Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef

Size: Up to 6 inches (15 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit sandy and seagrass areas on protected reefs

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 82°F (22 - 28°C) and their natural diet consists mainly of small benthic invertebrate. In the wild it lives in association with alpheid shrimps. Hovers above a bottom burrow. Requires a meaty diet such as enriched brine shrimp, mysis, and/or finely chopped fish/shrimp flesh, with one or two feedings per day. They should not be housed with aggressive fishes such as groupers, dottybacks, triggerfishes or aggressive angelfishes. Rarely seen in the trade.

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