Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
A voracious piscivore inhabiting lagoon and seaward reefs in areas of rich coral growth. Feeds exclusively on fishes. The prey comprises a variety of large reef fishes, including groupers, and this diet of large fishes is responsible for the high concentrations of ciguatera toxins. Juveniles may mimic the pufferfish @Canthigaster valentini@.
- 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]
