Eight Lined Wrasse
Pseudocheilinus octotaenia
Compatibility at a Glance
✓Reef compatible — can be kept with reef
✗Not coral compatible — avoid with coral
✓Invertebrates compatible — can be kept with invertebrates
Eight Lined Wrasse is considered reef safe — it can generally be kept in tanks with corals and sessile invertebrates without damaging them.
Compatibility
✓ Reef Compatible✗ Coral Compatible✓ Invertebrate Compatible
Care Parameters
- Type:
- fish
- Aggression:
- aggressive
- Swimming Zone:
- midwater
- Minimum Tank:
- 50 gallons
- Schooling:
- No
- Diet:
- carnivore
- Safety:
- ✓Reef✗Coral✓Invert
Compatibility with Popular Tankmates
Verdicts from our compatibility engine, assuming a typical 90-gallon reef tank. How our engine works →
- ~Ocellaris Clownfish — With caution. Faces pressure from 1 semi-aggressive tankmate (Eight Lined Wrasse) Full verdict →
- ✓Yellow Tang — Good match. Yellow Tang (semi-aggressive) fits community Full verdict →
- ~Royal Gramma — With caution. Faces pressure from 1 semi-aggressive tankmate (Eight Lined Wrasse) Full verdict →
- ~Firefish Goby — With caution. Faces pressure from 1 semi-aggressive tankmate (Eight Lined Wrasse) Full verdict →
- ~Coral Beauty Angelfish — With caution. Caution — Coral Beauty Angelfish may harm coral/inverts if underfed or stressed Full verdict →
- ~Blue Green Chromis — With caution. Schooling species — Blue Green Chromis needs 5+ companions; add at least 4 more Full verdict →
- ~Pajama Cardinalfish — With caution. Schooling species — Pajama Cardinalfish needs 5+ companions; add at least 4 more Full verdict →
- ✗Sixline Wrasse — Avoid. Species conflict: Known conflict: Lined wrasses (Pseudocheilinus, e.g. sixline) are aggressive to their own kind Full verdict →