
Popular Saltwater Fish Species for your Aquarium
Here are some of the most popular saltwater fish species that are commonly kept in aquariums, each with unique characteristics and care requirements.
A common rule of thumb for how many marine fish you can keep in an aquarium is to allow 1 inch of fish per gallon of water; however, this can vary depending on the specific fish species and their size, with reef tanks generally requiring even more space per fish due to their larger waste output and need for swimming room.
Tobacco Basslet
Marcos’ Wrasse
White-streaked Grouper
Clown Wrasse
Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer
Starry Pufferfish
Lyretail Grouper
Helfrich’s Firefish
Cleaner Wrasse
Dusky Wrasse
Pastel Green Wrasse
Harlequin Tuskfish
Half Black Angelfish
Compressed Toby
Diana’s Hogfish
Guineafowl Pufferfish
Masked Pufferfish
Percula Clownfish
Zebra Dartfish
Zigzag Wrasse
Speckled Blue Grouper
Solar Fairy Wrasse
Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby
White-Spotted Pufferfish
Moon Wrasse
Peacock Wrasse
Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse
Radiant Wrasse
Bird Wrasse
Bluelined Hind
Herald’s Angelfish
Ambon Puffer
Axilspot Hogfish
Map Pufferfish
Blue-Spotted Wrasse
Ocellaris Clownfish
Fourline Wrasse
Tail-spot wrasse
Long-Spined Pufferfish
Redfin Fairy Wrasse
Spanish Hogfish
Spotted Wrasse
Sixbar Wrasse
Allen’s Wrasse
Indigo Basslet
Checkerboard Wrasse
Humpback Grouper
Coral Grouper
Coral Beauty Angelfish
Split-Level Hogfish
Lyretail Hogfish
Immaculate Pufferfish
Orange Skunk Clownfish
Maldives Clownfish
Purple Tilefish
Sixline Soapfish
Yellowtail Coris Wrasse
Valentini Puffer
Spotfin Hogfish
Peacock Wrasse
Belted Wrasse
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse
Overview Found in the Indo-Pacific region. Known for their role in cleaning other fish by removing parasites. They have a slender body and a distinctive swimming pattern. Cleaner wrasses establish cleaning stations on the reef. Feeding They are primarily carnivores....