Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Preopercle smooth, scales smooth, no scales on midline in front of dorsal fin.
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Life Cycle
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Are mouthbrooders (Ref. 240, 58876). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Trophic Strategy
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Prefers clear insular waters of oceanic islands (Ref. 9626). Has a commensal relationship with the conch shell Strombus gigas (where it is found in the mantle cavity) and with the bivalve Atrina rigida (Ref. 9626). Emerges at night from the conch shell to feed on small crustaceans. Males brood the eggs in their mouths. (Ref. 26938).
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Prefers clear insular waters of oceanic islands (Ref. 9626). Has a commensal relationship with the conch shell Lobatus gigas (where it is found in the mantle cavity) and with the bivalve Atrina rigida (Ref. 9626). Emerges at night from the conch shell to feed on small crustaceans. Males brood the eggs in their mouths. (Ref. 26938).
Importance
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
aquarium: commercial
