CORAL Mystery Fish – Cool Little Red Corvette
31 Jan, 2019
This blazing-red bottom dweller was photographed by Roberto Pillon/CC BY 3.0
This brilliantly-colored fish has a lot going for it. With a maximum total length of only 8.0 cm (3.15 inches) but more commonly seen at 6.5 cm TL (2.55 inches), it seems like an ideal candidate for the modern mixed reef aquarium, with the flashy visual appeal of a midlife-crisis sportscar purchase, a fishkeeper’s cool little red Corvette.
According to FishBase, our mystery species is “a resident intertidal species with homing behavior. Adults are found in shallow rocky shores to 6 m. They feed on benthic invertebrates. Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites. Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters.”
So what is this mystery fish? Please keep your answers to yourself, and don’t post spoilers! All will be revealed in the next CORAL Magazine newsletter! Don’t miss out – be sure you’re signed up for the CORAL newsletter!
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Matt Pedersen
Matt Pedersen is a Sr. Editor and Associate Publisher with Reef To Rainforest Media, LLC & CORAL Magazines, and is a Sr. Editor and Publishing Partner with Aquatic Media Press, LLC & AMAZONAS Magazine. Matt has kept aquariums for 38 years, has worked in most facets of the aquarium trade, is an active aquarist and fish breeder (both marine and freshwater), and was recognized with the 2009 MASNA Award as the MASNA Aquarist of the Year.
