Fire-tail Devil Dottyback

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Southern Japan south to Papua New Guinea and further south to northwest Australia.

Size: 8 inches (20 cm)

General Husbandry: Rarely seen in the trade, having a dark reddish body with several pale vertical bars on the mid-body, and usually a bright red tail.

Best maintained in fish-only aquariums having some rocky hiding places/crevices to take shelter, as this species is somewhat secretive and very aggressive. 

As to diet, products such as marine fish and crustacean flesh, clams, and other marine meaty foods should make up the majority of their diet. Therefore a meaty diet such as enriched chopped fresh fish or shrimp flesh, and/or frozen carnivore foods should be fed once daily.