Author: (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
FBname: Striated surgeonfish
Comments: Inhabits reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 30 m.  Occurs over coral (Ref. 58534), rock, pavement, or rubble substrates.  May occur singly or in small to very large, often mixed-species aggregations (Ref. 48637).  Feeds on surface film of blue-green algae and diatoms (making this species a key link in the ciguatera food chain) as well as on various small invertebrates.