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Yellow Assessor

Bright yellow with forked tail. Dorsal and anal fins lined with orange. Pale orange line through eye. Sometimes seen swimming upside-down due to their preferred habitat – caves and ledges – where they orient to ceilings. Confirm captive-bred status, most are still wild-caught.

February 10, 2022

Yellowbar Angelfish

Young with deep blue to black body and bright blue fins. Skinny electric blue and white bars throughout. Broad white or yellow bar appears mid-body with age, becoming yellow at adulthood. White/light blue tail (unlike Asfur Angelfish’s yellow tail). Captive-bred young in the 1″- 5″ range are sometimes available, but their adult size of 20″ […]

Potter’s Angelfish

Deep orange on head, back and varying amounts on belly; transitioning to deep blue/black from head to tail. Entire body overlaid with irregular narrow gray/blue bars. Potter’s Angelfish occur only in Hawaii. Despite aquarium trade acknowledgment of their fragility and extremely poor chances of captive survival, over 10,000 are captured on Hawaii’s reefs each year. […]

Flame Angelfish

Bright red to red orange with 5 – 6 thick black bars. Rear edge of fins deep blue to purple. Capable of being bred in captivity but rarely available. Therefore, the Flame Angelfish currently gets a “Bad Fish” rating.

Coral Beauty Angelfish

Red/orange base with numerous narrow blue/purple bars. Head and fins deep blue to purple. Obvious blue cheek spine. One of the top 20 U.S. imports of marine aquarium fish. Many Coral Beauty Angelfish are captured with cyanide. Captive-bred Coral Beauty Angelfishes are available from Biota.

Blue Ring Angelfish

Young with deep blue to black body, white to blue narrow bars and white tail. Becoming brown with diagonal blue stripes and white/blue tail as adults. Though captive-bred young in the 1″ – 2″ range are available, their adult size of 18″ makes the Blue Ring Angelfish unsuitable for the hobby.

Bicolor Angelfish

Bright yellow head to mid-body with deep blue saddle across nape; rear half deep blue with bright yellow tail. Many of these beauties are likely captured with cyanide, an illegal practice harming both fish and reefs. Some aquaculture success has been achieved at the experimental level only.

Asfur Angelfish

Young with deep blue to black body and bright blue fins, except for yellow tail. Skinny electric blue and cobalt bars throughout. Broad yellow bar appears mid-body with age, body turns deep blue/purple, and yellow tail brightens. Small captive-bred young may sometimes be available, but their adult size of 17″ makes the Asfur Angelfish unsuitable […]

Tomato Clownfish

Young with 2-3 white bars; adults with one white to pale blue bar. Bodies from deep orange to bright red with maturing females darkening to black. Captive-bred clownfish can survive without a host anemone but do require a small structure for a sense of security. With proper care these fish can live for 20 – […]

Saddleback Clownfish

Bodies either brown to black or yellow/orange. Wide white bar on head. Mid-body white bar is partial, resembling a saddle.  Captive-bred clownfish can survive without a host anemone but do require a small structure for a sense of security. Potential lifespan is unknown.