Range: Western Pacific Ocean: Philippines, Indonesia, South China Sea, Solomon Islands, Ryukyu Islands, northeastern Australia, and the Andaman Sea

Size: Up to 9 in (23 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit sheltered coastal reefs and found over sandy and muddy bottoms

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 83°F (22 - 28°C) and has a natural diet of benthic invertebrate and small fishes. Should be housed in a tank where the majority of the sandbed is exposed. May require live foods to initiate feeding in the aquarium. Requires a meaty diet, such as enriched finely chopped fish or shrimp flesh, mysis, frozen brine shrimp, and/or frozen carnivore foods with at least one feeding per day. It will, however, attempt to eat small ornamental shrimp and snails, so may not be desirable in some reef aquariums. Do not house with aggressive tankmates. One per tank. Rarely seen in the trade.

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