Inhabits shallow reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthic in or near coral (Ref. 58302).

Eastern Central Pacific: known only from the Hawaiian Islands. Recently been reported from Midway Islands (Ref. 28620).

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5

11.7 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3921))

Coronal spines present; virtually no occipital pit; about 40-45 vertical scale rows; lachrymal bone with 3 spines over maxillary, posterior 2 close set and pointing down and to rear, first points mostly forward; suborbital ridge with one spine at posterior end of ridge (Ref. 10482).

Type for Sebastapistes corallicola
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Collector(s): Jenkins
Locality: Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific

Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 4.575 - 4.575
  Temperature range (°C): 24.610 - 24.610
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.067 - 0.067
  Salinity (PPS): 35.294 - 35.294
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.835 - 4.835
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.092 - 0.092
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.498 - 1.498
 
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reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 1 - 11 m (Ref. 58302)

Not Evaluated