Eastern hulafish

The Eastern hulafish lives in the pelagic-neritic, marine environment.

Eastern Hulafish are members of the Longfins family. They are found in large schools on rocky reefs in NSW. They can be found swimming above the reef feeding on zooplankton. Their name comes from their swimming movement. More

The Eastern Hulafish, or Trachinops taeniatus, is a little Australian fish about 10cm long, and is named such for its "exaggerated swimming movements". More

The eastern hulafish, Trachinops taeniatus, has distinctive red, black and yellow stripes along its upper surface and is white underneath.They are long thin, agile fish. Trachinops taeniatus are often seen in small groups> "dancing". More

We’re sorry but this Eastern Hulafish was sold on 02/19/2009 at 7:35 PM Central. Please feel free to view our other Diver’s Den® items below. What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) for your aquarium. These are photographs of actual specimens available now. More

Common names

Eastern hulafish in English
条纹粗眼鮗 in Mandarin Chinese
条纹粗眼鮗 in Unknown
條紋粗眼鮗 in Mandarin Chinese
條紋粗眼鮗 in Unknown

Order : Perciformes
Family : Plesiopidae
Genus : Trachinops
Species : Trachinops taeniatus
Authority : G