Description

Also known as Nurseryfish.

Found singly, or in small schools, during the day around ledges and rocks, dispersing at night foraging for food, over silty coastal reefs.
They feed on benthic invertebrates and zooplankton.
Length - 14cm
Depth - 8-15m
Widespread Western 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/Apogonichthyoides-sialis