Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Somalia; Seychelles; Maldives; Chesterfield Islands, and New Caledonia.
Size: 2 inches (4 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits inshore sandy and muddy weedy lagoons and usually found at depths between 3 – 65 feet (1 – 20 m) where it feeds on benthic invertebrates and zooplankton.
General Husbandry: Not normally collected for the trade, yet if becoming available would have the same aquarium husbandry as others in this genus.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Callionymoidei
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
