Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Mauritius, and Kenya east to Indonesia and Japan.
Size: 2 inches (5 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits sandy and rubble covered areas and usually found at depths between 6 – 100 feet (2 – 30 m) where it feeds upon benthic invertebrate.
General Husbandry: Not normally collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Coryphopterus
FYI: Shown here for identification only.