Diagnostic Description
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Head scales reaching forward to level of middle of eyes. Lower limb of preopercle naked. Antrorse (forward-directed) suborbital spine absent. Pelvic fins long, reaching to or just beyond level of anus. Axillary scale present. Color: Numerous black or dark brown spots on sides forming stripes with white interspaces between. A pearly-white stripe from below eye to upper edge of pectoral base.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7
Trophic Strategy
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Benthic, found in inshore waters usually on shallow sandy bottoms close to coral reefs (Ref. 30573). Present in seagrass beds at all life stages. Invert. feeder (Ref. 41878).
Biology
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Benthic, found in inshore waters usually on shallow sandy bottoms close to coral reefs (Ref. 30573). Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and fishes (Ref. 30573).
- Recorder
- Kent E. Carpenter
Importance
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial
- Recorder
- Kent E. Carpenter
Description
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Occurs in inshore waters usually on shallow sandy bottoms close to coral reefs. Feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms and fish.
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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