Saltwater
Pearl wrasse
Anampses cuvier
Labridae, Corinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 31 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 715 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Adults are found over rocky substrate of inshore areas. They also inhabit tide pools and relatively deeper water. Benthopelagic. Feed on crustaceans, including shrimps, amphipods (gammarids and caprellids), copepods, ostracods, isopods, and brachyuran crabs. Other food items include sipunculids, gastropods, chitons, and occasionally ophiuroids and echinoids, tunicates, algae, foraminifera, and fish material. Protogynous. Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Anampses evermanni
- Anampses godeffroyi
In other languages
- Cuvier's tamarin, Cuvier's wrasse, Spotted wrasse fish
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.