Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Uncommon in atoll reef flats, lagoon patch reefs, and steep outer reef slopes to a depth of at least 20 m. Feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps at night. Spine of preopercle is venomous.
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019).
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
