Yellowhead jawfish
Opistognathus aurifrons
It hovers bolt upright over the burrow it dug, snatching plankton.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 10 cm
- Smallest tank
- 75 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Moderate
- 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 litres16 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres27 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres59 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres109 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Flame angelfish
- Lyretail anthias
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Green chromis
- Sixline wrasse
- Royal gramma
- Yellow tang
- Blue tang
- Coral beauty angelfish
- Potter's angelfish
- Radiant wrasse
- Mystery wrasse
- Cleaner wrasse
- Bicolor blenny
- Blackcap basslet
- Clarkii clownfish
- Pink skunk clownfish
- Rusty angelfish
- Yellow coris wrasse
- Flame wrasse
- Leopard wrasse
- Randall's shrimpgoby
- and 65 more species
Not together
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Blue 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