Inhabits reef flats and shallow protected reefs, often in dead reef areas (Ref. 9710). Secretive during the day (Ref. 37816).

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa south to Mozambique (but not the Red Sea) and east to the Marshall, except the northern Marshalls (Ref. 37816) and Society islands. Recorded from the Mediterranean.

Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagacar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 4; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9

Maximum size: 320 mm ---

32.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5213))

Body with dark brown to brownish red stripes, alternating with silvery white stripes. The upper 2 dark stripes often ending in an elongate dark brown spot at the base of the soft portion of the dorsal fin; the third curving downward to end at mid-base of caudal fin; the 4th ending just before the caudal peduncle; the 5th and 6th stripes converging posteriorly on lower edge of caudal peduncle; 7th and 8th ending in a dark blotch at the rear base of soft part of anal fin. Four oblique scale rows on cheek; body depth 2.6-2.8 in SL; head length (HL) 2.65-2.9 in SL; short and blunt snout, length 4.4-5.1 in HL; interorbital width 3.9-4.4 in HL; mouth terminal to slightly inferior, maxilla often extending to below center of the eye, upper jaw length 2.35-2.55 in HL; premaxillary groove often reaching above anterior edge of orbit; anterior end of nasal bone ending in a spine; surface or medial edge of nasal bone spineless; nasal fossa without spinules (occasionally large specimens with one spinule on anterior edge of fossa); upper edge of first suborbital bone with a slightly retrorse lateral spine, followed by a low ridge of recumbent spinules; preopercular spine 1.5-2.2 in orbit diameter, 3.7-5.8 in HL; 3rd-5th dorsal spines subequal, the longest 1.85-2.2 in HL; 3rd anal spine 1.25-1.5 in HL (Ref. 27370).

Inhabits shallow water, more often in coral reefs.

reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 5 m (Ref. 30874)

Depth range based on 32 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 29 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0.3 - 12.2
  Temperature range (°C): 24.198 - 29.003
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.054 - 0.537
  Salinity (PPS): 32.183 - 35.924
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.279 - 4.847
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.085 - 0.332
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.103 - 14.847

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0.3 - 12.2

Temperature range (°C): 24.198 - 29.003

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.054 - 0.537

Salinity (PPS): 32.183 - 35.924

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.279 - 4.847

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.085 - 0.332

Silicate (umol/l): 1.103 - 14.847
 
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Depth: 1 - 5m.
From 1 to 5 meters.

Habitat: reef-associated.

Found in inshore waters. Nocturnal species (Ref. 75154).

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


No available public DNA sequences.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1

Not Evaluated

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family