Yellow Tilefish

Description: Characterized by bright yellow body color except white ventrally; blue stripe above eye; upper gill cover with conspicuous black spot; preopercular serrae 30.44; greatest depth of body 4.9-5.0 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Displays obligate monogamy where a one-to-one pair is established irrespective of resource abundance (Ref. 52884).

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 20

Found near coastal reefs. Hovers above its burrow in flat soft silty bottoms (Ref. 9710). Usually in pairs (Ref. 48635).

fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial