the pectoral fins, bright yellow with an eyespot on the anal fin.   Raccoon butterflyfish 120px|center  Chaetodon lunula  No  Moderate  Very distinctive and complexly colored. Is mostly yellow with a darker saddle and a black and white mask.   Redback butterflyfish  120px|center  Chaetodon paucifasciatus  No  Moderate  White with black stripes that form chevrons on the side and a bright red patch on the posterior.   Merten's butterflyfish  120px|center  Chaetodon mertensii  No  Moderate  White with fuzzy black stripes and a yellow posterior. Also has a black line through the eye.   Teardrop butterflyfish  120px|center  Chaetodon unimaculatus  No  Moderate  Completely yellow with the exception of black stripes at the base of the caudal fin and through the eye, and an eyespot directly below the dorsal fin.   Latticed butterflyfish  120px|center  Chaetodon rafflesii  No  Moderate  Very similar to C. unimaculatus, but with scales that are brighter than the body, forming a lattice-like pattern, and lacking the eyespot.   Pacific double saddle butterflyfish 120px|center  Chaetodon ulietensis  No  Moderate  Silver with two dark saddles over the body (plus a dark mask) and yellow dorsal and caudal fins.   Sickle butterflyfish  120px|center  Chaetodon falcula  No  Moderate  Often confused with C. ulietensis, but easily distinguished. The saddles are wedge shaped rather than stripes and do not reach the underside. Overall more yellow coloring.   Threadfin butterflyfish 120px|center  Chaetodon auriga  No  Moderate  White anterior with thin black stripes at 45 and 120 degree angles from the head. Posterior is yellow, but with a black wedge shape where the stripes meet the yellow coloring.   Tinker's butterflyfish 120px|center  Chaetodon tinkeri  No  Moderate  White with small black spots, a yellow mask, and a black dorsal fin.   Masked butterflyfish  120px|center  Chaetodon semilarvatus  No  Moderate  Bright lemon yellow with subtle vertical orange stripes and a black splotch behind the eye.   

Cardinalfish

One of the few groups of shoaling fish commonly available to marine aquarists, Cardinalfish are nocturnal and tend to be quite shy. They require meaty foods and will often not take prepared foods such as flakes and tablets. For the best chance of success, keep a wide variety of frozen foods on hand. In the event of a hunger strike, they will almost always take adult brine shrimp. As far as other care requirements they are similar to damsels: not picky. So long as they are properly acclimated, they tolerate a wide range of parameters. A marine aqaurist should watch the ammonia/nitrite levels of the environment, as cardinalfish are particularly sensitive to these chemicals.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeFragile cardinalfish   Apogon fragilis  Yes  Moderate    Banggai cardinal  120px|center  Pterapogon kauderni  Yes  Moderate  Black and silver striped with very tall fins and many white spots. Wild populations have been decimated, consider captive bred specimens.   Blackstripe cardinalfish  120px|center  Apogon nigrofasciatus  Yes  Moderate  Body completely covered in horizontal yellow and black stripes, with red fins.  Bluebarred cardinalfish   Apogon flores  Yes  Moderate   Bluestreak cardinalfish  120px|center  Apogon leptacanthus  Yes  Moderate    Flamefish  120px|center  Apogon maculatus  Yes  Moderate  Bright red with black spots at the base of the caudal fin, under the second dorsal fin, and on the operculum.   Frostfin cardinalfish   Apogon hoeveni  Yes  Moderate    Gilbert's cardinalfish   Apogon gilberti  Yes  Moderate    Girdled cardinalfish   Archamia zosterophora  Yes  Moderate    Orange-striped cardinalfish  120px|center  Apogon cyanosoma  Yes  Moderate  A thin, dark vertical 'waistband' with scattered dark spots toward the tail.   Orbic cardinalfish  120px|center  Sphaeramia orbicularis  Yes  Easy  Light yellow with iridescent yellow horizontal stripes.   Pajama cardinalfish  120px|center  Sphaeramia nematoptera  Yes, caution with small shrimp  Easy  This fish displays three distinct color bands: the first, stretching from the nose to base of the first dorsal fin, is a tannish peach. The second, a thin band which runs down the center of the fish, is chocolate brown, and the posterior of the fish is white with brown spots.   Ochre-striped cardinalfish  Apogon compressus  Yes  Moderate  Almost identical to A. nigrofasticus, but with blue eyes.   Ringtailed cardinalfish 120px|center  Apogon aureus  Yes  Moderate  Yellow body with a black stripe (ring) at the base of the caudal fin and iridescent blue streaks across the eye.   

Chromis

300px|sağ| A Chromis viridis

Chromis are perhaps the ultimate reef fish. Generally peaceful, most species are easy to take care of and quite colorful. Like anthias, they will school, but in many cases this tendency disappears as they age. They are, nevertheless, at least ambivalent with their own species, as well as completely reef safe. Like Damsels and Anemonefish, their close cousins, Chromis are omnivores and will accept most foods offered. A flake staple is usually sufficient, but for best color and health supplement with frozen and live foods when possible.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAmbon chromis Chromis amboinensis  Yes  Moderate    Barrier reef chromis 120px|center Chromis nitida  Yes  Easy    Black and gold chromis 120px|center Neoglyphidodon nigroris  Yes  Difficult  Mostly silver, but with a large patch of yellow around the caudal fin and a distinct black line on the operculum.   Half and half chromis  Chromis iomelas  Yes  Moderate  Completely black from the middle of the dorsal fin to the nose, completely white from the middle of the dorsal fin to the end of the caudal fin.   Black bar chromis  Chromis retrofasciata  Yes  Easy Yellowish with bright blue iridescent pelvic fins and a distinct black bar at the base of the caudal fin.  . Blue chromis  120px|center Chromis cyanea  Yes  Moderate  Bright blue all over, although lighter toward the front.   Damselfish  120px|center Chromis chromis  Yes  Easy  Completely black. Despite the name, this is actually a chromis, in fact, it is the chromis.   Green chromis 120px|center Chromis viridis  Yes  Easy  Generally bluish green, but some specimens may be spring green.   Limbaughi chromis  Chromis limbaughi  Yes  Moderate  Dark navy blue with bright yellow spot that covers the dorsal fin and much of the posterior.  Lined chromis Chromis lineata  Yes  Moderate   Paletail chromis Chromis xanthura  Yes  Moderate   Black-axil chromis  120px|center Chromis atripectoralis  Yes  Easy   Spiny chromis  Acanthochromis polyacanthus  Yes  Easy  Dark chocolate brown, slightly lighter around the pectoral fins.   Sunshine chromis  Chromis insolatus  Yes  Moderate  Rather drab tannish-orange throughout.   Yellowspotted chromis Chromis flavomaculata  Yes  Moderate    

Clownfish

300px|sağ| A false percula

Clownfish, more technically known as Anemonefish, are the classic aquarium fish. Both hardy and attractive, they are perhaps best known for their symbiotic relationship with Sea Anemones, a relative of coral. In the wild, Anemonefish are always found with a host, leading many potential keepers to believe that an anemone is necessary to keep them. Anemonefish are easy to keep, but their cnidarian counterparts are inordinately finicky and need high light levels, and luckily Anemonefish will thrive without them. Aquarists often find that Anemonefish will host in other things, from corals and Feather Duster Worms to powerheads and other equipment. 
Anemonefish care is identical to that of Damselfish, as they are actually very closely related.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Cinnamon anemonefish 120px|center  Amphiprion melanopus  Yes  Easy to moderate  Dark orange body becoming black towards the caudal fin, with a bright white stripe running from the front of the dorsal fin to the pectoral fins and golden colored fins.    Clarkii anemonefish  120px|center  Amphiprion clarkii  Yes  Easy to moderate  Black or dark brown with bright yellow finnage and two thick white stripes running perpendicular to the body.    Ocellaris 120px|center  Amphiprion ocellaris  Yes  Easy  Bright orange or yellow body with white stripes. Fins are orange, rimmed with black. A. ocellaris from northern Australia are black.    Maroon clownfish 120px|center  Premnas biaculeatus Yes but aggressive  Easy  Maroon to bright red with three very thin white stripes.    True Percula 120px|center Amphiprion percula  Yes  Easy  Nearly identical to A. ocellaris, but the white stripes are edged with black.    Pink skunk anemonefish 120px|center Amphiprion perideraion  Yes  Moderate  Pink to orange body with one white stripe over the operculum and another running from the tip of the snout, along the back to the dorsal fin. All fins are white.    Tomato clownfish 120px|center Amphiprion frenatus  Yes  Easy  Bright red with a single white stripe running from the front of the dorsal fin to the bottom of the head.    Saddleback anemonefish 120px|center Amphiprion polymnus  Yes  Moderate  Similar to A. ocellaris and percula, but the second stripe does not extend the full with of the body and instead resembles a saddle.    Sebae anemonefish 120px|center Amphiprion sebae  Yes  Moderate  Black or dark brown body from above the pectoral fin, yellow below. Has two white stripes, the second resembling that of A. polymnus.  

Damsels

300px|sağ| Blue and gold damsel

All Damselfish can be considered reef-safe, sometimes excluding larger, more aggressive Dascyllus varieties. Some Damselfish will host in anemones like clownfish. Most Damselfish are aggressive and difficult to catch once you put them in an aquarium.

Damselfish change gender as they grow larger and older. Small damselfish are ungendered. Eventually, they become males if no males prevent them from doing so. One or sometimes two males live with a female and guard over the eggs. Females are the largest fish and dominant over the males and juveniles. They will not allow other females into an area they have claimed as their territory without a fight. They may not allow new males or juveniles, either. Aggression increases with each change.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAmbon damsel   Pomacentrus amboinensis  Yes  Easy    Azure damsel  120px|center  Chrysiptera hemicyanea  Yes  Easy  A beautiful fish with neon blue on its body and a gold underside and caudal fin. Easy to care for and does best on a good diet. Fairly aggressive so choose tankmates carefully.  Black and gold damsel  120px|center  Neoglyphidodon nigroris  Yes  Easy   Blackmargined damsel   Pomacentrus nigromarginatus  Yes  Easy   Blue damsel, Orangetail damsel  120px|center  Chrysiptera cyanea  Yes  Easy  An orange tail indicates breeding success. The males have orange on their tails while the females do not. This fish is hardy and aggressive.   Blue and gold damsel  120px|center  Pomacentrus coelestis  Yes  Easy   Blue velvet damsel  120px|center  Paraglyphidodon oxyodon  Yes    Blueback damsel   Pomacentrus simsiang  Yes  Easy   Blueline demoiselle, Yellowfin demoiselle   Chrysiptera caeruleolineata  Yes  Easy   Bluefin damsel  120px|center  Neoglyphidodon melas  Yes  Easy   Caerulean damsel  120px|center  Pomacentrus caeruleus  Yes  Easy    Canary deep water damsel   Chrysiptera galba  Yes  Easy   Cloudy damsel   Dascyllus carneus  Yes  Easy   Cross' damsel   Neoglyphidodon crossi  Yes  Easy   Domino damsel  120px|center  Dascyllus trimaculatus  Yes  Easy  also known as the three spot damsel, this fish is easy to care for, but is also very aggressive. The fish is black except for three distinct white spots that fade as the fish ages.  Fiji blue devil damsel  120px|center  Chrysiptera taupou  Yes  Easy  This striking blue damsel is one of the most popular beginner fish. Like other damsels, it is very hardy, and very aggressive when mature.  Four stripe damsel  120px|center  Dascyllus melanurus  Yes  Easy  The four stripe damsel is a perfect beginner marine fish as it is very hardy. This fish is highly territorial and is best suited for a semi-aggressive to aggressive tank.  Garibaldi damsel  120px|center  Hypsypops rubicunda  Yes  Easy to Moderate  These are temperate fish and require cooler water. They are much larger than most other damsels.  Honey head damsel   Dischistodus prosopotaenia  Yes  Difficult  Hawaiian Dascyllus  120px|center  Dascyllus albisella  Yes  Easy    Jewel damsel  120px|center Microspathodon chrysurus  Yes  Easy  Among the largest and most aggressive Damsels  King demoiselle  120px|center  Chrysiptera rex  Yes  Easy   Lemon damsel  120px|center  Pomacentrus moluccensis  Yes  Easy    Longfin gregory  120px|center  Stegastes diencaeus  Caution  Easy  Turns brown, and becomes highly territorial as it ages  Marginated damsel  120px|center  Dascyllus marginatus  Yes  Easy  The marginated damsel is noted for blue fins as well as the yellow head and white body. This fish is hardy like most damsels and is also highly aggressive when mature.  Neon damsel Pomacentrus alleni  Yes    Ocellate damsel  120px|center  Pomacentrus vaiuli  Yes  Easy   Pavo damsel  120px|center  Pomacentrus pavo  Yes  Easy   Pink Smith damsel  120px|center  Pomacentrus smithi  Yes  Easy   Rolland's demoiselle   Chrysiptera rollandi  Yes  Easy   Sergeant major damsel  120px|center  Abudefduf saxatilis  Yes  Easy   Speckled damsel   Pomacentrus bankanensis  Yes  Easy   Springer's damsel  120px|center  Chrysiptera springeri  Yes  Easy   Stark's damsel   Chrysiptera starcki  Yes  Easy   Talbots damsel   Chrysiptera talboti  Yes  Moderate  This damselfish is somewhat a little more delicate than other. It does best in small groups in large tanks with good water quality and an SG of 1.026. Feed on a good diet for best results. Fairly peaceful.  Three stripe damsel  120px|center  Dascyllus aruanus  Yes  Easy  Highly aggressive and territorial. Will harass fish many times its size. Best kept in an aggressive/semi-aggressive tank.   Three Spot damsel   Stegastes planifrons  Yes  Easy    Tuxedo damsel   Chrysiptera tricincta  Yes     Two stripe damsel  120px|center  Dascyllus reticulatus  Yes  Easy  the two stripe damsel is a very hardy fish. This fish is perfect for the beginner marine aquarist, as it can tolerate substandard water quality. This fish is highly aggressive, and requires many hiding places.   Yellow damsel  120px|center  Amblyglyphidodon aureus  Yes     Yellow threespot Dascyllus   Dascyllus auripinnis  Yes  Easy    Yellowbelly damsel  120px|center  Pomacentrus auriventris  Yes  Easy    Yellowtail Dascyllus  120px|center  Dascyllus flavicaudus  Yes     Yellowtail damsel  120px|center  Chrysiptera parasema  Yes  Easy  The yellowtail damsel possess an all blue body with a striking yellow tail. This damsel is a good beginner fish as it is very hardy and can tolerate substandard water quality. This damsel is also less aggressive than some other damsel species.   Yellowtail demoiselle  120px|center  Neopomacentrus azysron  Yes  Easy    

 Dartfish 

300px|sağ| A Purple Fire Fish

Most should be kept as pairs or small groups where all individuals are added at once.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Blue gudgeon dartfish   Ptereleotris hanae || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy  || || align="center" |  
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| Fire fish || 120px|center || Nemateleotris magnifica  Yes  Easy     Purple fire fish  120px|center  Nemateleotris decora || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy  || || align="center" |  
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| Scissortail dartfish || 120px|center || Ptereleotris evides  Yes  Easy     Zebra barred dartfish  120px|center  Ptereleotris zebra || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy  || || align="center" |  
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Dragonets
300px|sağ| A Mandarinfish

Dragonets are often mis-categorized as gobies or blennies by fish sellers. They are bottom-dwelling fish that constantly hunt tiny invertebrates for food. Most starve to death in a marine aquarium unless you provide a refugium or place for the invertebrates to reproduce safely without any fish being able to reach them.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Mandarinfish 120px|center  Synchiropus splendidus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Difficult; attach a refugium to the tank || A brightly colored member of the dragonet family. Eats only copepods and will die in captivity without an adequate supply, which can only be had in very large, well established reef tanks || align="center" |  
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| Starry Dragonet || || Synchiropus stellatus  Yes  Moderate; attach a refugium to the tank  Also known as Red Scooter Blenny though not a true blenny. Will often only eat live copepods and amphipods.    Ocellated Dragonet 120px|center Synchiropus ocellatus ||align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate; attach a refugium to the tank || Also known as Scooter Blenny though not a true blenny. Will often only eat live copepods and amphipods. || align="center" | 
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| Spotted mandarin || 120px|center || Synchiropus picturatus  Yes  Difficult; attach a refugium to the tank  Often only eats live copepods and amphipods.   

Eels

300px|sağ| A tessalata eel

Most eels are easily kept in a large aquarium, although several species such as the blue ribbon eel should usually be avoided. With any moray eel care must be taken to secure the lid as one of the most common causes of death is escaping from the tank, and onto the floor.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBanded snake eel 120px|center  Myrichthys colubrinus  No  Easy    Banded eel  120px|center  Echidna polyzona  No  Intermediate    Black edge moray eel  120px|center  Gymnothorax saxicola  No  Moderate    Blue ribbon eel, black ribbon eel  Rhinomuraena quaesita  No  Difficult     Chainlink moray eel   Echidna catenata  No  Easy  Can be kept with fish too small to swallow   Dragon moray eel  120px|center  Enchelycore pardalis  No  Easy  A fish eater that will eat anything it can fit in its mouth. When available is typically quite expensive    Golden dwarf eel   Gymnothorax melatremus  Yes  Moderate Rarely available, among the smallest of the moray eels   Golden moray eel  120px|center  Gymnothorax miliaris  May eat fish and shrimp  Easy to moderate  These fish should only be kept in fish-only tanks as any small invertebrates will be looked on as food. Keep with fish large enough not to be eaten. Feed on a diet of whitefish, cockles, cod roe, haddock and frozen foods.   Green moray eel  120px|center  Gymnothorax funebris  No  Difficult  Requires a 180 gallon tank with tight fitting lid. Compatible with rays, sharks, and other large fish.  Jeweled moray eel 120px|center  Muraena lentiginosa  No  Easy    Kidako moray eel  120px|center  Gymnothorax kidako  No  Easy    Peppered moray  120px|center  Gymnothorax picta  No  Moderate    Snowflake eel  120px|center  Echidna nebulosa  May eat shrimp if underfed  Easy  A pebble-tooth moray that generally eats crustaceans and similar. Safer in reef aquariums than other species but be prepared to remove it in case it starts to eat desired invertebrates.   Spotted garden-eel  120px|center  Taenioconger hassi  With Caution  Difficult  Rarely available, best avoided by inexperienced aquarists   Spotted Snake eel  120px|center  Myrichthys maculosus  No  Moderate  Requires at least six in of substrate  Tessalata eel, or laced moray  120px|center  Gymnothorax favagineus  No  Easy    Yellowhead moray eel  120px|centerGymnothorax fimbriatus  No  Easy    Yellow mouth moray eel 120px|center  Gymnothorax nudivomer  No  Intermediate   Whitemouth moray eel  120px|center  Gymnothorax meleagris  With Caution  Intermediate    Carpet eel-blenny  Congrogadus subducens  No  Easy  Actually a Dottyback, but has the body shape of an eel.   Zebra moray  120px|center Gymnomuraena zebra  No  Easy  One of the easier moray eels to keep, is usually safe with most fish but will eat most invertebrates.  

Filefish

300px|sağ| A Orangespotted Filefish

Less often kept than their relatives the Triggerfish and Puffers there are many filefish that make good aquarium residents, and a few that require specialized diets making it hard to sustain them in an aquarium.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeClown filefish  120px|center Cantherhines dumerili || align="center" | Caution || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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|Colored filefish|| ||Pervagor melanocephalus  Caution  Easy  Fantail orange filefish  Pervagor spilosoma || align="center" | No || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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|Horseshoe filefish || ||Meuschenia hippocrepis  No  Intermediate    Jade filefish  Paramonacanthus japonicus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Intermediate || || align="center" |  
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|Mimic filefish || 120px|center ||Paraluteres prionurus  No  Intermediate    Orangespotted filefish  120px|center Oxymonacanthus longirostris || align="center" | No || align="center" | Expert || || align="center" | 
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|Tassle filefish || 120px|center ||Chaetodermis penicilligerus  Caution  Easy   

Foxface

See Rabbitfish

 Flatfish 

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Peacock flounder  120px|center  Bothus lunatus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" |  
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| Banded sole || 120px|center || Soleichthys heterorhinos  Will eat shrimp and other invertebrates, will not harm coral  Moderate    

Frogfish

300px|sağ| A Giant Anglerfish

A type of Anglerfish, Frogfish are ambush predators with huge mouths. They are capable of eating fish up to twice their length so care should be taken in choosing tank mates.

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| Longlure frogfish || 120px|center || Antennarius multiocellatus  No  Difficult   Giant anglerfish  120px|center  Antennarius commerson || align="center" | No || align="center" | Intermediate || || align="center" |  
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| Sargassum frogfish || 120px|center|| Histrio histrio  No  Difficult    Striated frogfish  120px|center  Antennarius striatus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Moderate|| || align="center" |  
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| Wartskin frogfish || 120px|center || Antennarius maculatus  No  Moderate Has the ability to change color to match its surrounding.   

 Goatfish 

300px|sağ| A Yellow Goatfish

While not as common a choice for aquariums as many other species, they are typically hardy and brightly colored

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Bicolor goatfish   Parupeneus barberinoides || align="center" | With Caution || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" |  
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| Goldsaddle goatfish || 120px|center  || Parupeneus cyclostomus  With Caution  Difficult    Manybar goatfish  120px|center  Parupeneus multifasciatus || align="center" | With Caution || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" |  
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| Yellow back goatfish || 120px|center || Parupeneus barberinus  With Caution  Easy  

Gobies

Typically are hardy and do not harm invertebrates which makes them a good choice of fish for a reef tank.

300px|sağ| A Hi Fin Red Banded goby

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Black barred convict goby   Priolepis nocturna || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy|| || align="center" |  
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| Black clown goby ||  || Gobiodon acicularis || align="center" | Mostly; can destroy unhealthy Acropora by laying its eggs in the coral's tissue || align="center" | Moderate || Similar to Yellow clown goby, but black || 
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| Bluespotted watchman goby || || Cryptocentrus pavoninoides  Yes  Easy    Catalina goby  120px|center  Lythrypnus dalli || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || A cold water species || align="center" |  
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| Cave transparent goby || || Coryphopterus glaucofraenum || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy|| || align="center" |  
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| Citron clown goby || 120px|center || Gobiodon citrinus || align="center" | Mostly; can destroy unhealthy Acropora by laying its eggs in the coral's tissue || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" | 
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| Court jester goby || 120px|center || Amblygobius rainfordi    Easy     Diagonal bar prawn goby    Amblyeleotris diagonalis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy|| || align="center" |  
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| Diamond watchman goby || 120px|center || Valenciennea puellaris  Yes  Easy "Sleeper gobies"; burrow and sift sand constantly; very good algae eaters    Dracula goby    Stonogobiops dracula || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" |  
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| Engineer goby || 120px|center || Pholidichthys leucotaenia  Yes  Easy to Moderate  Not actually a goby but from closely related family Pholidichthys. Small burrowing goby but they can get large.   Gold neon eviota goby    Eviota pellucida || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy|| || align="center" |  
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| Green banded goby || || Elacatinus multifasciatus  Yes  Moderate  Small burrowing goby with green vertical stripes    Green clown goby    Gobiodon atrangulatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Hector's goby || || Amblygobius hectori  Yes  Easy      Hi fin red banded goby  120px|center  Stonogobiops nematodes || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Neon goby || 120px|center || Elacatinus oceanops  Yes  Easy  A Caribbean cleaner species that sometimes eats larger parasites from other fish.   Orange marked goby    Amblygobius decussatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Orange spotted goby || 120px|center || Amblyeleotris guttata  Yes  Easy     Orange stripe prawn goby  120px|center  Amblyeleotris randalli || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Pinkspotted shrimp goby || 120px|center || Gobius melanopus || align="center" | May eat ornamental shrimp || align="center" | Easy || White fish with pink bands around the body and pink spots on face and fins. One of the most handsome members of the group. || align="center" |  
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| Pinkbar goby || || Cryptocentrus aurora  Yes  Easy     Red head goby  120px|center  Elacatinus puncticulatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || A small goby that can clean like the neon goby but is easily frightened. Often said to 'disappear' in a larger tank, as it never swims out into view. || align="center" |  
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| Red striped goby || || Trimma cana  Yes  Easy     Sleeper banded goby  120px|center  Amblygobius phalaena || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Sleeper blue dot goby || 120px|center || Valenciennea sexguttata  Yes  Easy     Sleeper gold head goby  120px|center  Valenciennea strigata || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" |  
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| Sleeper railway glider goby || || Valenciennea helsdingeni  Yes  Easy     Sleeper striped goby   Valenciennea longipinnis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Steinitz goby || 120px|center || Amblyeleotris steinitzi  Yes  Easy     Tangaroa goby  120px|center  Ctenogobiops tangaroai || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Tiger watchman goby || || Valenciennea wardii  Yes  Easy     Two spot goby  120px|center  Signigobius biocellatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Wheeler's watchman goby ||120px|center || Amblyeleotris wheeleri  Yes  Easy     Yellow watchman goby  120px|center  Cryptocentrus cinctus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || A species of "watchman" or "shrimp" goby that can form a symbiotic relationship with pistol shrimp || align="center" |  
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| Yasha goby ||120px|center || Stonogobiops yasha || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | || A species of "watchman" or "shrimp" goby that will form a symbiotic relationship with the red and white banded pistol shrimp, Alpheus randalli. || align="center" |  
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| Yellow clown goby||120px|center || Gobiodon okinawae  Yes  Moderate  Small yellow fish that likes branching corals    Yellow priolepis goby   Priolepis aureoviridis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" |  
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| Yellow stripe clingfish || || Diademichthys lineatus  Yes  Easy    

 Grunts 

383x383px|sağ| Spotted Sweetlips

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeCrescent banded grunt  120px|center Terapon jarbua || align="center" | No || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Dogfish prientalis || ||Plectorhinchus lineatus  No  Expert   Oriental sweetlips  120px|center Plectorhinchus orientalis || align="center" | No || align="center" | Expert|| || align="center" |  
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|Painted sweetlips || 120px|center ||Plectorhinchus picus  No  Expert   Porkfish  120px|center Anisotremus virginicus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Intermediate || || align="center" |  
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|Spotted sweetlips || 120px|center ||Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides  No  Expert  Striped sweetlips  Plectorhinchus diagrammus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Expert|| || align="center" |  
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|Twostriped sweetlips || ||Plectorhinchus albovittatus  No  Intermediate    

 Hamlet 

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBarred hamlet  120px|center  Hypoplectrus puella ||align="center" | No || align="center" | Easy || || align="center" | 
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|Black hamlet || || Hypoplectrus nigricans No  Easy     Blue hamlet   Hypoplectrus gemma || align="center" | Not with shrimp || align="center" | Moderate || ||align="center" |  
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|Butter hamlet ||120px|center || Hypoplectrus unicolor  Not with shrimp   Easy      Golden hamlet   Hypoplectrus gummigutta ||align="center" | Not with shrimp || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Indigo hamlet || 120px|center || Hypoplectrus indigo        Shy hamlet  120px|center  Hypoplectrus guttavarius || align="center" | Not with shrimp ||align="center" |  Moderate || || align="center" |  
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Hawkfish

300px|sağ| A spotted hawkfish

Attractive and relatively small, Hawkfish make excellent additions to fish only or FOWLR aquariums. With extreme caution taken, they could be kept in reef aquariums, but because of their propensity to eat small ornamental shrimps and other mobile invertebrates (usually leaving sessile invertebrates alone) they are not considered reef safe. Lacking a swim bladder, Hawkfish can often be found resting in crevices of rocks or among the branches of corals or gorgonians. Hawkfish are easy to care for and not picky at all about water quality. A varied diet, including spirulina and small meaty foods like Mysis is recommended.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeArc eye hawkfish  120px|center  Paracirrhites arcatus  Caution; will eat shrimp  Easy  Brown to yellow body with reddish dorsal fin, distinctive white caudal fin, and small semicircular marking behind eye.   Blood red hawkfish   Cirrhitichthys fasciatus  Caution; will eat shrimp  Easy    Coral hawkfish  120px|center  Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy    Falco's hawkfish  120px|center  Cirrhitichthys falco  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy    Flame hawkfish   Neocirrhitus armatus  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy  Striking red body with black on fin tips and yellow lips.   Freckled hawkfish  120px|center  Paracirrhites forsteri  Caution; will eat shrimp  Easy    Golden hawkfish   Paracirrhites xanthus  Caution; will eat shrimp  Easy    Longnose hawkfish  120px|center Oxycirrhites typus  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy White with red lattice-like markings resembling a grid. Nose is elongated and tissue between the spines of the dorsal fin is missing.   Lyretail hawkfish   Cirrhitichthys polyactis  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy    Redspotted hawkfish   Amblycirrhitus pinos  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy    Spotted hawkfish  120px|center  Cirrhitichthys aprinus  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy  Bright red with distinctive diamond shaped markings down back, becoming darker towards the topside of body.   Whitespot hawkfish   Paracirrhites hemistictus  Caution; will eat shrimp  Easy   Yellow hawkfish  120px|center  Cirrhitichthys aureus  Caution; may eat small shrimp  Easy   

Hogfish

300px|sağ| A Spanish Hogfish

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeCoral hogfish  120px|center  Bodianus mesothorax  No  Moderate    Cuban hogfish  120px|center  Bodianus pulchellus  Caution  Easy    Hawaiian hogfish  120px|center  Bodianus bilunulatus  Caution  Easy    Red diana hogfish   Bodianus diana  No  Moderate    Spanish hogfish  120px|center  Bodianus rufus  No  Moderate    Twin spot hogfish  120px|center  Bodianus bimaculatus  No  Easy   

 Jacks 

300px|sağ| A Threadfin Lookdown

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|Golden pilotfish || 120px|center || Gnathanodon speciosus   No   Difficult   Indian threadfin  120px|center  Alectis indicus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Difficult || || align="center" |  
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|Threadfin lookdown || 120px|center || Selene vomer  No  Difficult   

Jawfish

300px|sağ| A Yellowhead jawfish

Jawfish are burrowers and require a sandy substrate of sufficient depth.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBlack cap jawfish   Opistognathus lonchurus Almost always   Moderate Requires a 30 gallon tank and  substrate. Tank should remain tightly lidded. May eat small shrimp.    Blue dot jawfish   Opistognathus rosenblatti  Yes   Moderate     Dusky jawfish   Opistognathus whitehurstii   Yes  Moderate Requires a 30 gallon tank and   sand substrate. Tank should remain tightly lidded.   Yellowhead jawfish  120px|right  Opistognathus aurifrons   Yes   Moderate Requires a 30 gallon tank and   soft substrate. Tank should remain tightly lidded.    

Lionfish

300px|sağ| A radiata lionfish

"Lionfish" specifically refer to the genus Pterois within the family Scorpaenidae. They have venomous spines and should be treated with caution. Other species within Scorpaenidae but outside Pterois may also have "lionfish" in their common names.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAntenneta lionfish  120px|center   Pterois antennata  Caution  Moderate    Blackfoot lionfish  120px|center   Parapterois heterura  Caution  Easy    Devil lionfish     Pterois mombasae  Caution  Moderate    Fu Man Chu lionfish  120px|center  Dendrochirus biocellatus  Caution  Difficult   Fuzzy dwarf lionfish  120px|center  Dendrochirus brachypterus  Caution  Moderate  Carnivore;  Males 6< stripes on pectoral fin femals >6   Green lionfish    Dendrochirus barberi  Caution  Easy    Radiata lionfish  120px|center  Pterois radiata   Moderate    Russell's lionfish   Pterois russelli   Easy to moderate    Volitan lionfish  120px|center  Pterois volitans  Caution  Easy to moderate  Semi-aggressive; carnivore  Zebra lionfish  120px|center  Dendrochirus zebra  Caution  Moderate   

 Parrotfish 

300px|sağ| A Princess Parrotfish

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Bicolor parrotfish  120px|center  Cetoscarus bicolor || align="center" |Yes ||align="center" | Expert || ||align="center" |  
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| Princess parrotfish || 120px|center || Scarus taeniopterus Yes  Expert    

Pipefish

300px|sağ| A Dragonface Pipefish

Pipefish are relatives of seahorses and require a similar level of care. They should only be bought by experienced aquarium owners. Captive bred specimens are sometimes available, and are significantly more likely to survive.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Banded pipefish  120px|center  Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus || align="center" |Yes || align="center" |Expert || || align="center" | 
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| Dragonface pipefish || 120px|center || Corythoichthys haematopterus Yes Difficult   align="center"   Janss' pipefish   Doryrhamphus janssi || align="center" |Yes || align="center" |Expert|| || align="center" | 
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| Yellow multibanded pipefish || 120px|center || Doryrhamphus pessuliferus Yes Expert  

Pseudochromis

300px|sağ| A Fridmani pseudochromis

Usually only a single specimen can be kept in an aquarium. Sometimes multiple specimens can be kept in larger aquariums, but usually this requires them to be added at the same time or they will be too territorial.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAllen's dottyback  Manonichthys alleni  May eat shrimps  Easy   Australian multicolor pseudochromis   Ogilbyina novaehollandiae  May eat shrimps  Moderate    Bicolor pseudochromis  120px|center Pseudochromis paccagnellae  May eat shrimps  Easy to moderate  Resembles royal gramma in coloration. The bicolor pseudochromis is semi-aggressive and will defend its territory against fish several times its size. This fish is fairly hardy, and is a good beginner fish.   Blue flavivertex pseudochromis  120px|center  Pseudochromis flavivertex May eat shrimps  Moderate  Captive bred specimens are sometimes available  Bluelined dottyback  Pseudochromis cyanotaenia  May eat shrimps Easy   Brown dottyback or yellow pseudochromis  Pseudochromis aureus May eat shrimps  Moderate    Cherry dottyback  Pholidochromis cerasina May eat shrimps Easy   Dilectus dottyback   Pseudochromis dilectus  May eat shrimps  Moderate   Dusky dottyback  120px|center  Pseudochromis fuscus May eat shrimps  Moderate  Elongate dottyback  Pseudochromis elongatus  May eat shrimps Easy    Firetail dottyback  Pseudochromis flammicauda  May eat shrimps  Easy   Fridmani pseudochromis or orchid dottyback 120px|center  Pseudochromis fridmani  May eat shrimps  Easy to moderate  Community fish does well in most aquariums. is not nearly as aggressive as other dottybacks.   Longfin dottyback  Manonichthys polynemus  May eat shrimps  Easy    Lyretail dottyback   Pseudochromis steenei  May eat shrimps  Moderate   Neon pseudochromis, Arabian dottyback or neon dottyback120px|center  Pseudochromis aldabraensis  May eat shrimps  Moderate  Captive bred specimens are sometimes available  Oblique-lined dottyback 120px|center  Cypho purpurascens  May eat shrimps  Easy    Orangetail dottyback  Pseudochromis coccinicauda  May eat shrimps  Easy    Purple stripe pseudochromis or diadema basslet 120px|center  Pseudochromis diadema  May eat shrimps  Easy to moderate    Red dottyback  120px|center  Labracinus cyclophthalmus  With Caution  Easy  Large and aggressive for a dottyback  Sailfin pseudochromis  Pseudochromis veliferus  May eat shrimps  Moderate    Splendid pseudochromis 120px|center  Pseudochromis splendens  May eat shrimps  Moderate   Springeri pseudochromis  Pseudochromis springeri  May eat shrimps  Moderate  Captive bred species are sometimes available   Striped dottyback  120px|center  Pseudochromis sankeyi  May eat shrimps  Moderate  Captive bred specimens are sometimes available  Strawberry pseudochromis or purple pseudochromis  120px|center  Pseudochromis porphyreus  May eat shrimps  Easy to moderate   Twolined dottyback  Pseudochromis bitaeniatus  May eat shrimps Easy    

Rabbitfish

300px|sağ| A Foxface

Less commonly kept than some other species, many still make hardy and colorful aquarium residents.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBicolor Foxface  120px|center  Siganus uspi || align="center" | With Caution || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" |  
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|Blue-Lined Rabbitfish || 120px|center || Siganus doliatus  With Caution  Moderate    Foxface  120px|center  Siganus vulpinus || || align="center" | Easy to Moderate || || align="center" |  
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|Magnificent foxface || 120px|center || Siganus magnificus   Easy to Moderate    One Spot Foxface  120px|center  Siganus unimaculatus || align="center" | With Caution || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" | 
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|Yellow Blotch Rabbitfish ||120px|center|| Siganus guttatus  With Caution  Moderate    

Rays

300px|sağ| A Round stingray

All rays have a poisonous spine near the base of the tail. Care must be taken to avoid this animal when performing tank maintenance and during capture.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeFiddler stingray 120px|center  Trygonorhina fasciata  No  Expert  Requires a minimum 360 gallon aquarium with a 1 meter width and a fine grained substrate. Coarse substrates may damage the underside of this animal, causing infection.  Manta ray  120px|center  Manta birostris  No  Expert  Requires a minimum 6.2 million gallon aquarium. Round stingray  120px|center  Urobatis halleri  No  Expert  Requires a minimum 180 gallon aquarium and a fine grained substrate. Coarse substrates may damage the underside of this animal, causing infection.   Yellow stingray   Urobatis jamaicensis  No  Expert  Requires a minimum 180 gallon aquarium and a fine grained substrate. Coarse substrates may damage the underside of this animal, causing infection.  Thornback stingray  120px|center  Platyrhinoidis triseriata  No  Expert  Requires a minimum 360 gallon aquarium with a 1 meter width  

 Scorpionfish 

300px|sağ| A Leaf Fish

Because they are relatively inactive fish, most species can be kept in smaller aquariums than other equally large fish, and 30 gallon tanks are not unusual. Because they are capable of eating fish that are surprisingly large, but will often be picked at by fish that eat invertebrates a species tank is often set up for them. Some fish will never accept anything but live food, typically these specimens are fed on gut packed guppies, mollies, or ghost shrimp. Similarly to the lionfish, care should be taken when handling these fish as they are also venomous.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAmbon scorpionfish  120px|center  Pteroidichthys amboinensis  Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate   Decoy scorpionfish   Iracundus signifer  Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate  Eschmeyer's scorpionfish   Rhinopias eschmeyeri Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate   Flasher scorpionfish   Scorpaenopsis macrochir Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate  Lacey scorpionfish  120px|center  Rhinopias aphanes Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate   Leaf scorpionfish  120px|center  Taenianotus triacanthus With Caution  Moderate    Mozambique scorpionfish   Parascorpaena mossambica Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate  Papuan scorpionfish   Scorpaenopsis papuensis Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate   Poss's scorpionfish   Scorpaenopsis possi Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate  Rogue scorpion   Amblyapistus taenionotus With Caution  Moderate   Sea goblin  120px|center  Inimicus didactylus Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate   Stone fish  120px|center  Synanceja verrucosa  No  Difficult  Highly venomous! Have caused human deaths   Weedy scorpionfish  120px|center  Rhinopias frondosa Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate  Yellowspotted scorpionfish   Sebastapistes cyanostigma Not with shrimp or small fish Moderate   

Seahorse

300px|sağ| A White's Seahorse

It takes a special aquarist to maintain these delicate beauties. A potential keeper must be dedicated and willing to throw artistic creativity to the winds- as what seahorses need is not always beautiful. They require taller tanks, live/frozen food, and many hitching posts, as well as very peaceful tankmates. In fact, beginners would be well-advised not to mix seahorses with any other species until they have more experience.
Seahorses found in stores are generally Captive Bred, but occasionally one might find a wild caught (WC) specimen. WC Seahorses should only be purchased by seahorse experts who are going to breed them, as they tend to be finicky and most are endangered in the wild. 
One of the advantages of Seahorses is that many species stay small and can (in fact, some should'') be kept in smaller tanks, making them ideal for aquarists who are pressed for space or money.

Seahorses are among the few popular marine aquarium species that can be temperate. Species vary in their temperature requirement, so here an extra category has been added.
TR=Tropical ST=Sub-Tropical TM=Temperate

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Temp. Care Level  Description Max sizeBrazilian seahorse  120px|center Hippocampus reidi || align="center" |Caution || align="center" |ST || align="center" |Difficult || Usually bright yellow, with a particularly long snout. || align="center" |  
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|Spotted seahorse || 120px|center ||Hippocampus kuda Caution TR Difficult  Generally yellow, but can also range from tan to dark black.   Great seahorse  Hippocampus kelloggi || align="center" |Caution || align="center" |ST || align="center" |Difficult || Light tan, with some darker specimens. || align="center" |  
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|Pot-bellied seahorse || 120px|center ||Hippocampus abdominalis Caution TM Difficult  Light colored with dark spots and a large abdomen.   Pygmy seahorse  120px|center Hippocampus bargibanti || align="center" |Caution || align="center" |TR || align="center" |Difficult || White with pink (occasionally yellow) knobby protrusions. ||align="center" |  
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|Short-snouted seahorse || ||Hippocampus breviceps Caution  TM Difficult  Grayish to tan with short snout and a spiny head.   Tiger tail seahorse  Hippocampus comes || align="center" |Caution || align="center" |TR || align="center" |Difficult || Varying colors with dark striped tail. ||align="center" |  
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|Lined Seahorse || 120px|center ||Hippocampus erectus Caution ST Difficult  Dark colored with ligher belly and white ridges.   White's Seahorse  120px|center Hippocampus whitei || align="center" |Caution || align="center" |TM || align="center" |Difficult || Fuller bodied with a comparatively larger head. || align="center" |  
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|Dwarf Seahorse || 120px|center ||Hippocampus zosterae Caution ST Difficult  Similar to H. reidi but much smaller.  Thorny Seahorse  120px|center ''Hippocampus histrix Caution TR Difficult  Varying colors with distinctive spines all over body.   

Squirrelfish

300px|sağ| A Glass Eye Squirrelfish

Typically are hardy fish that can be kept with a wide variety of tankmates.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max size Big eye soldierfish  120px|center  Myripristis vittata || align="center" | With Caution || align="center" | Easy || ||align="center" |  
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| Blackbar soldierfish || 120px|center || Myripristis jacobus  With Caution  Easy     Glass eye squirrelfish  120px|center  Heteropriacanthus cruentatus ||align="center" | With Caution ||align="center" | Moderate || ||align="center" |  
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| Popeye catalufa soldierfish || 120px|center || Pristigenys serrula With Caution Moderate    Scarlet squirrelfish   Sargocentron tiere || align="center" |With Caution || align="center" |Easy || || align="center" | 
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| Striped squirrelfish || || Sargocentron xantherythrum With Caution Moderate   

Sharks

300px|sağ| A Bamboo Shark

Will outgrow most home aquariums.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBlack banded cat shark  120px|center  Chiloscyllium punctatum  No  Difficult  Requires a 180+ gallon tank.  Coral cat shark  120px|center   Atelomycterus marmoratus  No  Difficult  Requires a 180+ gallon tank. 24 in Epaulette shark   120px|center  Hemiscyllium ocellatum  No  Difficult  Requires a 180+ gallon tank.  Northern wobbegong shark    Orectolobus wardi  No  Expert  Requires 300+ gallon tank  Nurse shark  120px|center  Ginglymostoma cirratum  No  Expert  Grows to over 14 feet and will outgrow any home aquarium   Ornate wobbegong shark  120px|center  Orectolobus ornatus  No  Expert  Grows to near nine feet and will outgrow a home aquarium  Port Jackson shark  120px|center  Heterodontus portusjacksoni  No  Expert  Requires a 1000 gallon tank.   Spotted wobbegong shark  120px|center  Orectolobus maculatus  No  Expert  Grows to near nine feet and will outgrow a home aquarium  Whitespotted bambooshark  120px|center  Chiloscyllium plagiosum  No  Difficult  Requires a 180 gallon tank.  

 Snappers 

300px|sağ| A Black Snapper

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBlack snapper, black and white snapper   120px|center  Macolor niger || align="center" | No || align="center" | Expert || || align="center" |  
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|Emperor snapper || 120px|center || Lutjanus sebae  No  Expert     Threadfin snapper   120px|center  Symphorichthys spilurus || align="center" | No || align="center" | Expert || || align="center" |  
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|Yellowback fusilier || 120px|center || Caesio xanthonota  No  Intermediate     Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar Emperor Snapper   120px|center  ''Lutjanus adetii  No  Expert   

Tangs

300px|sağ| A Yellow Tang

Tangs generally feed on algae, though there are a few carnivorous species. Most tangs will not tolerate other fish the same color and/or shape as them. They have a spine on their tails that can cut open other fish and unprotected hands. All tangs should be given plenty of swimming room; try to have at least a 4' tank. Contrary to popular belief they will tolerate smaller (4' to 5') tanks just fine but tend to live better in larger tanks, over 5'.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAchilles tang  120px|center  Acanthurus achilles  Yes  Difficult Passive aggressive. This fish is native to the waters of Hawaii and the South Pacific and therefore requires substantial turbulent flow and circulation to be kept in an aquarium. This fish should only be kept in a six foot or large aquarium as it requires a large amount of swim room. Very prone to Cryptocaryon irritans || align="center" |  
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|Atlantic blue tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus coeruleus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate ||  Less aggressive than Achilles or Powder Blue || 16 in
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|Blue eyed tang ||  || Ctenochaetus binotatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Blue lined surgeonfish || 120px|center || Acanthurus nigroris || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Bristletooth tang ||  120px|center || Ctenochaetus striatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate || || 
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|Chevron tang || 120px|center || Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate ||Bright orange when young and dark olive green when transitioned fully to juvenile. || 
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|Clown tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus lineatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Difficult || One of the most aggressive tangs ||15 inches 
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|Convict tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus triostegus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Desjardini tang || 120px|center || Zebrasoma desjardinii || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || 
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|Doctorfish || 120px|center || Acanthurus chirurgus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy|| || 
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|Dussumieri tang|| 120px|center || Acanthurus dussumieri || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Difficult || ||  align="center" | 
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|Eibli mimic tang || || Acanthurus tristis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || 
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|Gold rim tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus nigricans || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Difficult || || 
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|Regal / Hippo tang || 120px|center || Paracanthurus hepatus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || Very prone to Cryptocaryon irritans. More tolerant of other tangs than most other species. || 
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|Kole tang || 120px|center || Ctenochaetus strigosus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate || || 
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|Lavender tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus nigrofuscus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || 
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|Lopezi tang || || Naso lopezi ||  align="center" |Yes || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Mimic tang, Chocolate tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus pyroferus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate || || 
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|Naso tang, blonde naso tang || 120px|center || Naso lituratus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate || || 
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|Orange shoulder tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus olivaceus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || 
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|Powder blue tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus leucosternon || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Difficult || Very prone to Cryptocaryon irritans. || 
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|Powder brown tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus japonicus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || 
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|Purple tang || 120px|center || Zebrasoma xanthurus || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate || || 
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|Sailfin tang || 120px|center || Zebrasoma veliferum || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate || || 
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|Scopas tang || 120px|center || Zebrasoma scopas || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy to moderate || Similar to the yellow tang in shape and feeding. || 
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|Sohal tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus sohal || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Difficult || One of the larger more aggressive tangs || align="center" |  
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|Tennent tang || 120px|center || Acanthurus tennenti || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Thompson's surgeonfish || 120px|center || Acanthurus thompsoni || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Moderate || || align="center" | 
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|Tomini tang || 120px|center || Ctenocheatus tominiensis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy || || 
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|Unicorn tang || 120px|center || Naso unicornis || align="center" | Yes || align="center" |Moderate || || 
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|Vlamingi tang || || Naso vlamingii || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy|| || 
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|White freckled surgeon || || Acanthurus maculiceps || align="center" | Yes || align="center" | Easy|| || 
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|Yellow tang || 120px|center || Zebrasoma flavescens || align="center" | Yes || align="center" |Easy to moderate || The yellow tangs require ample swimming room and plenty of algae to graze on. A single tang will not tolerate another of its kind unless there is ample space for each tang to have their own territory. They requires high oxygen levels. Can be kept in shoals when a tank of at least 5 ft is provided. || 
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|Yellowfin surgeon || 120px|center || Acanthurus xanthopterus''  Yes  Moderate   

Tilefish

Though often categorized as gobies, tilefish are a separate species.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBlue-headed tilefish  120px|center Hoplolatilus starcki || || align="center" |  Moderate || || align="center" |  
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|Purple tilefish || ||Hoplolatilus purpureus   Moderate    Yellow tilefish  Hoplolatilus luteus || || align="center" |  Moderate || || align="center" |  
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|Redlined tilefish || ||Hoplolatilus marcosi   Moderate   

Triggerfish

300px|sağ| A Clown trigger

While they are generally considered monsters that will chomp invertebrates, a few species can make great reef fish. Other more aggressive species such as the Undulated Trigger, and Clown Trigger will sometimes be so aggressive that it is necessary to keep as the sole inhabitant of the aquarium. All will require large tanks, with good filtration.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeAssasi trigger  120px|center  Rhinecanthus assasi || align="center" |No ||align="center" | Easy || || align="center" | 
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|Blue jaw trigger / blue throat trigger ||120px|center || Xanthichthys auromarginatus Widely regarded as the only reef safe trigger.  Moderate   Blue line trigger  120px|center  Pseudobalistes fuscus || align="center" |No || align="center" |Moderate || || align="center" | 
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|Bursa trigger || 120px|center || Rhinecanthus verrucosus No easy   Clown trigger  120px|center  Balistoides conspicillum || align="center" |No || align="center" |Easy || || align="center" | 
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|Crosshatch trigger || || Xanthichthys mento No  Easy  A shy reserved fish when first added to the aquarium, comes into its own when it associates itself with the aquarist. Infrequently available  Goldenback trigger   Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus || align="center" |No || align="center" |Easy || Rarely available ||align="center" |  
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|Golden heart trigger || 120px|center || Balistes punctatus No Intermediate    Halfmoon trigger  120px|center  Sufflamen chrysopterum ||align="center" | No || align="center" |Easy ||  || align="center"   | 
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|Hawaiian black trigger || 120px|center || Melichthys niger No Moderate   Lei trigger  120px|center  Sufflamen bursa || align="center" |No || align="center" |Moderate || || align="center" | 
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|Indian black trigger || 120px|center || Melichthys indicus No Moderate   Niger trigger  120px|center  Odonus niger || align="center" |No || align="center" |Easy || Among the more peaceful of triggers, can usually be kept in a community tank || align="center" | 
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|Picasso trigger || 120px|center || Rhinecanthus aculeatus No  Easy to Moderate   Pinktail trigger  120px|center  Melichthys vidua || align="center" |No || align="center" |Moderate || || align="center" | 
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|Queen trigger || 120px|center || Balistes vetula No Moderate  A large fish that should only be kept in very large aquariums.   Rectangular trigger 120px|center  Rhinecanthus rectangulus ||align="center" | No ||align="center" | Easy || || align="center" | 
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|Sargassum trigger ||120px|center || Xanthichthys ringens No Easy  A shy reserved fish when first added to the aquarium, comes into its own when it associates itself with the aquarist. Infrequently available  Starry trigger  Abalistes stellatus || align="center" |No || align="center" |Easy || || align="center" | 
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|Titan trigger || 120px|center || Balistoides viridescens No Moderate  Can only be housed in the largest of marine aquariums  Undulated trigger  120px|center  Balistapus undulatus || align="center" |No || align="center" |Easy || Probably the most aggressive fish kept in marine aquariums. Older specimens should be housed alone. || align="center" | 
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|Whitetail trigger|| || Sufflamen albicaudatum With Caution Easy   

Wrasse

300px|sağ| A Lyretail Wrasse

A diverse group of fish with an equally wide range of characteristics. Some wrasse species are aggressive towards small fish and invertebrates, others are reef safe. Some are quite hardy, some typically die within weeks.

 Common name  Image  Taxonomy  Reef safe Care Level  Description Max sizeBanana wrasse  120px|center Thalassoma lutescens No  Easy    Bird wrasse  120px|center Gomphosus varius  No  Easy    Bluehead wrasse  120px|center Thalassoma bifasciatum With Caution  Easy-moderate    Carpenter's flasher wrasse  Paracheilinus carpenteri  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms Moderate    Cheeklined maori wrasse  Cheilinus diagrammus  No  Moderate    Christmas wrasse 120px|center Thalassoma trilobatum  No     Cortez Rainbow wrasse  120px|center Thalassoma lucasanum  No  Moderate    Dragon wrasse  120px|center Novaculichthys taeniourus  No  Moderate   Eight line wrasse  Pseudocheilinus octotaenia  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Easy to moderate   Exquisite fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus exquisitus  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Difficult   Fine-spotted fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus punctatus  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Difficult    Flame wrasse  Cirrhilabrus jordani  Yes  Moderate    Formosa wrasse  120px|center Coris formosa  No  Moderate   Four line wrasse  120px|center Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Easy to moderate   Goldbar wrasse  120px|center Thalassoma hebraicum  With Caution  Moderate   Pastel-green wrasse  120px|center Halichoeres chloropterus  With Caution  Moderate   Greenback fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus scottorum  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Difficult    Harlequin tusk  120px|center Choerodon fasciatus  Generally, yes, but may eat shrimps  Moderate   Hoeven's wrasse  120px|center Halichoeres melanurus  With Caution  Easy    Jansen saddle wrasse Thalassoma jansenii  No  Easy    Labout's fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus laboutei  Yes  Easy    Leopard wrasse  120px|center Macropharyngodon meleagris  Yes Expert    Lineatus fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus lineatus  Yes  Easy    Longfin fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis  Yes  Easy    Lyretail wrasse/Moon wrasse 120px|center Thalassoma lunare  No  Moderate    Marble wrasse 120px|centerHalichoeres hortulanus  No  Easy-moderate    McCosker's flasher wrasse  Paracheilinus mccoskeri  Yes  Easy    Multicolor lubbock's wrasse  120px|center Cirrhilabrus lubbocki  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Easy    Multicolor velvet wrasse  Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura || align="center" | Yes; feeds on tiny organisms || align="center" | Moderate || || 
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|Mystery wrasse || 120px|center  ||Pseudocheilinus ocellatus  Yes  Easy   Orange-back fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis  Yes  Easy    Pinkface wrasse  Thalassoma quinquevittatum  With Caution  Easy    Potter's wrasse  Macropharyngodon geoffroyi  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Difficult   Red coris wrasse  120px|center Coris gaimard  No  Easy    Red-head fairy wrasse  120px|center Cirrhilabrus solorensis  Yes; feeds on tiny organisms  Difficult    Red velvet wrasse  Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis  Yes  Easy    Scarlet pin stripe wrasse  Pseudocheilinus evanidus  Yes Moderate   Six line wrasse  120px|center Pseudocheilinus hexataenia  Yes  Easy to moderate  Small pink fish with six purple horizontal lines.   Radiant wrasse  Halichoeres iridis  Yes  Easy   Rhomboid fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis  Yes  Moderate  Golden body with purple horizontal stripes on head.   Whip fin fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus filamentosus  Yes  Easy   Yellow wrasse  120px|center Halichoeres chrysus  Yes  With Caution  Yellow body with three or occasionally four black dots on dorsal fins. Require sand bed for sleeping.   Yellow & purple wrasse  Halichoeres trispilus  Yes  With Caution    Yellowband wrasse  Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus  Yes  Moderate    Yellow fin fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis  Yes  Moderate    Yellow-flanked fairy wrasse  Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis  Yes  Moderate   

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