Information, Facts, Pictures and Photos about the Fourline Wrasse

Scientific Name:

Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia

Other Common Names:

Four-Line Wrasse

Distribution:

Western and Central Pacific.

Description:

This fish has a blue colored body with four bright blue longitudinal bands on the upper part of the body, outlined by fine black lines and an orange color between them.

Maximum Size:

To about 3".

Diet and Feeding:

Like most fish in The Wrasse Fish Family, the Fourline Wrasse is primarily a carnivore. It will eat some plant life, but its preference is for small shrimps and crabs. It will readily eat tank fed foods of almost any kind.

The Fourline Wrasse should be fed a diet of meaty foods, including Mysid Shrimp, finely chopped seafoods and enriched frozen foods. It should be fed twice per day.

Characteristics and Compatibility:

The Fourline Wrasse is a smaller species which does better in a less belligerent tank, but may act aggressively toward towards more peaceful wrasses and other small fish. Given the right cover, it will spend a lot of its time hiding and foraging for small snails, worms and crustaceans in live rock.

Minimum Size Tank:

20 gallon.