Crested Weedfish

• Description:  Resembles a piece of seaweed with a large crest on its forehead.  Its body is long, slender and very flat.  The colour can be mottled, reddish-brown to green or yellow.  There is usually a distinct dark oblique bar from eye to rear of mouth.  

   

   

   

• Scientific Name: Cristiceps Aurantiacus
• Habitat: Found around New Zealand in rock pools and to depths of 10 metres, usually amongst rock areas of seaweed
• Temperament: Peaceful
• Tank Age/Maturity: 100 litres At least six months old Preferably longer to establish a Pd population
• Diet: Their food in the wild is small crustaceans and larval fish, so live food is a must. Daphnia and mosquito larvae will be eaten
• Threatened Species: N/A
• Special Requirements:   Require live foods as hard to wean on to frozen food. Easily outcompeted for food by faster fish, does well with seahorses and pipefish
• Endemic: N/A
• Size: 18cm