Diagnostic Description
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Semi-transparent and reddish in color.
Life Cycle
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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8
Trophic Strategy
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Lives in caves or other projections in coral reefs (Ref. 9137). Also Ref. 58534.
Biology
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Occurs in sheltered reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of 17 m or more. Feeds on small benthic crustaceans at night; cryptic under rocks or deep holes by day.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Importance
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aquarium: commercial
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Description
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Occurs in sheltered reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of 17 m or more. Feeds on small benthic crustaceans at night; cryptic under rocks or deep holes by day (Ref. 1602). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300) Size: 5 cm .
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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