Author: (Bleeker, 1856)
FBname: Graceful pearlfish
Comments: Uncommon species (Ref. 34024).  Benthic (Ref. 58302, 75154).  Lives in starfish (<i>Culcita discoidea</i>) and sea cucumbers (<i>Holothuria scabra</i> and <i>H. argus</i>).  In the latter reported by Trott (1970) to form male - female pairs and to parasite host. Parasitic, feeding on gonads and respiratory tree of its host. Usually associated with <i>Bohadschia argus</i> (Ref 90102).