The Sunrise Dottyback is a bright blue fish with a yellow dorsal stripe from snout to tail, and a white ventral area.
Dottybacks are a group of small, colorful basslet-like fish that
inhabit the crevices and small caves of the coral reef. Dottybacks can
be kept in smaller aquariums, although larger tanks with plenty of live
rock are preferable. They are territorial and will defend the area they
have claimed as home quite aggressively.
Dottybacks
vary species by species in aggressiveness, and care should be taken
when deciding which to introduce to an aquarium community. Dottybacks
are easy to feed, and frozen foods such as Mysis shrimp or Brine shrimp
are readily accepted. They are also known to feed on small bristle
worms, and have been introduced to tanks to help control excessive
bristle worm populations.
The family of
Dottybacks are well known for their elusive nature. These fish tend to
stay within their crevice or cave until it is time to feed. Their color
is usually quite dramatic and they are capable of changing their sex.