Mandarinfish
Synchiropus splendidus
It hovers like a helicopter on whirring pectorals and never hurries.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 6 cm
- Smallest tank
- 75 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Demanding
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres25 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres42 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres92 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres171 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Green chromis
- Sixline wrasse
- Royal gramma
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Flame angelfish
- Lyretail anthias
- Yellow tang
- Blue tang
- Yellowtail damselfish
- Azure damselfish
- Tailspot blenny
- Talbot's damselfish
- Yellowstriped cardinalfish
- Percula clownfish
- Springer's damselfish
- Cherub angelfish
- Carpenter's flasher wrasse
- Purple firefish
- Neon goby
- Yasha goby
- High-fin shrimpgoby
- Court jester goby
- and 65 more species
Not together
- Blue damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Maroon clownfishAggressive with peaceful
- Purple tangAggressive with peaceful
- Powder blue tangAggressive with peaceful
- Lunare wrasseAggressive with peaceful
- Picasso triggerfishAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor angelfishAggressive with peaceful
- Queen angelfishAggressive with peaceful