Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Sri Lanka, Cocos-Keeling Islands, Christmas Island, Thailand, Southern Japan, and Marshall Islands.
Size: 2 inches - 3 cm
Natural Environment: Inhabits wave-swept reef margins and often seen on rock surfaces and under ledges and usually found at depths between 3 – 30 feet (1 – 10 m) where it feeds on benthic invertebrate/zooplankton.
General Husbandry: Not purposely collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Tripteryglidae
Genus: Helcogramma
FYI: Shown here for identification only.