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Main identification features
- white, 2 black saddles, 2 black bars
Snout long and pointed; 1 pair of small hole-like nostrils; back with crest between eyes and dorsal fin; gill opening short, before upper edge of pectoral fin; dorsal 9 rays; anal 9 rays; pectoral 16-17 rays.
Whitish; small brown spots on sides of body and head; blue lines extend to rear from eye; dark brown saddle immediately behind eye, 2 long brown bars on body, dark brown saddle on tail base; tail fin yellow, upper and lower edges black.
Size: 11 cm.
Habitat: reefs.
Depth: 1-55 m.
Indo-Pacific; vagrant in the Galapagos.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 55 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: sessile molluscs; soft corals/hydroids; sessile crustacea; sessile worms; benthic microalgae; sponges/seasquirts/bryozoa; sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-90; Latitudinal range=4; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Omnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 11 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Bleeker,., 1853., Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina., Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië, 4:91-130.
- Grove , J.S. and Lavenberg, R. J., 1997., The fishes of the Galápagos islands., Stanford University Press:863 pp.
- Smith , M. M. and Heemstra, P., 1986., Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa. 1047 pp., Macmillan South Africa:1047pp.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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