Purple Fire Fish

The purple firefish is aggressively territorial against other firefishes. The colors on this fish are simply amazing. If housed with aggressive fish they may feel stressed and go into hiding to avoid being harassed ultimately becoming diseased or starved.

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Bright and colorful and non aggressive toward other fish corals or other reef tank dwellers it s hard to go wrong with a firefish.

Purple fire fish. They have long been a favorite among marine hobbyists. The upper lobes of the tail are almost black. They are generally peaceful and timid fish best kept with other mild mannered tank mates.

They are very hardy and peaceful but may become territorial towards other blennies gobies or dartfish in smaller tanks. 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.

We also offer a large selection of saltwater fish for sale online. 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. They will rarely swim much further than this which can cause difficulties when feeding them.

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. They tend to stay in one place poking their heads out from rocks or swimming just in front of their homes. It has an elongated dorsal fin.

The purple firefish nemateleotris decora is also known by various common names such as the decorated firefish and even the fire goby. 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.

The firefish firefish goby is a friendly well behaved saltwater fish that is an excellent addition to a reef tank especially one of smaller size. 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. Purple firefish for sale including marine pruple fire fish goby.

The purple firefish goby nemateleotris decora has a lavender white body with purple markings on the face and dark red and purple colored fins.