Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Lives in the vicinity of sand or rubble patches of exposed outer reef flats, lagoon reefs, and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Juveniles are common in shallow coral reefs and lagoons. Solitary when adults. Feeds mainly on hard-shelled invertebrates including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins (Ref. 9823).
- 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]
