Species photo: Rickard Zerpe, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Halichoeres melanurus
$39.99
Teal, orange and yellow stripes, plus a taste for flatworms and pest snails.
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From our species guide
In plain words: The melanurus wrasse is a slim, fast fish that looks like a neon sign. It has blue-green and orange-pink stripes from its nose to its tail. Its name means 'black tail', because the boys have a black tip on the tail.
Melanurus wrasses are colorful, active and useful: they hunt flatworms, pyramidal snails and other pests. They bury in the sand at night, so provide a sand bed at least 2 inches deep.
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