Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean: South Africa, Hawaiian Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Keeling Atoll New Caledonia

Size: Up to 8 in (20 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit clear outer reef drop-off areas

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 81°F (22 - 27°C) and has a natural diet that consists mainly of zooplankton. Requires a meaty diet, including fortified brine shrimp, mysis, chopped fish or shrimp flesh, and meaty type frozen carnivore foods with two or three feedings per day. A good community fish, however, it should be the last fish introduced and housed in nothing below a 55 gallon aquarium.

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