Main identification features
- green-brown + scattered dark spots
- gill opening in black blotch
Relatively deep bodied, especially adults - depth 6-14% of length; head length 11-15% of total length; dorsal and anal fins covered with skin, but very evident, with origins at or (in dorsal) before anus; front nostril simple tube; posterior nostril at level of profile of head; lower jaw straight, mouth closes completely; teeth sharp, those space on front roof of mouth in 2 rows at front; upper jaw teeth in 1-2 rows, inner row not very large;2-3 large canines in single row at front between top jaws.
Green to green-brown; with small squarish dark spots; gill opening in a large round black spot.
Size: 300 cm.
Habitat: rocky and coral reefs.
Depth: 1-50 m.
Indo-Pacific; vagrant at Cocos, NW Costa Rica, western Panama and the Galapagos.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 50 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-82; Latitudinal range=13; Longitudinal range=11.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
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: 300 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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