Range: Western Pacific Ocean: Java to New Guinea, north to Philippines, Palau and Yaeyama Islands, Japan

Size: Up to 1 inches (2.5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit reef areas on and around corals

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 83°F (22 - 28°C). Natural diet consists mainly of zooplankton. Requires a meaty diet, i.e., enriched brine shrimp, mysis, finely chopped fish or shrimp flesh, and other various frozen carnivore foods, 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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