Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Found in aggregations over hard, algal coated bottoms of exposed, surf-swept outer reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs, to a depth of at least 24 m. Appears to be more commonly involved in hallucinogenic fish poisoning than most other related species (Ref. 4690). Rare in Hawaii. Feeds on algae and invertebrates (Ref. 5213). Caught with other types of artisanal gear.
- 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]
