Description
Also known as Big-toothed Cardinal, Big-toothed Cardinalfish, Bigtooth Percelle, Big-toothed Percelle, Eight-lined Cardinalfish, Largetooth Cardinalfish, Nurseryfish, Pacific Tiger Cardinalfish, Tiger Cardinal, Tiger Cardinalfish
Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, in caves, and around ledges, and over outer reef slopes, of clear lagoons and seaward reefs.
They feed on small fish.
Juveniles singly or in small schools.
Length - 25cm
Depth - 0-40m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Males incubate their eggs inside their mouths, as the egg masses increase in size they can be found with wide open mouths where they shift the eggs around to aerate the egg masses. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/5781
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