Two Spot Coralfish

Description: Pearly white with broad brownish bands. A distinctive white-edged ocellus in dorsal fin and a smaller one in anal fin (Ref. 48636). Snout length 2.7-2.9 in HL. Body depth 1.3-1.4 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 27; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 17 - 18

An extremely wary fish found in sheltered lagoons or exposed outer reefs; to a depth greater than 30 m (Ref. 9710). More common along drop-offs in the vicinity of sponges on which they feed (Ref. 9710). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

aquarium: commercial