Pink Maomao
Photo: Brian Gratwicke flickr Creative Commons
A brilliantly coloured fish, pink with fins carrying a slight blue tinge.
- Scientific Name
- Caprodon Longimanus
- Habitat
- Found inshore near rocky reefs to 100 metres
- Temperament
- A peaceful fish in a mixed tank
- Tank Age/Maturity
- 600 litres and at least six months
- Diet
- Newly caught fish need live food but after settling in tank they eat everything from flake food to mysid shrimp. Partial to prawns
- Threatened Species
- N/A
- Special Requirements
- A very timid fish when newly caught, easily pushed off food
- Endemic
- N/A
- Size
- 60cm