Captive bred marine fishes only?

Although it would be nice if all the species of marine fishes suitable for aquaria were captive bred there are a number of wild caught species that do well .....
those that come to mind are:
coral beauty, yellow tang, henichus butterfly, yellow coris wrasse, lunare wrasse, bluehead wrasse, almost all damsels, many triggers, many puffers, snowflake eel, all scats, all mono's, groupers, foxface, hippo tang, basslets
so as you see there's plenty of choices ...... for the sake of the ecology, conservation & preservation of nature ... limit what you can buy to what you plan to keep alive for 10 years or more .... stay away from large specimens which should be left to reproduce in nature ..... most oddball stuff that's expensive ... will not live in an aquarium beyond a few weeks or months ... don't be a consumer be a conserver ....

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