red sea fish list....

[mikid]

i have a reef with only red sea/indian ocean fish.....its sometimes hard to find out which fish are from those areas sometimes...anyone has any sugguestions of wrasses,i have a radiant,but would like to add another of some sort.....

 

[jubjub]

man wish i could help only fish i know from redsea are some regals, and purple tangs...

although have you checked out http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/ it does seem to tell you where the fish are from.

 

[Recty]

Go to www.fishbase.org then pick under "information by ecosystem" the option "Red Sea (sea/bay/gulf) and then select "All fishes" undernearth it.

Or do http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_of_the_Red_Sea and then move down to Labridae

Google is your friend, you can find a lot out there.

 

[Manta]

Often difficult to find out the correct info on net searches, for this area in particular you can find eg. species listed as Red Sea when in fact they are found in the Gulf of Aden, not the Red Sea. We've kept a Red Sea biotope so know exactly where your coming from.

For Red Sea wrasses there are c.82 species, some of the species more suited to captivity are listed below:

Anampses caeruleopunctatus Anampses lineatus
Anampses meleagrides Anampses twistii
Bodianus anthioides Bodianus axillaris
Bodianus diana Bodianus opercularis
Cirrhilabrus blatteus Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis
Coris caudimacula Coris cuvieri
Coris formosa Coris variegata
Gomphosus caeruleus Halichoeres hortulanus
Halichoeres marginatus Halichoeres nebulosus
Halichoeres scapularis Labriodes dimidiatus
Larabicus quadrilineatus Macropharyngodon bipartitus marisrubri
Macropharyngodon striatus Oxycheilinus mentalis
Paracheilinus octotaenia Pseudocheilinus evanidis
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia Pteragogas cryptus
Pteragogus pelycus Stethojulis albovittata
Stethojulis interrupta Thalassoma lunare
Thalassoma rueppelli