Mccoskers Wrasse
Mccosker s flasher wrasse is considered reef safe and will leave everything but micro invertebrates alone.
Mccoskers wrasse. The mccosker s flasher wrasse should readily accept a captive diet of varied foods including meaty bits of marine flesh such as raw table shrimp squid clam and mussel. Mccosker s flasher wrasse is not suitable for beginners but is relatively hardy once established. They also sport an orange dorsal fin with red blue and yellow patterns and an anal fin with a bold red band.
The common name and specific name honours the american ichthyologist john e. Dr reef quarantined inverts saltwater fish snails wrasses. Mccosker s flasher wrasses are easily bullied so be sure to keep them with peaceful tankmates that will not outcompete them for food.
It is an ideal fish for a small reef aquarium as well as for large ones. The mccosker s flasher wrasse is found on the east african coast from tanzanian waters up into kenya and across the indian ocean into the west pacific. Filamentosus are all stunning fish that are well worth seeking out.
I work in a saltwater fish store and i ve found some fish and i do mean some including clownfish and flasher wrasses if bagged together they kind of hang together. Saltwater fish wrasses reefsafe tags. But it doesn t always end up that way.
Mine are doing great together two mccoskers and one carpenter along with a pintail fairy wrasse. Females present a pore muted tones and they don t have the large dorsal or anal fins of the male. Mccosker s flasher wrasse paracheilinus mccoskeri is a species of wrasse native to the indian ocean from east africa to thailand and northern sumatra it is a reef inhabitant at depths from 5 to 40 m 16 to 131 ft and can grow to 8 cm 3 1 in in total length it can be found in the aquarium trade.
Mccoskeri carpenter s flasher wrasse p. Mccosker s wrasse is best kept in a tank with a tightly sealed lid to prevent escapes and should be well stocked with live rock and have a sandy substrate it is advised to keep only one mccosker s flasher wrasse per tank to curb against territorial aggression. The male mccosker s wrasse is more colorful than the female with an orange to red body yellow belly and blue horizontal stripes.
Often found along reef slopes and rubble zones the mccosker s flasher wrasse will often swim near the bottom and tends to form small groups where a male swims back and forth between groups of females. Carpenteri and the filamented wrasse p. Their range may extend down into northern mozambique.
It is suitable for intermediate fish keepers. Octotaenia mccosker s flasher wrasse p.
