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Scissortail Dartfish
Ptereleotris evides
Family: Gobiidae
📍 Indo-Pacific reefs
Slender, schooling dartfish with a distinctive forked tail and blue-grey body. Best kept in pairs or small groups; will share a burrow. Reef-safe and active in the mid-water column.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 8.1–8.4
- diet
- carnivore — mysis, copepods
- maxSize
- 5 inches
- minTankSize
- 20 gallons
- temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
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Temperature
75–82°F
24–28°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
81°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)
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