Firefish Purple
The colors on this fish are simply amazing.
Firefish purple. The purple firefish are a small shy fish with a mixed coloration. A purple firefish are considered to be reef safe and are not inclined to nip corals or clams. Firefish can usually be found over hard open bottoms and rubble patches at the base of the reef.
Purple firefish have a white or yellow body that fades to black towards a multi colored caudal fin and a purple face along with red orange fins lined in streaks of black. The purple firefish was added to the tank same time with other fishes the tang just recently added the royal gamma was in hide out mode for 3 weeks then come out in open water a lot more often or at least stay near the edge of rock work and looking out but actively compete for food with other fishes at feeding time while i saw the fire fish. They will rarely swim much further than this which can cause difficulties when feeding them.
The purple firefish nemateleotris decora is also known by various common names such as the decorated firefish and even the fire goby. If housed with aggressive fish they may feel stressed and go into hiding to avoid being harassed ultimately becoming diseased or starved. These purple firefish aren t more difficult to maintain than freshwater tropical fish they only need to have a different.
The colorful body base is varied degrees of yellow to white and deep shades of purple which begin at the head and ends with maroon tipped fins. The purple firefish also known as the decorated firefish purple dartfish decorated dartfish or flame firefish was first discovered in the indo west pacific ocean in 1973 by randall and allen. They tend to stay in one place poking their heads out from rocks or swimming just in front of their homes.
The purple firefish is aggressively territorial against other firefishes. Feb 9 2016 explore christabel eickemeyer s board purple firefish followed by 111 people on pinterest. Purple firefish native habitat distribution behavior aquarium compatibility.
The stay near the rocks so they can dart in the small holes and crevices when threatened. It has an elongated dorsal fin. Nemateleotris decora the elegant firefish or purple firefish is a species of dartfish native to tropical waters in the indo west pacific from mauritius to samoa north to ryukyu islands and south to new caledonia from depths ranging between 25 to 70 m 82 to 230 ft.
The upper lobes of the tail are almost black. The torpedo like body of the purple firefish is colored light pink near its head and deepens into a deep red or orange at its tail.
