The orange spotted filefish (Oxymonacanthus Longirostris) or harlequin filefish is a filefish found on coral reefs in the indo-pacific ocean. They absorb and use chemicals from the coral they eat to take on the smell of the coral to help hide from predators!
Also they've got a cool spine on the top of them, which is why I think they are neat.
The shimmering cardinal is a cardinalfish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. I couldn't find more much information on them than that, but I like their colors.
The Blue-green Chromis has a ton of names! Blue-green reeffish, Blue-green damselfish, Demoiselle Bleue...even the Blue-green puller. There's clearly a theme to the names, but I do wonder what it did to deserve "puller".
The Goldenstriped Soapfish is a relative of the grouper, but with the best stripes! Certainly the best dressed cousin at the family get-togethers, I'm sure.
The Pink-belly Wrasse likes to live in shallow reefs and by rocky shores! But I don't think their belly looks pink at all, really.
The black-spotted wrasse is another colorful wrasse! They like to life on coral reefs within the first 100 feet of the surface, and their color patterns change as they grow from juveniles to adults.
The coral devil (also known as a crimsontip longfin) is probably the angriest looking fish I have seen.
The Red lionfish is a beautiful venomous fish that is native to the Indo-Pacific region, but has become invasive in the Caribbean Sea and along the east coast of the United States.
Their venom isn't usually fatal to humans, but I certainly still wouldn't like to get poked by one!
The six-line wrasse is another colorful wrasse that is very small. It sleeps in a mucus cocoon!
Do you think the six lines are racing stripes? 🤔
The red shoulder wrasse is another colorful wrasse with - you guessed it - a little bit of red on its "shoulder".
Aside from having red on their shoulder the rest of their colors can vary quite widely, but this one is mostly blue!
The red shoulder wrasse is another colorful wrasse with - you guessed it - a little bit of red on its "shoulder".
Aside from having red on their shoulder the rest of their colors can vary quite widely, but this one is mostly brown!
The sleeper blue dot Goby is a fish native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans. It likes to live in sandy or silty areas so that it can burrow.
Folks who keep aquariums like them for cleaning sand at the bottoms of their tanks because they sift through it to find food.
The reefcrest parrotfish is a cool looking parrotfish - they're called parrot fishes because their teeth look like beaks!
They use those teeth beaks to grind up coral, they are one of the only reef fish species that clean the coral they live on.
Can't decide, and just need some fish in your life? Get three random fish sent to you (maybe even chosen by Jeff).