Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Not Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to South Africa and east to Southern Japan, also the Philippines, New Caledonia, and Australia, and also found in the Galapagos Islands.
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal seagrass beds areas, usually under ledges during the day and usually found at depths between 10 to 300 feet (3 - 90 m) where it feeds mainly at night on benthic invertebrate.
General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Suborder: Tetraodontoidei
Family: Diodontidae
Genus: Chilomycterus
FYI: Shown here for identification only.
