Species Name: Plectrypops lima

Authority: (Valenciennes, 1831)

Common Name: Roughscale Soldierfish

Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Hawaiian Islands, southern Japan, Lord Howe and Easter Islands

Size: 7 inches - 17 cm

Natural Environment: Inhabits reefs flats and fore-reef slopes

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 80°F (22 - 27°C) and has a natural diet of benthic invertebrate and feeds mainly during evening hours. Requires a meaty diet such as enriched chopped fish or shrimp flesh, mysis, frozen brine shrimp, and/or frozen carnivore foods with one or two feedings per day. Should have numerous hiding places, caves, and overhangs in the aquarium. Rare, and extremely secretive. One per tank.

Aquarium Suitability: Fish-only aquariums