Marine Fish Encyclopedia — 80 Species Directory

Beautiful marine shrimp with red and white stripes. Valued for eating Aiptasia (pest anemone) — a beneficial cleaner.

Striking bicolor — vivid purple front and bright yellow rear. Hardy and feeds well, but feisty temperament can be aggressive toward similar-sized fish.

Large cleaner shrimp with red body and white dorsal stripe. Famous for cleaning parasites off fish. Excellent tank cleaner. Hermaphroditic — breeding possible.

Brown-bodied tang, not flashy but an excellent algae cleaner. Hardy and easy to keep. More affordable than Yellow Tang. Actively grazes on algae.

Small wrasse with six horizontal lines. Beneficial pest controller eating flatworms. Active swimmer adding movement to the tank.

A small damselfish with beautiful deep blue-purple color. Peaceful and easy to keep like Green Chromis.

A master sand-cleaner that sifts the substrate with its long proboscis to eat detritus, leftovers, and diatoms, keeping the sand bed clean without stirring it up. Reef-safe.

Beautiful small blenny with yellow and black stripes. Has venomous fangs for defense but harmless to humans. Entertaining hole-dwelling behavior. Hardy and easy.

A blenny named for black spot at tail base. Small and eats algae.

A classic cleanup-crew snail that rasps algae off glass and live rock. Reef-safe and hardy, it is a first line of defense against algae.

Small goby with cute yellow body and blue dot pattern. Famous for symbiosis with pistol shrimp, where shrimp digs burrow and goby stands watch. Hardy and easy to keep.

A colorful and diverse marine fish group. Sleeps buried in sand and also serves as a tank cleaner.

A wrasse adding color to tank with vivid yellow body. Useful fish also active in pest control.

A beautiful goby with vivid yellow body. Symbiotic relationship with pistol shrimp observable in tank.

Damselfish with vivid blue body and beautiful yellow tail fin. Hardy, eats prepared food well, and is one of the best species for saltwater fish beginners. Can be kept in small tanks.