Yellow coris wrasse
Halichoeres chrysus
A yellow bullet sweeping the tank; it clears out pest snails.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 11 cm
- Smallest tank
- 90 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Easy
- 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 litres12 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres21 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres46 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres85 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Flame angelfish
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Green chromis
- Royal gramma
- Clarkii clownfish
- Leopard wrasse
- Valentini puffer
- Tomato clownfish
- Coral beauty angelfish
- Potter's angelfish
- Bicolor angelfish
- Radiant wrasse
- Mystery wrasse
- Cleaner wrasse
- Lawnmower blenny
- Bicolor blenny
- Midas blenny
- Starry blenny
- Blackcap basslet
- Pearlscale butterflyfish
- Longnose hawkfish
- Yellowhead jawfish
- and 48 more species
Caution
- Lyretail anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Sixline wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Yellow tangCrowding the same layer
- Blue tangCrowding the same layer
- Lemonpeel angelfishCrowding the same layer
- Melanurus wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Scott's fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Exquisite fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Flame wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Dispar anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Bartlett's anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Carpenter's flasher wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Lined seahorseNarrow shared temperature range
- Pyramid butterflyfishCrowding the same layer
- Scopas tangCrowding the same layer
- Convict tangCrowding the same layer
- Sailfin tangCrowding the same layer
- Naso tangCrowding the same layer
Not together
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Maroon clownfishAggressive with peaceful
- Blue damselfishAggressive 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
Same familyWrasses
- Sixline wrassePseudocheilinus hexataenia
- Melanurus wrasseHalichoeres melanurus
- Radiant wrasseHalichoeres iridis
- Scott's fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus scottorum
- Exquisite fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitus
- Flame wrasseCirrhilabrus jordani
- Carpenter's flasher wrasseParacheilinus carpenteri
- Mystery wrassePseudocheilinus ocellatus
- Leopard wrasseMacropharyngodon meleagris
- Cleaner wrasseLabroides dimidiatus
- Lunare wrasseThalassoma lunare