Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Inhabits a variety of reef zones from reef flats to lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 122 m and is fairly common in areas not subjected to heavy spearfishing. Juveniles inhabit shallow protected reefs. A nocturnal species that feeds on crabs, shrimps and small fishes. Spine of preopercle 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). Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019).
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
