Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean

Size: Up to 5 inches (12 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit inshore course sandy areas at depths between 10 to 90 feet (3 - 30 m)

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 82°F (22 - 28°C) and natural diet consists mainly of benthic invertebrate. 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. A good sand shifter. Looks very similar to C. cinctus, except these have black spots in the leading dorsal fin.

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