Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean: New Guinea and Great Barrier Reef

Size: up to 12 inches (30 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit caves, ledges and reef walls and collected between depths of 10 to over 200 feet (3 - 60 m)

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 77 - 82°F (25 - 28°C) and their natural diet consists mainly of crustaceans, sponge, tunicates and some algae. Need a varied diet and numerous feeding per day. If properly nourished, it's a hardy aquarium fish that will do good in captivity. The male has dark blue in front of a black eye mask. The female has a more light blue-gray color. Unfortunately juveniles do not always transform into adult coloration in the aquarium. Known to produce a clicking sound.

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