Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Southern Japan and south to Western Australia.
Size: 5 inches (12 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow inshore rocky reefs at depths between 6 to 30 feet (2 - 10 m) where juveniles feed on zooplankton, and adults mainly feed on filamentous algae and somewhat on zooplankton.
General Husbandry: Quite drab, having a brownish black body.
Not collected for the hobby.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Labroidei
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Stegastes
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
