Range: Endemic to Western Australia

Size: up to 10 inches (25 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit small caves and crevices in shallow inshore reefs

General Husbandry: Prefer a temperature range of 68 - 75° F (20 - 24°C) and natural diet consist mainly of zooplankton and benthic crustaceans. Feed enriched meaty/freeze-dried foodstuffs and one to two feeding per week should suffice. They far too aggressive to be kept with fish its own size or smaller. In fact, it's a 'terror' and can not be trusted in with anything less dominating than eels, groupers and triggerfishes!

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