Range: Widespread in the western and central Pacific Ocean

Size: Up to 3 inches (7 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit coastal reef and bay areas, slopes and shallow drop-offs

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 86°F (22 - 30°C) and natural diet consists of microalgae, including the filamentous variety, and meaty foodstuffs. Requires a varied diet, i.e., enriched brine shrimp, mysis, finely chopped fish or shrimp flesh, and some algae/small amounts of Spirulina flake, with one or two feedings per day. They should be housed in aquariums with a sandbed of at least two inches in depth and not housed with aggressive fishes such as groupers, dottybacks, triggerfishes or angelfishes. Small sinking enriched shrimp meal pellets are an excellent way of keeping them well fed. May jump out of the tank if harassed by tankmates.

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