Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka, Japan
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Seven to eight dark stripes of varying thickness run diagonally across almost the entire body of this finger finned fish.
Another good identifying feature are the many white dot patterns on the fish's caudal fin.
A glance at the “food palette” listed above immediately makes it clear that the fingerfin Goniistius zonatus does not belong in a marine aquarium and, from an aquarist's point of view, is better left in the oceans.
However, this finger fin is cultivated commercially in Japan.
Synonym: Cheilodactylus zonatus Cuvier, 1830
Synonym: Goniistius zonatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Another good identifying feature are the many white dot patterns on the fish's caudal fin.
A glance at the “food palette” listed above immediately makes it clear that the fingerfin Goniistius zonatus does not belong in a marine aquarium and, from an aquarist's point of view, is better left in the oceans.
However, this finger fin is cultivated commercially in Japan.
Synonym: Cheilodactylus zonatus Cuvier, 1830
Synonym: Goniistius zonatus (Cuvier, 1830)
