Gobies, blennies, and small marine fish
Comet Fish
Calloplesiops altivelis
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank250 l
- Adult size16 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeWith caution
Full profile
- Family
- Plesiopidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific and Red Sea
- Size
- 16 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- medium – low
- Behavior
- Peaceful (eats very small fish and shrimp)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 250 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ⚠️ Use caution (eats small shrimp)
Notes: Black with white spots and an ocellus on the dorsal fin. It mimics the head of a moray eel to scare off predators.
